Im new here, although NOT to becoming a quitter. I started smoking at 15. Someone told me how cool i looked smoking and it was over from there! I am 42 years young, exercise 5 days a week, and recently started running. Which BTW kills me. My lungs are terrible. I am scared to death i will be one of those people from the brutal quit smoking commercials . Yet here i am smoking like a chimney.
I love the trigger advise on changing the routine during trigger moments, which is alot!! With everything i do! But even prolonging smoking by minutes, is a very long time. I have started this phase today. I have not yet set a date. I am struggling with this part of things. I have a vacation coming up in 3 weeks. Should i quit before or after? This vacation will be a huge trigger. Help!
Everything is a trigger when you're used to smoking for any reason.
Start telling yourself "I'm going to wait a little longer" every time you think of smoking.
Don't deny yourself, don't count, just say that phrase. If you'll say that every time, your smoking will decrease automatically and in three weeks you will have proven you don't need to smoke just because you thought you did.
You will be ready to quit without any stress.
PS I didn't set a quit date either. I did what I've told you for 4 weeks and went from a pack a day to 5 a day.
I quit one time 12+ years ago.
https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/blogs/jonescarp.aka.dale.Jan_2007-blog/2011/06/26/what-to-expect-in-the-first-four-months