ok, so basicaly after high school i went off to the military, i was stationed in florida. i got bored easily and started smoking, i tried quitting for about 6 months every week, but i averaged a pack a day the days i smoked.... but on my last term for quitting, i got medically discharged, now im back home and have been smoke free for 2 months (dont want parents to know i smoked) . its getting hard though, cause first i thought i was done, but when i get real stressed, i start craving.... remind my self how awful i felt when i smoked... but its really hard... i just dont want to fall back to the old habits
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I can only imagine how you're feeling, I've never smoked myself. But my husband has, and he describes some of the same things you do: the cravings when he get's stressed.
I don't know if I have any good advice other than finding another way to react on your stress. Running, screming, painting, singing, praying etc.
I wish you good luck, and hope you'll one day be free of your cravings for smoke.
I don't know if I have any good advice other than finding another way to react on your stress. Running, screming, painting, singing, praying etc.
I wish you good luck, and hope you'll one day be free of your cravings for smoke.
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Hey, I hope and pray that you are doing well with your quit. I know that it is hard but hang in there. It does get better. I have been quit for nearly 2 and a half years and I no longer struggle like that. I did at the beginning but now it is gone. It is ok to feel stressed and just let yourself get over it. I would simply just ask myself why I wanted to smoke (becuase I was stressed and needed relief) and then would ask if there would be a better way or another way to deal with (leave the situation I was in, go for walk, draw a picture, go online, get some ice cream, talk to a friend etc). It will come to pass but you are doing an excellent job so far! Keep it up!
God bless
God bless
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I have battled with cigerettes for too long. The only way I was able to quit was by asking the Lord for help. He got me off it finally(altho i have slipped, but still..). Pray that God will give you the strength to stay off them. He will do it, if you willing to really stay off them 
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