It's a very good idea to change some of your daily routines to avoid the trigger moments. I love sitting down with a G&T before dinner at 6pm to watch the news - and feel very deprived when I don't have one. If, however, we go out for lunch so we're not having dinner - I don't even think about having one - not at lunchtime or all evening. Just habit as much as anything.
Also agree very strongly with Hosta's advice not to think too far ahead. You're not smoking this morning. This afternoon / evening / tomorrow will take care of themselves.
Good luck🙂
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
It's a very good idea to change some of your daily routines to avoid the trigger moments. I love sitting down with a G&T before dinner at 6pm to watch the news - and feel very deprived when I don't have one. If, however, we go out for lunch so we're not having dinner - I don't even think about having one - not at lunchtime or all evening. Just habit as much as anything.
Also agree very strongly with Hosta's advice not to think too far ahead. You're not smoking this morning. This afternoon / evening / tomorrow will take care of themselves.
Good luck🙂
I think so much of what we do is habit. How often have you thought, " I fancy a cuppa" then you have a biccy too? At no point did you really think, I'll have a biscuit, then make tea/ coffee. I also found my habits were linked o the clock: 6pm, have a beer, 7pm open bottle of wine. As I've never said " I'm never drinking again", I don't feel the pressure of keeping to that promise.
Totally agree, so often as a smoker the day is punctuated by having a fag..”I’ll just have a fag and then I will..”, or finish a job then have a fag. Good idea with the list- I’m planning my new border so lots of time to research and make lists! Tea time/evening will be my hardest time, the ‘and relax’ time of the day, but even though im not concentrating on it, I’m aware of it and trying to look upon it as a challenge rather than a hurdle. 😬
Good luck with it @Flinster, l have never even tried a cigarette. When the other girls were puffing away, l just thought, not for me. Wine on the other hand.....it's so easy as has been said to get into the wine/fag o'clock habit. I haven't had a drink since the end of January, and although l wasn't suffering from hangovers as such, l have found that l am waking up feeling more refreshed and can get up earlier. Still waiting for the weight loss to start though......
Punkdoc, you might actually find the book I mentioned useful if you do want to give up. It doesn't do any of the health scare angles, or the money saving, or in fact any of the usual persuasive aspects. But it works. And you smoke while you read it, so no need to give up in advance. And if, on reading, you decide you're not ready / don't want to give up, you can just stop reading.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Flinster, when we stopped, I was a light, Silk Cut smoker of about 6 years. OH was a fairly heavy, Golden Virginia roll ups smoker who had started when he was about 12/13 and was known for always having a fag hanging out of his mouth. We both gave up on the same day, a few hours apart, and haven't regretted it (or had any difficulty with it after a day or two). Doesn't matter where your start point is, it's all good.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
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Also agree very strongly with Hosta's advice not to think too far ahead. You're not smoking this morning. This afternoon / evening / tomorrow will take care of themselves.
Good luck🙂
Topbird said: I think so much of what we do is habit. How often have you thought, " I fancy a cuppa" then you have a biccy too? At no point did you really think, I'll have a biscuit, then make tea/ coffee.
I also found my habits were linked o the clock: 6pm, have a beer, 7pm open bottle of wine.
As I've never said " I'm never drinking again", I don't feel the pressure of keeping to that promise.
You of all people know what it does to a healthy body, let alone one with a knackered heart. Behave yourself.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
Good idea with the list- I’m planning my new border so lots of time to research and make lists!
Tea time/evening will be my hardest time, the ‘and relax’ time of the day, but even though im not concentrating on it, I’m aware of it and trying to look upon it as a challenge rather than a hurdle. 😬