Stop Smoking Help Blog

Sven B says:

I smoked for 23 years – 3 packs a day! Here’s what won’t work: “Trying to quit”, “Cutting down” Smoking “Light or Ultra light Cigarettes”, but the worst is “trying” and telling everyone that you’re “trying”. Imagine telling your girlfriend / boyfriend / husband / wife that you’ll “try” to be faithful. What worked for me was the nicotine patch. i was such a chain smoker that I doubled up on the patch and used it twice as long as was recommended. YOU SHOULD NOT SMOKE WHILE ON THE PATCH BECAUSE YOU’LL SUFFER FROM A NICOTINE OVERDOSE. In addition to using the patch, I told everyone who knows me and how much I smoked that tonight was my last night of smoking. It was New years Eve 2000. Of course they all laughed at me in disbelief. I was NOT going to give them the benefit of being right and thus quit for good!