How did I stop smoking?
I know that there are already many tips on the subject, which is why I chose this title. Everyone does it differently and I hope, with my experience, to give at least a small incentive.
Everything started without intent, bet, special date, whatever - it just "happened". I have looked in my box after work and found that only a cigarette is in it. Then the thought came to my mind: "What if I just drive past the tank without getting any supplies?" I did that then. It was not hard, because I still had a cigarette in reserve. But I smoked these directly when I was at home.
I did not start destroying anything that somehow reminded me of smoking. That probably saved me from becoming an intolerant, millit-non smoker. You can not hide from smokers.
By the evening it was still very well bearable, and in the night I did not even smoke - so no problem!
The first morning was really hard - I did not have "coffee without it" either. Good thing I get up by myself and there was nobody around who got my mood. The way to work leads directly past the tank and here I really wrestled with me. I won because I told myself how stupid I would be if I kept it there now. And who wants to stand there as a dumbass?
I work very remote, so have no chance to buy butts during the day. Cool thing, again a (working) day away. Fought back on the way home and again do not want to be a dumbass ... So I have been going from stage to stage. In between times calculated just how much I have already saved and set new goals. It was also a great incentive to figure out how much taxes you did not pay.
In hindsight, I also made mistakes. I tried to keep my intentions secret for as long as possible. People can handle bad moods much better if they know what they are going through. And the few who say you can not do it anyway are just an extra incentive!
This funny idea is now four months ago, I finally have no desire and feel much better. Now that I am not so funny anymore, I just spent a breakfast yesterday at work and thanks for the patience. Well received and I have another reason to continue - otherwise it will be embarrassing ...
