I've given up cigarettes today, it's been hell..
I had been smoking for the best part of my life, i don't seem to be thinking properly at the moment, the lack of nicotine in my system is making it very difficult to concentrate on anything for longer than a few seconds.
It's down to the fact i just can't afford the pack of twenty i did a day, i've tried all the vapes, gums, patches, sprays etc and nothing worked and it all cost a hell of a lot more than actually smoking.
So, cold turkey it is, and my god my brain hurts.
If i could have a cup of coffee and a cigarette now, i would, alas, i can't.
I was once told that nicotine is the most addictive substance in the world.
It'll hopefully get better and maybe i'll feel better physically than i have been of late, this is a good thing, have to keep reminding myself.
Hope all is well in your part of the world and that is too filled with clean breathable air.
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Aww, good man! You can do it!
It's hard, but you will feel so much better once that stuff is out of your body!
Keep busy as much as you can to keep your mind off it..
Good luck 🤞
Keep sticking with it brother and it will get better. I stopped for 2 years and just stopped again
Cheers, man.
Good luck! It's something I did years ago, and it wasn't easy, but I've never regretted it. I'd just started practising regular meditation at the time, in a group setting, and that certainly helped me quit. I think I was using cigarettes to repress anger, and a lot of anger came up after I gave up. The meditation helped a lot. I also changed my routine so that I wasn't doing the things that I used to associate with lighting up, and I tried not to think about cigarettes.
Everything at the moment reminds me of cigarettes, it's going to take some time.
It's not easy, but nothing worth doing is. Keep at it!
Thanks :)
I'm glad I never started smoking. It's a legalised drug industry that thrives on addiction. I hope you can get through this. I know you are quite a compulsive person and you need to find other things to keep you going. It looks like art and music help. Maybe Hive can help too. Stay busy and stay healthy.
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Good for you. While I've never smoked, I know many who have and they say it was tough to break from it. But they did! You can too!
Thanks :)
I’m a former smoker and can remember giving up the day my doctor told me I was going to need a kidney transplant. That was difficult as I faced the most stressful time of my life. I have to admit, I stopped buying cigarettes but kept asking other people if I could “blag a fag”. Eventually my friends would say they only had a couple left and post transplant, I just never touched them again. It wasn’t easy. Not long after that I also had to quit coffee, chocolate, tomatoes but only for am awhile!
Wishing you the best. I hope you're able to pull it off.
I've never smoked but I can imagine how difficult it must be to give up such an addictive substance. Most of the world is addicted to sugar, and giving that up is nearly impossible for most people. Good luck.
It's tough. I tell you, it helped so much to get through the bad times, but i just can't afford to keep paying the nearly 200 pounds a month it is costing me! And obviously, for my health!
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