What is the easiest part..

[MLMR]

..about quitting?

What was not as bad as you anticipated? What went surprisingly well?

[brand.new.ela]

4 minutes ago, pottanramu said:

For me it was from waking up in the morning till 6 PM in the evening ...

I still have not learned to properly manage my life after 6 PM ...

 

 

 

After the sun sets i am like

 

 

I had the same with being home and out. Out I did manage, at home I couldn't find my place.

 

The easiest thing, hmm, this  whole quit turned out to be easier than expected so for me the easiest part was quitting

[Sazerac]

I didn't have many pre-conceived notions about quitting but, I expected it to be a real challenge

and it was a personal challenge to myself as to whether I would succeed or not.  I'd try it for a year and see.

 

Once I completely accepted that I was a nicotine ADDICT, everything got easier.

Education was the most important component of my quit.

There was a REASON why I had craves, a reason for feeling out of sorts (i.e. homicidal, lol).

The struggle disappeared once I understood the why's of my discomfort and I was able to power through.

 

Trusting the Quit Elders here who said, 

"hang in there, craves don't last too long, you will feel better directly, you are getting to know the new you"

also made the process easier and you know, they were right !

 

Edited October 17, 2018 by Sazerac

[c9jane29]

Good morning! 

 

For me the easiest part was the "click" and understanding that everything I thought smoking was doing for me was a placebo effect caused by excited nicotine receptors anticipating my drug use. The dopamine dump at the first inhale is what most smokers are "craving" (If you remember, the rest of it tasted like butt)

You have to get that dopamine from something else...so, REWARDS are the easiest part

[Sazerac]

Like  @c9jane29, says, Rewards are SO important and I admit to really juicing up my rewards, even now,

also, the boost in true self confidence.  That is great, too, and made everything easier.

[notsmokinjo]

The easiest part? UM.... saying I Quit.... those 2 words.

[Boo]

Once I quit complicating matters and decided to embrace the simplicity of the process...the whole thing became surprisingly easy.

 

Don't put anything in your mouth and set it on fire.  Bang!  One step and done.

[JimHannoonen]

There was nothing easy about it, as far as I was concerned. It was hard. All of it. Every day.

 

The key word is "was"...