Quitting Cigarettes…
Quitting Cigarettes…
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- comicsans3
I quit having just turned 30 after smoking for about 14 years. A few previous attempts had failed.
You absolutely need your own personal motivation, trying to quit because someone wants you to do so is not going to work. Equally, feeling you should give up is not the same as knowing it is time to stop. I had my "enough is enough" moment and it was remarkably easy. Because I had internalised that I was no longer a smoker I have not had or wanted a cigarette in decades.
I have heard hypnosis can help but have no experience; other crutches like patches may help the initial easy part (stopping), they will not prevent the backsliding weeks or months down the line.
You have to want to quit, you then make the rest of it work.
- Yup. You gotta make the internal decision, a true commitment that is beyond the surface.monospaced