What worked for me was to sit down and write up my entire Quit Plan...what I was going to do when those powerful crave waves hit.
I then stocked up a complete Quit Kit: coloring boks, crayons, carrot/celery sticks, lollipops, other hard candies, chewing gums....well, you get the idea.
Even tossed in a Patch Program as I soon discovered CT was not going to work for me. I erased CT in my Plan and wrote Patch.
On April 14, 2006 I slapped one on and started my Quit.
Never looked back and continue to be smoke free today after 40 years at 2 packs a day.
Deep breaths will always serve you well!!!
There are, in the end, 2 parts to a Quit....Part 1) Quit....it was that Part 2) STAY Quit I always found difficult.
An Elder in another Quit Site sat me down and explained that the ONLY weld that will ever hold Part 1 to Part is the Power of NOPE.
Every smoker who ever wanted a REAL Quit (I was no exception) must, at some point, bring themselves to totally embrace this Fact of Quitting.
Nothing more will ever be required of you, and Nothing less will ever work.
Hang in there!!!
You CAN DO this Quit Thing....
Yes YOU can!!!
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