How to quit smoking??

If you need a support buddy when you quit, feel free to send me a message and friend me! Took a week for me to cut down from a little over a pack and a half to 4 a day. And I literally smoked 3 within the first hour of waking up in the morning. Going to go cold turkey tomorrow. (Christmas present to myself... and I wont be at work.)

What has helped me was a similar post I made here a few days ago (the kind and direct replies), support from loved ones, and a smoking cessation app. (I downloaded two free ones and they both have meters that fill up the longer you go without smoking. They show things such as blood pressure normalizing, heart rate normalizing, taste buds returning, etc).

When I want to smoke, I remind myself (vanity reason) that they cause fat to be deposited in the stomach area, don't allow insulin levels to normalize, and that smokers have a higher stomach fat than people of the same height and weight. I also remind myself that all the cardio I'm doing could be so much easier/better if I had more lung capacity (improves after the first month of quitting). Also, think of the money you'll save/be able to reward yourself with. 😅

And honestly, I've tried to quit before (once for 9 days, once for 15 days) and the biggest thing I've noticed this time is... if I don't smoke in the morning with my coffee, I can go a long time without thinking about one. But as soon as I smoke the first one of the day, I crave another. The second time I tried to quit, I quit two weeks. Then on the 15th day I went out for drinks, and that was it. I bummed one at the restaurant and on the way home I bought a pack. I was immediately was hooked again. So, avoid drinking the first month or situations that will tempt you.

I brew myself green tea with lemon juice and ginseng (supposedly helps with cravings) and I sip water or chew gum when I really want one. I'm trying to go to the gym in the morning instead of at night so I'm not tempted to smoke in the morning (I moved in with my parents when my husband deployed and they're pack a day smokers so I always have access). Like, its extremely hard to quit... but... (cliché) you'll thank yourself later on down the road.