there go i but for the grace of willpower

[shoe]

HI

I am new to this but I am just so full of **** at the moment. i wonder is it to do with quiting smoking. i am only off them 1.5 weeks and it is only my millionth attempt. i am not sure i am emotionally strong enough. but i do think differently about this time. i get these feeling like no other i think they are brought on by the lack of nicotine but i feel i am really being tricked by my dependancy. I am depressed if i do smoke and depressed cos i dont.

i am having this snowballing effect of just everything right now. relationship problems, i lost my job. I am putting myself through this self therapy cos i want to be able to see the wood through the trees. I even feel better writting this.

I once heard giving up cigarettes is more difficult then giving up heroin. what is it with addiction, if it was easy i guess everybody would stop.

Thats my cribbing done for today

[Zwynd]

Smoking for you has become a comfort item. It's the only thing that seems to outwardly give you 'affection' because media/peers have portrayed it as "a good thing" to smoke.

You need to find a new comfort to replace it. That might be re-connecting with friends, making new friends, buying a pet, curling up to a stuffed toy, etc...

Surround yourself with comforting things, increase your self-esteem, see cigarettes as useless, and you'll break that habit like it's nothing.

[The Cloud]

It's true that the relapse rate for cigarettes is the same as for heroin. But maybe think about it this way; you say you're depressed if you do smoke and depressed if you don't. That means that cigarettes have nothing to offer you. They aren't going to make you happy, they aren't going to make you feel better.

Also, my uncle was an alcoholic, and he had a phrase that helped him quit. "I can always drink tomorrow." As long as you can hold out for today, there is always tomorrow. Just hold on for one more day. It's hard, but it's just one more day.