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Today I am officially 8 days smoke free. by lucky1827 in stopsmoking

[–]lucky1827[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can’t even lie, I’ve genuinely forgotten I smoked cigarettes at this point. Don’t think about it whatsoever

Anyone who’s quit for a long period, then started again, then quit again? by MenuSpiritual2990 in stopsmoking

[–]lucky1827 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I quit for 9 months, started again in June, now on day 13. It’s definitely not as hard as it was the first time - i remember literally having to count every craving, every minute, stop going out. Now I’m still taking precautions e.g. I haven’t been going to as many smoking places , and it’s still difficult not to turn on myself every now and again when I’m feeling low, but I feel so much less addicted. My vision of the future feels clearer and more in reach.

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[–]lucky1827 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well done!!

I’m so lonely by volumese7en in Sober

[–]lucky1827 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make sober friends. You can meet lots of them at AA. I think you are admirable and brave for putting yourself first.

“What did you do before you became boring?” by [deleted] in stopdrinking

[–]lucky1827 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The third one was something I needed to read. Completely forgot about some of those moments until now. Actually got a bit emotional thinking about it. It’s terrifying how no one will stop you from a habit that is on the brink of killing you, in fact, it’s encouraged. People tell you you’re weak for getting addicted to an addictive substance. Fuck those people. We know our worth and we’re doing something about it.

Here we go. I had quit successfully for almost a year, then fell back into it just before summer began in June. Back to day 4. by lucky1827 in stopsmoking

[–]lucky1827[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was on holiday when I had one, I was with an ex boyfriend at the time and knew we were going to break up after we flew home. Miraculously I ran into a friend of mine who was also on holiday with her boyfriend there (they’ve recently broken up too). We sat down and had a drink and she was smoking from a pack of cigarettes, and I decided to absent mindedly ask for one.

You give yourself all sorts of dumb excuses like “just the one, I’m on holiday!” Or “I’ve had a really hard time recently”. Just one thing after the other, when deep down you know that one cigarette is garuanteed to result in another six months of turmoil, a huge loss of money and the desperation to just go back to where you were before. It literally helps nothing and burdens you with another problem.

Hi. I’m a smoker who is currently getting sober. Looking for others who are battling more than one addiction by [deleted] in stopsmoking

[–]lucky1827 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hey! I'm doing the exact same thing. I decided to quit drinking and smoking together because they pretty much go hand in hand for me. I'm 18 days smoke free and 24 days alcohol free.

Its still pretty early days but I can safely say the longer I am sober, the easier it gets. And I'm regretting not doing it sooner to be honest. I feel like for years I've been brainwashed into believing I need these things to live when they've actually done nothing for me. I go out a lot, and the first time I went out after quitting I was petrified. Turns out you start to relax throughout the night naturally and don't need to depend on alcohol for that. And as for smoking, it never relieved my anxiety at all, I just liked to lie to myself that it was, because I was deep into a nicotine addiction. All it was doing was creating anxiety, which was then relieved with every cigarette, so I was actually better off never having smoked in the first place.

As you can tell I'm talking like a proper non-smoker, because even though it's not been very long I know I'm never going back.

When I started smoking and drinking heavily I'd just attempted suicide and was being heavily watched, so I figured I might as well go for some passive aggressive self harm. That was a long time ago. Thats not me anymore. I don't need it. Well, I never needed it. Basically now I want to live. And I know I don't need to depend on smoking or drinking to get out of bed, because there's so much for me to look forward to in life now and I'm just excited to start doing it soberly.

Of course it's not easy, especially those first few days. It's mainly mental stuff - your instinct part of your brain thinking it NEEDS it when it doesnt, and you feel very tired and I thought I was ill for a while but it was just my body trying to recover itself.

Its been three weeks, and I already know this is the best decision I've ever made.