(August 23, 2010 at 11:05 am)Eilonnwy Wrote: So last night I had my last cigarette. I'm going it cold turkey because I don't want to then just be addicted to the gum or a patch. I'm definitely going through withdrawal, feeling shaky and all.
So guys, help me out. Tell me I'm doing a good job, remind me why smoking is so bad, especially for a lady like me with asthma, make jokes. Whatever, just something to get my mind of the fact I'd be going to a cigarette break right about now.
I just quit recently, after smoking for 5 years - It was surprisingly easy... The first few days i felt like rummaging through old pouches of tobacco or going and buying a pack, but after a week I was hardly thinking about it anymore - It's now been 3 months almost, and aside from smoking the odd pack when i'm pissed i don't think about smoking at all - The most important thing is will power, seeing pictures of fucked lungs or thinking about your health long term isn't going to help, you need to focus on the very moment that you feel like having a cig - and find some other stimuli to curb it.
When i was initially craving i did some push-ups, crunches, picked up my guitar or read something complicated that required my full attention, that seemed to distract me enough for the initial withdrawals.
The average craving only lasts 30 seconds, so if you can find a sure fire short-term distraction you will be fine.
A lot of people come up with psychologically significant events as a way to kick off the quitting - such as setting a time and date for your last smoke - Imho it's completely useless and gets you into a mind set where you will be Dependant on arbitrary dates, times and events in order to make you feel like you can achieve quitting.
Remember, a lot of the difficulty from quitting comes from the idea that quitting is difficult, it's a meme that has been massively exaggerated by some weak willed individuals that has unfortunately made quitting more difficult for everyone else by forming this over-inflated challenge.
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