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Update: If I can quit then Believe me, SO CAN YOU!!!

Wow, it's day 43 for me off all nicotine. my last dose was a bumper rollie cigi'. It really does get easier. I crave perhaps 4 - 5 times a day still but those craves are short lived. They only last for a couple of minutes. The triggers are the stress caused by failing a computer game mission. I can cope with this by stopping the game for a good period. I find the time out benificial in regards to game progress as I can come back to it later and achieve the mission goals where I had previously failed. The other triggers are waking up, after a meal, and with coffee.I'm eating way way to much sugar. This I know is better than smoking but it is still a concern that must the addressed real soon. I'm a good 7kg over wieght and my doctor is concerned. I have simply substituted. I have swapped cigi's for junk food and Lots of coffee's with a tea spoon of sugar each time. Hmm, I can eat an entire packet of minties in less than an hour. I have about 10 coffee's a day. I was planning to address this sugar problem on day 60 but that will be leaving it too late I feel.I was in a s h i t place while smoking. I live on a pension and simply can not afford to smoke. I was going up the road and picking up bumpers off the streets foot path. I would pull the half smoked cigi's apart and make a roll my own. one of those was my last ever cigi.Now I look at those bumpers on the ground and I am disgusted by them. the thought of smoking is Yuck and vomit. I don't know how I allowed myself to get that desperate but that was the way it was.Believe me when I say - If I can do this then so can you!! You really can.

Wade that is remarkable - 43 days wow! Congratulations! You might want to try drinking lots of water, replace some of the coffee or candies with water, that will help cut down the sugar and I find it really helps with cravings too. You can also try getting out for a walk, a bit of fresh air will remind you how much healthier you are feeling without the cigs. You are doing fantastic, keep it up, you can do it!

Hi wade. You lefr a comment for me. Thanks for your words. Instead of eating all the junk food.. find something you really like and treat yourself to that. No one can make u pick up a smoke except you. Cigarettes do not control us.. remember that.