Quit
I quit on Jan 5 at 9am. It helped to quit in the morning because every morning I was on my next quit day. I had my first cigarette at the age of 18 or 19. I didn’t smoke much until age 23 when I split up from my boyfriend of 6 years. Between the ages of 23 to 44, my current age, i smoked off and on and had bouts of long quits that last two years here and there. This last stint of smoking lasted 2 years after two years of being a non smoker. Over the last two years I had episodes of quit where I would for die two weeks or one month without smoking but always went back to it when I had to deal with family stressors. What brought on my return to smoking two years ago was family stress. Now I’ve come to terms with the stressor and was able to quit 11 days ago. It’s amazing how emotional stress can drive one to smoke. I hope this quit lasts....
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make up your mind to be a non smoker. enjoy your freedom AND health. YOU cant but a price on either. i hope to regain minr. going to rehab . read Allen Carr.
Take this one crave at a time, one day at a time Eastwindow, and if a day is too long cut it down to one hour or one half hour at a time. A craving only lasts for a few minutes. In those minutes practise the 5D's :- Drink cold water; Distract yourself by doing something for example a puzzle or exercise; Delay say to yourself I won't have one now; Deep breaths; Discuss it by coming on here and telling us what is going on with you. By the time you have done these the craving will have passed.
Read the.book and you will understand yourself, your smoking and your addiction to nicotine.
You CAN do it because you have...
What did your smoking change???? There are always stressors in life. Smoking doesn't change anything. In fact it makes it worse.🐟
If you can say NOPE (Not one puff Ever) and believe this, Stay close to the forum everyday, read other posts and literature, then you have a fighting chance. Making it a lingering process is so debilitating. Why do this to yourself. Do not accept the thought process as being harder than it is. Get the Addict out of your mind and get it done forever and ever Amen.
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it is easy when you accept it. if someone gave you 10 great years extra to live and 35 ,ooo dollars wouldyou refuse it