Today I am working at my old company covering holidays for another member of staff. I am very aware that my daily routine would be to start the day with a coffee and a cigarette with my friends on the back terrace and discuss staff, or music industry gossip.
I get to work and everyone is having coffee and of course gossiping outside… I am still not drinking coffee as I know if I have a cup, I'll just want a cigarette with it.
I make everyone laugh as I have bought a giant bag of organic carrots as my 'cigarette substitute'. However, an hour later, all my friends are asking me if they can have a carrot!
The trick works. I always find that i have a cigarette at work if I feel a bit peckish. If I have a carrot, it staves off the hunger and I don't want a cigarette!
I'm not saying it'll work for you, but having (healthy) snack foods nearby really does help if you are stuck in an office. Smoking cigarettes kills your appetite, so when you stop, you have to eat more.
I've been eating bananas, carrots, celery sticks, sunflower seeds (which apparently have something in them that actually substitutes the need for nicotine), pumpkin seeds and cashew nuts.
Some of you must be thinking that all that stuff is rabbit food, but you know what? When your sense of taste comes back, there really is nothing better than a carrot to snack on. Ask anyone at my work, they now agree!
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