@a911
I quit in 2000, after 20 years of smoking. I swore to god that I would never do it again (except marihuana, if I needed it for medical purpose - but it´s not necessary now). I cannot break my promise.
After my promise, I did NOT throw away my cigarettes - I left them at home. There´s no use, throwing them away. Smokers who can´t live with the feeling of not smoking, will always go and buy new ones (even late at night). So one should be able to do it with cigarettes close at hand, knowing they are just one step away with a lighter and an ashtray ready beside them.
I could only do it when I had nothing else to do (no duties). I just placed bottles of mineral water in front of me on the living room table, sat down on my chair, switched on tv and tried to become quiet, peaceful and tired. Whenever I wanted to smoke, I drank water and afterwards took a really deep breath. After one week I could leave the house again - but it took years not to think of cigarettes any more (even nowadays, I still sometimes do). Breathing deeply always helps.
If possible, don´t let people smoke at your home, if you want to quit. (I don´t let them any more, although they smoke. They go outside the house.)
Smoking "friends" always like the thought of making you a smoker again. It´s satisfying for them and a kind of triumph, because it´s not only them who are too weak to stop, but others (you), too, when they succed to get you to smoke again.
How often did I hear "I can´t bear seing, how you are suffering - take one of my cigarettes", when I had just proudly explained to have stopped smoking for more than a week or so?
Your friends will envy you, if you can stop smoking, while they can´t and will discuss with you for a long time, why they themselves don´t quit, although they easily could, as they say.
"I´m too busy to quit now - I´ll need more rest for this." versus "Not now, I won´t ruin my only holiday" versus "We all have to die sooner or later" and many, many more .........
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I wouldn´t have gone to bed that early last night - couldn´t sleep for hours then and had to watch tv to get tired enough again for some more sleep
I quit in 2000, after 20 years of smoking. I swore to god that I would never do it again (except marihuana, if I needed it for medical purpose - but it´s not necessary now). I cannot break my promise.
After my promise, I did NOT throw away my cigarettes - I left them at home. There´s no use, throwing them away. Smokers who can´t live with the feeling of not smoking, will always go and buy new ones (even late at night). So one should be able to do it with cigarettes close at hand, knowing they are just one step away with a lighter and an ashtray ready beside them.
I could only do it when I had nothing else to do (no duties). I just placed bottles of mineral water in front of me on the living room table, sat down on my chair, switched on tv and tried to become quiet, peaceful and tired. Whenever I wanted to smoke, I drank water and afterwards took a really deep breath. After one week I could leave the house again - but it took years not to think of cigarettes any more (even nowadays, I still sometimes do). Breathing deeply always helps.
If possible, don´t let people smoke at your home, if you want to quit. (I don´t let them any more, although they smoke. They go outside the house.)
Smoking "friends" always like the thought of making you a smoker again. It´s satisfying for them and a kind of triumph, because it´s not only them who are too weak to stop, but others (you), too, when they succed to get you to smoke again.
How often did I hear "I can´t bear seing, how you are suffering - take one of my cigarettes", when I had just proudly explained to have stopped smoking for more than a week or so?
Your friends will envy you, if you can stop smoking, while they can´t and will discuss with you for a long time, why they themselves don´t quit, although they easily could, as they say.
"I´m too busy to quit now - I´ll need more rest for this." versus "Not now, I won´t ruin my only holiday" versus "We all have to die sooner or later" and many, many more .........
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I wouldn´t have gone to bed that early last night - couldn´t sleep for hours then and had to watch tv to get tired enough again for some more sleep