Quitting smoking.

[Someone here]

@BlackMaze I'm reading the book. Very powerful stuff. 

@Natashaeye-opening stuff. Motivation by fear of the consequences seems to work with me.

@AnantaI agree. Cold turkey is the way to go. And that's my plan. 

Almost a week clean. Will keep going.

 

[Ananta]

2 hours ago, Someone here said:

@AnantaI agree. Cold turkey is the way to go. And that's my plan. 

Almost a week clean. Will keep going.

Its not easy, but worth it in the end. 

Good luck with it all.

[Someone here]

@Ananta thank you Ananta. Appreciate your support

[Ananta]

5 hours ago, Someone here said:

@Ananta thank you Ananta. Appreciate your support

Your welcome ❤ 

[BlackMaze]

On 1/11/2020 at 11:30 PM, Ananta said:

"Eight hours after putting out a cigarette, you are 97% nicotine-free. After just three days of not smoking, you are 100% nicotine-free."

Allen Carr, The Easyway to Stop Smoking

Maybe you have the old edition? 

Because i am reading his book again and he says that it takes 3 weeks for 99% of nicotine to leave your body. 

Edited November 5, 2020 by BlackMaze

[Natasha]

3 hours ago, BlackMaze said:

Maybe you have the old edition? 

Because i am reading his book again and he says that it takes 3 weeks for 99% of nicotine to leave your body. 

My dad was a heavy smoker, so I was exposed to second hand smoke growing up, though never smoked myself. A few years ago I went to a holistic doc for a full body detox. They tested me on different toxins and heavy metals and what do you know, there were still traces of toxins lingering in my body from my dad's smoking even decades later. So it's important to follow up quitting with a full body detox to get rid of any trace of smoke. Find a holistic doc in the area and get tested, a sure way to know your system is free of toxic waste or needs a good cleanse/detox.

[BlackMaze]

@Natasha sounds like a plan 

[Javfly33]

@Ananta I found more hard to let go of the psychological addiction more than the physical one (nicotine). I probably had cravings until the 3 month mark. Of course the 90% of them were in the first two weeks. But I find that "in 3 days you are 100% nicotine free" a little too naive.

[Ananta]

18 minutes ago, Javfly33 said:

@Ananta I found more hard to let go of the psychological addiction more than the physical one (nicotine). I probably had cravings until the 3 month mark. Of course the 90% of them were in the first two weeks. But I find that "in 3 days you are 100% nicotine free" a little too naive.

Yes, I know its also a psychological addiction...I smoked for decades and tried quiting a dozen times before it stuck. My stats were from an older version of the book apparently, but it helped me none the less. I'm smoke free now.

Edited November 5, 2020 by Ananta

[Someone here]

17 days clean. The longer abstinence period I ever did lol. I'm so fucking happy. Let's go. 

[Average Investor]

@Someone here You got past the worst part. Now to just keep yourself in the right direction. Good work! 

[Ananta]

On 11/11/2020 at 6:09 PM, Someone here said:

17 days clean. The longer abstinence period I ever did lol. I'm so fucking happy. Let's go. 

I remember thinking after I quit that the cravings really get exceptionally better after a month, but even then it was touch and go if I was around anyone who was smoking or vaping. So, constant vigilance is needed, until its not.

Keep it up❤

[Someone here]

@Average Investor @Michael569 @Ananta thank you are awesome guys. Thanks for supporting me,! 

[Someone here]

Relapse. I messed up big time im so upset.

[Someone here]

I guess I do it subconsciously. After years of do it automatically I find my hands automatically slip into the cigarette pack and takes one to smoke it. 

Edited December 3, 2020 by Someone here

[BlackMaze]

Don't worry. You will try again. It was a great try lasting for so long. Unfortunately even one is enough to relapse and by this point i proved it to myself many times. When you feel like it quit again. 

[Someone here]

@BlackMaze there is no "when I feel like it" man. This is an absolute necessity. I cannot continue like this im raping (sorry) my health. Yet all this doesn't seem to make me stop. I have other reasons that I believe are making it difficult for me but I won't get into them here to not make this too abstract. 

[BlackMaze]

@Someone here i know! It's the same for me unfortunately.. Maybe it will be easier if you stop right now again that the experience of quitting is still fresh. It sucks to ruin all the effort just because you believed that just one will do nothing. I experienced this many times by now. Almost everytime something stressful made me smoke again. The last time was different, i was drunk and i believed that i can now enjoy just one because i quited and it's no big deal. I did not have a real craving but after this cigarette i had. Maybe you can turn this to anger about this trap in society and use this anger as the energy required to stop again. But this is using willpower. The last time what helped me was to observe the other smokers and be happy that i'm not trapped anymore. I still postpone it but i will try again soon. Good luck

[Ananta]

13 hours ago, Someone here said:

@BlackMaze there is no "when I feel like it" man. This is an absolute necessity. I cannot continue like this im raping (sorry) my health. Yet all this doesn't seem to make me stop. I have other reasons that I believe are making it difficult for me but I won't get into them here to not make this too abstract. 

Aww, well, been there before. I remember when I thought I could never, ever, ever live without smoking or vaping. I even vaped in the airport and on the plane when I went to Mexico. I could have been arrested. Lol.

My best advice is that it would serve your best interest if you quit again RIGHT NOW or it could be months or years from now that you try again. Not even kidding. 

Start reading again or read ..."Easy way to stop smoking" by Allen Carr. You can read it on pdf online. Putting a link to it is against forum guidelines, so I can't do that.?

 

[Someone here]

16 hours ago, BlackMaze said:

@Someone here i know! It's the same for me unfortunately.. Maybe it will be easier if you stop right now again that the experience of quitting is still fresh. It sucks to ruin all the effort just because you believed that just one will do nothing. I experienced this many times by now. Almost everytime something stressful made me smoke again. The last time was different, i was drunk and i believed that i can now enjoy just one because i quited and it's no big deal. I did not have a real craving but after this cigarette i had. Maybe you can turn this to anger about this trap in society and use this anger as the energy required to stop again. But this is using willpower. The last time what helped me was to observe the other smokers and be happy that i'm not trapped anymore. I still postpone it but i will try again soon. Good luck

Yes I'm not postponing it. I'm totally in. But it's disappointing how. Weeks of discipline could just end by moment of weakness. I actually think about isolating myself so I can stop.