Well, welcome. We are all like you on this site, a bunch of smokers. Most of whom do not smoke anymore. Your mind wants you to quit smoking, that is a real good start. wanting to quit. in fact, you will get no where without it. You should talk to your Dr. about quitting. Ask if there are any helps avaliable for you. and try every single one that you can find. Some people can quit cold turkey , I wasnt one of them. i tried every help available. and there are lots of them. You should get Allan Carr's book 'The easy way to quit smoking', and read it and read it. you have to learn to hate cigarettes. they are, after all, killing you and you are paying to have them kill you. It is not easy, not at all. But you can do it. and you MUST do it to save your own life. then think of your new, non-smoking life. Clean and fresh. healthy and pure. You can do it. I found this meditation very helpful. Hypnosis to quit smoking mindfully - YouTube you need some time and you need to get comfy while laying down. During this time of early quit I want you to be real nice to yourself, baby yourself, spoil yourself, you will be going through a period of detox and then a period of healing. The detox is hard. This is not a baby face drug, nicotine. It is a hard line drug, and you have made a wonderful choice to quit. Remember each day, each and every day is one day nearer to chucking that nico-demon under the bus. It WILL save your life by quitting. It is not easy, but it is doable. And, as my friends here say 'take what helps and leave the rest'. Welcome to EX-Community. Keep in touch. karen
