welcome friend, you sound like me. I quit for 5 days in dec, 7 days in jan, 10 days in feb, and on march 16 I had my last puff. you are durned right, this is a difficult struggle. but it gets easier. yes it does. I don't mean it gets easier each time you try, I mean that day 13 is easier than day 3. now, at day 160 I don't think of smoking every 2 minutes. It is a hard struggle, you bet your life on it, but you gotta do what ever it takes to get it done. We here at Ex are living proof that it can be done by all types of people. But that day one, two, three, the first couple of weeks, the first month is not easy. We are here to help you. Call out. I read on a blog here that a smart person learns by their own mistakes, a wise person learns from the mistakes of otthers. I had the floor of my mouth removed (the part under my tongue) from cancer from smoking. Some people here have had parts of their lungs removed from C)PD. Some here have had heart attacks. Some have had bladder cancer, lost their teeth through peridontal disease. Don't let it happen to you. Yes, this is the biggest struggle you have undertaken. But you HAVE embarked on it. and that is the big giant step. the first step, the decision to quit. Stumble, fall, but get back up there and fight that nicodemon. You know the alternative. This site really helped me, I mean the people here, they went through what I went th4ough and ccame through on the other side. So can you. and yes, it may , it will take a couple or five tries, but do not stop trying. Do not stop trying. You hear me? do not stop trying.
Yeah, When I quit a few years ago, I thought I'd lost my mind. I had to search high and low to make sense out of quitting. At the age of 54, I looked at my smoking as me. And without the smokes, a part of me was missing. Of course it's addiction that is the real problem. I knew smoking was an addiction, yet I couldn't really see how the addiction was affecting my thinking. And I resented not feeling better about quitting. Took some time for my head to clear, for me to see how hooked I was. Yes, quitting can be mind bending, but the more smober we get day by day, the weaker the addiction becomes.
Breaking through all the excuses, one at a time, one day at a time is a sure fire way to find smobriety. Keep working your quit.
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I'm a recovery alcoholic of 10 years almost n now cigarettes. I have a very addictive nature I love animals, nature n camping. I'm on disability due to a bad back plus retired. Butterflies r my guides n wolves my protectors.
