The first days are the hardest to last without smoking, but a strong urge to get rid of that 'heavy chest' feeling kept my determination strong and focussed. Even though it was gross I was glad to see all the icky crap I was coughing up as my lungs healed. Gradually as the weeks pass the cravings got less and less but still surface from time to time.
The problem is, the more time that passes the less i 'remember' how much I got to hate being a smoker. The coughing up of gross crap is now a memory. I feel it would be all to to easy to slip into a 'just one cigarette' mentality and begin the slippery slope back towards a full blown habit.
How can I make sure that I don't fall into this trap? Only 9%-23% of those who successfully quit for 1 month are still quit 1 year later. I want to be part of this statistic.
The problem is, the more time that passes the less i 'remember' how much I got to hate being a smoker. The coughing up of gross crap is now a memory. I feel it would be all to to easy to slip into a 'just one cigarette' mentality and begin the slippery slope back towards a full blown habit.
How can I make sure that I don't fall into this trap? Only 9%-23% of those who successfully quit for 1 month are still quit 1 year later. I want to be part of this statistic.