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I think that you just really need to be ready to stop smoking. I was more than ready. I wasn't enjoying it anymore. I hated how people would make comments about the cigarette smoke in my hair or on my clothes. I was spending $100 a month on cigarettes. I hated the way I felt physically because of the smoking.
I wanted to be like I was years ago before I ever picked up a cigarette. I did a lot of visualization of that time period before I stopped smoking. I tried really hard to remember what my life was like before smoking. How I felt. The things I did. The hand thing was the thing I feared the most. But I got over it. Then when "the day" came, I rode it out. I think I resembled Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde those first few days. But I soon came back to being myself.
I just kept telling myself, "As long as I don't take a puff, I'm smoke-free". Best thing I ever did.
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