Cognitive Quit Smoking

Hi, all:
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before. I have Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome. I’ve been sick for 11 years and pretty much housebound. I have
asthma.
I can’t smoke. Yet I do. My husband and I tried to quit the first time
before we were married over 25 years ago, and we’ve tried to quit together on
one
other occasion. My most successful attempt was when I had been sick with CFS
for about 1-1/2 years and my husband was out of town on a business trip and I
ran out of cigarettes and was simply to sick to get in the car and drive 1
mile to the local convenience store. I cried for 3 weeks and then managed to
stay quit for a few months. Started sneaking cigarettes out of my husband’s
pack
and saving them for when he was gone and you all know how that story ends.
I have spent a fortune on patches, got gum disease from chewing the gum and I

quit almost every day. I need some help. I tried a Breathe Free program
that claimed to have counselors available to help at all times, but when I want
a
cigarette, the last thing I am inclined to do is call someone to talk me out
of it. I need a source of nonjudgmental, 24-hr a day encouragement.
I just went into the archives and printed out a whole bunch of stuff. That
will keep me “real” for the mean time. I got up and made regular coffee
without thinking (I know caffeine is a problem for me) so now I’m a little
anxious,
but doing okay.
I think just having this forum to join will help me finally get the mental
shift I need. I can quit just fine. I’ve done it many, many times. It’s just
learning to live without smoking I haven’t been able to master. My husband
has quit quitting and I think watching me quit time after time has convinced him
that it’s impossible.
Thank you all so much for being there.
CJ

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