Being Tested

[Kpnbo]

Well in NML and am being tested.  Want a cigarette so badly.  I am home alone early morning tired, hungry, irritable.

The perfect time for me to have had a cigarette.  Just trying to breathe thru it.  Any suggestions would be more than welcome..Thanks.  Karen

[TW517]

I see this list passed along here often:  /blogs/Maggie_quit_8-1-2010-blog/2012/03/19/100-things-to-do-instead-of-smoking  

I remember the first time I read it, it took so long to get through, my crave had passed without me noticing.  My favorite crave busters have always been chewing on a coffee stir stick (or straw) and yelling really loud!

[Jennifer-Quit]

Do whatever you need to do to get through this - take a walk, take a shower, eat something, etc., Anything except smoke.  You got this!

[Mortalzeus]

Box Breathing has always worked for me!  I would use the time during this concentration exercise to visualize myself beating the crave and moving forward! 

Stay Strong Karen  You got this!

Darren

[YoungAtHeart]

Distract, distract, distract!!!  The only person who can talk herself into smoking is YOU!  Don't do it!!!

Get busy!

Nancy

[OldBones-Larry]

Do anything, and everything to distract from that crave. It only lasts about 3 minutes, so you can find something that will help.

I used peppermints and straw sections.

Larry

[elvan]

You need to keep some lemons on hand...bite into a lemon, rind and all, guaranteed to kill any quit.  I bought lemons but never actually used any because just the THOUGHT threw me.  I had Sour Patch Kids, candy around...they helped, I also heard people talk about Fireballs and they knocked THEIR craves away.

Remember that no crave ever killed anyone...no one can say that about smoking.  No crave lasts forever either.

[Madyzsgocka]

Frozen grapes too - they're like candy.

[elvan]

I ate frozen cherries...still have a bag in the freezer and eat them fairly frequently!  I think they probably helped in more ways than one.

[Sandy-9-17-17]

Keep on saying to yourself....." I don't do that anymore"   "I don't do that anymore"  

Remember N.O.P.E.  and S.I.N.A.O. 

And you did GREAT by coming here!  Good job!!