I have quite smoking, almost at the three month mark!  |
|
 Yes I have quite smoking. Not one relapse in almost three months so I am feeling proud of myself! But not too proud. If you have quite smoking please give me your tips. If you have quit any other difficult habits I would like to hear how.
This is because I still feel very tempted to have a cigarette, especially when I am socializing at night times. For example last weekend I was very close to having a cigarette and I convinced myself no...just not so sure I can be so strong forever.
| |
| |
|
|
| | Online strength training program "Best of Web" Custom Workouts. 10-Day Free Trial. Join Today. www.GymAmerica.com
| Smoking Learn tips to quit smoking. Ask questions, connect with others. www.EverydayHealth.com
| Weeds on Showtime A new season of fresh buds. Watch new season Monday nights at 10pm. www.sho.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.  jiffys_frog_woman (2722) | 12 months ago |  i quit smoking 5 yrs ago so congrats on quiting
| |
| |
|
|
| babykay (1296) | 12 months ago | wow well done.***5 years*** is great. Almost NO chance that you will go back!
| |
|
|
|
Online strength training program "Best of Web" Custom Workouts. 10-Day Free Trial. Join Today. www.GymAmerica.com | add comment |
|
|
|
2.  urbandekay (3119) | 12 months ago |  Well done!
all the best urban
| |
| |
|
|
| babykay (1296) | 12 months ago | Thank you | |
|
|
|
Smoking Learn tips to quit smoking. Ask questions, connect with others. www.EverydayHealth.com | add comment |
|
|
|
3.  keda69 (2123) | 12 months ago |  To start with you need to keep away fom the old habits as much as possible or change them. Instead of coffee in the morning, when you ussually had a cigarette, have tea, change the type of drinks you drink when you go out. Identify these habits and their little quirks and change them or avoid them.
Also remember that it takes about 5 minutes for any craving to go away. If you feel like smoking at any time, just try and do soemthing else for 5 minutes and the craving will subside.
| |
| |
|
|
| babykay (1296) | 12 months ago | Thanks for the advice
...
I usually find the craving lasts a bit longer than 5 minutes, more like an hour. | |
|
|
 EMZo03 (104) | 9 months ago |  keda i think thats some pretty good advice! thats definitely thinking about the psychological dependency and knowing how to manipulate it. The psych is the hardest for me.. quitting a physical addiction is nothing.. its just the mental that is hard for me, which sucks.
babykay.. im on my second month after quitting "cold-turkey." And about the cravings lasting more like an hour than 5 minutes.. i definitely agree with you there. I almost had a cigarette a few days ago because i was wanting one so bad.. and i was wanting one for like.. 2 days straight.(turned out to be because i was PMSing)
Im mad stubborn too though, i think thats why i didnt smoke one. i almost smoked a no nicotine cigarette, which i think is what any smoker that quit that is about to smoke again should do.
But what helps me time to time is telling myself that its my CHOICE to quit smoking, that i dont HAVE to. Sometimes i catch myself thinking "i CANT have a cigarette".. and for some reason it makes me want one more, and stress more. Now i try to tell myself that its not that i CANT have one, its that i DONT WANT TO have one. You know?
Also, I picked up jogging and ive been working out more.. im seeing results from that anddd since ive quit ive noticed that my skin tone is more balanced and even.. I can take rips from a jib or bowl more than i ever could.. things are tasting better and i can smell more things. I have more energy as well. Also, I'm saving 5$ a day.
I just weigh out the pros and even though its hard.. i try to remember that its my choice and that im a strong mufunka n that no addiction is gnna take me over. Also, I find that it helps when you feel like youre gonna smoke a cigarette.. to take a hit from a bowl. i dunno, this is just how its been working out for me. P.S- good luck n i hope it works out
| |
|
|
|
Weeds on Showtime A new season of fresh buds. Watch new season Monday nights at 10pm. www.sho.com | add comment |
|
|
|
| 4. missytia (230) | 12 months ago |  Congratulations on your quit. I quit smoking around ten months ago, cold turkey and not one 'slip-up'. This time was different because I quit for me, myself & I. Not like in the past..quit because I had braces on my teeth and didn't want staining around my teeth...quit because I was pregnant but that wasn't for me, that was for my unborn child. This time it's for me and I really want to do it. I set myself a date and it was months ahead and my quit was totally planned and I stuck to it. It was the day after my 30th birthday
When I quit, I tried to avoid situations where I would normally smoke. eg: out drinking etc.. The hardest habit was not smoking whilst driving. I substituted the ciggies for chewy. Every time I felt like a smoke in the car, i'd reach for the gum. It seemed to work for me and it is no longer an issue for me. When I'm drinking now, I could still easily have a smoke but I tend to put my other "smoking hand" in my pocket so I don't have to worry about what to do with it.
I also have the added bonus of being stubborn. I'm too stubborn to give-in and destroy the 10 months of hard work of done.
Well done on your quit and believe me, it will get easier, over time.
| |
| |
|
|
| babykay (1296) | 11 months ago | I think you are brilliant for lasting 10 months...I hope we both manage to stay off them. | |
|
|
|
Hugh Downs Reports Little known heart attack symptom many people tragically ignore. www.bottomlinesecrets.com | add comment |
|
|
|
5.  teapotmommommerced (3837) | 12 months ago |  I am so proud of you. I have never smoked but I have eaten myself up to 339lbs and now am down to 242 and still losing. I have done it by dieting and not by surgery. It is hard and I had to be ready to do it. I know with smoking you have to be ready and you where and you can continue to be ready. YOU CAN DO IT. GREAT JOB.
| |
| |
|
|
|
Free Nicorette Gum Free Sample of Nicorette Fruit Chill Gum. Limited Supply, visit today. Nicorette-Gum.SamplesClub.com | add comment |
|
|
|
| | Hugh Downs Reports Little known heart attack symptom many people tragically ignore. www.bottomlinesecrets.com
| Free Nicorette Gum Free Sample of Nicorette Fruit Chill Gum. Limited Supply, visit today. Nicorette-Gum.SamplesClub.com
| Buy Growth Factor-1 Growth Factor-1 builds muscle fast or your money back. www.GrowthFactor1.com
|
|
|
|
|