This meme is just for you Patrick. You might as well be further frustrated hahaha

I finally quit after 25 years, by cold turkeying it. I set a date (about 2 months away) and the morning of that day, I just didn’t smoke.

Was it easy? No.
But it will be my 10 year anniversary of being tobacco free on September 29th.

Reality is that it is simply a choice.
YOU choose to light up or not to light up.
Period.

The nicotine is gone within 24 hours or so.
The withdrawals are mainly due to you not doing certain things. For example: no cig when you wake up or after dinner. Not doing these actions are also breaking the addiction from them. See, you have 2 addictions to overcome. Nicotine and habits.

If you decide to do it, you will succeed. Seriously.

I used mini tootsie roll pops, books/crafts, and video games to push through the ex cig habit times.

Also, and I’m dead serious—I verbalized when my cravings were bad. I would say out loud ‘I want a cigarette’ or ‘I want a FUCKING cigarette!’ I was owning the struggle and letting others know I was struggling. And I held on.

Hugs.

It comes across as "I'm interested in starting to smoke"...like a recreation or a hobby...like stamp collecting or water color painting....ha ha.

You are not alone.

Stop trying to push your deep rooted interest in smoking on the rest of us! ?