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Day 11


10 years ago 0 11213 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Welcome!

Looks like you got some great suggestions already. Have a chance to try any so far? How are you doing?
 
 
 
 
 

Ashley, Health Educator
10 years ago 0 20 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi, and congratulations on 13 days now! Some of the things I do instead of smoking are:
 
Take a walk around my desk
Rearrange the things on my desk
Take a break outside (away from smokers' alley) and smell the air
Play farm games on my phone (an effective distraction that can be picked up and put down at any time)
Text a friend
Crochet or do any hobby that takes a little concentration
Read an in depth, hard to understand, technical discussion of anything you ever wanted to learn (I choose things about computers or psychiatric disorders, but I'm weird, I admit it)
Chew gum and tackle the never ending pile of papers that needs shredding
Turn on the Radio or iTunes or Pandora or put in your favorite CD and let it rip loudly (and then sing and dance until the crave passes away into that great dark cloud of smoke that isn't in your lungs anymore)
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Just a short list, I'm sure you can think of many more. Hang in there and just don't smoke. Perhaps it's time to let go of that eCig, too? I think that just sets up the craving for more, unless you're doing no nicotine vaping, which I have heard also has some side effects because of no regulations on what they can put in them; but that's another topic for another day.
 
 Denise 
  
 
 
 
 
 
10 years ago 0 2508 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Welcome and Congratulations on your 11 days of freedom  
Here's a partial list of some the things I do to relax.
Maybe some others will add theirs too..
 
Now all you have to do is add some of your own..
Have Fun..
 
Go to the movies,
Walk at the lake or beach, or just about anywhere.
Read a book, the newspaper or magazine.
Take up a hobby
Watch a dvd 
Surf the internet
Play a box game with a friend
Play a game of solitaire
Buy myself some little rewards for not smoking
Plan some special rewards for not smoking
Do some window shopping
Do some fun shopping
Go out for a nice meal
Fix a nice meal
 
The list goes on and on..Just add some of your own now.
I bet that helps you relax..
Just Dream a little dream..
 
Red..
 
 
10 years ago 0 4 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Today is day 11 for me and it's going pretty well so far. I tend to get to about 3 weeks and then it gets really hard. Since I only smoke socially, I find myself staying home and not socializing, because most of the people I socialize with smoke. What does everyone else do to relax but not smoke?

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