what helped me a great deal is the section under the "My Quit Plan" (found at the upper right-hand corner), go to the Beat Tobacco Cravings. Identify your triggers and then the most important part is the trigger tracker tool. Here is where you devise your own plan of separating yourself from automatically picking up a cigarette. Here you replace that action with a different one. In my case, my youngest daughter stresses me out. Drama queen. She didn't live here the first year I was quit, she moved back home in the second year. I knew that I'd have to think of ways to cope with certain triggers (things she does) that drives me insane. I prepared for when and if she ever came back. This section is individualized because everyone's life is different and everyone's triggers are different. So you're going to have to put your thinking cap on. talk to your doctor if life in general gets to be too much and let them know you've quit smoking. Some people find that some medication can assist you along the way.
I always said I'd die with a cigarette hanging out of my mouth. I couldn't imagine myself as a nonsmoker. well, it's now been over 2 years. You just have to educate yourself, learn about what nicotine is and what it does to your brain and why it keeps you coming back along with your own personal reasons why you started smoking in the first place and continued to do so over the years. Quitting is difficult because there's so much emotional ties to it and that's what keeps you coming back. Some drink to forget, some use drugs to hide some trauma. it's all a personal thing. As you move along the process of quitting, you're going to learn a lot about yourself and why you see smoking as a comfort, a friend, a stress reliever. You've come to the right place. We're just a bunch of former smokers helping other smokers quit. Welcome !!!!
