KatV

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for the replies I'm doing better now than I was before - though I can't say I'm not still craving for that one smoke - but I'm kind of proud of myself for not going to buy that pack of smokes. I've smoked for almost 10 years since I was 15 years old, so I know that of course I'm also addicted to the nicotine but for me that is the easiest part about quitting. It sucks and there's cravings, but I get over those by thinking about it logically and reminding myself that it's not something my body needs to survive. I've also done all my research about smoking over the years, so I know exactly how bad it is. But for me smoking is a social activity, so to say - I've met most of my friends in the smoking area of my university or my apartment complex and it's also something that I do when I'm bored. So honestly the worst times for me are when I'm bored and all I really want is to go for a smoke - is there anything you guys would recommend I could do instead?

So I decided a week ago that I'm going to quit - like I've done a million times before and I already thought this is going to be just like every other try where I just hype myself up and then continue smoking anyway. I was without smoking for a day and then I bought smokes, but after that pack was gone, I guess I now feel ready to quit for real (which is something I've never felt before). I had one cigarette yesterday and so far none today, but I'm really craving to go buy another pack right now. For me, I'd say the nicotine isn't that big of a deal - it feels good, but I can live without it. It's the habit of smoking that makes it so, so hard to quit. Honestly, when I think of myself as a non-smoker, my first reaction is this tiny panic of "well if I'm not gonna smoke, what am I gonna do instead?" Any tips for keeping myself in check? The best thing I could do is hole myself up in my apartment for a few days and not go anywhere until the worst cravings are over, but that's not an option :") How do you keep yourself from buying that "one last" pack of cigarettes when you go to the store or asking for a smoke from a friend when you see them smoking?