rox
Veteran Member
bones,
Good luck to you. I quit June of 2003. I loved smoking, I really enjoyed it but when they jacked up the price of the cigs and we were going to buy the olive farm I jsut sat in the parking lot at Walgreens and thought about not buying the carton of cigs I was planning on buying and instead bought the patch. I moved form the patch to the gum. Of which I still do chew, but I don't beat myself up over it. I figure I smoked for 35 years, if I chew the gum for a few years it is still better than smoking.
Only 2 things helped me besides the gum/patch.
One was prayer, I would simply pray for help when the urge to run out and buy a pack or bum a cig was very strong.
The second was running. Especially early on. When the cravings were strong I would run until I was exhaused. I had to actually leave some meetings at work and go run behind a building in the parking lot. I would run the craving right out of my system, at least for a while. Now smoking for 35 years I didn't have much lung power to run, but I did it anyway. The exhaustion of running even for 5 or 7 minutes really removed the craving. The good news is I only had to run a couple of weeks, perhaps 2 or 3.
in summary
-running
-prayer
Just don't ever take another puff- ever.
Good luck to you. I quit June of 2003. I loved smoking, I really enjoyed it but when they jacked up the price of the cigs and we were going to buy the olive farm I jsut sat in the parking lot at Walgreens and thought about not buying the carton of cigs I was planning on buying and instead bought the patch. I moved form the patch to the gum. Of which I still do chew, but I don't beat myself up over it. I figure I smoked for 35 years, if I chew the gum for a few years it is still better than smoking.
Only 2 things helped me besides the gum/patch.
One was prayer, I would simply pray for help when the urge to run out and buy a pack or bum a cig was very strong.
The second was running. Especially early on. When the cravings were strong I would run until I was exhaused. I had to actually leave some meetings at work and go run behind a building in the parking lot. I would run the craving right out of my system, at least for a while. Now smoking for 35 years I didn't have much lung power to run, but I did it anyway. The exhaustion of running even for 5 or 7 minutes really removed the craving. The good news is I only had to run a couple of weeks, perhaps 2 or 3.
in summary
-running
-prayer
Just don't ever take another puff- ever.