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lynx212 ([personal profile] lynx212) wrote2013-06-05 07:54 am
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After a year and a half of not smoking I have wanted a cigarette so bad the past two weeks I could claw someones eyes out... Damn.

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[personal profile] vexed_wench 2013-06-05 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
*hugs* Be strong. You can do it!

[identity profile] too-beauty.livejournal.com 2013-06-05 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
after 18 months of sacrifice, you can't fail now!
be strong and eat a chocolate or drink a coffee!

[identity profile] n0t-again.livejournal.com 2013-06-05 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Haven't had a cigarette in about 14 years... except a begged drag here and there and I cold happily smoke myself sick through a pack of Djarum Blacks any time. None of us is ever really truly free of our addictions...

Don't claw someone's eyes out... breathe... it'll pass... you're not breathing, breathe... :D

[identity profile] ca11iope.livejournal.com 2013-06-05 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
DON'T GIVE IN!!!!!! You can take it! Hang in there!!!

[identity profile] shell-mel.livejournal.com 2013-06-06 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
I know it's hard. You've had the past two weeks from hell. But you don't want to add more to that crazy list. You can do and survive without. *Hugs of strong will*

[identity profile] blown-wish.livejournal.com 2013-06-06 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel your pain. Cigarettes are like my number one vice. I can't lie, I'm smoking again. You know how it is. You hate not doing it. Then you hate yourself for doing it. Its a genuine love hate relationship. Very little love. Lots and lots of hate. in a sick way that's why it feels so good, to me, to smoke when I am antagonized. But it's really bullshit you know. Its just this idea people have, a misdirected idea, about stress management. Somehow its like smoking takes us to another place for a minute, and we can feel some sense of relief. Its just imagination. Our heads fucking with us. Or maybe like biological spell. I'm sorry this is happening to you. It sucks.

[identity profile] tortilla_lady.livejournal.com 2013-06-07 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
Cravings last for about 15 minutes (according to the literature), so here is what you do. Distract yourself. I know it sounds weird, but it really does work. I am a smoker, but when I visit my mom I can't have any, so for the few days I'm there it is cold turkey. When the craving hits find something that you can immerse yourself in, read a book, watch an anime episode, read some (pron) fanfiction, call a friend, anything that will distract you from the craving. Usually you find that way more time has passed and the craving isn't really there anymore.

Now, something that might help you in general. Every night before bed (when I do it, you can do it when it suits you) get your music player and put on something you like. While it is playing you have two choices, either you can focus on the music and let your thoughts free flow without thinking of your troubles, or you can focus on a fantasy/dream/made up stuff and make your own story. This is my form of meditation. I'm WAY to ADHD to do normal meditation so I have found that this works best for me. I suggested it to a friend and she found that doing it helped level herself out at the end of the day so she wasn't so stressed the next day.

I hope something I rambled about helps...
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