im looking for some good tips to quit smoking?
April 2nd, 2011
cold turkey is not an option for me.ive tried the patches,lozenges,etc.are there any natural things i can take or any other thing that will help me quit?i know all about keeping candy or even fruits and vegetables handy,but that does not work either.and im not gonna get hypnotized either.
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just stop
u know what the harms are
just think what it actually has in it
do u know how many chemicals are used in it
so how can u even vink bout doing it
I am also a heavy smoker. It seems that you require more will power than anything else. You have to stop all together and not step by step by reducing quantum. If not able to stop due to the surroundings, then go to the place for at lest 15 days where you do not get cigarette. Try keep you mind busy with such a thing which might divert your attention.
I smoked for 30 years and quit.
It took me like 5 good tries where I’d quit for months then go back.
I read that this is like the average times it take to quit.
I did a mixture of things to quit;
-I called the Lung association and the Cancer society and asked them to send me anything on quitting smoking. One paper had the ingredients of cigarette’s, there’s ammonia in there , arsenic and rat poop!
I learned in order to change a habit successfully one must substitute. So we have these “triggers” on when we want a cig. IE-in the car, on the phone, after work. Have a substitute of what you will DO instead. IE eat a carrot, drink a ton of water, chew on gum, take 5 deep breaths(do this a lot anyway). If you just stand there and take it you will prob. fail. The wanting of a cig. will go away weather you have one or not-say this statement a LOT>. Have a plan-this is important. What are YOU going to do instead of smoking at that party?
I quit drinking coffee and ANY alcohol when I tried to quit. These were triggers.
I read this literature every night or like a month before bed trying to brain wash myself.
-I picked a quit date and revolved my schedule around it. On that day I went to the movies, went to the mall. Went places I could not smoke.
-I stayed away from smokers as much as I could for at least a few weeks. Made people mad-their problem and I told them this. I stayed off the phone(trigger). I had gum in my car for when I got off work. I sang in my car-hard to sing and smoke.
-You have a physical addiction-those things above will help you mentally-I did the patch-it helped me from committing murder.
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My mom had empysema. She struggled for breath every day. She’s now in a nursing home, also had many strokes. ALL of this from smoking. That home is filled with former smokers. So keep smoking and you will die an awful death. Yes we will all die someday but the death of a smoker is slow and painful. I don’t say this to be mean just facts.
-I prayed a LOT. God helped me. I am praying for you right now!
After 7 or so months I didn’t want one at ALL. And never did again. Each week got better.
I’ve helped quite a few of my friends quit and frankly the only way that I’ve seen work is cold turkey. The problem with patches, gum, lozenges etc is that you’re still receiving what your addicted to–the nicotine. The patches and gum are just replacing the smoking part, not the main part–the addiction of the nicotine. Therefore you run out, you don’t feel like forking out $40-$50 for another box and thus you’re back to square one.
Now you’ve reached the first step, which is wanting to stop. I find the next to be completely educating yourself about cigarettes. A lot of people think they pretty much know everything, trust me you’d be surprised. The reason I find this to be a step to take is it makes your desire to quit stronger and you’re more likely to succeed in stopping because once you start reading different things, you learn a lot you didn’t know and you find quitting to be something that needs to be and will be done.
The whole success in quitting comes in the desire, motivation, cessation and will power of you. Cold turkey is an option for you, you just find the idea unsettling with the cravings and withdrawal effects. The thing is those that I helped quit said it was easier than they thought it was going to be. It’s just making yourself do it and fighting the cravings. The 3rd to 4th day is said to be the worst, as the nicotine makes one last attempt to replenish itself before it is completely out of your system. Once you get through this, its easy from there. You just have little cravings that creep up ever so often that are easy to overcome. The point is making the decision that you’re never going to smoke again from there, not even one because one is enough to get you right back into the addiction. Also try to avoid things you associate with smoking ie places you’d go to smoke, certain routines that became habit. Keeping yourself occupied also helps.
Don’t wait until your given a death ultimatum to motivate you, as a lot of times thats what it takes for some. Learning that right after quitting, your body begins to start healing from the smoking damage and that by stopping you have the potential to completely reverse the damage that has been done, depending on how long you’ve been smoking, quitting seems like a really good idea that can be done if you put your mind to it.
There are drugs out there to help stop the cravings over time, but as far as natural, no.