Not feeling too good, just need some encouragement/motivation/positivity

I still want to tear this room apart to find a pack of cigarettes, but not as bad as I did yesterday. Please I'm just looking for some encouragement/or reassurance/positiveness. I've been smoke free for 9 years, 4 months and 2 days (august will be 9 years, 5 months and 2 days).

I have a relative who hated it when I smoked, but in the back of my head is this voice almost screaming, they won't know if it's just one!! I know I have to stay smoke free. Any and all help is appreciated :) I need to hear why I shouldn't smoke. Because I am literally thinking about hopefully finding a pack.

Have a spendid day 😊

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smiler2012 · 61-69

[@twigss] 🤔if you have smoked for a very long time it is understandable why you are the way you are . imagine how your lungs must be feeling i had a lad i went through school and the cigarettes got him i cannot remember now if it was mouth cancer or throat cancer as everytime i saw him he was smoking . maybe you should consider this over your craving for cigarettes that warning on the packet is not a joke

twiigss · M

@smiler2012 Well, with today just about all said and done, Eastern Standard Time in the States, from reading all the posts here and from a Facebook group I joined, I had a quit coach respond and he said things to me that my instructor would normally say. So with everyone writing back, I was able to reflect on it more and I feel way better, and realize that I don't need a cigarette.

smiler2012 · 61-69

@twiigss 🤔good i am glad you have had the sense too realise those death sticks are not a neccessity

twiigss · M

@smiler2012 No, they aren't. And I'm sure prices on a pack of cigarettes has gone up even higher. One of the main reasons why I quit is because I had been laid off from my job, and the only income I had was from my severance pay and unemployment, which unemployment benefits only lasts for 6 months. and it barely pays out anything.

smiler2012 · 61-69

@twiigss well what ever reason you have it is a more heathy personal option

twiigss · M

@smiler2012 Oh definitely, I cannot argue with that at all. Because, not long after I quit smoking, one of our dogs had died during winter, and I was out helping my dad shovel out a grave in the hard ground. I found I had more breath and could exert myself more, so it was beneficial for me to quit.

smiler2012 · 61-69

@twiigss rather sad in a sense too find out you are more healthy at the the expense of your dog but it is sadly the way of the world we are are born we die