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I need to quit smoking...

#41
OP. The health club/a new support group/a potential new circle of friends is a good development. So is recognizing that your addiction is in effect is an entity (the little devil on one shoulder) which is bent upon bringing you down. Periods of personal weakness in the face of this nemesis will often take the form of emotional highs & lows during which smoking will seem so insignificant that having 'just one' won't hurt.

If you do fall off the wagon (don't), get right back on. While combating an addiction may seem as hard as climbing a mountain, some personal mountains have more loose gravel on them than others. Keep climbing and you will find better footing. Many others have and so can you.
 
#42
Progress Report: Still strong, no smokes for 10 days now. Kinda feel like I'm floating or disconnected. Weird. Lotta caffeine running through me the last week and a half. Going to the the gym and getting plenty of exercise. Desires to smoke still pop up unbidden in my mind. I have a lot of friends pulling for me which feels good. I talk about it to everyone constantly. Think I might be driving them (and you all?) a little crazy. Had one real close "scr*&% it!" moment, but managed to get through it. Man this is hard but I feel pretty good.
 
#47
a707780 said:
Progress Report: Still strong, no smokes for 10 days now. Kinda feel like I'm floating or disconnected. Weird. Lotta caffeine running through me the last week and a half. Going to the the gym and getting plenty of exercise. Desires to smoke still pop up unbidden in my mind. I have a lot of friends pulling for me which feels good. I talk about it to everyone constantly. Think I might be driving them (and you all?) a little crazy. Had one real close "scr*&% it!" moment, but managed to get through it. Man this is hard but I feel pretty good.
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That feeling is the beginning of the return to proper health. When you no longer notice it for months on end then you'll know you've rounded the club house turn.

Re the caffeine: Be careful of substituting one excess for another. Moderation in all things is key and is the antithesis/freedom to addiction/enslavement.
 
#48
a707780 said:
Progress Report: Still strong, no smokes for 10 days now. Kinda feel like I'm floating or disconnected. Weird. Lotta caffeine running through me the last week and a half. Going to the the gym and getting plenty of exercise. Desires to smoke still pop up unbidden in my mind. I have a lot of friends pulling for me which feels good. I talk about it to everyone constantly. Think I might be driving them (and you all?) a little crazy. Had one real close "scr*&% it!" moment, but managed to get through it. Man this is hard but I feel pretty good.
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Keep going, dude! Every day you don't smoke is a victory. Soon you'll look back and you won't want to smoke because you've made too much progress.
 
#49
Guys, we have to make a club out of this one! The quit smoking support club!!

Did a cold turkey myself 10 years ago, and kept strong for about a year. I switched jobs and worked as a waiter for 2 months and the smoke just made me grab a fag one day, only to find myself disgusted by its taste in my mouth. But it seems it was stronger than myself and not long after I lit up a second one and a third.... I kept swinging between smoking and not smoking for the next few years until I gave in again and became a real 'smoker' once more. I've tried quitting since, but without succes. It's frightening what sort of power smoking can have as an addiction. It costs a fortune and and is basically just poison. To think that we smoke voluntarily is like saying I'm raping my health 25 times a day because I like the poison and spending hard earned money on a dangerous addiction.

So, some great advice around here to quit smoking.

Exodus from the land of nicotine!!!!
 

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