Originally Posted by
sharpsandflatts
thanks for the helpful responses guys. i do know damn good and well that smoking is bad for me. and i am committed to quitting. my housemates and i have all made a pact to quit together starting on sunday. sooooo.... we'll see how that goes. i'm tired of spending money on such a silly habit and i'm tired of feeling tired on my bike so yeah. wish me luck!
You don't need luck. You need determination, which it seems like you have.
Decide to do it. This is one of the most important decisions in your life. Probably top 10, literally. Decide and be done with it.
My college roommate quit because he was tired of going from his warm bedroom, getting dressed and going to the cold porch to smoke. "I'm in my shorts, in my warm bed, watching TV and I get the urge to go out in the [freaking] cold just to smoke a cigarette for 2 minutes. That's [freaking] addiction. [Freak] that. I'm quitting this sh*t." And that was that. Cold turkey.
The key is deciding to do it. Not "thinking" about doing it or "gonna try" to do it, or "giving it a shot...". No. You have to decide to do it and it will be done.
You become a non-smoker the very second you decide to not smoke again. That very second.