Posted by herpills on November 26, 2012, at 9:14:45
In reply to Smoking cessation ('cold turkey'), posted by sukarno on November 22, 2012, at 18:53:27
Good luck with quitting! It's been over a year for me and I'm thrilled about that. I never have cravings.
I quit cold turkey, and I didn't really have any special technique. I had reached a point where I was simply tired of being a smoker, and so I quit one day at the end of last summer.
The biggest withdrawal symptom I had was depression. And that was hard because I have dealt with severe depression in the past and was worried I was having some sort of relapse in that arena. So I just had to keep reminding myself that the depression was coming from the nicotine withdrawal. And once I was able to keep that depression/nicotine connection in my mind, I rode out the short depressive episode much better, until it went away.
I hope you feel better sooner that later! herpills
Oh and of course if you relapse you can always try again, I know I tried quitting many times.
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