To me, the most powerful help to quitting is a radical change in your daily routine.
I'm lucky in that I quit just once (and it's still working after 20 years). Here's the luck - I decided to quit right when I was going to spend a month on a ship where cigarettes weren't available unless you brought your own - I didn't. I truly did not notice that I wasn't smoking, I think both because I was working 16 hours a day and because I wasn't in the same rhythm of when I usually lit up.
I realize that this isn't a realistic approach for most, but try quitting when you are about to do something different - vacation, business trip, etc.
Cigarette smoke in bars was a problem for some time afterwards, though...
To me, the most powerful help to quitting is a radical change in your daily routine. I'm lucky in that I quit just once (and it's still working after 20 years). Here's the luck - I decided to quit right when I was going to spend a month on a ship where cigarettes weren't available unless you brought your own - I didn't. I truly did not notice that I wasn't smoking, I think both because I was working 16 hours a day and because I wasn't in the same rhythm of when I usually lit up. I realize that this isn't a realistic approach for most, but try quitting when you are about to do something different - vacation, business trip, etc. Cigarette smoke in bars was a problem for some time afterwards, though...
posted by notamonkey 20 years ago
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