How do I quit smoking when I don't want to? Please help.?Ok....so I'm just 20 years old and have been smoking for 2 years (since I was legally old enough basically). I smoke about a half a pack a day. Its something I really enjoy, one of lifes little pleasures to me...
Well...the thing is I've been thinking about quitting... But NOT because I want to. Just because I do Karate and I have trouble keeping up sometimes and what with the nationals coming up and all... I would be a lot better if I stopped smoking. Also, just the general thing ya know... I will be healthier, yadda yadda...
My question is... Should I even bother? My list of reasons is so small... basically, "I wanna do better in Karate" and "I figure I should quit while I still can...before its to late and I realize I DO want to quit but can't."
Will I even be able to quit when I have no desire to do so...
Just the idea of it depresses me....the thought of not sitting on my porch at 2am smoking.... One of my favorite things to do is to sneak off to this hill overlooking the lake and sit on my truck bed and smoke a cigarrette.... etc. etc. I really enjoy it, I don't care about the health risks. But I just think I should quit....that I'll be glad someday I did...maybe... I dunno.
Just some support, advice, help, something, thanks..... Oh and by the way I know I'm sounding whiny but this has been really bothering me.
Octave of the Holy Innocents
maybe instead of giving it up, try smoking the tobaccoless cigarettes. It is actually really cool. it looks like a cigarette, tastes like a cigarette, but doesnt have the harmful effects of smoking cigarettes.
vince V
This is whats wrong with a lot of people, they think they "don't want to quit" but when its really the addiction overpowering their will. Really the only reason you do not want to quit is the nicotine. If their wasn't nicotine you wouldn't even smoke. But if your body can't keep up with others, its telling you that you need to stop
Nurkle
I smoked for ten years and I never thought I'd quit. Here's what I did: I gradually cut down on cigarettes until I was only smoking at certain times of the day. I started by not smoking before noon, then I cut out my afternoon cigarettes, until finally I was only having a few at night and then not at all. If you do that, it breaks you out of the routine of having cigarettes all the time, and gets your body used to not having them for long periods of time. Eventually you stop craving them so much. It may not work for everyone, but it worked for me.
Also, I started rolling my own. It costs less, and it makes you have to prepare for a cigarette instead of just grabbing one out of the pack.
Hmm??? :/
Well i always smoked also but till i started losing friends since they kept tellin me 2 stop n i wouldnt listen
i play softball at my college n idk y but i started doing better after i quit
all i did was finsh my pack i had then i jus told myself i cant n i also quit bcuz the price for them now. CRAZY!!!
LadyLynn
Quit just for a little while to see how it goes with the karate. I bet you will do and feel so much better, you won't even miss 'em. You don't have to be depressed though, because you're just quitting as a temporary test.
Maybe you'll see that you totally enjoy sitting on your truck bed without a cigarette. A natural high is pretty cool. =)
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