Posted: 8/8/2017 9:02:59 AM EDT
| Not as killer as I thought it would be, but still hard. Been smoking for 38 years, short from a couple short quits. Just taking it hour by hour. |
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Quit cold turkey years ago. Never had any cravings or a desire to pick them up again. Drank a lot of water and ate apples. Cleansing the system was the thought. The physical addiction is gone in three days. After that, it is all mental. You can and will get it done! Also, you and those around you will never regret it.
I would wish you good luck but you don't need it. You have made up your mind to quit so you will. That what it comes down to. Pat |
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Google "riding the wave to quit smoking". It will help with the craving.
I read a book about how addictions work, and your brain has a time clock that turns the craving on AND off. The craving will turn off, and you just have to hold off for a few minutes, and your brain will end the craving until it turns it back on. Eventually the "off" period gets longer and longer. At 9 days, you are in pretty good shape! Read reading the wave. You are winning! |
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You can do eeeeeeet!
It's hard but know this, the nicotine is now out of your system. Find something to preoccupy your self with when you get the urge. I dipped and smoked for 17 years. Been without for over 6 months now. Yes, I still get cravings but when I'm looking at the cans of dip at checkout I'm like, yeah, but I don't need that anymore. |
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Stay busy, boredom will fuck you. Haven't had one in 10 years or so, no desire to anymore. Keep your hands as busy as possible. Half of quitting is keeping those bastards from reaching for a smoke constantly. Tough it out for 30 days, without replacing smoking with chewing, and you're golden. I quit August 21, 2005 (I used the patch for 4 days, so pretty much cold turkey) and haven't looked back. Also, ABSOLUTELY NO "I'll just smoke on the weekends/after meals/after sex/in the car" exception style BS. They want you to do that so they can creep back into every day. |
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I smoked for 12 years. One half to one pack a day. Quit cold turkey going on 4 weeks ago and it's been pretty easy. I think I was just legitimately DONE smoking.
It seems the reason people have such a difficult time quitting is because they are trying to quit- not actually ready to quit. |
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I smoked for 12 years. One half to one pack a day. Quit cold turkey going on 4 weeks ago and it's been pretty easy. I think I was just legitimately DONE smoking. It seems the reason people have such a difficult time quitting is because they are trying to quit- not actually ready to quit. |
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Pack a day for 15years. Half of my life. I did the cold turkey thing about two years ago. Haven't looked back. I cravings will decrease more and more. Almost there OP.
After being smoke free free for almost 2yrs I started to notice a big difference in my breathing while doing cardio type stuff. Took a year but I saw i huge performance gain this season on my bike. Then I broke my foot 
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