Water! I know how you meant it, but the title caught my eye because water is working great for me! I started bike riding again this summer (nothing heavy, but enough to break a sweat), and it made me really pay attention to hydration and the simple act of drinking more water throughout every day. It actually pushed me toward joining this program because I just felt better and wanted to take an obvious next step.
Simple ice water: drink more of it, keep a glass nearby, it can even provide that slight distraction to skip a smoke, and it's helping me. My quit date is 10/4/21, and I'm tapering down from 10 per day to 0 by then (already at 6/day after 2 weeks, 2 weeks to go). Water is helping!
Making sure you have some on hand before a bike ride, a walk, a workout, working at your desk, etc. is also a great "planning" substitute for planning when to buy some more smokes. And a clean, bright, refreshing glass of ice water is such a better visual than an ashtray or a stubbed cigarette butt.
Let's keep it up!
