Stop Smoking Help Blog

Werner Michael answers:

First and foremost, to be successful, you have to want to quit for YOU, not because someone else wants you too. Untill you are ready to quit, you may as well not try.

I smoked 3-4 packs a day for over 20 years. I had my doc prescribe Wellbutrin (sp?) and took that for three weeks and quit smoking.

I then used COMMIT lozenges for about 2 weeks and havent smoked in almost three years.

Also, drink a ton of water. The more water you drink, the faster the toxins get out of your system. Lifesavers, mints, little hard candies will help also.
Whatever you do, dont eat everything in the house LOL.

I am not going to lie to you, it was the hardest thing I have ever done. All I can say is quit until you suceed. Good luck and I will be hoping you can do it.

Werner Michael answers:

Everytime you smoke, get someone to kick you in the nuts. This way, everytime you see a cigerette, you will relate “smoking” to “pain”. You shouldnt have started in the first place.

Werner Michael answers:

I’m not a smoker, but my parents are. My dad probably smokes 1 1/2-2 packs a day. They tried everything to quit, and just never followed through with it. When my son was born, my mom swore she would quit. She went to her doctor and they gave her a prescription called Chantix to help her stop. It’s not a nicotine supplement, it actually works in your brain. You can smoke the first week while taking it. My mom had quit completely by the 3rd week. That was 3 years ago. My dad still smokes, he never tried to quit. So, he smokes packs a day in front of my mom AND she still doesn’t smoke!

If you can’t afford Chantix, your doctor may have samples and/or coupons to help you. If you think about all the money you will be saving from not smoking, it really is affordable. I worked for a psychiatrist for several years and he wrote prescriptions for this ALL the time, people swore by it. If you want, I can get you in touch with my mom so you can pick her brain about her experience….. Did I mention she smoked for over 20 years?

Good luck!!!!!

Werner Michael answers:

I did not start smoking until my mid 30′s. Stupid, right? I had all the reasons to smoke, if you call extreme stress among those. I also had so many wonderful reasons NOT to smoke. 4 of those were my children who were looking at me like I was dropped from an foreign planet. Those 8 piercing eyes resulted just a few years later into 6 eyes belonged to young developing bodies and young adults that decided they were going to also pick up this nasty habit. In other words, 3 of my 4 children became smokers.
I decided that New Years Day I was going to smoke what cigarettes I had and not buy anymore for myself. So far so good–a little over 8 months have gone by. My reasons to stop:
1. Money–I have saved an estimated $623 in purchasing to these cancer by-products alone. I could count more if you count that when stopping at the local fast food store, I usually spent more than just money for cigarettes.
2. My health and concerns for a better life to breathe deeply and walk at the same time without being out of breath.
3. My children. Now out of those 3 children of mine that chose to pick up the habit, I am on them constantly to stop NOW and 2 are in their first week of trying to eliminate the habit as well.
4. Who has the brains to stop, you? Or do you allow the cigarette to rule your mind and you end up giving in to a stupid piece of rolled up paper with chemicals that have been proven over and over again to cause health problems.
5. Additional costs, insurance premiums are higher for a smoker-this includes health and life insurance.
6. Smokers smell. I know, hubby is still a smoker and I end up ticking him off by asking him to move to other side of room, not smoke in bedroom while I’m there, etc. All to avoid smelling the fumes. If you think you can just spray air neurtralizer, you are wrong. That smell is deep within your furniture, your clothes in your closest–everywhere. I read on a website one time, that it would be best if you were a smoker and had a job interview to put your dry-cleaned interview attire in a large zip-lock bag and put them on right before your interview and to at least refrain from smoking while driving to your interview. There is this aura of doom that is invisible to you that you can not see that others smell as being weak.
7. I quit to be around longer so I could be a grandmother to more than just the 1 grandchild that I currently have.
I hope these reasons sink in and do not appear to be preaching. You need to quit for yourself. Besides friends who you used to hang around with and know you are trying to quit, are not really your friends if they light up in front of you. Respect is what they should give you. Respect is what you should give yourself as well.
Good Luck.
Perleo