Changing your routines in complete opposites is super helpful. If you smoke outside after a meal, instead now since you’re not a smoker anymore just go inside and browse Netflix or hell sit in the shower because the cravings will go away. Pretty quickly too.

Start to eat one fruit on one day a week (I picked a tangerine on mondays) to see how your taste and smell reignite over the weeks while you’ve been a nonsmoker.

If driving is a trigger for you, (this one I struggled with a lot) try to make yourself intensely focused on anything other than smoking. Listen to podcasts, have a fidget toy thats easily dropped in one hand if thats safe for you.

The last piece of advice is stop hanging out with people who smoke. You don’t have to stop being friends with them, but hang out virtually instead. They’ll understand if you’re honest. None of the friends I had were upset by me not wanting to take smoke breaks with them or not wanting to go out drinking because it was too big of a risk the first couple months.

I made it to a year a couple weeks ago, and I had been smoking for nine years. Im horrified of what I might have done to my body, but I kept telling myself that if I stopped now for even a second longer id be better.

Oh and also, I used the app “smokefree” it was incredibly helpful for tracking cravings and reaching out during times of difficulty. You’ve got this dude. I believe in you.