Quit cold turkey 7 years ago, after having been smoking for about 5. The last year that I spent as a smoker was spent in agony; it was an everyday mental marathon of quit/don't quit.
Every night I would say 'tomorrow' Im quitting, tomorrow I'd smoke.
But eventually I wanted to quit more than my mind wanted to smoke, and that was the key. It takes strength and sound mental control, but quitting cold can be done.
And it's strange how IMMEDIATELY afterwards things about me physically improved, things I wasn't even aware had degraded in the first place. My sense of taste shot up; funny thing is, when you smoke, you don't even realize it goes down..so when you quit and it shoots back up it's a nice surprise, almost feels like youre tasting food for the first time.
My skin cleared up further and began to shine, according to compliments I had gotten.
And the biggest and most immediate change I noticed, my energy levels in the mornings were through the roof. I mean, you wake up almost bursting with it..and in a good way too, not in a schizo wired up kind of way.
I gained weight in places I hadn't known sunk in(such as my face).
Pockets got phatter, hygiene improved (naturally), smelled better, and I was no longer a slave to anything.
I encourage all to seriously consider quitting. These words that I and others are sharing, they cannot begin to truly embody the benefits of quitting and the feeling you have afterwards.
Just too lazy to be bothered. I don't even feel like walking into a tobacco store and asking them "Um...what kind of tobacco would you suggest".
to those who have done it and those trying.
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