stopping smoking tomorrow

[Philip Ross]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Philip...I'm a Christian and have been since April 2015...God has really spoken to me the past couple weeks and thanks to an amazing weekend of events at my church I now have a momumental fire in my belly for God...I'm so excited for this...

So as the title states...I'm a smoker...well as of tomorrow I will be an ex-smoker...I am using a plan in Perth, Scotland which I will be using for 3 months...but my major craving buster is the power of God and reading scripture...and the use of a patch as well

I was wondering if I can use this forum for support from Christians, and also Christians who are going through the same thing as me.

Thanks guys
God Bless

 

[Paul808]

Hello Philip! Thanks for letting know your thoughts. I hope you'll be able to defeat smoking. Good luck!

 

[pshreve]

Good luck to you with quitting! That will be a tough battle but well worth it!

 

[chapmic]

Praying for you!

 

[Hieronymus]

Just the thought of stopping gives me panic...

 

[Boogeyman07]

Awesome man, congrats! Anytime you start thinking of one instantly try to block the thoughts out and try to think of something else.... the more you think about it and try to convince yourself you dont need one then youre still thinking about smoking one! So try and limit the time that you even give it thought to a bare minimum. Thats how it gains power of you is it becomes this huge epic battle in your mind...so just block it out completely, act like its no big deal, and start thinking about anything else. Good luck, keep us updated!

 

[Boogeyman07]

Ahhhh i see this was quite a while ago....hows it going??

 

[Rzim]

I quit smoking january 1st or 2nd. I battled it and quit for 8 months in 2014. Cravins still lingered. In 2015 i vaped. Desperate to quit. It dawned on me in way it never had i had kept smoking cuz i chose too. And it made me feel powerless over a pack of smokes simular to that of a bully. It crushed me but in a way i have never known. I knew God was all for me quitting but was i and why ? It took the year of 2015 for me to hit and miss smoking to fully wrap my head around quitting this annoying addiction of 18ish years. I chose my day. Centered it on Jesus and realized it might be unpleasant and my choice was made. I have had zero cravings. Its mind blowning. And all i can say is i had to quit for the right reason while tapping into the right source of strength. Healing is in Gods hands. I seriously humbled myself on the issue and relyd on Gods providence. And he delivered in a way i never could predict in a fashion i never knew till now. Im complicated he makes it simple tho.

 

[Sam91]

I quit smoking january 1st or 2nd. I battled it and quit for 8 months in 2014. Cravins still lingered. In 2015 i vaped. Desperate to quit. It dawned on me in way it never had i had kept smoking cuz i chose too. And it made me feel powerless over a pack of smokes simular to that of a bully. It crushed me but in a way i have never known. I knew God was all for me quitting but was i and why ? It took the year of 2015 for me to hit and miss smoking to fully wrap my head around quitting this annoying addiction of 18ish years. I chose my day. Centered it on Jesus and realized it might be unpleasant and my choice was made. I have had zero cravings. Its mind blowning. And all i can say is i had to quit for the right reason while tapping into the right source of strength. Healing is in Gods hands. I seriously humbled myself on the issue and relyd on Gods providence. And he delivered in a way i never could predict in a fashion i never knew till now. Im complicated he makes it simple tho.

Thank you for posting this <3 I needed to read this just now

 

[faroukfarouk]

I quit smoking january 1st or 2nd. I battled it and quit for 8 months in 2014. Cravins still lingered. In 2015 i vaped. Desperate to quit. It dawned on me in way it never had i had kept smoking cuz i chose too. And it made me feel powerless over a pack of smokes simular to that of a bully. It crushed me but in a way i have never known. I knew God was all for me quitting but was i and why ? It took the year of 2015 for me to hit and miss smoking to fully wrap my head around quitting this annoying addiction of 18ish years. I chose my day. Centered it on Jesus and realized it might be unpleasant and my choice was made. I have had zero cravings. Its mind blowning. And all i can say is i had to quit for the right reason while tapping into the right source of strength. Healing is in Gods hands. I seriously humbled myself on the issue and relyd on Gods providence. And he delivered in a way i never could predict in a fashion i never knew till now. Im complicated he makes it simple tho.

Glad you managed to quit!

Did you find that vaping helped you to cut down?

 

[faroukfarouk]

Thank you for posting this <3 I needed to read this just now

Yes, it's good for ppl to be able to swap notes and encourage one another.