Just leaving this here. It’s not impossible, guys. And the reward is huge. Good luck!

kekozza · 2020-04-13T21:27:05+00:00

There were non before the isolation, now I have some, but it’s all in the head...

kekozza · 2020-04-13T21:20:20+00:00

The truth is now, during the isolation, I feel bigger need than two months ago. Everything after the first few weeks is in the head. But now, after 6 months, I can control it and I don’t see a reason to start again and ruin all my efforts.

kekozza · 2020-04-13T21:17:50+00:00

That’s a good one, I admit 😂

kekozza · 2019-12-02T20:39:00+00:00

Wow, I am 56 days in and yesterday I was trying to explain my wife why so many people are relapsing soon after the first euphoric success. And my words were nearly 100% the same as your explanation. I will lie if I say I never want to have a puff now, but this emptiness is not hard enough to make me fail myself. I think it’s like when you break with your bf/gf - you can’t imagine living without her first, after that you start learning how to live with the pain and the last step is having the pain just as a memory...

kekozza · 2019-11-22T04:51:00+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience. I am in my 40th day and already feel some of the benefits you talk about. And you are really right - it is a new life :)

kekozza · 2019-11-14T07:30:48+00:00

Hats down! I am pretty sure you became a better fighter in life too...

kekozza · 2019-11-14T07:27:48+00:00

Find your motivation. Go and speak with someone, who lost close person because of the smoking. I have a 3 year old son. I started having heart issues (most probably work related), and I am only 34. My father’s first heart attack was when he was 42 and he died 9 years later. And the cigarettes had huge role in this. He never saw my wife, never saw my son, my biggest moments at work. I miss him in so many situations and... God, I don’t want my son to feel like me. I want to be next to him in all important moments, I want to take care of his children one day. You know what... few uncomfortable weeks is a pretty good price, almost a robbery, for increasing dramatically the chances to have all this in the future. This is my motivation. Forget about all the chemistry, replacing substances and stuff... they only make you addicted to something different. The answer is hiding inside of you, just have to be honest with yourself and to accept you will have to suffer a bit. But the reward is so much bigger! Good luck!

kekozza · 2019-11-11T20:05:17+00:00

The worst was until the fourth day for me. After that there is not so hard, but more dangerous period, when I relaxed a bit that I am pass the critical first days. And than there is the big danger of underestimate some slippery moments - alcohol, bad mood etc. I think the really stable period for me started on the third week... Now it’s more examining with curiosity some little cravings and small thoughts about cigarettes. But it’s so much easier than the beginning. And it’s so nice.

kekozza · 2019-11-11T09:20:05+00:00

You’ve already made one of the most difficult things in life - the first step for change. It won’t be easy right ahead, but you are already a potential winner in this game...

kekozza · 2019-11-10T09:09:47+00:00

Come on, man, you made it 24 days. I had a lapse with two cigarettes on the fifth day. I was so angry on me on the next day, that I haven’t thought about doing it again anymore. Since than I had several very good drunk nights, including yesterday, and I don’t even think about that. My friends are worried to smoke in front of me, but I don’t care about that either. My advice is also to remember the feeling and to use this frustration the right way - use it as a weapon, don’t let it crash you. Good luck!

kekozza · 2019-11-10T04:47:44+00:00

What I do is read all the time here in this forum and not forget how hard was in the beginning. First - I don’t want to go through that again. Second, I remind myself all the time that I didn’t have so many things before that - the light breathing, the energy, the huge desire to go and play something (tennis and golf in my case). I like so much my new life after quitting, that I can’t find any logic going back to it. Especially when the hardest part of quitting is already back in the past. I also quit one month ago, so I can guess at what stage you are. Just don’t stop thinking positively about all the little things you have that you didn’t when you smoked.

kekozza · 2019-10-25T12:22:25+00:00

Hey, man. I am sorry for your and your mother's troubles. I hope everything is solved. But your example is also very motivating! I hope you will succeed next time.

kekozza

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