Originally Posted by
cwelch
Just a quick update. Day 30, 1 month smoke free. Energy levels back to normal. Life is good. No major cravings. I can breathe again without coughing. Food tastes good, and no weight gain yet. I'm being careful of how much and what I eat.
Twentysomething go for it. If I can do it cold turkey anyone can. I won't say that it's a piece of cake because it isn't. But if you are serious about quitting you can do it. Some of the reading I've done says that 3 days, 3 weeks and 3 months are the points when most people fall off of the wagon.
I'll let you know in another couple of months but right now I am an ex-smoker.
Suggestion: Think of it like an alcoholic does. An alcoholic is always an alcoholic but hasn't had a drink in so many days, months, years, etc. Then you are not an "ex-smoker". You are a smoking addict that hasn't smoked in XXX.
It is amazing how much of life is arranged around smoking. When smoking stops almost all of life has to change. Sometimes, no many times, that even means new friends. Many times it is mutually done. You don't want to smoke and they can't stand having someone around who is somehow "better" than them.
To me it was a matter of control modified a bit by money. I was NOT going to let a weed control my life. To me money is a tool to do things with. I like to do a lot of things for myself and my community so money poured down the drain cannot be tolerated.
All this was back in the 60's. Then we were told smoking was good for us; that it was not only healthy but fun. It took years for smoke not to at least smell good.
You CAN do it. There is no biological or psychological reason why anyone cannot stop. You can do.
Oh yes, I find it helpful to not concentrate on stopping. Rather to change life so it does not include the nasty.