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Welcome to our community!   You don't have to want to quit, but you must be willing and and committed to it.  No doubt about it - it's not easy, so you really have to get your mind in the right place.  A good place to start is to understand that smoking actually does nothing for you - all you believe it does is a lie of your addiction.  Read on toPreviewHide preview

Welcome to our community!   The important thing you can do right now is to educate yourself on what nicotine does to your body and mind. To that end, I highly recommend Allen Carr's “The Easy Way to Stop Smoking.” This is an easy and entertaining read. You can search for it online or at your local library. Here's a link to a video here on the sitePreviewHide preview

Welcome to EX...how do we do it?  We read everything we could about this addiction because education is a HUGE tool in helping with recovery, we accepted that this IS an addiction.  We sought support from others on this site, just like you are doing now.  We read blogs and read how other people were doing this...what was working for THEM...wePreviewHide preview

Welcome to our community!   By "practice quitting," you are drawing out the time it takes for the nicotine to be out of your system and prolonging the initial withdrawal.   If it's been two days since you've smoked - quit already!  You will have gotten the nicotine mostly out of your body in three.  Learn more about all this by doing the reading IPreviewHide preview

Welcome to our community!   I'm glad you wrote a blog!  We all did this the same way you will do it - one day -----sometimes a minute or an hour at a time in the beginning.  It isn't easy, but it IS doable - and it WILL get easier as time passes.  The first two weeks are the most difficult, then it takes some time for your body to adjust to lifePreviewHide preview

Welcome to our community!   There are as many opinions about what works best for quitting as there are idiots in this world!  If an NRT has worked for you for the past week - stick with it.    Most of the studies done about success rates have been done by a group that has skin in the game, so it's difficult to know what is accurate.  I don't knowPreviewHide preview

Welcome to our community!   Those chicken patties look yummy!  Sounds like you have two important quit tools working for you:  staying busy and exercising.  Eating healthy is ALWAYS a good plan.  Do try not to do too much at once.....quitting smoking is a huge change in itself - so you might go more slowly on the eating plan.  Dieting is aPreviewHide preview

Welcome to our community!   You just have to make up your mind that you will do whatever it takes to get through those first weeks.  They ARE awful - the worst is about the first two weeks, then it's a bit as your body gets used to life without the drugs.  Apologize to those around you ahead of time, take slow/deep breaths when you feel ready toPreviewHide preview

Welcome to our community! Luck has nothing to do with quitting smoking.  It DOES take education, preparation, planning and commitment.  We can help with all but the last.  On your quit date, you should not have any cigarettes anywhere around. Any left should be put under running water and trashed.   You need to also get rid of your ashtrays andPreviewHide preview