I Want A Cigarette

I made a decision to quit smoking and to start it, I decided to go on a smoke-free 3 day trip with my friends.

Now during this entire three day trip, I've wanted a cigarette.
Cigarette cigarette cigarette, that's the only thing that has been on my mind whenever I had free time.

Now I'm home, nobody's watching and I want a cigarette.

I obviously shouldn't buy a pack, but I really want to.
Why shouldn't i?
Please give me a reason

 

Think of all the bad side affects to it. Usually when I feel tempted to do something that would affect my health, I look and think of the side affects and that usually helps me not want it as bad. Like you said, it's only in your mind most when you have free time so try to keep yourself occupied. You will quit it if you have the dedication and strength to. Keep in there, you'll quit it hopefully!

 

Try keeping your hands busy. I've heard people eat peanuts or something to get themselves off smoking. You should look online for ways people have used to resist the temptation of smoking.

Around 5-6 years ago, When my father was trying to get off smoking, he resisted the temptation by eating peanuts. He hasn't had a smoke since. Stay Strong

 

I'm also looking for advice here, have tried to quit several times, never successful, I smoke when i crave it, smoke when I'm bored, smoke when I'm stressed, smoke after eating/drinking, smoke after sex, smoke first thing in the morning, smoke in bed before i go to sleep, I smoke wayy too much and really wanna quit, mainly for financial reasons, It's costing me £10-15 a week (I buy rolling tobacco which saves quite alot) but when I'm only getting £55 a week (on benefits, not mentally fit for work :/ ) it's quite alot of money.

Please give me any tips or advice on how to quit smoking, or why I should quit (don't tell me it's bad for me, I don't care about my body, as far as I'm concerned, I'd rather die than grow old to the point where I'm no longer in control of my own life)

 

What other reason can we give you other than financial savings and health affects? Well you know the affects, you just need to have that strength to quit, slowly but surely. Just stay strong and you'll hopefully quit.

 

If you would rather die now and not grow old then so be it. If smoking is what you want to do than no one can stop you. But think of it this way, don't you want kids? Don't you want a family? Do you really want them to think of you this way or do you want them to be happy for you and happy for your joyous life. If it comes down to brass tax, money is money, do with it what you want, if you don't save it, so be it, if you don't pay bills, expect collectors. It seems like you don't care what happens, and that is a problem. You can't quit if you want to be emotionless.

I hope you stayed true to your goals. Smoking is a terrible thing to do to your body, especially with addictive substances. A way that my friend quit is to reward yourself on the way through. Similar to Pavlov and his conditioning experiments, more here, you will feel better about it as you will feel pleasure. Whether it be telling your girlfriend not to have sex with you if you smoke or telling your buddies to only hang-out with you at smoke free locations, you will slowly but surely begin to feel better about yourselves.

 

Gotta be honest, I really don't care about many aspects of my life, if any really, don't care about myself, my future, my girlfriend (even tho she's head over heels for me) my family, I've been diagnosed with emotional instability, adjustment disorder, personality disorder and awaiting an assessement for ASD (have 2 brothers diagnosed, one with aspergers, the other with high-functioning autism), but none of that is on topic

I wanna quit smoking cus I'd rather be able to save up for a new PC and other things, if there's any advice for people like me, then I'd love to hear it

 

I'm not sure what it is like where you live, but here is what are being given out in the UK by the NHS (National Health Service) - http://smokefree.nhs.uk/?&gclid=CIP599aH-LACFcYmtAodNkYC-Q.

 

Did you just quit cold turkey? One thing that could help is to slowing stop smoking less. For example, say you smoke 20/day. For the first week try cutting it down to 18, second 15, third 12, etc. Then once you get down to 1-2 try smoking camel blues or marlboro lights. Then just stop smoking and find something to do with your hands, and like a poster above me said, reward yourself. Another important thing is to replace this habit with something else.

 

Focus on an important aspect of your life that your smoking is affecting, and remind yourself when you desire one that the pro's of quitting outweigh the cons significantly.

Guilt can work wonders.

 

One thing that may help is everytime you pick up a cigarette, just look at it, and think about all the negative side affects that come with it. Think of it as a "cancer stick". You would probably love to grow old and die from natural causes when you're 80-90, instead of cancer at 60.

Also think about the financial deficit it puts you in. One of my friends is a heavy smoker, and he says he's spent over $10,000 in cigarettes in the past few years. $10,000 is a chunk of money, and I'm pretty sure a lot of people would love to have that much money.

Just remember to have will power, and don't give in.

 

If you want a new PC or something nice for your girlfriend, create goals! Make a chart on excel of where you want to be in 6 months for savings etc. These will provide you the motivation you need to help yourself quit!

 

I know I'm probably going to get flamed or something, but I've been in the same boat. If you want a cigarette then just have a one, life is too short.

 

Smoking Kills

 

You will earn a BJ is you don't smoke anymore

No really, Not smoking is the new Smoking.

All little kids still think it's cool etc, but mature people & youth are all cutting back on smoking, and stopping.
Girls used to want bad boys, smokers,...
Now, older girls, want nice guys, non smokers, good guys, ...

Now for health, even if you stop for 2weeks, you will notice a HUGE difference, you'll be able to do loads more active stuff,
really try it! don't give up


All together, not smoking will make you win anyway

don't give up <3

 

Go to the supermarket and buy lots and lots of chips.

Eating really works well, when I started smoking my parents obvisiously didn't know.
So whenever I wanted a cig, but I couldn't, I just went downstairs or to the supermarket for some Doritos ^_^

 

I personally wouldn't recommend eating.. That's why a lot of people who have given up smoking get fat, they resort to eating.

 

Go do something to take your mind off of it. You don't need cigarettes.