https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/message/30691-when-does-it-get-easy Every day you get through without putting a cigarette in your mouth strengthens your quit. Quitting is a journey, not an event. The journey takes time. Time is the cure. Most of us smoked for years and years, repeating the hand-to-mouth behavior multiple times daily. Your brain has also been changed by the nicotine. What is the Single Best Thing You Can Do to Quit Smoking? - YouTube
What I found was that when I changed my thinking, it became easier. If you can imagine yourself on a desert island with no cigarettes on hand, you probably wouldn't think about them nearly as much because there would simply be no option to smoke. Right? But because we're not on a desert island, that option is right around the corner at the nearest store. When we close that Possibility Door , remove that option - our minds stop focusing so much on what we can't have. Think about something else too: have you ever had to be in a cast or been in a position where you had to refrain from doing something for a period of time? You accepted the discomfort of it, right? 'Cause you had no choice. Option and choice are what messes with our heads. It helped me to think in terms of the journey being a rite of passage. You just have to go through it to get past the unpleasant part. And the sooner you can emotionally accept that, the faster it will get easy. It WILL get easy. Trust us in that. But you have to be willing to hang in - no matter what - until that breakthrough occurs. You can do this! Commitment, perseverance, education and support will help you get there.
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