Mark Twain said of smoking cigars “Quitting smoking is easy – I do it every day”.
That pretty much sums up my relationship to quitting smoking. I started new quits at least once a month for the past decade. If you’re counting, that multiplies out to over 100 quits. I have been in a perpetual state of withdrawal. I have wanted to be a non-smoker. I just didn’t want to go through the work it takes to actually quit smoking!
I took the prescription meds, and St. John’s wart, and patches, and gum, and hypnosis. You know what? NONE of those things will quit for you. None of those things will motivate you to stay away from cigarettes. All of those things can help you – but they can’t do it all. I had to take ownership of my quit and why my quits failed in the past.
Being on this site is the tool I am using to stay committed to quitting.
Keep the quit
PT
It is much easier to go through that first day, that first week ONCE. I was so uncomfortable that I vowed never to put myself through it again! I read, I planned, I prepared and I committed to never smoking another cigarette no matter what. I was fortunate to have found this site, its members and the education I needed. My forever quit started on that very first try.
And, everyone here promised me it would get easier as time passed. And - it DID! I learned the lesson of "never just one" and accepted that it was true.
And, here I am, 7+ years later. Loving my smoke free life!