Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaleun Cook
I joined this earlier but didn't want to post before I had managed some time without smoking - it's now day 40. 
I used to be quite a passionate smoker with maybe 30-40 filters or hand-rolled per day for about 15 years. I finally quit due to health issues that were either caused entirely or were at least heavily exacerbated by smoking.
First I just tried to reduce the number of cigarettes per day. That didn't work well though, I would soon start to light the next one quicker than I had planned.
Then someday I tried not to smoke at all cold turkey. That at first didn't seem to work either: After some hours I smoked again. BUT: I had managed not to smoke for just enough time to really feel the cigarette "kick in": After the first drag I immediately felt this kind of dizziness take over my brain, a bit later my warm hands felt as cold as they used to when I was smoking regularly. As a heavy smoker I never felt these effects - so I realized that I must have kept my brain in that dizzy state constantly for it not to notice such changes when smoking. This "revelation" really helped me to overcome the tough first days. |
Similar to my experience, congratulations on reaching 40 days, it progressively get easier as time passes so hang in there, after a couple of years you really notice how much better life is, I will
never go back now!!
