One Hour at a Time

[pkchop 58]

I am being banded on May 3. I have to stop smoking. Why is it everyone tells me take it one day at a time. When I wake up and start to think about what I have to do that day I am STRESSED before my day starts and I want to grab a smoke!. How about we think about one hour at a time! It is working for me. I have been 24 hours and NOT smoked at all. I am not trying to take it a day at a time, just one hour at a time works for me! .

[☠carolinagirl☠ 18,721]

I am being banded on May 3. I have to stop smoking. Why is it everyone tells me take it one day at a time. When I wake up and start to think about what I have to do that day I am STRESSED before my day starts and I want to grab a smoke!. How about we think about one hour at a time! It is working for me. I have been 24 hours and NOT smoked at all. I am not trying to take it a day at a time, just one hour at a time works for me! .

as long as you do what works for you, that is what matters...I have never smoked but I have heard stopping is brutal..my words of hang in there and stay positive most likely mean nothing but its true and from my heart....hang in there. you are way way stronger than those cigs

[pkchop 58]

as long as you do what works for you, that is what matters...I have never smoked but I have heard stopping is brutal..my words of hang in there and stay positive most likely mean nothing but its true and from my heart....hang in there. you are way way stronger than those cigs

Thank you so much

[Ladybandito 516]

Oh honey I feel for you. I also quit. It will not be as hard as you think. Get an e-cig if it gets tough, no nicotine is the goal and they make some with zero. fruit juice and lots and lots and lots of Water helped me. I will tell you, it feels great to be slimmer and smell great all day too!

[pkchop 58]

Oh honey I feel for you. I also quit. It will not be as hard as you think. Get an e-cig if it gets tough, no nicotine is the goal and they make some with zero. fruit juice and lots and lots and lots of Water helped me. I will tell you, it feels great to be slimmer and smell great all day too!

Thank you for your understanding! One hour at a time is how I am looking at it

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

Quitting absolutely sucks. I quit smoking 2 years ago and I think the biggest reason I never started again is I don't want to go through the hell of quitting again. It's brutal.

For me, even one hour at a time was too optimistic in the beginning. Honest to God, I had to focus on one minute at a time just so I didn't go ballistic on a random stranger. One minute I was mad as hell, the next I was crying like my best friend had been taken away, then the next I'd start rationalizing all the reasons I "deserved" a smoke. Thankfully...in the end... all the reasons I HAD to quit smoking won the internal battle.

I also used e-cigs to quit. It really helped because I still got that hand-to-mouth satisfaction and the taste. It really helped take the edge off a lot.

Hang in there, you can do this!!!

[2muchfun 8,927]

Try not to fall back on stress as the reason why you smoke. It's all about the addiction to nicotine. You'd want that smoke stress or no stress. It's tough, painful, but so worth it.

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