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RE: Out For My Smoke Break Today I Decided To Quit Smoking Starting Now! - D00k13 Digest #355
Congrats on giving up smoking!!! I think you will like it once you are over the addictive part. I just spoke to a friend yesterday who used to smoke a lot. Now, he hasn't in many months and says that he feels much better. He has been dealing with depression too and said smoking just allowed him to stuff it down instead of dealing with it...
Well part of the whole reason I started smoking was because none of the medications I could get for anxiety worked for me without extreme consequences where is simply nicotine would take away my anxiety, this will be the hardest part to conquer. I figure when I start feeling anxious I’ll just go out steppin like I currently am walking around my block for the second time!
I really enjoyed the whole process, it’s me time and helps me to reflect being able to calm enough. I haven’t always been a smoker therefore I can manage not being one once again!
Yes!! You can!! And the smoking gave you time to develop other tools to deal with the anxiety. It will take a bit - but you already are doing the key thing - replacing the habitual activity of smoking with something else - like the walking you are doing...
The nicotine is not difficult - in three days or so, that is done. It is replacing the act of grabbing a cigarette or whatever you were smoking with something else...Like when the feeling that prompted it comes up, or an action. Like some people always smoke after eating, or when they have a glass of wine. so, they had to find something else to do when A occurred to not want B = smoke . You can do this!!!
Yeah the replacing of one habit with another is something I do naturally, I learned to do this fighting with my obsessive nature which I’m certain you must’ve noticed by now!
Figured the easiest way to do it is just to replace my smoking with physical activity. Not that it’s a whole Lotta time on the daily but it will add up a couple extra quick dog walks here and there or like right now trying to walk myself till exhaustion!
I have also done a fair amount of reading on the subject of getting over addictions, understanding what my late buddy Ryan was going through. I know what’s ahead of me and the worst will hit I believe during my days off which I will have far too much time on my hands 🤞 no matter what I’ll keep you updated.
Here’s to giving it my all!
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