I have not quit yet, just starting the journey.
Granted I have only been on several hours, but I have been here before with a cocky attitude that I can do this by myself by just pure will power. I was very wrong.
Definitely fill out your triggers and try to track them the best you can.
I took the dog out for a walk around the block, and half way around it dawned on me I was smoking and don't even remember lighting it. So now the cigarettes are no longer by the front door or in my coat pocket but in the furthest corner of the house in a drawer. I will now have to consciously go get one which will give me time to rethink instead of smoking without thinking.
After dinner as most of us do, I wanted to go out and smoke, I do not smoke in my home, this is where filling out your triggers and possible solutions to break them come in. I stopped took a look at my resolve for this trigger, made a slight adaption being I was at the computer already, I started reading another chapter from Allen Carr's book, that Nancy was kind enough to send. Would you believe I ended up reading two chapters, did my dishes and folded a load of clothes. I still ended up smoking pushing it out an hour later, but I conquered that one small moment and it felt good.
You will notice your triggers a lot easier if you do the exercise, I did, not all of them yet, but its only day one of my journey to my quit date.
Darren
