Originally posted by darvlay"Of course, what I've told everyone here is about 1/4 of the full story so there's more to it than what I've just written."
I'm just gonna give it another go cold turkey and see how it goes. I've quit before for long lengths of time while still drinking and socializing. I had a single relapse but I'm honestly not going to run to prescription drugs just yet.
Palynka and Starrman are partly right. I do lack a lot of willpower when it comes to certain things. Of course, what ...[text shortened]... one here is about 1/4 of the full story so there's more to it than what I've just written.
We all already know that, Darv, as does your personal ticker and breathing pump, ie, heart and lungs. Restraint, please.
Hypnosis worked on me the second time around.
I quit cold turkey one year on my birthday and was a bitch on wheels for a week. About 2 years later I fell into the "I can have just one" trap and within a month was back to where I was before I quit. I got desperate to quit again and went to a hypnosis stop smoking seminar with some people from work and I quit that night with zero cravings and have never smoked since.
It's worth a try.
Originally posted by SuzianneSame thing me paps did. Long time coming that old bastard.
Hypnosis worked on me the second time around.
I quit cold turkey one year on my birthday and was a bitch on wheels for a week. About 2 years later I fell into the "I can have just one" trap and within a month was back to where I was before I quit. I got desperate to quit again and went to a hypnosis stop smoking seminar with some people from work and I quit that night with zero cravings and have never smoked since.
It's worth a try.
Originally posted by darvlayGood job, Darlvey.
Here we are at [b]Day 10.
Notable symptoms include:
- Need to shove face full of food at weird times
- Have begun the loud gutteral coughing again
- Less tired in the evenings
- Hands have begun shaking slightly at times
- I smell wonderful[/b]
Firstly, you will be best off staying in for a month. This is when the cravings really are at their most intense. For me, up to two weeks was bearable, after that it was a struggle.
Giving up is all a state of mind at the end of the day. Just keep telling yourself that it's just your synapses craving dopamine as that's all it is. And they will come up with any excuse or twisted argument to get that cig into your mouth. As long as you can look at it that way you can get round their arguments and persuasions.
If you fall down and buckle to having a 'just one' then treat it as just that. You've just had one cig and you are still giving up. It's part of the process. You're not right back to where you started just because you've had just one cigarette.
Originally posted by jimslyp69I quit once for 10 months, so I'm up for the challenge!
Firstly, you will be best off staying in for a month. This is when the cravings really are at their most intense. For me, up to two weeks was bearable, after that it was a struggle.
Giving up is all a state of mind at the end of the day. Just keep telling yourself that it's just your synapses craving dopamine as that's all it is. And they will come up w ...[text shortened]... . You're not right back to where you started just because you've had just one cigarette.