Preparing to Stop Smoking: Four Good Things to Do Before Your Quit

Chris Skoyles
10 min readMar 4, 2021
Image by Tumisu from Pixabay

It’s been hours, days since your last cigarette. The nicotine has all but gone out of your system. So too has that initial wave of enthusiasm for your quit. All that’s left now is that uneasy feeling, lurking beneath the skin, scratching at your veins, making your chest heavy and your fingers desperate to grab, squeeze, BREAK something. You’re in the thick of it now. You’re

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Chris Skoyles

Therapist | Writer | Author of Quit Smoking & Be Happy (https://amzn.to/3fp9pgX) | Runner