I have a hard time believing that.
When people say that, I like to turn it around and ask, "So if someone hasn't quit yet, they might as well smoke their full amount rather than cut back?"
Indulging a bad habit LESS is always at least a step forward.
If you want to quit, just do it before you end up with some kind of cancer. Some people quit only when it is truly life and death.
I read a couple of articles that said that quitting after one cigarette a day gave you the same level of withdrawal as cutting 20 cigarettes a day. These weren't personal comments saying that, they were published articles.
I was off smoking for 1.5 years and recently smoked about 6 out of a pack but didn't like it. I figured "do i really want to go back to this?" and had my room mate destroy the rest. I haven't even wanted one in a week. Of course the "experts" think thst is impossible.
The only reason these articles make it sound like quitting is harder than it is is so companies can sell stuff like gums or patches.
The experts saying that it's impossible doesn't make it so. There have been many things in this world that experts have claimed to be impossible which have turned out not to be so. You are more than correct about people who say that withdrawal is long and difficult just to sell patches and gum. It's like those infomercials that claim to have this groundbreaking new item which in reality is nothing better than something you can pick up for cheap at the store around the corner. I believe now that I was wrong to be gullible and believe those articles. I haven't smoked in a day and I'm really not feeling as bad as I thought I would. I think I can do it this time, and I will.
I guess that I got it all cooked up in my mind on thinking that it was gonna be an excruciatingly bad deal. They do say that withdrawal is always at least 50℅ mental. But, I'm not going to say that there isn't physical withdrawal as well because there is, especially with harder drugs and alcohol
In the bigger picture, telling someone how easy or hard something is tends to set expectations.
The battles for wanting a smoke come and go but understand this - if you can make it through 24 hours, you have proven to yourself you can go a day without smoking. Use that to your advantage.
It is true that some relapse after various amounts of time, but overall, the longer you go without smoking the less of a draw it has.
Questions for my fellow smokers, nicotine gum?
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I have a hard time believing that.
When people say that, I like to turn it around and ask, "So if someone hasn't quit yet, they might as well smoke their full amount rather than cut back?"
Indulging a bad habit LESS is always at least a step forward.
If you want to quit, just do it before you end up with some kind of cancer. Some people quit only when it is truly life and death.
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I read a couple of articles that said that quitting after one cigarette a day gave you the same level of withdrawal as cutting 20 cigarettes a day. These weren't personal comments saying that, they were published articles.
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I was off smoking for 1.5 years and recently smoked about 6 out of a pack but didn't like it. I figured "do i really want to go back to this?" and had my room mate destroy the rest. I haven't even wanted one in a week. Of course the "experts" think thst is impossible.
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The experts saying that it's impossible doesn't make it so. There have been many things in this world that experts have claimed to be impossible which have turned out not to be so. You are more than correct about people who say that withdrawal is long and difficult just to sell patches and gum. It's like those infomercials that claim to have this groundbreaking new item which in reality is nothing better than something you can pick up for cheap at the store around the corner. I believe now that I was wrong to be gullible and believe those articles. I haven't smoked in a day and I'm really not feeling as bad as I thought I would. I think I can do it this time, and I will.
I guess that I got it all cooked up in my mind on thinking that it was gonna be an excruciatingly bad deal. They do say that withdrawal is always at least 50℅ mental. But, I'm not going to say that there isn't physical withdrawal as well because there is, especially with harder drugs and alcohol
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In the bigger picture, telling someone how easy or hard something is tends to set expectations.
The battles for wanting a smoke come and go but understand this - if you can make it through 24 hours, you have proven to yourself you can go a day without smoking. Use that to your advantage.
It is true that some relapse after various amounts of time, but overall, the longer you go without smoking the less of a draw it has.