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How!!??!!????!??
These peices of crap are really pissing me off, how are you supposed to get rid of them?
Habit replacement, cold turkey, what??
Any original ideas, anything?
Mostly, how to deal with the furious rage that develop's, ripping door's off hinges sort of thing.
Piss'es me OFF.
BTW, cold turkey produces significant problems (see rage) patches aren't so good.
I seriously believe, were it legal to belt the C##p out of a tobacco corp exec, quitting might be easy, but it 'aint.
Anyone?
I mentioned the FURIOUS RAGE, that is not a good thing.
I've quit more than once, the last time i quit (over 2 years ago), I tried gum for the first time. I *highly* reccomend it. I think I used nicorette.
I bought the stuff, didnt intend to use it right away, but one time I was out of cigs, I didnt feel like buying a pack, even though I really needed them, I took a piece of gum, the craving backed down.
I just kept going. Quitting the cigs, using gum was far easier than it had been in the past without gum. 6 weeks, later, it was almost harder to quit the gum than it had been to quit the cigs.
But still much easier than quitting cigs cold, and most importantly, I did it.
And as always, about a month out from use of any nicotine, it lets go of you. I dont think I've thought about having a cig even once in the last year.
Using gum allows you to attack the habit in 2 parts:
1) the rituals, taste and action of smoking
2) the actual nicotine itself
item one is far less powerfull of you dont have nicotine deprivation tugging on you
and no, you cant have just 1 after you've succeeded - you'll most likely be right back to where you were in no time. you've heard that before, maybe you've experienced it, or maybe you need to experience it for yourself. But it's true.
What I've just described, for me has been far easier than cold turkey, and produced the same results.
Do I wish I had been smoking the last 2 years, moving myself further towards cancer? No.
I quit because I worried about the consequences. I quit smoking, and I quit worrying, because now I've at least done everything I can, rather than continue to do something that's risky
What I've suggested will still take effort for you, but it's one of the most 'no-brainer' ways to improve your life (if only by reducing health risk alone). One hell of a lot easier than trying to improve trading.
(by the way, the last time I resumed smoking, after a looooong absitnance was right after trying a Cuban cigar - I really dont think I would have gone back without having smoked that cigar)
ps Although not essential for what I described above to work, it's not a bad idea to up your exercise, because unfortunately, you DO put one weight. It will also help you with the stress and sluggishness. Even a 30 minute walk every day will help
