Advice

Prior to this quit of mine,I had a record of maximum 12 days in 50+years

If I had been 10 days smoke free I would have been very pleased with myself

Any smoker addicted to the nicotine and the routine of smoking has my greatest respect when they take on this monster and succeed in taking back control of their life

Yes you are having craves and yes they may well continue for a time yet, but remember that you overcame them on that first day, to do so would have been one very big success for anyone,you can repeat that first day again and again and again but the craves cannot and will not maintain their hold on your resolve as strong as they may do at the early days

Yes, hang in there and try your best. You are doing great but as Red told you it is the retraining of the mind that helps you to speed the process. Once accepting the journey rather than hanging onto your past attachment to smoking makes this so much easier. Realizing that smoking never did anything for you, and is actually the cause of most stress, that it is just a cycle of cravings demanding to be fed out of your pocket and at the expense of your health and happiness, you will see the light and you can begin to feel differently about smoking and more accepting of this journey to freedom. You will love being free, and be rewarded with better health and wealth.

I vividly recall my body and my brain go at each other. Half of my brain was saying no more smoking; whereas, my body and the the other half of my brain were saying just one puff will not make you a smoker again. But having fallen for that trick in the past I didn’t dare. Just one puff leads to the next and many more until you are back to being a full fledged smoker again. Personally I felt over the hump after one month quit because until then it was a roller coaster. One day cravings would be really strong and the next not so strong and so on. However, as each day went by even on the days when cravings were strong they weren’t as strong as before. Hang in there and you won’t regret it. Cheers.

10 days is Great, Cold Turkey Good on you. You have support her a plenty. Your strategies and mental process seems to be working so far, maybe now is the time to work on your physical side such as increasing your exercising and food intake (not a diet) choosing what you like in your food was a delight for me, exercising not so much but I now do Aqua Zumba its great and I am up to exercising most days which include walking my dog. This kept the mental area maintained to overcome the intense cravings I used to have. It will get better just keep believing in yourself.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! These tips have really helped. I have listened to quit smoking meditations most nights, I keep reminding myself I don’t want a cigarette to control my life/emotions (aka not being a slave to a cigarette) and that the pain I was feeling were battle wounds. Plus just having words of encouragement has really made a difference, I reread comments in times of need. Still smoke free, so thank you again for taking the time out of your day to write a few words☺️😁

Ps: my next step is daily excercise, starting tomorrow!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! These tips have really helped. I have listened to quit smoking meditations most nights, I keep reminding myself I don’t want a cigarette to control my life/emotions (aka not being a slave to a cigarette) and that the pain I was feeling were battle wounds. Plus just having words of encouragement has really made a difference, I reread comments in times of need. Still smoke free, so thank you again for taking the time out of your day to write a few words☺️😁

Ps: my next step is daily excercise, starting tomorrow!