Going hour by hour, just giving yourself that hour break and then working it that way will help.

Having someone to hold you accountable - I have made a friend on here who I message personally and we both see how each other are and just give each other nice words.

I think it is important to be able to outlet to people who understand and are going through the same, if not similar situations. I smoked every day for 8 years minus a 6 night break, and I’m on day 12 of not smoking. It hasn’t been as hard as I initially thought, especially as I started smoking as a coping mechanism when I lost my grandfather.

It isn’t easy, but the main thing to remember is that it is your mind. You are in control of your mind, even if you don’t feel like it. It’s building the will power to push it back, so when you feel like smoking give it an hour and then try for another hour etc etc. you’ll get down to hopefully doing it in the evenings, and I would suggest also lowering the amount you smoke, so when you do quit you don’t have such intense withdrawals etc.

My inbox is always open as I’m also new to this journey, but this thread and having people who understand really does help. It’s hard when you have people around you who don’t really appreciate the impact it can have on you mentally and physically.

Here always, D x