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Originally Posted by J Diddy
It is good that despite the slip ups, you are still committed. The many times I tried it seemed like that 1 slip up just made me stop trying altogether. I can offer some things that really helped me. The biggest thing for me was the 1st day, I'd wear a patch day 1 just to break the hand to mouth feeling, after that it was cold turkey. The second most important thing to me (as silly as it may seem) were those internet posters that showed what the body is doing to repair the damage so long after the last cigarette. (i.e. after 3 days the body is cleansed of all nicotine, after 5 taste buds start to repair themselves, etc). That little timeline provided a ton of reinforcement for my goal making. I sucked on hard candy like a fiend, I always tried to pay at the pump rather than go into the gas station and look at those bitches right behind the counter. I avoided all places with a smoking section, cleaned the holly poo out of my car and for this first week, before I'd even get in I fabrezed it.
Maybe some of that helps maybe it doesn't. Just remember that nobody said it was going to be easy, but it's going to be worth it. Good luck and don't give up.  |
It's funny you bring up that "after 3 days" poster.
Actually went to the school nurse this week and asked if she had that poster.