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Originally Posted by Crazy Hitch
I've been trying unsuccessfully for a month to cut down. And my quit date has come and gone and I'm still smoking .....
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I'm sorry. It is so hard. I would quit but couldn't go beyond three days. When I finally quit for good I felt really bad like I had the flu and it went on for weeks until I had a complete meltdown and cried and cried. Because nicotine and the other chemicals make smoking highly, highly, highly addictive. You will finally quit when you really deeply want to quit more than you want to smoke. It is a fine line. I didn't want to poison myself any more so I quit and stayed quit, but it is so incredibly hard. But not impossible. It feels impossible but more long-time smokers continue to quit and stay quit. In a few months I will have reached two years. I would never ever smoke again because I never want to go through the final quit. Drink a lot of water and fruit juice when you quit, go to bed earlier, and have activities ready to do when you want to smoke. When I wanted a smoke badly I would get up and go to the grocery store, even if just to buy a quart of milk. Just to keep moving. Good Luck. I also cleaned out closet and my place got pretty clean and organized when I was quitting.