Oh such a surprise to read this topic, Rogi. I'm planning to stop smoking this year and my goal is to stay at least 3 month without a single cigar. I've been a cig smoker for 9 years now, in a regular daily basis. I'm almost 28 and I started with 19 years old. I used to like to smoke but I realize now that I smoke cause of fixation during certain activities during the day, like a coffee, being used to it and chemical vicious mostly. I suffered an accident in the beginning of this month in which I broke my clavicle, so I had to stay with one arm imobilized for a while. During this period I started to feel really strange stuff on my left lung, probably due to the lack of movement + smoking under stress cause I had long important relatory to type on pc with one hand on the begining... I normally smoke half to 1 package of marlboro everyday, and when I'm under stress at work/college/life I smoke easily one package. I've got this thinking for a long while now to quit smoking, been at least two years with occasional breaks, like a few days, cause it really doesn't match with my life style, I ride bycicle a lot, I have an active life, I do lots of trails and in the beginning, in the first 5 years of my vicious with cigs I didn't notice any difference on my activities, but lately, specially this year, I started to feel less active, waking up with a urge to smoke and can't sleep without a cigar. That's really sad, cause I never thought it would be that hard to quit or to stabilize a social use of cigs, like when drinking at a bar/party. Some of my friends smoke too. So, I looked for help, had a conversation with a psychologist at college, and I realized that what I really need is a long break, at least 3-4 months, cause it's the period you need to recover your lungs in such way it will bring back your normal condition, your lungs recover totally like you've never smoked after 8-12 months, normal eating frequency and taste... you'll probably gain weight. So, I'm decided to stop smoking yet this year! I just smoked a few minutes ago, but I'm trying not to smoke more than 7 cigars a day, making the package last 3 days, I am couting the cigars since the begining of the month. I want to go to a party in the new year, and I pretend to arrive as non smoker of cigars, that to last. I hope that my decision becomes of good support for you. I'll be focusing in the positives which are really vast. Try reading some sites about quitting and focus on new stuff to do while you take a break, specially with your hands, month, like eating, writing, drawing, brushing your teeth... You have to change habits, and that a good thing man, rediscover yourself. We have to be always in that process to grow up as human beings so that we become stronger, experienced with our inner selves and most importantly, the self independence.
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