Smoking

[meredith_]

I quit smoking March 17, 2014. Then I took it up again mid-June. *slaps self*

Stupid cigarettes.

Today is the first of the month. DOING THIS AGAIN. Got my nicotine patches all ready. Honestly I'm very hesitant, but I've seen people make lists why they want to quit. I'll do that now, perhaps it'll help with motivation?

WHY MER SHOULD QUIT SMOKING

Comments

[clevermanka]

You can do this.

I don't even know you (yet!) but I know you can do this. I quit last year, tried to start again a few weeks ago, and got super nauseated from two cigs. Maybe you'll be lucky enough to have something similar happen this time? 'Cos yeah, nothing makes a habit easier to break than feeling like you're gonna puke.

GO, YOU.

[meredith_]

Thank you thank you! My dad, however, is no help, lol. "You look too stressed to quit, here have $20 to buy some more." He gave me both guiltless validation AND money and I was not prepared to resist! So here we go again *grumble grumble* I'll have to talk to him about that and mentally prepare better.

[clevermanka]

Oh, bb, that interaction with your dad is really sucky. Good luck communicating with him about that--I hope he's receptive.

[frodosweetstuff]

Good luck!

I've read somewhere that to help motivate yourself you should often picture yourself as you want to be (i.e. no longer smoking) and visualize that in great detail. That is said to help you stick your plan of giving it up. :)

[meredith_]

So much thanks for the support, I think my list helped a lot for the visual as well as the recent experience of going without it for a long period of time. 2 months is longer than I've ever gone without a cig since I took up the habit in the first place.

[avawatson]

Sense of smell and taste also suffer when you're smoking. Food just tastes better and more like itself when you're not smoking

[meredith_]

That's a very helpful story. The whole habitual part of it is really the biggest thing, now that you mention it. It's summertime and I love to sit outside in the backyard in nice weather, sometimes grab a drink, light up a smoke. Take the dogs out, light up a smoke. Wake up in the morning, coffee and smoke. Bored, smoke. Frustrated with whatever I'm working on, take a break with a smoke.

I have very few responsibilities right now because it's summer break from classes and I did have a job but I quit that because I was getting harassed by a couple of young dudes barely in their 20s, management wouldn't do shit, also wouldn't train me on like anything (which in some ways I ended up training myself) and kept putting me on "bussing duty" so wtf...I was just hoping a summer job would help me with keeping busy and having a little extra money. Keeping busy does help with staying off the smokes, though. I'm thinking maybe a bit of volunteer work and seeing the free employment counsellors at my parents' church. I don't want anymore jobs at the

[splix]

Best of luck with kicking the habit! I know it must be so hard, but all the reasons you listed are spot-on. \0/ \o/ \0/ \o/