Quitting smoking using AVRT
Anyone here done this successfully?
AVRT is a new concept for me. I'm almost a year sober and quite secure with that now, I'm using a recovery program and am happy to stick with what's working for me.
But the smoking....nothing has worked and I'm desperate to quit. I've done some reading on AVRT, haven't smoked for a couple of days and I'm struggling I will be honest. I'm finding it hard not to listen to the AV. I'm finding it hard to separate that voice which at present is screaming at me from my rational voice. I know what I want and need to do. I know I need to ignore it, but it is so hard. I feel panicked and anxious and it is so convincing.
I guess I'd like to hear from others who have managed this in relation to smoking. How on earth did you learn to ignore it??!
This seems way harder than giving up drinking, but maybe that's because the struggles with that have faded a bit with time for me.
I need to succeed. I want to succeed. Why am I doubting that I can?