4r3s's quitting smoking Journal

4r3s

Thanks Glokwork, its not easy at all. I'm on day 87 now and not smoking is pretty easy now. The thing I have to do now is to realize that this is for the long run so when I'm at 11 months in I don't get too relaxed and think just one smoke isn't going to hurt. I'll be perfectly honest with you quitting f'ing sucks and I decided to quit while I was going through a rough patch with a girl acting stupid. Go back and look, I wrote out a lot of embarrassing sh*t in this thread that I think about deleting on occasion but decided I don't give a f*ck. Use it as fuel or a distraction, I was so caught up with what this chick was putting me through it took my mind off smoking at times. Other times it made me want to smoke but you just got to power through it.

Pick a date to quit and tell everyone you know you are quitting on that date. Seriously tell everyone, it increases your accountability and believe it or not people will support you and try to help you in your decision. Track your smoking habits before your quit date and write down why you felt the need for that smoke. This helps identify what triggers you to want to smoke. It sounds simple but you will find triggers you never knew you had before or didn't seem all that obvious. Then you find ways to overcome those triggers when they arise. Cravings last 2-3 minutes but to an addict those 2-3 minutes seem like an eternity so if you can find something to take your mind off of smoking for that duration you have one of the most important keys to success.

I used to just casually lift weights maybe once or twice a week but now its an every other day thing for me and the off days I'm running about 2 miles. The whole goal is to wear myself out so much that by the end of the day when I go to bed I just crash. No laying there with the mind going a mile a second thinking about anything and everything.

Quitting smoking is one of, if not the hardest, things I've ever done and I still have a long ways to go. You honestly have to really really want to quit to be successfull. Educate yourself as much as possible about how to quit and what your body goes through during the process will set you up for a much greater chance for success!