09-29-2015, 09:01 PM
(09-29-2015, 01:30 PM)TheRealJustin Wrote:I've been smoking since 8 yrs. Quit it for a year and a half wen I was on 10 - 12 ciggies a day without any cravings or trauma. Gone for a vac, smoked there and here I am 4 packs a day since 5 years. Always plan on quitting but never took an initiative.(09-28-2015, 11:31 AM)waahbeta Wrote: Day 18
Reading a book on quitting smoke since 15 days and completed exactly 18 pages. The new chapter is about fear.
Note to self:
Run OF after TLAM.
I quit smoking after doing it for 10 years and I was over 2 packs a day, very addicted, could barely go 30 minutes without a cig.
There's no way out of it besides going through a shi**y time. You are going to want cigs badly and it is going to suck a** more than anything ever.
If you cheat with just a few puffs then you are filled back up with nicotine and have to start all over again.
You are quitting nicotine, not cigarettes.
All you need to do is tell yourself "This is going to fuc**ing suck A**" and then just simply never put a cig in your mouth again and it will suck more than anything for about 3 weeks, and then for about 3 more months it really really sucks a** but you start getting used to life without cigs, and then for about 6 months or a year you just don't feel right and then after that you are basically back to normal and can't even understand why you ever even wanted a cig. You literally don't even remember what it's like to crave a cigarette.
Just tell yourself you're going to have a shi**y 3 months and then feel a little off for the rest of the year and that's all you need to do, but it's important to remember if you cheat and take a few puffs because you're freaking out then your body will be filled all the way back up with nicotine and those 3 puffs just made it so you have to start over again.
Just tell yourself it's going to be hard and it's going to suck extremely bad, but the time will pass and you will feel normal again and you'll never crave nicotine ever again.
You either have to go through the extreme shi**iness of quitting, or you have to smoke until you die. There's no way around it.
It's a trap.
So still unaware of the cravings and withdrawals. But the book says I won't be having any if I follow the instructions well.