Strong urge to smoke after 30 days of nofap. Advice needed.

@Successwithin are you a smoker?

 

I'll chime in on this one.

PMO and smoking both bud and cigs have intertwined in my life for nearly the last 10 years. When I discovered noFap, I was trying to quit smoking. The difficult part for me was, I didn't like smoking one without the other. If I smoked bud, I had to smoke a cig afterwards to mello out. If I smoked a cig, well it just wasn't the same unless I was high.

PMO ties into this because 9 times out of 10, after whacking myself off, I'd smoke a bowl and then a cig afterwards, then continue about my business. As you all know, you do something enough it becomes a habit. These things all started to become the only things that I would look forward to when I got home from work, or when I was bored and didn't know what to do.

When I started my reboot the last time, before I heard about the site and I was just using the app, I tried to quit everything at once. Which didnt quite work out.

So this time, I'm focusing on staying clean from PMO, and I have gradually weaned myself off of both bud and cigs. It's a mentality thing really, you want a better lifestyle for yourself, a clean lifestyle with a clear mind. If you're having the thoughts "I should make this my last cig", than take that thought and use it to better yourself.

 

So Self control you say? You didn't get any weight, anger? How do you feel now when you are close to smokers? @Successwithin

 

Just bite the bullet one day man and call it quits. It worked best for me if I timed everything right to where I smoked my last cig right before I was ready go to sleep, that way you wake up with nothing to smoke.

Once you get past the 3-4 days, you'll be golden. Trust me bro the pain and discomfort of quitting is nothing compared to the pain that comes with feeling like you know you could of done better for yourself.

It's a decision you have to make, its not easy to do but it's a simple choice. Put them down, make the choice to better yourself.

 

I see, must of overlooked that.

Those urges you're getting is probably just your brain asking for some form of a dopamine kick. Don't give in man, your doing good!

 

While I'm not a smoker, one thing that helps me with NoFap it to tell myself that PMO is just something I don't do anymore, that it's not the person I am. It's not hard for me to not smoke, because that's not who I am. Try telling yourself that, maybe it will work, it's worth a try.

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Also, OPM season 2 hype!!!!!!

Good luck man!

 

Update: Wow. Lucky to find a post from my old account. Been sober from drugs since 2019 june.