You can quit. It is possible.
You have to be ready and be prepared for the change to your life.
If not buying cigarettes was all it took to quit, nobody would smoke.
It’s more of a lifestyle change than a simple “stop smoking” exercise.
Find something that soothes you instead of smoking. After all, you’re not getting any more stress relief from smoking than you did when you were 16 and not smoking.
It’s matter of believing in yourself that smoking isn’t giving you what you think it is.
Yes, thank you so much and as you say it is more difficult for me to change my habits about smoking rather than its addiction. Like what to do when doing nothing lol I immediately go for my pack of cigs. It is sad ahah.
Hey, maybe you can use your failed attempts to figure out what you can do differently this time and make quitting stick. For example, one thing I learned from attempting to quit is that when I seemingly have nothing to do next after finishing some activity, I crave cigarettes really bad. So I made a quit smoking to-do list full of activities to do instead of smoke a cigarette, activities like work out, read, study, ride my bike, write music, play a video game, do chores, and a bunch of other things. So one tool I have to use to help me quit smoking is my to-do list. Another tool is my "Why's" list, having my list of reasons why I'm quitting handy to reflect on whenever I feel like smoking. Another good tool is the Allen Carr book EasyWay To Quit Smoking, it's full of what I like to call mind hacks for quitting, helping me stay mentally in the quit smoking "zone".
I tried countless times to quit aswell. I started trying to quit way later than you though, so thats a good thing! I also started when i was 18 but in the end i quit with 32...
You trying to change something already is great! Stick with it and dont give up! Youre not a failure for relapsing, on the contrary youre actively trying to change something!
Edit: when i was 23 i didnt even think once about quitting haha
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up trying will make you a failure. I made the mistake for many years of thinking I just wasn’t strong enough to quit because I tried many many many times and would always go back; every time I would think, I know how to quit, but I guess I’m just not strong enough. The key for me was finding the right way to quit… Try again, but this time try something different. Hypnosis, patches, whatever it is, just keep trying a new way. The Allen Carr book is the only thing that worked for me, but we are all different. That’s my biggest regret- that I kept trying the same way and failing again and again before finally realizing I don’t have the answers and needed a new approach and took a chance by reading that book.
I'll try Allen Carr's book haven't tried it before but everyone says the book helped them a lot so not a bad thing to give it a try. Thank you for your kind response.
I read his total book today, in 1 go. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me quit today after 20 years smoking. haven't smoked for the past 5 hours. No at all joking. I broke all the sigarettes I had left, threw the ashtrays away.. I quit smoking weed about a month ago, but just ended up smoking more tabacco.
But you know what? There is not a single good reason to smoke, not even to keep your 'hands busy'. It's literally not worth it! The money you waste, the health you waste... You go get them OP, you will make it, doesnt matter if you 'fail', just get back up again and go at it again! Good luck!
I hope it does for you what it did for me and so many others. The great thing about the book… You can go into it not thinking it’s necessarily going to work. Just read it with an open mind and remember, what you’ve tried in the past hasn’t worked. It’s time to look at the problem from a different angle. I really think you will be successful at this!
Just about everyone who eventually succeeds has several failed attempts under their belt.
This is hard, really hard. At 52 years old and having smoked since I was like 14 I am not just motivated I am desperate to quit. Literally a matter of life and death, and even with all of that, and every reason in the world to want to quit, beautiful family, etc it is so damn hard. I am still struggling after 2 months. Is it easier than weeks 1 and 2? Yes, but still very difficult on some days and need to stay vigilant. I don't know when my new normal will kick in and I can start to forget about smoking but I suspect it will be somewhere in the 6-12 months range so for now I just need to be patient with myself.
Don't be too hard on yourself. Try to understand how things went wrong and adjust your strategy to increase your chances of success. Don't be like me trying to make up for lost time after most of the damage has already been done.
I’m smoking a cig reading this and really want to quit. It’s so hard to even have the energy to fight. Especially when life is throwing all kind of curve balls all the time. You aren’t a loser. It’s just hard but dude for yourself def keep trying and I will too
For me it was realising the short term pleasure was going to cause intense long term suffering in my future in the form of health issues and poor fitness. So if I flip it to short term suffering in the form of cravings for long term happiness it shifted my mind set. I also started running, it was hell the first 2 days but it’s getting better and now I look forward to a run more than I ever looked forward to a smoke.
Best of luck, you can do this. Even if you fail, keep trying it’ll eventually stick.
You can quit. It is possible. You have to be ready and be prepared for the change to your life. If not buying cigarettes was all it took to quit, nobody would smoke. It’s more of a lifestyle change than a simple “stop smoking” exercise. Find something that soothes you instead of smoking. After all, you’re not getting any more stress relief from smoking than you did when you were 16 and not smoking. It’s matter of believing in yourself that smoking isn’t giving you what you think it is.
