Replace the mental trigger

Good for you for staying smoke free. Do you have a list handy to look at should those urges start to claw their way back again? Also, having something to turn to and divert your attention to like a game on the phone, or simply deep breathing. Engaging in an argument is never a good idea. Remember that you have chosen to be a non-smoker and will be free of this beggar always insisting that you feed it whatever you are doing and no matter where you are. Choose to be the master of your own life. There really is nothing more boring than doing nothing with a cigarette. How many times have we told ourselves, i have to do this, but I'll do it after my cigarette. When that is done we reward ourselves with a cigarette and this continues both day and night.

I had just retired, so should have found it more boring than most. This site and learning and feeling good about me once again kept me happy. The only real physical thing that I changed was in my routine. Instead of lighting up while i made coffee in the morning, i did up a few dishes and made the bed while it boiled. Like Red said, the coffee tastes so much better !

Be Proud of You. This is something that you have done before, it is not a whim. All smokers want to quit smoking. When we heard of someone quitting I wished them luck and wished that i could. I just never thought that I could, but now I certainly know differently. It was that kind of self doubt, and social consensus that we heard so much that we came to not even want to try....

You were braver than most Jill. You did try. You even succeeded for a time. The let down was in not understanding yourself and the relationship with nicotine. Seeing it for what it really is can let us stop the mourning of an old friend. We no longer want to cuddle up the the enemy and let him rob us blind. We realize that he was no friend at all. We now realize that he just took and gave us absolutely nothing.

Take a deep breath and feel the difference in your lungs.

Smell the air and note the difference.

Taste things and enjoy the flavours you have missed for years.

Taste your mouth and how clean it tastes and feels.

Smell yourself , your hair, your clothes that smell of clean and fresh.

You no longer offend people when you walk in a room

You are no longer engraving deeper wrinkles around your mouth

You will regain some of your health back and reduce risks

You will look even better than you have in years with a brighter complexion.

Smile for you are winning.

Believe in yourself.

Be confident

Be proud

Be free.