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Old 09-13-2014, 01:19 AM
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Old 09-13-2014, 01:25 AM
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Old 09-13-2014, 05:17 AM
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Hi Martina- Posting is a good idea.

Johnston- Sounds like you're tapering down? Different stuff works for different people, but I found cold-turkey to be the easiest for me. When I tried tapering, even having a little bit of nicotine in my system made it worse for me. Way to go on deciding you want to quit!!

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Old 09-13-2014, 05:55 AM
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Decided that the cig I smoked twenty minutes ago was my last. I am done. Funny, smoking is harder for me to let go of than drinking. (This blows my mind.)

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Old 09-14-2014, 02:44 AM
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Old 09-14-2014, 07:59 AM
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You can do it Change!! We're here for you.

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Old 09-14-2014, 11:14 AM
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Old 09-15-2014, 03:31 AM
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Old 09-15-2014, 08:11 AM
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Old 09-15-2014, 08:25 AM
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Old 09-15-2014, 04:47 PM
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Old 09-16-2014, 12:10 AM
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Old 09-16-2014, 12:40 AM
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I think I may be substituting food for smoking-I'm bored?? Is that it?
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Old 09-16-2014, 03:56 AM
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I need suggestions for making it through the first day of being smoke free.

help??!! anyone??!!
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Old 09-16-2014, 07:10 AM
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Sugarbear- Things that helped me included drinking a lot of water, keeping something around for the oral fixation- gum, hard candy, I loved tangerine altoids for a while. Making a list of reasons why I wanted to quit helped me remember what I was doing it for anyway. Be willing to take it easy on yourself- stressed about dinner? Order a pizza? Stressed about chores? Just don't try to tackle them just yet.

Getting out and doing something physical helps too- a long walk, some yoga, a bike ride, etc.

I'm thinking you quit alcohol some time ago? The techniques you used for that may be helpful here too.

And try not to psych yourself out too much. I think the hardest thing about quitting smoking was overcoming my fear about it. I thought that life would be impossible without a cigarette. Turns out I was just fine without them though.

Just take little chunks at a time. Focus on making it through one hour at a time. You'll get there. And you'll be so proud of yourself when you crawl into bed tonight knowing you didn't smoke.

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Old 09-16-2014, 08:01 AM
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SB-I distracted myself as much as possible and tried not to think about cigs too much. It helped me a lot and still does.

Grace-I gained some weight quitting. I think some do, some don't. Now I'm working on trying to get it off. I'm glad I don't smoke anymore though!!

No smoking for me today! Good luck everyone. Good to see you here.
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Old 09-16-2014, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Ifnotforgrace View Post
I think I may be substituting food for smoking-I'm bored?? Is that it?
Well, by substituting really healthy foods you will be doing yourself a favour.

'Fake coughing in front of smokers just to make them feel guilty' (anon)
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Old 09-16-2014, 06:06 PM
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Thanks, will try tomorrow as day 1
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Old 09-16-2014, 11:03 PM
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Old 09-17-2014, 03:43 AM
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ok, in about 3 hours and 15 minutes it will be 12 hours smoke free.....

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