Those new and not so new
I wanted to briefly share my quit scheme with you.
This routine worked for me, although I realize that everyone quit is different and your quit has to be tuned to yourself. You get that individualized help on this website from the SSC professionals and other non smokers here. I just hope that you can gleam something from my quit experience.
I smoked for many, many years. Before I quit, I first decided that I was going to try and quit. I did not know if I could do it, I liked smoking all too very much.
Before setting a quit date, I tried to determine my smoke triggers that I had accumulated over the years. You know, a smoke to get up with in the morning, one to drive to work with, a few more to socialized with other smokers at work, don�t forget about that smoke needed to talk to someone on the telephone, or the one needed after dinner, or the one or several that accompanies alcohol, or the one for walking the dog.
I ordered a box of patches to be ready and developed my toolbox of urge fighters. I used self talk, carrots and celery, hiking, weight lifting, walking, climbing stairs, downing water especially while driving�.
Over a two week period, I reduced my intake from 15 to 20, down to 4 per day. To reduce, I just picked some triggers to focus on and when the urge came, I denied myself those cigs using my urge fighters from my toolbox. I stayed at 4 per day for about as long as I could stand it and that was about two more days. It was now or never. If I did not quit now, my cigarette intake was going to go up and then I would lose the opportunity. I set my quit day for the next day, use a 7mg patch for about 3 hours per day for about 3 weeks.
I fought many battles along the way. I can honestly say I don�t know why I liked those things; I do not want them anymore at all. Hope this can help you somehow.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/22/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 186
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,799
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $976.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 34 [B]Hrs:[/B] 19 [B]Mins:[/B] 9 [B]Seconds:[/B] 54
