giving up smoking

February 25, 2008 4:55am CST
I was never a big smoker,it was more a social(if you could call it that)thing.If i was at a wedding or a night out i would be out there with the smokers.I gave up completely when my last smoking friend quit as i no longer had anyone to enjoy a cigarette with. Lately though i have started thinking about cigarettes every day.I dont give in to my thoughts but they are not going away.I wonder is a smoker the same as an alcoholic.Do we have to go one day at a time and does the cravinga ever really go away? What do you think?
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• Malaysia
26 Feb 08
I remembered the days when I was a smoker and stopped smoking too. It was hard. I think I understand what you are going through with the "smoking thing" in your head. I think you are either too stressed or too free. =P During those times, when I was stressed or too free, I always think of smoking, even a puff will do for me. But, like you too, I don't give in to my thoughts. What I did was I did a lot of things. Those were the times when I: - picked up a gym membership and go to gym almost every night - picked up a hobby, toy modeling - Gundam in fact - learned to cook; more like a survival cooking as I am living by myself Perhaps you could try to get your hands full with something that you enjoy now or something that you wanted to try, then the smoking thoughts will gradually gone. Good luck.
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• Thiruvananthapuram, India
25 Feb 08
I was a heavy smoker for the past three decades. Now I am forced to quit smoking following the onset of a heart attack. Quite surprisingly I have no craving for a smoke since the past six months and I am beginning to forget that I was a smoker.