Good god now I really want to smoke again

[Taverner]

The coffee is not CUTTING IT!!!!

[wryter2000]

1. Don't you dare!

Are you going to continue to pay them the big bucks to poison you?

[Taverner]

3. No...but the taste of tobacco sounds REALLY good about now...

[JVS]

8. Chew?

[kedrys]

2. no no no no no no no

Don't cave in now! :hug: Breathe! Do a couple of laps around the living room! Drink a half gallon of orange juice! Anything but cigs!

[caty]

4. NO!!!

Think of your health. Think of the money you save by not smoking. You can do this. You have to stick with it. When you want a cigarette, just think to yourself, "I don't smoke anymore". The craving will be over by the time you finish thinking that. I quit 3 months ago and I know it's hard. Not smoking won't hurt you, but smoking will.:spank:

[wryter2000]

11. And think of your kids.

I watched my mother smoke her whole life. I'm sure that's a big reason I began smoking.

[Bluerthanblue]

5. DON'T!!!

PLEASE don't- you can do it- you CAN beat it-
YOU own your body- not a pack of smokes-

Coffee might be making it worse- especially if you enjoyed a cuppa with a fag-

i used an excercise bike- on my last (and successful) quitting effort.
Found that i used a cig. break, as kind of an 'interuption' or 'time-out' from work, and that without a smoke, i didn't have cause to pause.

So i put an excercise bike in the other room, and every time i would have stopped work for break, i rode for 15mins-
And i not only didn't gain weight, i felt really GOOD- that excercise took out some of the jitters, and the last think i wanted to do was suck in a lung full of smoke, after that.

it's been over 12 yrs now- took me 3 real 'efforts'- but watching a loved one die of lung disease made me never want to do that to myself again.

and hey if 'i' can do it- YOU can- you REALLY can.

[caty]

6. Good for you!!!

:applause:

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

7. never never never. go wash your hands in cold water--

it actually helps.

[Taverner]

9. Hmmm I'll try that

Ive been eating Brazil Nuts a bit too...hopefully that will help

[wryter2000]

10. Here's one thing that helped me.

When I had a craving, I looked at the clock. When the next one hit, I'd see how long it had been since the last one. The more I did that, the longer the period became. It gave me a feeling of progress.

The problem with giving something up is that you have to do it 24/7. You need reinforcement you can measure for NOT doing something.

[BikeWriter]

12. Give yourself a treat for not smoking! (No, not drugs!)