Here goes attempt no:5......have been without a ciggy for 1 1/2 hours now....could this be the time I give it up for good. The wife hasn't smoked for eleven years now and constantly reminds me of how fit she is....doing her 50 min Tai Boxing workouts followed by 40 mins of power yoga and the occasional 10 mile jog, not forgetting her swimming during her lunch breaks! I find it hard to get to the top of the stairs without my heart rate going up. I know I'll be fine initially, but it's knowing how easily it is to start again, as if someone throws a switch and your hooked again. Any tips would be a great help...I know it's all in the state of mind, but for me, mine's pretty fecked up :-
Good work Howard and good luck mate! I'm 5 months in, but I do have a few when I drink which I've allowed for now Its the stopping the sober smoking that was my first priority as that was the bulk of my smoking I found the best aides for quitting (and I've tried them all i think) are the little nicotine mints you can get.. So every time you get a 'real' craving, have a mint instead and they work great! Slowly I found that I was saying to myself 'nah bro, you don't need a mint either'.. next thing i'm not smoking during the days/week without any aides.. Everyone is different though, well, to a degree.. I think we're all the same when we start again buy making the fatal, reckless call to yourself "ah f*ck it, just one won't kill me.."
Hmmm. I decided to look at one more thread before popping out for a ciggie and this is the one I picked! Excuse me for five minutes...
