Gday all. May I just pass this on to anyone who is thinking of quitting - just my experience.
About 20 smokes a day for 10 years. Even more on the booze with the lads. Id wake up rotten, absolutely s**t. I thought it was because Id drank so much. I can tell you now, its not the booze. Im starting a family soon and decided to get rid of my selfish habit whilst young enough to do so. (im 34) I started to feel that smoking was starting to run my life. By this i mean when friends were looking for places to go out at night id think of comfortable places where i knew i could smoke. It started to annoy me. Approaching a life with my adorable wife to be, wanting a family, it clicked. Now Im the bloke who loves footy, beer, smokes etc etc but i really wanted to cut out the smokes for my futures sake yet was scared what it would do to my love of having a smoke and beer with the footy. Life. Life is so much more important than being corrupted by the drug. Once one realises its not actually enjoyable its just the addiction one starts to realise how to overcome it.
Ok...I was terrified of quitting. Terrified if i didnt have that smoke in the morning my body would do something strange and id start puffing, shaking and god help me, think that Julia was doing something useful. You cant be afraid , the body will work. Ok the body will do a few strange things , you may feel ill, headaches, boredom - really the list is endless. What you must be sure of though that "YOURE BODY IS WINNING AND ALTHOUGH UNCOMFORTABLE IT WILL SUCCEED" your mind will always, yes always , let you down before your body will. Trust it and get mentally tough knowing what you are doing is gaining years on your life. Every hour you dont have a smoke is empowering, hours become nights, which become mornings, days , maybe a week. The feeling you have after each day of not smoking is so much more rewarding than giving your body that dose of nicotine which your brain says it needs. Embrace the feeling not smoking gives you, get back to being in control of yourself
So....for me..... I locked myself in my house while my gf was away, i thought id need maybe 4 days when its really bad. I watched tv, foxtel , lots of sport. I cleaned the house 32 times, my Mazda 3 was the cleanest car in Australia - geez I even tried to educate myself on the nuances on my Landcruiser headlights. Every time I wanted a smoke Id do 5 pushups. Ok, unconventional and books will probably snarl at me but it worked for me. Whatever works when a craving appears. I run a lot , my 10 k best run improved 9 mins within 3 weeks of stopping durries. Wow (Im still wow about that) Just keep yourself busy, preferably with an enjoyable task. Avoid booze. This is hard (because I love beer ) but just hold up a bit. Its always going to be difficult with booze the first 8 wks or so, but look in the mirror and see how far youve come now .. see your smile, kiss your partner without trying to hide the smell, scratch your nose without smelling the burners. Feel empowered, laugh, and enjoy the smoke free life. Enjoy your friends supporting you, enjoy your body smiling and saying (thank god) youve stopped. enjoy your extra years of healthy life.
If you get weak occasionally, do not give up. Its all mental - be strong enough to beat a chemical and the world is more of an oyster than it ever was when the haze was trapping you. If you have a puff, remember this and read it again - you dont need this crap - the addiction makes you feel like you do, youre stronger than that - wake up in the morning and feel it
Cheers
sorry if it was so long
About 20 smokes a day for 10 years. Even more on the booze with the lads. Id wake up rotten, absolutely s**t. I thought it was because Id drank so much. I can tell you now, its not the booze. Im starting a family soon and decided to get rid of my selfish habit whilst young enough to do so. (im 34) I started to feel that smoking was starting to run my life. By this i mean when friends were looking for places to go out at night id think of comfortable places where i knew i could smoke. It started to annoy me. Approaching a life with my adorable wife to be, wanting a family, it clicked. Now Im the bloke who loves footy, beer, smokes etc etc but i really wanted to cut out the smokes for my futures sake yet was scared what it would do to my love of having a smoke and beer with the footy. Life. Life is so much more important than being corrupted by the drug. Once one realises its not actually enjoyable its just the addiction one starts to realise how to overcome it.
Ok...I was terrified of quitting. Terrified if i didnt have that smoke in the morning my body would do something strange and id start puffing, shaking and god help me, think that Julia was doing something useful. You cant be afraid , the body will work. Ok the body will do a few strange things , you may feel ill, headaches, boredom - really the list is endless. What you must be sure of though that "YOURE BODY IS WINNING AND ALTHOUGH UNCOMFORTABLE IT WILL SUCCEED" your mind will always, yes always , let you down before your body will. Trust it and get mentally tough knowing what you are doing is gaining years on your life. Every hour you dont have a smoke is empowering, hours become nights, which become mornings, days , maybe a week. The feeling you have after each day of not smoking is so much more rewarding than giving your body that dose of nicotine which your brain says it needs. Embrace the feeling not smoking gives you, get back to being in control of yourself
So....for me..... I locked myself in my house while my gf was away, i thought id need maybe 4 days when its really bad. I watched tv, foxtel , lots of sport. I cleaned the house 32 times, my Mazda 3 was the cleanest car in Australia - geez I even tried to educate myself on the nuances on my Landcruiser headlights. Every time I wanted a smoke Id do 5 pushups. Ok, unconventional and books will probably snarl at me but it worked for me. Whatever works when a craving appears. I run a lot , my 10 k best run improved 9 mins within 3 weeks of stopping durries. Wow (Im still wow about that) Just keep yourself busy, preferably with an enjoyable task. Avoid booze. This is hard (because I love beer ) but just hold up a bit. Its always going to be difficult with booze the first 8 wks or so, but look in the mirror and see how far youve come now .. see your smile, kiss your partner without trying to hide the smell, scratch your nose without smelling the burners. Feel empowered, laugh, and enjoy the smoke free life. Enjoy your friends supporting you, enjoy your body smiling and saying (thank god) youve stopped. enjoy your extra years of healthy life.
If you get weak occasionally, do not give up. Its all mental - be strong enough to beat a chemical and the world is more of an oyster than it ever was when the haze was trapping you. If you have a puff, remember this and read it again - you dont need this crap - the addiction makes you feel like you do, youre stronger than that - wake up in the morning and feel it
Cheers
sorry if it was so long
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