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Leap .. You have had some great advice . The only way you will become a Non Smoker is ..Dont Smoke .. That first one in the morning is the worst for any quitter ..your body and brain have been starved all night for your fix .. Your a addict . There is only one way to get over this and that is to face every morning head on . This is your life..your fighting for Believe me ,getting a smoke related ilness is far worse to live with .. Lets get this done and get you to Freedom ..

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My "go to" for that first thing in the morning cigarette - The night before, (every night) I planned a small chore (and it was something small, roughly 5 - 10 minutes) When I got out of bed, I brushed my teeth, then did the preplanned chore. It worked for me. Thinking about the quit makes it harder to start. Honestly...just do it. It's up and down, yup it's hard, but you know that going in. You will find lots of tools along the way, but if you don't start you'll never use them. Jump in. You can do it!

Log on here and post NOPE. Then you can tell yourself that you're committed not to smoke for today so don't bother thinking about it. Repeat.

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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min,Hour, Day as required).

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Properly administered, the patch can help with the first-thing-in-the-morning craves. Right now, mornings are especially hard because you have gone all night without your fix. So you wake up in withdrawal and the compulsion to smoke is strong. Patches keep a more constant supply of nicotine in your system, which reduces the peaks and valleys a bit. They give your quit a little help till you find your bearings. There is no magic bean that will make quitting easy. Quitting takes grit. But it’s doable. We are living proof. Once you flat out refuse to smoke, so many other good things start to grow! This is an ADDICTION, which means that we will invent many excuses to keep using. We all went through that. Recognize those rationalizations and procrastinations for what they are: stinkin thinkin. Haven’t you been controlled long enough? Take the leap, and take your life back!

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Yep, by going through it a few times. That's it. And after you get past that first one it gets easier the next time. Surprisingly enough it was the easiest crave to get past for a lot of us. I used my air cigarette a lot and it worked so good at tricking my mind into thinking it was getting the real thing. Treat it exactly like you would an actual cigarette, taking nice deep inhales (air).

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Lol I love this thread….. in the very beginning of my quit I spent 9.5 hrs on TikTok…in one day. Said so in my screen time thingy.

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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min,Hour, Day as required).

Hahahaha! Stinkin thinkin. I love that! What I think I need to do is use a lozenge or piece of gum before I get out of bed and then get on with the shower and morning routine. I guess the thing I need is a solid plan instead of fear and loosey goosey hope! Honestly the more I have contemplated and dreaded this the more I am craving and thinking about cigarettes! I should probably leave you all’s alone until I can get on with this!

Exactly what Jillar said, Leap….you just literally do something else…sit on the couch w coffee, at the computer, outside, brush teeth, lay in bed and look at phone, use the air cig if u want, it really helps me still. And then ya just keep going and do something else. O is right too…the addictive mind makes it out to be way more intense than it actually is. W vaping, when I went to the hospital for shortness of breath a few times (prob 6 in one year last two yrs), 3 different doctors and numerous nurses asked me if I smoke, smoke what, etc. and when I said yes, cigs, etc., the would ask if I vape and when I said no, they were all like GOOD….if u have to smoke something, smoke cigs not a vape. Apparently it’s way too new for long term affects but what they’re starting to see even in 20-30 yr olds is astonishing.

Close but I'm thinking your addiction is grasping at straws to remain a smoker! Why not try what your user name implies?...................

Quitting Nicotine is not easy, but its not as hard as our addictive thinking make it out to be either.

When vaping first came out it was thought to be a safer alternative to smoking however since then they've found that it is just as dangerous as smoking cigarettes. And the long term studies are yet to be seen on just how dangerous it is. Furthermore there's no way of regulating how much nicotine you're consuming so many end up with more nicotine than they would have by smoking cigarettes. I encourage you to look at our vaping forum to educate yourself on it before deciding to do this. It is not an acceptable form of NRT.

I killed a spider last night for the first time in years. Normally I catch and release them outside or give them a chance to get away but it was 2:30 in the morning and he was just dangling from a picture frame right above my night stand turning in circles AND he was big!

Congrats Brioski - DAY 100! Way to go