I Quit Smoking
I tried smoking every couple of years from the age of 8 until I was 17 & I had an older partner who could buy them for me. I didn't even inhale properly for about 6 months! I became well & truly addicted, however.
I tried to quit so many times, & the most successful attempt was probably about 48 hours, & a reduced amount for a week or so. It was just impossible. & I do believe that quitting is impossible IF you're in the wrong situation. I was totally in the wrong situation- I lived with people that smoked, my mother smokes, I have anxiety & agoraphobia; smoking was my only comfort.
I ended up leaving my ex & I was facing a living & financial situation where I wouldn't be able to afford to smoke, at least not the comfortable amount I smoked everyday. Strangely, being broke was a good thing.
One night, (Jan 27th, 9.32pm!) I looked at my last cigarette sitting in it's packet. I deliberately lit it, & with every puff I imagined a life without it. I made it my enemy. I imagined it dying with every inhale & whatever other silly thoughts I had, they all helped me identify it as something I didn't want in my life. When I took the last drag, I didn't make a huge thing of it like I did the other times. I just finished & put it out like any other.
I quit 6 months ago.
Repairing your lungs is cooool, who's with me? :D
I tried to quit so many times, & the most successful attempt was probably about 48 hours, & a reduced amount for a week or so. It was just impossible. & I do believe that quitting is impossible IF you're in the wrong situation. I was totally in the wrong situation- I lived with people that smoked, my mother smokes, I have anxiety & agoraphobia; smoking was my only comfort.
I ended up leaving my ex & I was facing a living & financial situation where I wouldn't be able to afford to smoke, at least not the comfortable amount I smoked everyday. Strangely, being broke was a good thing.
One night, (Jan 27th, 9.32pm!) I looked at my last cigarette sitting in it's packet. I deliberately lit it, & with every puff I imagined a life without it. I made it my enemy. I imagined it dying with every inhale & whatever other silly thoughts I had, they all helped me identify it as something I didn't want in my life. When I took the last drag, I didn't make a huge thing of it like I did the other times. I just finished & put it out like any other.
I quit 6 months ago.
Repairing your lungs is cooool, who's with me? :D
By:
sangariel
Age:
22-25
,
Female
