kiramdear wrote:Two and a half weeks without a slip.
My sense of taste and smell have returned to normal, my singing voice is good to go and my lungs feel clear as a bell. Yee haw!
Hey Scott, how are you feeling?
Today will be a full three weeks.
Glad to hear you're doing great also.
Spent some time out of town with inlaws this weekend (stressful enough considering it was a full moon and we had some fist fights break out.
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Took my ABG and jammed a little here and there.
Lots of smokers milling about and not one thought of even trying one--other than once when someone asked how long and tried to offer me some of their nasty smelling and stale light cigarettes which I never would have smoked to begin with. I almost gagged thinking of that.
John, it's difficult sometimes. Mine is still a mental game but for the most part, it's a done deal. I occassionally think about a smoke but most of the time I'm off to thinking about something else before I even realize it.
Time has severely lessened my thoughts on "cravings". I wouldn't even call them cravings, other than a "wow, wouldn't it..." and then I'm off to thinking of something else.
If you've had failings in the past, there are some things you can do. Prepare yourself and don't ever give up.
This is a severely mental game and if you fail on your first attempt, burn the failure from your mind and go at it again.
If you fail multiple times doing it a certain way, try it a different way. What works for some doesn't work for everyone. Each of us have different habits and each of those smokers use smoking for different things.
So, it's only natural that each of us have different ways of quitting.
As I mentioned earlier, I cut my nicotine intake down to nearly nothing over a 1 week period of time and then quit. If you do this, be sure you don't start using nicotine substitutes because everything you reduced will be for naught.
If you have any questions, you can ask here or PM me.
I'm available. Good luck.
