Changing my mind?
Have I changed my mind? Not a snowball in hells chance of my doing that. The tobacco, rolling equipment, filters lighters and ash tray are all going in the bin at midnight!
Whether or not it is to my detriment or not, I have been reading Positive Thinking (DK Publishing ISBN 0-7513-4897-X), and if anything, it has steeled my resolve to achieve my target of giving up for good.
What is it with Nicotine? I can manage 5 hours sleep a night without it, I can even travel 5k miles + on a long haul flight and not even think about the damned stuff, yet the moment I hit the ground, either first thing in the morning, or the terminal there is this urge to smoke. Nicotine addiction has been likened to that of Heroin, and whilst I have no experience whatsoever of Heroin withdrawal, I have been through Nicotine withdrawal twice before. It was easier second time around, but I still am not expecting it to be easy, or I would have done it sooner.
This time though, there will be no next time, this is the last time I give up smoking. I have no intention of starting again.
I promise that I am giving up for the last time!All I have to do is identify the trigger points that are likely to make me start again, and find ways of defeating them.
I am going the mental process of telling myself, I do NOT need a cigarette, I can go through a whole day without a cigarette.
Mark, in a comment made to my very first post, said "Take one day at a time". I had planned on doing that, but it was very kind of Mark to reinforce it. My friends and family will be vital, and for once I am going to lean on them for support.
I plan on going to bed after the ritual binning of smoking apparatus at midnight, so that at least my body gets 5 hours to adjust.
Whether or not it is to my detriment or not, I have been reading Positive Thinking (DK Publishing ISBN 0-7513-4897-X), and if anything, it has steeled my resolve to achieve my target of giving up for good.
What is it with Nicotine? I can manage 5 hours sleep a night without it, I can even travel 5k miles + on a long haul flight and not even think about the damned stuff, yet the moment I hit the ground, either first thing in the morning, or the terminal there is this urge to smoke. Nicotine addiction has been likened to that of Heroin, and whilst I have no experience whatsoever of Heroin withdrawal, I have been through Nicotine withdrawal twice before. It was easier second time around, but I still am not expecting it to be easy, or I would have done it sooner.
This time though, there will be no next time, this is the last time I give up smoking. I have no intention of starting again.
I promise that I am giving up for the last time!All I have to do is identify the trigger points that are likely to make me start again, and find ways of defeating them.
I am going the mental process of telling myself, I do NOT need a cigarette, I can go through a whole day without a cigarette.
Mark, in a comment made to my very first post, said "Take one day at a time". I had planned on doing that, but it was very kind of Mark to reinforce it. My friends and family will be vital, and for once I am going to lean on them for support.
I plan on going to bed after the ritual binning of smoking apparatus at midnight, so that at least my body gets 5 hours to adjust.
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