I'm quitting smoking: cold turkey style

I'm quitting. This has gone on for far too long. I ruminate on the fact to quit smoking for 7 years now. I remember the end of the first month where I was like: "I should quit before this habit grips me".

And everybody told me early on to rather quit. I was stupid not to listen. 😒😖Some words of encouragement for my super "down lows" would be nice. Also I'm na HSP so my mentals state tanks at times. 🤕

But I had done it one.
In the hospital. In traction. Ok on morfine for some severe bone breaks as well. Fact is, I quit for 6 and a half months. 😊

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Mamapolo2016 · F

It's a tough haul, quitting smoking. But it certainly can be done.

People are different. My late husband's doctor told him that smoking with a diagnosis of heart failure would be slightly protracted suicide. He left the office and drove home, tossing his cigarettes into a river, and never smoked again.

I, on the other hand, tried and failed for decades. Then I did it.

So can you!

Jul2Nov · 22-25, M

@Mamapolo2016 Decades!? Wow. And you did it! Thank you gor the let know.

My motivation, strangely, arose from the fact I read on Medical Journal that your prefrontal cortex develops up an until somewhere in your middle twenties, and that research suggests that nicotine inhibits further development of that region. The prefrontal cortex is super important. To me especially. Thank you

Mamapolo2016 · F

@Jul2Nov There are quit-smoking groups online that can help with support.

Jul2Nov · 22-25, M

@Mamapolo2016 I think I'll actively look into that when the withdrawal symptoms become more psychological/emotional than physical. Thats usually around day three. Sometimes sooner. I will come back to this and ask, thanks ❤️

Mamapolo2016 · F

@Jul2Nov Go get 'em!