Stop Smoking Challenge

It is a common misconception that after a certain period of time without smoking, the urge to smoke disappears. One would think that after spending almost three months without smoking, or using Nicotine replacement products, one’s urge to smoke would be gone. When I stopped smoking by going cold turkey, I was sure that after the first months, I would not want to smoke anymore. Now I know that

One would think that after one has spent almost two months without Nicotine, one’s addiction would finally be under control. Unfortunately, that is not the case. I stopped smoking 59 days ago, and lately I have been haunted by memories of my mistakes, which I have made in the past. At first, I was very surprised, because I honestly thought that I had made peace with this part of my

I stopped smoking about a month ago, and even though it has brought so many positive things in my life, I feel that my body is still suffering from physical symptoms caused by stopping smoking. Luckily, I am aware that these symptoms are a sign that my body is recovering from Nicotine addiction. It gives me some strength to deal with these symptoms even though I am feeling physically beaten

This is my fourth day without smoking, and smoking cessation becomes easier every day. There are still moments, which makes me miss smoking, but they are getting easier and easier to deal with as long as I remind myself that I have stopped smoking. Some of the symptoms are however quite hard to deal with, and it seems that there is no easy way out. The symptoms will disappear eventually,

Today was my first day without smoking cigarettes. It has been hard, but not nearly as hard as I feared. The first two hours were really hard and seemed to last forever. It felt almost like torture. I was thinking about smoking almost all the time. However, I did not want to let myself down. It would have been a huge disappointment for me, if I would have given up