I quit once around 3 yrs ago. If there was an "easy" way to quit smoking, it was champix. Stuff worked like a charm and I experienced no side effects. As luck would have it, the day I started taking champix, the stress load just went through the roof. It was one thing after another but I managed to stay off the smokes. At the time I really didn't want to quit, my g/f just announced out of the blue one day that she had quit and I felt compelled to try too.
Then the relationship troubles started (totally unrelated to the stress of quitting) and it slowly eroded my will to stay quit. I was in such a bad place I needed SOMETHING to help me cope. Never was a drinker, don't do drugs so I bummed one and it all came off the rails. Started smoking again.
Fast Forward to today. Relationship troubles well behind us. I kinda want to try again. I really do. I think I'm in a far better place mentally to try again as I acutally kinda want to this time.
But the one thing that my mind always drifts back to.....vacations. I don't know how I'll manage this part. I LOVE the first smoke you have after getting off the plane. Wake up the next day and enjoy a beautiful sunrise in a tropical local while having a smoke. Non stop alcohol/beaches/parties. This is where I would truly be tested I think.
Anyone else deal with this part? What parts of your life were you most worried about missing smoking and how did you deal with it?
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