It’s official: I’m a non-smoker. Hey yeah. I’m one of those people who doesn’t have a lighter on them, who smells of laundry and not cold tobacco, and who raises his eyebrows when a neighbor burns one. Well, okay, sometimes I sneak up on this smoker to sniff his cigarette smoke. The act is strange, you mustn’t get caught, but it feels so good…
Since I changed tack, I’ve noticed a few things. First of all, it’s not the smoker in withdrawal who is on edge, no, it’s life itself that is irritable and I don’t understand the Olympian calm of non-smokers when faced with a computer that’s too slow or to an elevator that is permanently blocked. I still vandalized an SNCF machine that would take too long to print my ticket. I didn’t do those things when I smoked.
“The cravings pass…”
They tell me it’s because I’m lacking. The nicotine has left my body and my brain wants more, which makes any contradiction unbearable. “A craving passes in 2 to 3 minutes”, happily recall former smokers who have “been there”, and who forget to add that a craving also comes back every two to three minutes.
So, in the editorial, we look for tips and tricks, more or less fruitfully. During the breaks that used to be devoted to cigarettes, I take short walks around the block. My colleague suggests that I whip my wrist with my rubber band wrapped around it, to create “negative conditioning” with every craving – weird, but it works. As for Jonathan, he bought herbs on the Internet that replace tobacco and that he rolls when he really can’t take it anymore. Problem: they taste like barbecue…
@marion_guerin cigarette without tobacco: I am looking for alternatives. Normally, it’s me(s) without TOBACCO, so it’s not cheating, huh? pic.twitter.com/ANjnikCBu2
— JonathanHerchkovitch (@jougnakan) November 2, 2016
I also downloaded all the applications to accompany my weaning, some are really effective, others practice auto-suggestion by positive lying, this will be the subject of the next post of this blog. As for the health benefits – breath, taste, etc. – I haven’t seen the color of it because I have a cold, but it will come, I’m sure.
In the meantime, we must hold on and remain calm. For the moment, the calendar provided in the “Me(s) without tobacco” kit recommends: 1 / keeping your mouth busy 2 / not attacking people who smoke and offer you a cigarette. Nothing on the other hand on the SNCF machines…
I’ll be retweeting this weaning live throughout the month… #It will be ok https://t.co/fAxxphFGpt
— thierry bonnevap (@bonnevap) October 31, 2016
@marion_guerin if that’s too hard think of a good professional e-cigarette store! Me, it’s been 2 years since I’ve touched 1 clop
— Gombeaud jf (@GombeaudF) November 1, 2016
@jougnakan @marion_guerin Courage ! avoid ironing with tobacco if possible
— OrsiniAntoine0152 (@ViveForce) November 2, 2016
