Thanks for the advice. Welcome to the group! I am assuming you are new here b/c this is the first time you have posted How is your quit going so far? Congrats on making it a week You have survived hell week
Take some time and explore old posts. Its amazing the advice and support people have to give. In the first two weeks of my quit, I would read past posts during intense cravings or to just pass some time. It really normalized the process for me....I discovered that I was experiencing similar withdrawal symptoms and learned a wealth of coping strategies.
I agree with Charm: get rid of your cigarattes! This is way too tempting.
I also agree with Breather: read Allen Carr. He recommended it to me during my first week here and it has changed my life and my outlook on this quit.
I really believe when people say NOPE, not one puff ever. I think whether you are smoking a pack a day or 2 cigarettes a day......an addiction is an addiction. I think it may actually be harder to cut down rather than quit.
After some tears, hair pulling, screaming, and a migraine headache, I have decided to not smoke today. It was a hard decision. I spent over an hour trying to convince myself that "it would be okay to smoke" and "smoking will make all this stress go away." But in the end, I made the choice not to smoke.
I just don't get why after all this time I am still getting intense cravings. I feel like I have gained so much weight (although I am eating less and exercising more), I am extremely emotional (crying over the smallest things), and overwhelmed by stress (ranging from school to family). I know smoking doesn't solve these problems but I did feel thinner, less emotional and less stressed.
I am not sure why I am writing this. I don't know if I want advice or if I just want to vent. Whatever the reason, I just want to thank you all for being here. I hope tomorrow is easier.
I despise the cigaratte warnings. When I was smoking, it just stressed me out more. This, in turn, just made me smoke more. It was a vicious cycle
Scare tactics didn't work for me. I knew all the negative effects of smoking and yet I still kept smoking. I think the Canadian gov't should try a new approach
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How is your quit going so far? Congrats on making it a week
You have survived hell week
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