i use to quit for a year and then go back to it, I worked a couple programs , used nrts for a year because I
was afraid I would relapse again, I had a nice counselor and this site.
My husband quit for 6 months and that helped , then he went back to smoking and I didn't, I used the tools I learned here.
I read everything I could read on quitting smoking and the side effects. I went to lungusa, the cancer society., whyquit.com,
and I stayed active here for years. I can't get complacent. Now i feel sorry for smokers, My husband since has taken up vaping. It is much better than his smoking.
I know how important good friends are, I think the smoking outside would help.
i don't need the deadly dopamine fix anymore, I can get great neurotranmitters from exercise.
I hope you can get some hobbies to busy yourself.
you can do this, you did it for a year.
don't beat yourself up over it. Just start again.
go to www.whyquit.com and check out joles pod casts,
surround yourself with positive people that can reciprocate your friendship in health.
if this person is very important to you and vice versa, have them smoke outside.
I would rather breathe than smoke, I don't have to do that to myself anymore.
You can be a great example to your friend,
Get some knowledge behind you , listen to the elders.
carry a picture of you and your family around, My major reason for smoking was that I didn't want my son to see me die of a smoking related disease. I eventually applied it to myself. my son and my famiily are proud of me now. it wasn't easy the first 2 years but it goes by fast once you commit. You have to realize that smoking stops breathing in the long run.
I don't know if you have ever seen a long time smoker struggling to breath and the horid cough they have. I have.
My grandpa died of emphsema. He was my role model for smoking , since I was so young. I thot by smoking I could somehow have a link to him , to carry it on, that was before I learned about the 4, 000 chemicals in cigarettes, and the tole it takes on our whole bodies ,not just our lungs.
I hope you don't beat yourself up over your relapse and by the time you read this, you can be on your way to a reward from the money you saved, I rewarded myself for a couple months and then went to a year. Don't be cheap, start a nice collection of small beautiful things, a new coat, a new pet that you don't want to smoke on., use your imagination, maybe a gym membership . anything you really want.
I could go n and on, its nice to see your blog. ride the train.!
namaste
aztec
yes < I took up yoga , I am gettin gback to it.
