jeyan
176 posts
Registered:
28 Nov 2017
23 Oct 2023
Link to this post
my advice to everyone just getting started on the quit is, be prepared for relapses. Relapses are part of every quit, as you're relearning good habits. I started the journey 10 years ago, and it took me three years to completely figure this out. The key is NOPE(never another puff ever). Never be ashamed of relapses, and accept that it's part of the your quit journey, and get back on your quit next day. Don't forget there is nothing as bad as smoking, and smoking cannot be the solution to your worries, rather it just turns you into an addict and the addiction would magnify your worries to quench it's nicotine addiction. This site is a very good reminder to every one as why you wanted to quit in the first place. Why is NOPE key to quitting for life? Once you're addicted to nicotine that memory will stay in your brain forever, and you can only suppress it at the bottom of your brain and and as time goes by your smoking memory is stored in the back up memories and your cravings are suppressed and subdue. However, once you have that one cigarettes' again all of these memories will be restored to your front of the brain and you will be back buying a pack the next day. This is why you need to never smoke another puff. Also, you're having trouble controlling your cravings, go for a long walk, drink water, take baths, watch a movie, eat any food you really like. :)