I was a smoker for pretty much half my life. It all began in my early teens and I stuck to it thanks to puberty, hormones, rebellion, alcohol, girls and the little kick it gave me every morning. My consumption per day was quickly up to a whole pack per day and that stayed a constant until I moved on to tobacco and rolling cigarettes myself, which increased my input a bit, but not too much.
Now it is almost exactly half a year ago that I puffed my last cigarette and I feel confident enough about my new status as ex-smoker to tell the story about how I got so far.
Just enjoy life and what makes you happy. Occupy yourself with something else and think about pleasant things in life. Of course thoughts about smoking will be creeping up now and again, stay strong and don't let those thoughts to rule you. Either brains control you or you control your brains and thoughts.
Good job on quitting, especially with such a scary family history. Good luck on sticking with it. My husband recently quit a couple of weeks ago. I hope he has your success with it.
I have been working on weight loss myself in this past year and I wish you a lot of luck with that as well! You can do it. Getting rid of the nicotine habit is so hard, so if you can do that... everything else will come in time.
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Congratulations to you.
That's quite a journey and a success story ...
It would be really helpful for those struggling with the habit and really want to stop, thanks for sharing....
Some people just don't understand the struggle, i just believe having more supportive people around instead of those that judge recklessly would give one an extra push to press Foward
Wow. I wonder if a real detox would help you. it almost sounds like your hormones have changed. There is a lot of good information out there on cleansing your system and get back into alignment. Hope it will work out for you!
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