Tell me it's worth it

[ElizabethBennet]

I was supposed to quit smoking on Monday. I reduced my intake the entire week and now it's been about 36 hours or so since my last one. Anyway, I was doing great up until about an hour ago, and I REALLY really want one.

Tell me if I have one now it will be almost impossible to stop after one.

This sucks

[gretchenindisguise]

Don't do it. You will reset your clock.

Go eat ice.

Or ice cream.

Or a potato chip.

Or seaweed salad (I just read the sushi thread).

Or do jumping jacks.

Or rub one out.

Whatever you have to do.

[emsumm]

No point in going back, you'll just have to start over again.
It's totally worth it. You'll be fine, soon. Stick with it.

[caffeinebean]

Yeah, don't do it. It'll be impossible to stop after just one.

I tried this in November, and a day and a half later I was a smoker again.

[jens]

Don't do it! Stay strong!

[ElizabethBennet]

I think I'm just gonna go to bed soon. I don't know why all of a sudden it's hitting me now.

[janiejones]

MrJJ quit after reading Allen Carr's book The Easy Way To Quit Smoking.
If you are having trouble, maybe give it a look?


You are going to be so much happier after you quit.

[ElizabethBennet]

Jan 13, 2013 0:41:40 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

It is worth it. If you have one now it will not be ALMOST impossible, it will BE impossible. Stop this. Chew some gum, exercise, get a hot bath, read a book, straighten out your closet, but forget about the cigarettes.

And if you can't stop thinking about the cigarettes, think about how bad they make your breath smell, and your kisses taste. Think about how that smoke smell gets in your hair, and how your teeth yellow, and your fingers. Think about how it makes the inside of your car smell, and how it clings to your clothing. Think about the sound of that nasty cough smokers have, and how you really don't want to sound like that, ever. Read up on COPD, for which there is no cure, and which is progressive, ends up with you drowning in your own lung fluid. Think about being one of those old ladies who drags around oxygen and can't catch her breath even with oxygen canulas in your nose all the time. Think about dying at seventy instead of eighty five, with the last eight or ten years of your shortened life disabled from heart or lung troubles, instead of being one of those hot, fun old ladies who goes and goes.

Put down that fucking cigarette and don't pick it up again.

Thanks Sue Sue, this actually does help.

[kristie]

I quit a year ago in November. I don't like the idea that smoking one restarts your clock. If you mess up, which you might, get back on the quitting horse. Don't say, oh well, I already failed might as well keep going. I also carried around one cigarette for about three months. It was the last one I was going to smoke, so I kept putting it off until I just threw it away.

And not doing it will be worth it. Every day you don't smoke, your lungs get to heal. You will feel so much better once you are done, but these are the hard times. You are stronger than it, you are.

[eb777888]

I was a smoker for 10 years and the best advice I have for you is do.not.think.about.it. Get your mind off of it. Think about ANYTHING but smoking.

You can do this. Like someone in AA, just tell yourself you will not smoke today.

[Jalapeñomel]

Don't do it!!!

[Jalapeñomel]

Oh and good for you for quitting!

[ElizabethBennet]

I didn't have one! The craving passed.

Thanks guys

[jens]

Way to go!

Like.a.boss.

[janiejones]

Jan 13, 2013 2:07:08 GMT -5 ElizabethBennet said:

I didn't have one! The craving passed.

Thanks guys

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[Mrs.Beagle]

Cravings are temporary. This will pass.

You can do this!

[psychmom]

Chewing gum helped me alot when I was quiting