16 days no smoking and keep going with no nicotine replacement, just ambition and watching a lot of videos to put me off smoking. Coffee triggers the desire to smoke but I just get distracted quickly thinking about my child and my health.
Don't give up people, think positive and we will get there 😘
Good work Roseyellow, I did the same, Just kept reading other peoples journey and reading everything I could about quitting. You are into your third week which is great. I tried for a long while before my quit analysing everything I did with smoking and I worked out that it was back to front. I did smoke and everything else went with smoking. Which meant I woke up early and had a fag and a coffee, then more fags and then more coffee to justify another couple of fags!!! Smoking always went first with everything. I drank a lot of coffee and tea!!! Similar at night with scotch. Keep topping up the glass to have more smoke's!!! The cycle was terrible. The drug controlled nearly everything I did so I realised that nothing actually triggered it just accompanied it. So my quit I focussed on the mind really hard as I knew the addiction was in my mind, A little in the body but mostly the head. Even now at 18 months my head had been programmed with smoking for 46 years so it still needs controlling!!!! Maybe I am just a head case hahahaha. You keep striving and all of a sudden you will be at 1 month then 2 then 6 and so on. Stay strong Best wishes
Don't give up. In my opinion coffee and alcohol will always trigger the cravings. As a smoker(ex smoker haha) I know that we can't smoke without something to drink. I never had alcohol, never ever (I know is hard to believe but I hate alcohol and everything about it).
Give a call to your GP and ask them, I did and they never rang me back 😂. Maybe you have more luck. Ambition is key and the desire to be healthy, to breath better, to stop the cough, to live longer, to have a better skin etc. And my motivation is my son. This time I looked at him and he deserves better from me is sense of better example (not smelling all the time and tell him to don't come near kitchen because is smoke) and when I come down in morning to smell that horrible smell 😕.
Just think about something that will motivate you enough or be like me. I don't let no stress to come near me and always think positive and think that I'm stronger than a pack of ciggaretes.
Good luck and all the best I hope you will do it.
That's the best post I've ever read and the scotch and coffee comments sound funny but are so true.I honestly think that the physical side is relatively painless but the mind can take some convincing.The main thing for me is I honestly envy non smokers and hate the fact I smoke but my mind says this is something we've done for a long time so it's constantly telling me to light up,when I do I feel disgusted but repeat the cycle.This Friday is my chosen quit day 2nd attempt and I'm determined to nail it for good.Watch out for my posts and yours comments have made my day.👍
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