03-13-2013, 08:40 PM
Hey Goht,
Not sure if this will help, everyone is different but hey, you never know. What really helped me with quitting was getting a wall calendar and crossing every day that you go without a cig with a big red "X". Sounds lame but when the days turn into weeks and the weeks turn into months you start feeling good about it. (The days you give in and have a smoke don't cross out ...they'll stick out like a soar thumb and taunt you every time you look at the calendar) I'm not sure how many "coffin nails" you go through in a day but start rationing those things out. Like from half a pack to 5 a day and downwards. Try avoiding people and situations in which you normally smoke. That can be a bitch if all of your friends do but it gets easier with time. Exercise is a good way to go because it's easier with clear lungs and you can measure progress and improvement. You're not going to feel like a million bucks right away but little things like not having the feeling that your lungs are clogged with tar every time you wake up are motivating. There's plenty of other things I could mention but a crucial one (in my experience anyway) is getting rid of the habit of buying packs. Let's face it, if you have them chances are you'll smoke 'em :S. Resist the urge to go to the nearest Mac's (or wherever you usually go) and buying them. If you're at the cash register buying something else and get that urge or rather reflex of asking for a pack just grab gum instead. You can also put the cash you'd normally spend on cigs away in a piggy bank (a sock, an envelope or a jar hehehe). Do it daily, weekly, whatever works best...turn it into a fund for something you'd like to get. Art books, a new wacom tablet or whatever is on your wish list. I know a guy who did that everyday and he ended up taking his wife on a trip to the Bahamas after a year. I met up with some old time friends in Europe a few months back and gave in to the temptation of getting a pack :(. Being in their presence made me feel 17 again and since we all smoked like chimneys back then and there was alot of beer drinking involved I slipped back into the habit. It's scary how easy it is to fall of that wagon. I might use that date of the 20th to go cold turkey again hehehe. Best of luck with that, quitting ain't easy but it's possible :)
Not sure if this will help, everyone is different but hey, you never know. What really helped me with quitting was getting a wall calendar and crossing every day that you go without a cig with a big red "X". Sounds lame but when the days turn into weeks and the weeks turn into months you start feeling good about it. (The days you give in and have a smoke don't cross out ...they'll stick out like a soar thumb and taunt you every time you look at the calendar) I'm not sure how many "coffin nails" you go through in a day but start rationing those things out. Like from half a pack to 5 a day and downwards. Try avoiding people and situations in which you normally smoke. That can be a bitch if all of your friends do but it gets easier with time. Exercise is a good way to go because it's easier with clear lungs and you can measure progress and improvement. You're not going to feel like a million bucks right away but little things like not having the feeling that your lungs are clogged with tar every time you wake up are motivating. There's plenty of other things I could mention but a crucial one (in my experience anyway) is getting rid of the habit of buying packs. Let's face it, if you have them chances are you'll smoke 'em :S. Resist the urge to go to the nearest Mac's (or wherever you usually go) and buying them. If you're at the cash register buying something else and get that urge or rather reflex of asking for a pack just grab gum instead. You can also put the cash you'd normally spend on cigs away in a piggy bank (a sock, an envelope or a jar hehehe). Do it daily, weekly, whatever works best...turn it into a fund for something you'd like to get. Art books, a new wacom tablet or whatever is on your wish list. I know a guy who did that everyday and he ended up taking his wife on a trip to the Bahamas after a year. I met up with some old time friends in Europe a few months back and gave in to the temptation of getting a pack :(. Being in their presence made me feel 17 again and since we all smoked like chimneys back then and there was alot of beer drinking involved I slipped back into the habit. It's scary how easy it is to fall of that wagon. I might use that date of the 20th to go cold turkey again hehehe. Best of luck with that, quitting ain't easy but it's possible :)