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Nov 06, 2024 at 12:08 AM
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I have smoked since I was 12 and I am 48 now. I had to quit smoking for a month before my back surgery this past April. I cheated just little enough that I passed the nicotine blood work. I really was giving it all after my surgery not to pick it back up. The healing process is going to be slowed down due to smoking. I am kicking myself but I just seem unable to put that final cigarette down. It was a back and forth battle at first and then it was just oh forget it. I mean, I am still keeping myself under 6 cigarettes a day. There is that.
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Nov 06, 2024 at 06:47 PM
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The good news is you are down to six cigarettes a day @Frog4Life - way to go.
My own experience wtih smoking is I had to be more aware of it by doing a smoking ceremony where I settle the mind for a couple minutes following the breath. Then with very keen awareness I took the cigarette and lit it with the candle I had for the creemony. Then I inhaled it and felt it in my lungs. Everything was done with awareness. I did that 3 times a day and it heped me cut down eventaully to the 3 and finally created other habits to replace that one . CANDC [If you want me to see your reply to this post please include @CANDC in your message - not in requoting my message and not the first word of your message] __________________ Super Moderator Community Support Team "Things Take Time" |
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Nov 06, 2024 at 07:56 PM
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6 a day is a good result for such a long experience.
About awareness, my friend wrote in his notebook every cigarette he smoked every day while trying to cut down the number. Worked for him, he did it for half of a year and quit. I wanted to share, I had been smoking since 11, has an enormous addiction, tried a lot of methods, but it was pointless. Nearly at 28 I quit with the help of electronic cigarette, using it instead of common. I feel that I have more energy now, and it helped a lot. I started to draw again and feel healthier since then. I'm afraid I don't know how to quit vaping, but not inhaling smoke - products of burning - is much better. |
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