Trying to stop smoking

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LaughingBoy1503

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I have overcame many addictions in my life. Obesity for over eating, a drug and alcohol addiction and a bad habit of being impure with myself. I feel the next vice I must get rid of is tobacco. I was Baptized 8 months ago and I came into The Church already with the addiction. I have been smoking for over 10 years now. I switched from cigarettes to Cigars maybe a little over a year and a half ago. I want to stop completely. For practical reasons and because I know I cannot continue on with this habit while The Holy Spirit dwells in me from Baptism. I am defiling his temple. I have been depending on Gods Mercy that he knows I came into The Church with this bad habit and that it is a hard habit to quit. But I think I need to try something. I don’t want to play the “My culpability is lowered because of habit” card anymore, as a excuse to not do anything about my addiction. So I am going to try to quit. I started today and have not had a smoke all day. I was going to try for Lent of next year but I figured “Why not at the start of Advent?” Please pray for me. I am sure I will need it 🙂
 
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I have overcame many addictions in my life. Obesity for over eating, a drug and alcohol addiction and a bad habit of being impure with myself. I feel the next vice I must get rid of is tobacco. I was Baptized 8 months ago and I came into The Church already with the addiction. I have been smoking for over 10 years now. I switched from cigarettes to Cigars maybe a little over a year and a half ago. I want to stop completely. For practical reasons and because I know I cannot continue on with this habit while The Holy Spirit dwells in me from Baptism. I am defiling his temple. I have been depending on Gods Mercy that he knows I came into The Church with this bad habit and that it is a hard habit to quit. But I think I need to try something. I don’t want to play the “My culpability is lowered because of habit” card anymore, as a excuse to not do anything about my addiction. So I am going to try to quit. I started today and have not had a smoke all day. I was going to try for Lent of next year but I figured “Why not at the start of Advent?” Please pray for me. I am sure I will need it 🙂
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Wow! What a neat idea! Really, why wait till the New Year?

First of all, I’d like to commend you on working on addictions. Anybody who’s ever struggled with one can testify to the difficulty of overcoming one.

:)👍:clapping::yup::bounce:

Secondly, I’d like to offer an observation. It’s VERY common when trying to overcome one addiction to simply replace it with another. So, if one’s trying to quit smoking, if that vice is overcome, it often gets replaced with overeating! It’s a phenomenon in the psychology of addiction.

Anyway, good luck to you!

Hail Mary,
Full of grace,
The Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art Thou amoungst women,
And blessed is the fruit of Thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
Pray for us sinners,
Now and at the hour of death,
Amen
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:gopray2::byzsoc: Lord please help LaughingBoy1503 to quit smoking amen ::byzsoc::signofcross:
 
When I quit…I decided that I was DONE…I didn’t count days or anything…that seemed to me to mark the importance of the deed…and in my mind gave power to that final smoke…I wanted to become a non-smoker…so I didn’t mark the date, I just shut it behind a door and was DONE! but it was a huge struggle…I finally realized that I never again wanted to feel the struggle to not have that next cigarette. Every cigarette I didn’t smoke gave me power to say no (to myself) and to take a deep breath and (not cough!!LOL!)
When I finally realized that I never wanted to feel that nicotine craving again,that I was no better than a junkie in the gutter when it came to nicotine, I was able to say ‘no’ to that next cigarette…I don’t want to go back there again…
 
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Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

Glory Be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning is now ever shall be world without end
Amen.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy, hear and answer me. Amen

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Can you use sugar free chewing gum? Or focus on something else, like singing a song. You can see I am no expert-just helping my own son quit. Praying for you both. God bless you.
 
Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

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Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

†
 
Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

†

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

†
 
Praying that the Lord may strengthen you and guide you steadily toward your goal.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen
 
Wowee, amazing accomplishments! Thank you for posting this, I will add your intention to my novena to St. Joseph for my DH. It has never occurred to me to ask God to help him quit, so thank you for this reminder. He has tried a few times and it’s never stuck. Praying for you both.
 
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Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

Glory Be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning is now ever shall be world without end
Amen.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy, hear and answer me. Amen

:signofcross:
 
JMJ_Telcontar said:
Praying that the Lord may strengthen you and guide you steadily toward your goal.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen
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amen
 
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