r/QuitSmokingJourney

i’m young and i do not know how to quit without relapsing after like 5 days and i just don’t know what to do.

Yes, it is time to stop after 12 years of smoking. Many times I failed, but this time i will fight it, I'll enjoy the last cigarettes left.

Hi everyone:) I know quitting will become freedom after withdrawal syndroms stop hitting hard. But cigarettes are everywhere in my life- with coffee in morning, when I’m stressed out, or in celebration mood, and after good sex, and when I wander.
I feel like I don’t even enjoy it anymore. It’s more like my brain asking for nicotine the second my dopamine drops a little. Like feeding a need instead of feeling pleasure.
Tell me something positive if you too were smokers. My quit date is Monday 18th May. Thanks 🌸

Former smoker here. I spent way too many years stuck in the “I’ll quit Monday” cycle, only to find myself buying another pack a few days later and telling myself I’d try again next week.

Smoking was woven into so many parts of my life, coffee, driving, stress, socializing, taking a break… all of it. So I really understand the mental tug-of-war that can come with wanting to quit while also feeling pulled back in.

I joined because I know how much easier hard things can feel when you’re around people who actually get it, and I’m looking forward to learning from everyone here, sharing where I can, and being part of the community.

I smoked cigarettes for like 8 years, going through a pack every two days. It took me years to quit, probably one of the hardest things I ever did but I conquered it and it was something I was really proud of. I went on a fitness journey and never felt better in my life. It has been 5 years of being smoke free.

In the last month I've been going through a wildly stressful time, I feel like I could make a freaking reality TV show about it and my body hurts physically from all the stress, not to mention everyone around me at work is always smoking. Somehow without me even consciously thinking about it I'd smoke a cigarette here and there and now it's full blown addiction again, I'm buying packs and it's the first thing I do when I wake up. I'm feeling so ashamed but I feel like I can't stop.

Who here has picked back up and quit a second time? Third? God I just feel so lousy and i could use some kind words or motivation.