Thank you, I choose life,
In my experience thinking about quitting for 40 to 45 years and not being able to get it done, I dreaded the thought of NEVER ever being able to smoke again and so this time, while healing, I never lead myself down the road to NEVER. What I did though was to say to myself “let's get past this moment, this minute, hour, and day”, and the jubilance waking to find that you made it through yesterday, made it all so worthwhile, obtainable to go for the NEXT hour, NEXT day! Let’s work with what works for you!
When you hear things like that it kind of brings it closer to home, doesn't it. My mam died 6 years ago of cancer at the age of 45, and she never smoked in her life. It is possible to quit, you have to keep working at it. I started this post one month ago, I had slipped up once again and I was sick of fighting the craves day in and day out. I've been on and off this site since 2005 trying to stop, the longest I have made it in all those attempts is 3 weeks.
I knew that I couldn't do this cold turkey and I brought together all of the help I could get.
The night before my quit I had no confidence and had no idea how I would manage to get through an hour without a cig but slowly and surely I suprised myself, the hours ticked over into days, and soon they will tick over into months and hopefully then into years. I know I can never have a cig again, and sometimes it does feel impossible but you just have to keep working through it, if you want it. I can honestly say this time round, I do.
Learn to deal with the craves as your life depends upon it and do not take it mightly. Crave after dinner, do the dishes, tell hubby you are headed for bed, take couple aspirins, shower, soft music, pull the covers over head and dream about how good you have been and how you will be feeling when you awaken in the morning. A good cup of coffee or tea tastes might fine without the additive. You do not need it.
