Is there hope?
I've been a smoker for 18 years. Basically since I was 13. I have quit on and off. The longest I've quit for was 2 years.
I'm quitting again now. Or I should say I HAVE quit. Tomorrow (Monday) will be a week. I feel that this time may be for keeps. I haven't snuck a cigarette and have been around people while they were smoking without taking a puff myself. In the past I would've snuck some. I'm doing really well so far and am quite proud of myself!
I know physically I'm over the addiction. But the psychological addiction is so bad! I've been wanting a cigarette this entire week. I know that's normal. It's just annoying because it gets worse every day! Today it is so bad that I swear I've hardly gone a minute without thinking about cigarettes.
I can't even fake myself out anymore. I usually take a cinnamon stick and pretend it's a cigarette. Because cinnamon sticks have a hole through the center it's great for this. Plus they taste good. lol But they're not working anymore. My lungs are saying, "The air is too clean!"
Please, someone, tell me this eventually goes away! The time I quit for 2 years it wasn't like this. But this is why the more recent attempts to quit have failed. This craving for cigarettes is so strong! I want to smoke! grrrrr
Oh, I'm also doing some psychological stuff on myself. Affirmations and whatnot. Also I'm not saying to myself that "I'm quitting" and instead I'm saying "I've quit" or "I'm a non-smoker."
I swear. If I could go back in time to when I was 13 I would slap myself upside the head for picking up that first cigarette!
I'm quitting again now. Or I should say I HAVE quit. Tomorrow (Monday) will be a week. I feel that this time may be for keeps. I haven't snuck a cigarette and have been around people while they were smoking without taking a puff myself. In the past I would've snuck some. I'm doing really well so far and am quite proud of myself!
I know physically I'm over the addiction. But the psychological addiction is so bad! I've been wanting a cigarette this entire week. I know that's normal. It's just annoying because it gets worse every day! Today it is so bad that I swear I've hardly gone a minute without thinking about cigarettes.
I can't even fake myself out anymore. I usually take a cinnamon stick and pretend it's a cigarette. Because cinnamon sticks have a hole through the center it's great for this. Plus they taste good. lol But they're not working anymore. My lungs are saying, "The air is too clean!"
Please, someone, tell me this eventually goes away! The time I quit for 2 years it wasn't like this. But this is why the more recent attempts to quit have failed. This craving for cigarettes is so strong! I want to smoke! grrrrr
Oh, I'm also doing some psychological stuff on myself. Affirmations and whatnot. Also I'm not saying to myself that "I'm quitting" and instead I'm saying "I've quit" or "I'm a non-smoker."
I swear. If I could go back in time to when I was 13 I would slap myself upside the head for picking up that first cigarette!