Out of necessity, mostly, but also I’m finally ready. Mentally prepared. Yesterday I had 10 cigs, down from a pack of 20.
I am vaping a lot more instead though, and am rapidly becoming addicted to it.
Everytime I want a cigarette, I force myself to smoke my vape first, which has helped in cutting back.
I have two and a half packs left, and yeah, I’ll probably buy a couple of more til I’m more dependent on the vape. I’ve been smoking cigarettes for ~18 years. I’m going to be patient with the process, but I realize and accept it has to happen.
Good luck @fractaled . I tried a similar method but it did not work out for me this last time. I will likely try again though. If you listen to smokers who have successfully quit, I think the key is persistence. Most of them have had multiple failed attempts prior to their final success.
Don’t let any setbacks get to you. Don’t beat yourself up over any failures.
I smoked for 17 years. I started smoking when I was 13 and I quit when I was 30.
It took me multiple attempts over a 10 year period to quit. I finally did it cold turkey when I turned 30. I told myself I’m quitting when I turn 30 and I did it through pure willpower.
It’s not easy, but it does get easier over time. I haven’t had a cigarette in over 14 years now and I don’t crave it at all, and I live with 2 heavy smokers. I see it and smell it all the time.
Time is what concerns me. I’m hoping the cravings go away quickly, but I know that’s optimistic.
How soon did it get easier, and the cravings really began to dwindle?
I have a lot of willpower, and I’m determined to to set my foot down so to speak. I’ll do it, but I want that first month to be over already hah. Dreading the time it will take to actually be done.
I live in Texas, and it’s summer. No way am I walking more than I already do (I take my dogs for short walks throughout the day), it’s incredibly difficult to stay outside for long. I start sweating as soon as I go outside.
I agree, if I was working, I probably wouldn’t quit at all right now.
Yeah, what is the temp down there now-a-days. I seem to have a problem with sweating, a couple years ago I was volunteering with habitat for humanity and I would be dripping sweat in about 15 min. I thought that it had something to do with medication and a sedentary lifestyle.
It says 90° Fahrenheit, but I don’t believe it’s that low. It commonly gets into the 100s in summer, August being the hottest.
Also, where I am there is high humidity year round. It’s a moist heat, which makes it worse. I grew up here and never acclimated to it. I hate Texas for a lot of things, but the weather is number one for me.
I also have a sedentary lifestyle mostly, so I know what you mean. I get tired easy, and have little stamina. Maybe quitting will help that a bit tho.
when I smoked I could quit “just like that” using the nicotine gum but whenever I weaned myself off the gum I would always go back to smoking…I religiously only quit cold turkey and I got in trouble for posting about how much I tried to quit on here…I quit cold turkey after a low oxygen reading on my doctor’s visit march 14th of 2021. I did it…you can do it too…
About a decade ago, I went from smoking to chew and then to snus. Soon I’ll be replacing the snus with cinnamon gum. Its all definitely a process. None of its good, Im just trying to go in the direction that allows me to breathe the easiest.
