Stop smoking - how did you do it?!

[TheBalladofMrsBegg]

I’m currently sat in the garden smoking a cigarette.

I hate the smell, I hate that my DH hates it and I still do it, I hate that it is making me breathless & i hate what it’s doing to my body.

BUT I love a cigarette. I love to nip out into the garden and have 5 minutes to myself. Smoking relaxes me and I can think of nothing more pleasing than a cigarette and a glass of wine. I really want to stop, but I don’t know if I can.

I’ve tried patches, hypnosis and those vape thing (awful, I’d rather smoke — I didn’t have a lanyard with one on either) and it didn’t work. I became irritable and short tempered. How the fuck do I stop when I enjoy it so much?

Dr Max Penmberton CBT book in conjunction with vaping.

For a week, every time I wanted to smoke, I made myself vape first. Then if I still wanted a cigarette, I had one. Eventually I found myself wanting the vape more (tasted better).

Quit on my last day of holiday, had my final cigarette before entering the airport. Psychologically, I told myself that I'd "left" smoking behind in that country.

That was nearly 4 years ago. A family member of mine once said "Bodge will be smoking for as long as there's a hole in her arse!". Showed him!

@mrswarthog wow bloody well done you!! What are you going to buy yourself? You deserve it! ;)