I've posted about this in the Health Support thread already, but I just wanted to share with you all that I have gone 4 days now without smoking. This doesn't sound like such a big step, I know, but it IS for me! I should probably look for an in-person support group locally, but, for now, doing this on my own. I have managed to go in the mornings without a cig, which has been a big thing for me with coffee for years. Then, going to work, teaching, I have become accustomed to going out on my lunch hour break, driving around the block for a cig in the car. As a deterrent to this, for three days, I put on a nicotine patch, but today I didn't need it. Then, my BIG smoking time, driving home from work, relieving stress, having a smoke driving home, and then again at home repeatedly, I am still relying on the patches. I've asked myself, "How damn hard can it be??? to quit this?" Well, it IS hard, though I've been through other many hard things.
I was reluctant to post about this, since I've failed so many times before, but I know I MUST quit.
Patty