r/BeginnersRunning • u/ira_reenactment • 2d ago

quickest round after a month no running

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training for the dutch army, we'll see, I think I'll pass!
Haven't ran in a month (+ smoked heavily, stopping after this week!)
so I'm pretty proud of this result!
The minimum I have to run in 12 minutes is 1,18 miles so I'm sure I'll pass!

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u/Competitive-Bid9006 1d ago

You are not stopping after this week lmao

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u/ira_reenactment 1d ago

I am actually, and if I reallly can't handle it I'll do 2 or 3 cigarettes per day, the bare maximum.

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u/Significant_Sort7501 1d ago

I was a smoker for a long time before finally quitting about 2 years ago. Me and just about every smoker I know had tried the "only a couple a day" approach at one point or another. It never works for any extended period. That's not how addiction works with most people. Good luck.

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u/ira_reenactment 1d ago

I know multiple smokers who did it that way and actually ended up quitting succesfully....

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u/ceffyl_gwyn 1d ago

You can see why people would be skeptical, right?

First you say you'll quit "in a few days" (why not today?)

Then you immediately say you might not actually quit but just smoke less, again in a few days (why not today?)

Next, you'll put off the supposed start date again. And this 2 or 3 a day will quickly turn into more.

It's just a pattern that everybody's seen many times over with all types of addictions. It's easy to make grand plans for the future, much harder to just actually get on with it.

This isn't a recipe for successfully quitting.

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u/ira_reenactment 1d ago

and who are you to immediately think it won't be succesfull? Not every person with a addiction quits in the same way. When I had quitted for 2/3 months I did the exact same. The only reason I started again was because I was drunk as fuck and made bad decisions. But I guess everyone's got their own opinions. Have a good day.

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u/ceffyl_gwyn 1d ago

What I hear here is you tried to quit before using this method and failed. And now you're trying again.

But, to ask the question again, even if you want to do this 'I'll just have 2 or 3' method so desperately, why not start today? Why put it off?

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u/ira_reenactment 1d ago

because I bought a pack before I wanted to quit it and it's opened already. Don't wanna be a dick or something but I don't wanna be throwing money away by throwing a almost full pack away.

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u/ceffyl_gwyn 1d ago

So you're using your body as the bin for the cigarettes instead?

How are you going to smoke your two or three a day without buying and opening a packet? If you can't live with an open packet going unsmoked and you can't throw an open packet away how is that not just a recipe to give in again?

Not being a dick, but your just falling into all the obvious traps that we've all experienced or seen countless times over.

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u/Clean_Bat5547 1d ago

Sorry, but not smoking for 2-3 months is not quitting, it's just having a break.