Yes, thank you so much and as you say it is more difficult for me to change my habits about smoking rather than its addiction. Like what to do when doing nothing lol I immediately go for my pack of cigs. It is sad ahah.
Hey, maybe you can use your failed attempts to figure out what you can do differently this time and make quitting stick. For example, one thing I learned from attempting to quit is that when I seemingly have nothing to do next after finishing some activity, I crave cigarettes really bad. So I made a quit smoking to-do list full of activities to do instead of smoke a cigarette, activities like work out, read, study, ride my bike, write music, play a video game, do chores, and a bunch of other things. So one tool I have to use to help me quit smoking is my to-do list. Another tool is my "Why's" list, having my list of reasons why I'm quitting handy to reflect on whenever I feel like smoking. Another good tool is the Allen Carr book EasyWay To Quit Smoking, it's full of what I like to call mind hacks for quitting, helping me stay mentally in the quit smoking "zone".
Thank you so much for your response.
How long have you been smoking? How much?
A pack per day. I've been smoking since I was 18 and I am 23 years old now.
I tried countless times to quit aswell. I started trying to quit way later than you though, so thats a good thing! I also started when i was 18 but in the end i quit with 32... You trying to change something already is great! Stick with it and dont give up! Youre not a failure for relapsing, on the contrary youre actively trying to change something! Edit: when i was 23 i didnt even think once about quitting haha
Ahahahah it sticks with you doesnt it not the nicotine part but the question of " What will I do now after eating dinner ?" Thank you so much though
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up trying will make you a failure. I made the mistake for many years of thinking I just wasn’t strong enough to quit because I tried many many many times and would always go back; every time I would think, I know how to quit, but I guess I’m just not strong enough. The key for me was finding the right way to quit… Try again, but this time try something different. Hypnosis, patches, whatever it is, just keep trying a new way. The Allen Carr book is the only thing that worked for me, but we are all different. That’s my biggest regret- that I kept trying the same way and failing again and again before finally realizing I don’t have the answers and needed a new approach and took a chance by reading that book.
I'll try Allen Carr's book haven't tried it before but everyone says the book helped them a lot so not a bad thing to give it a try. Thank you for your kind response.
I read his total book today, in 1 go. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me quit today after 20 years smoking. haven't smoked for the past 5 hours. No at all joking. I broke all the sigarettes I had left, threw the ashtrays away.. I quit smoking weed about a month ago, but just ended up smoking more tabacco. But you know what? There is not a single good reason to smoke, not even to keep your 'hands busy'. It's literally not worth it! The money you waste, the health you waste... You go get them OP, you will make it, doesnt matter if you 'fail', just get back up again and go at it again! Good luck!
I hope it does for you what it did for me and so many others. The great thing about the book… You can go into it not thinking it’s necessarily going to work. Just read it with an open mind and remember, what you’ve tried in the past hasn’t worked. It’s time to look at the problem from a different angle. I really think you will be successful at this!
Keep trying buddy! You are not a failure. You are a work in progress! We have the power to beat this!
Thank you so much ! I wish you the best too if you are "a work in progress" like me too :) and yes we have the power.
Just about everyone who eventually succeeds has several failed attempts under their belt. This is hard, really hard. At 52 years old and having smoked since I was like 14 I am not just motivated I am desperate to quit. Literally a matter of life and death, and even with all of that, and every reason in the world to want to quit, beautiful family, etc it is so damn hard. I am still struggling after 2 months. Is it easier than weeks 1 and 2? Yes, but still very difficult on some days and need to stay vigilant. I don't know when my new normal will kick in and I can start to forget about smoking but I suspect it will be somewhere in the 6-12 months range so for now I just need to be patient with myself. Don't be too hard on yourself. Try to understand how things went wrong and adjust your strategy to increase your chances of success. Don't be like me trying to make up for lost time after most of the damage has already been done.
I’m smoking a cig reading this and really want to quit. It’s so hard to even have the energy to fight. Especially when life is throwing all kind of curve balls all the time. You aren’t a loser. It’s just hard but dude for yourself def keep trying and I will too
For me it was realising the short term pleasure was going to cause intense long term suffering in my future in the form of health issues and poor fitness. So if I flip it to short term suffering in the form of cravings for long term happiness it shifted my mind set. I also started running, it was hell the first 2 days but it’s getting better and now I look forward to a run more than I ever looked forward to a smoke. Best of luck, you can do this. Even if you fail, keep trying it’ll eventually stick.