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May 7, 2009, 6:16 pm
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I quit for 5 days and then I went right back to it. Where exactly does will power come from and how can I get some extra for myself? :(

Smoking right? I had the same problem. I quit for nearly 6 months and I don't know what happened but I was craving them as bad then as I did the first few days I quit. I am sure it had to do with the people I was around all day because they smoked too.

I did not have much trouble up to that point because I took a few days off work and just slept. I had also cleaned up everything that would remind me of a cigarette and tossed the ones I had left.

Just keep trying and if possible cut down before you quit.

If you do the research, you will find out that most people take up to a year to fully quit smoking. Very, very few make it on their first try. You've done very well just to go five days in the first attempt. Just keep trying - you'll get there.

I'm sorry that you didn't make it, but don't give up. Think about what caused you to fail and then come up with a plan where that situation will not cause you to fail again.

Have you heard of the E-cigarettes? I heard that those can help you quit, but I would do more research on it before switching over.

The fact that you tried is more important than the fact that you failed... initially. Learn from it what you can and then try again. We are all pulling for you.

You just keep trying until you can do it. Just because you didn't make it this time, doesn't mean you won't be able to do it the next. Don't give up! You can do it if you just keep trying.

Don't be so hard on yourself. You just jump right back on the bandwagon and go again. There are very few people who are able to quit the first time you try. I wish you the best of luck and I think you can do it. Just keep trying!

I agree don't give up just because this time did not turn out how you hoped. Give yourself some time and try again. You can do it! If you don't mind a suggestion try cutting down before you quit next time. Switch to ultralights and see if you can reduce the amount of cigarrettes you smoke a day.

It is always hard to quit something you are so used to for such a long time. I have had this issue with a couple of things, my biggest still is soda though which I am slowly working on.

Oh my! That's a really hard habit to break! My sister in law has started using Chantix and is doing pretty well. I think in three months she's had about 6 cigarettes which is great from two packs a day. She says she has the most trouble when she drinks her cup of coffee in the morning. I told her to change that habit and the cigarette habit wouldn't bother her. If she could drink tea instead of coffee or cut coffee out altogether and drink soda then it wouldn't bother her as badly.

I quit while I was in the hospital. I was taken to the hospital for stroke symptoms, but it wound up not being a stroke (thank God), but just some wicked virus. After I came out, I just didn't have the urge. A few weeks later though, after I started feeling better, I was wanting one sooooooooooooooo bad, so I lit one of my wife's smokes, took two drags off it and then put it out. Haven't had another one since.