I'm looking for advice from people who actually stopped smoking themselves. No doctor or health department can give advice on how to stop smoking if they never smoked. I have a daugther of 1 and a half, and I know the smoking isn't good for her (even though I smoke outside away from her) but bloody hell its hard to quit. Any advice would be helpful as long as it doesn't involve buying any products.
A hectic schedule will always work, before this during my teenage days, I smoke 3 packs a day now with work and U I barely have time to sleep let alone smoke!
What helped for me was a entire change of routine. I no longer socialized with the people I'd go outside to smoke with, I didn't hang out in the places I would take smoke breaks in, I didn't buy from the person I always bought from.. treat it as if you were to stop doing drugs, because that's what it is.
Get over it. Buy some strong nicotine patches. They work. And they cost so much that you feel guilty if you don't use them. I used to smoke a packet of 12-16mg cigarettes a day in the 90s. Eventually I just got sick of it, and got sick of failing everytime I tried to quit. I eventually tried nicotine patches, and they helped a lot. But you've gotta want to give up to actually do it. I haven't had a cigarette since Novemeber 2001. And have absolutely no desire to ever have one again. I can taste food, smell flowers, ride bikes, and I no longer stink
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I quit using the patch. Patch cost less than buying the cigs. If you really want to quit, go to whatever length it takes.
How much do you smoke a day? How long have you been smoking? Why do you smoke now (stress, enjoyment, or just addicted)? What have you tried in the past to quit? All of these play a factor in what will be successful for helping you quit. A person that smokes a half a pack or less a day mainly for reasons of stress and can go without smoking for a day or more without feeling strong urges could use Zyban. Zyban is not a nicotine replacement therapy. It's a mood alterant. This works for some people because they are not strongly physically addicted. It breaks down mental addiction by helping to remove stress (the primary motivator for smoking for people this works for). When I used it, I was able to get down to one cigarette a day (just before bed). I just couldn't get past that last cigarette. Patches work if you smoke more than that. If you smoke more than a couple packs a day, it might be hard. They only make patches to 21mg. If your daily intake is too high, then it will be difficult to quit using just the patches. What worked for me with the patch: - I used to smoke a cigarette first thing after I woke up. I found that if I smoked that first cigarette it was hard not to smoke the rest of the day, even with the patch. - Have something (baby carrots, a pencil, etc...) to occupy your hands throughout the day. If you've been smoking long enough, you have formed a habit with your hands as well as the addiction. - If you find that you are still smoking some cigarettes each day with the patch, buy a brand of cigarettes that you don't like (by this I mean hate). That way, when the urge gets too much for you, you smoke something that turns you off of smoking. If you do not want to use patches or pills, try not smoking when you normally would and smoking when you normally wouldn't. You form your smoking pattern around what is comfortable for you. By breaking this pattern, you make smoking less desirable. You could also try buying several packs and chain smoking until you puke. This is not a very safe method, if your tolerance is too high you could give yourself a bout of nicotine poisoning.
I wish i could help you.I am a smoker myself... I have stopped few times. even for more than a year.. but addition is addition. Like headache.. always coming back... you know this smoking thing is in your head... if its time for you to quit, you will do it... good luck!
Very good advice given above. I will offer a little motivation. Go to a nursing home and visit some patients with emphezema (sp?). Watch them drag that oxegen tank around and still gasp for air. Watch them choke, hack and turn purple. That might be you in a few years. You quit one cigarette at a time and it is not easy. Smoke free since 1986.
If really you want to quit, then go to any length to do that and get yourself prepared. Don't socialize with the people that you do go out to smoke with. "Good Luck "
Lots of people find Allen Carr's methods good - he has books, CDs, and a DVD to help smokers stop. Brew
Exercise more and you will WANT to quit. Have a snack instead of picking up a cigarette, with the extra exercise you will be doing you will burn off the calories.
Good luck!! Lots of advice in these posts but they wont work unless you have made up your mind to do it. YOU really have to want it. Set a date a week from now and at midnight or before you go to bed throw out every thing related to smoking!!
get some nicotine patches is good and also there are some anti-smoking chewing gums. try take those. it helps.
When you get the news you have lung cancer, it is natural to still have hope After the Chemo starts, you just want to die. I hope this helps
Thanx to everyone giving advice and inspiration. I've talked to my wife and together decided that I would stop smoking on the 21 October at midnight. I've planned my sigarette stock to last till then! It will be hard, I know, but I want to quit this time. I've been smoking for 10 years now, atleast 1 packet a day, mainly as an addiction, but due to stress too! In the past I've tried Zyban and patches to control my 'moods'. It only lasted for a few days everytime. This time its different, my mind is set on it, and I will do it!!!! From today I will change my times I smoke - I use to lite my first smoke just before I wake up . I'll also try to only smoke half of what I use to, and eat chewing gum whenever I feel the urge for a smoke. I'll keep you posted!
I smoked as much as I could in the week leading up to my 'quit day' - so by the time my quit day came around I was feeling terrible and poisoned, and really wanted to give up. I'm not saying 'smoke more'... but it worked for me.