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Lulu KC

(8,183 posts)
4. Good for you! You're over a hump.
Thu Nov 13, 2014, 11:50 PM
Nov 2014

The actual nicotine is mostly out of your system. Take a bunch of vitamin C for a flush for a few days. And drink a ton of water. Get it all out. Crying helps, too! And lots of sleep. And the movies, where you can't smoke.
Then you just have the behavioral part, which is so hard. And emotions come up that you'd forgotten about. Like anger. But you can do it, and you'll feel so much better, you won't smell bad, you'll have more money, you'll have more energy, it's the best thing you can do for yourself!
Visualize clean pink lungs.

And if you fall, just get back up as soon as you can. It took many, many attempts before I figured out all my triggers and knew how to beat them.

From a former two-pack a day smoker who quit 24 years ago! I LOVED smoking. And I'm so glad I don't do it any more.

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