Intro
Hello readers! These pages or “tips” were written 2 months after I had quit smoking cigarettes. November, 5th 2023 will be five years since I have smoked cigarettes. I found these pages again after forgetting about them for sometime and thought that they may help someone with quitting.
This isn't a “How to Quit” guide but an account of my experiences, opinions, and mention of what helped me. A note of caution, overeating is not healthy for you. Neither is under eating or eating just junk foods.
So, when you read these, take anything and use it but find a healthier way than I did. I am in better health today. I eat better, exercise and continue to work on myself to create a better version. You can always improve and it doesn't hurt. I hope you enjoy and get something from these...
You Have to want to Quit.
Just like with other addictive substances, this goes without saying, cigarette smoking is an addiction. The desire to quit smoking isn’t as simple as saying “I don’t want to smoke anymore.” It’s a feeling. If you feel like smoking is a chore on top of knowing how bad for you it is, you are on your way. Though
your brain and body are telling you that you need it, part of you, the rational
part, is telling you that you have to stop.
But wait, there’s more! You may know it is bad for you and feels like a chore, one may still enjoy the act of smoking or the feeling of inhaling the smoke. For me, the act of smoking was a chore yet "relaxing at the same time". Don’t get me wrong. Smoking is not a stress reliever. Having a smoke will not, no matter what you tell yourself, relieve your stress. One may "feel relaxed" from the act
of smoking however; it does not actually relieve stress at all.
The fact that I thought smoking relaxed me is one thing that led me to smoke a pack and a half to 2 packs a day. When it comes to quitting cigarettes you have to want to quit. Need to quit even. That want/need to quit has to become stronger than your desire to continue smoking.
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