I used to smoke 40 a day and its taken me nearly 4 years to completely quit. It shouldnt have taken me 4 years but I kept losing interest and got slightly depressed and became an alchoholic, blah, blah….
The point of this however is to get across to you guys how easy and more importantly how beneficial packing up smoking can be for you – whatever age you are. The other major points I want to get across relate to my own journey when giving up, I want to share with you my struggles and how I overcome them to stay fag free for the last 7 years.
Okay, the first thing I want to do is establish some of the major pitfalls I ran into when I was trying to quit. I am very confident you will relate to some, if not all of these symptoms (or cravings as they are probably better described). It is crucially important that you recognize such problems so that you can plan to battle with them – if you have a battle plan, overcoming them will be much easier.
Me? I never even though id encounter one of the problems I came across which is why it took me so dam long to quit!
Okay, one of my main vices in the early days of quitting was drinking and drinking is no good for someone looking to quit smoking (at least not in the volumes I was launching it down my neck!). In my opinion anywhere past “tipsy” and you’ll be in danger of looking for some fags, after all you’re having a good time arent you? you want to keep going!?? This is a biggy and one that takes some beating – but I do have some cracking tricks up my sleeve!
Another massive one I didnt think would be a problem was after meals. I used to really enjoy lighting up after a large meal – it just seemed to complete things for me. Its something you dont really think about at the time but when its gone, you miss it like a hole in your head. Again, I have some brilliant tips to start coping with that, so stay tuned.
Okay, im running out of time for this here post, there’s an array of other craving dangers you need to dodge and I will make you aware of them in due course, we will also come up with some really effective battle plans to make sure you overcome your cravings!
For now, ill say goodbye.
FACT: If you smoke, your taste buds and sense of smell is significantly reduced. How will you appreciate the subtle flavours of a well cooked meal? Or a fine wine? By quitting smoking, thats how!…