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@reciprocity Thank you for your reply. I'm hoping I will be able to cut down the mental adjustment period. This is going to be my first attempt at quitting and I want it to be my final attempt. No going back to this nasty habit that I've picked up. There was a time when I never used to like the smell of cigarette smoke and whenever friends used to offer me a smoke I used to always decline. I picked up this nasty habit due to work stress.

@jillar Thank you for your reply.

@reciprocityFor me, its more to do so with the stress from things that happen in life. In your experience, how long did the mental adjustment take? I'm asking because its been recommended in Joel's videos to talk to real world quitters as to how they coped and learn something from others' experience on quitting. @DoreensfreeOk, thanks for your advice.

Thanks for your reply. How did you cope with stress?

@DizzyD Thank you, how did you cope with stress in the first few days of your quit?

@albertThe thought that I may slip is also scary.

Hi @reciprocity thank you for your reply. I did decide that I would set a quit date sooner (which was supposed to be two days ago and before I signed up on QuitTrain) but I am really scared and was not mentally prepared to do so. Joel's videos are great, they inspired me to actually decide to quit cold turkey and set a quit date for the quit. Many people have suggested NRT to me in the past, but I didn't like the idea of it. I have been a smoker for almost 14 years and have managed to cut down to 3 to 4 cigarettes a day. Saying goodbye to the cigarettes by bringing it slowly below 4 over a period of time and eventually to 0 has not helped in the past. So, I thought that cold turkey is the best way.

Hi all, I am new here. I wanted to know if it is possible to quit when there is little or no support from friends or family and one is mostly to himself most of the time?