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the Hardest One to Skip Posted: 06-20-07 15:04pm
Im 17 and have been smoking for about 2
years now. Im up to a pack if not more a
day. I've told myself all the time that
tomorrow is "the day". First thing I
wake up, I'm feeling very tense, anxious,
and irate. I have to have that first cig
of the day. I havn't been able to skip
that cigarette in forever, does anyone
have any advice on how to convince myself
that the time is now rather than tomorrow.
I feel that if I can miss that first
smoke, the rest will be easier, but I
can't do it.
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EklipseX
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Posted: 06-21-07 16:03pm
This is the hardest thing to do I again
failed today, I simply can't miss that
first cigarette, and once I smoke that one
I figure today is another failure and I
proceed to smoke normally again until the
next day, where I fail again. This isn't
possible! I have to quit soon if I ever
want to get into the air force.
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EklipseX
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Posted: 06-22-07 20:40pm
Again failed to quit today I want to quit
so badly. I just can't beat the cravings.
After going maybe 7 hours without one, I
feel kind of light headed and excessively
irritable. I gotta smoke to feel normal
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Railburn
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Kansas
Posted: 07-27-07 16:40pm
If your going into the services, then
don't worry about it. You will be forced
to kick the habit in boot camp; the main
thing is, don't go back to smoking after
you get out. I've had many friends go in
to the National Guard who were frequent
smokers, they don't smoke now, just a
cigar once in a while though..
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Ani_stasia
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Posted: 04-17-08 08:13am
My husband had the same problem, as he was
getting ready to go to Iraq and had to go
to training, he had to stop smoking again.
He was forced to quit cold turkey a few
years before that in boot camp, you just
aren't allowed to smoke there. After he
got out he started again, but he wanted to
be off of cigs before going to training
this time.
He too had the most trouble with the first
one, so he would get up earlier than usual
and go running. He had trouble because he
was a smoker and had no lung capacity, but
he did it anyway. That way he was so tired
that he could ignore that first cig
craving, and his adrenaline was so high
that he wasn't in a crappy mood all day.
I would suggest doing this anyway,
especially if you are not a runner,
because they will force you to run A LOT,
so you need to prepare not only your body
but also your lungs (especially for people
with smoker's lungs.)
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melancholydaye
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Posted: 05-27-08 15:56pm
go to the "Lung Cancer" forum on this
site. read the first 5 posts. there you
go.
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melancholydaye
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Posted: 05-27-08 16:02pm
sorry to be so blunt, but i think that
smoking is basically "paying to die early"
i know exactly what you are going through
because i smoked heavily from age 14 to
january of this year....about 8 years, and
i never thought i could do it but i
stopped smoking everyday. I'm not going to
lie, I do smoke occasionally when i drink
still, but at least i'm not smoking a pack
and a half a day. i haven't fully escaped
the evil cancer stick quite yet, but
everytime i get the urge to go buy a pack,
i look at the lung cancer forum on this
site. it really helps me. real talk. hope
this helps you too.
