How did you or someone you know quit smoking?
September 26th, 2010
I want to quit smoking! I like to smoke…so it’s hard. I maybe smoke a pack or two a week. But if I’m out; I could kill a pack in a night! I know someones mother who quit with the gum! But I know people quit with the patch!
What do you know about it? Or what was your experience? How did you do it!
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Hey there, I quit smoking over two years ago, but before that i was pulling my hair out trying to quit, i tried books and patches, and gum, but in the end it was hypnosis that cured me, I went to a professional and he put me into a hypnotised state and when i came round i never touched a cigarette again.
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The most important things to remember about the addiction to cigarettes is this:
Nicotine is addictive, yes. But your body is completely over the physical addiction within 72 hours of your last dose of nicotine. Weaning yourself off of it with things like gum and the patch are just to make the psychological transition easier; in fact the physical addiction is the easiest part to break, especially if you remember that if you ignore the initial craving, which lasts about 5-15 seconds, it goes away for a while. Every time you get the urge to have a cigarette, stop and think, do I really want to do this? Why do I want to do this? What about my life makes me want to harm myself? Just remind yourself of the -reasons- you’re doing it. Maybe it’s for your family or just for yourself or whatever else. But after those first 72 hours, anytime you want a cigarette is all in your head! And knowing that is half the battle.
Also remember that there are other things added to cigarettes specifically to make them more addictive! There are also such things as strychnine (rat poison), cyanide, and until very recently, gunpowder. (Chewing tobacco contains fiberglass shreds, to cut up your gums for the nicotine to get in.)
Really, when it comes down to it, the only way you’re going to quit smoking is if you WANT to not be a smoker anymore. It’s not enough to “quit smoking”. My mother has been quitting for years, always with some pill or the patch or something, and she always comes back after a few months of being COMPLETELY free to start again. She smokes three or four packs a day. That’s 20 bucks a day. That’s $7300 dollars in a year, that she wastes on something that’s killing her. Even a pack a week (52 x 5$) is more than $125 in a year.
For me, I’ve smoked on and off a few times in my life. These days, I buy a pack of cigarettes and it sits in my bag for six months. At one point, I was smoking five or six cigarettes a day in the winter, and then it got nice and I put my coat away. I didn’t even notice, but my cigarettes were in my coat pocket, and I didn’t smoke again after that. I just… forgot about it. Apparently this is pretty freakish.
Just remember, every time your body tells you, “want a cigarette” DON’T just immediately give into it. Stop it and say, no, I’m not going to do that. IF you have to be doing something with your hands, take up knitting. (I’m serious!) If you have the oral fixation go ahead and chew gum, but don’t do that nicotine stuff. For one, it’s disgusting, and for two, it just prolongs your addiction.
When you’re addicted to something, it has a hold on you for a very long time. If you don’t want to be defined by your addiction even after you’ve stopped (AA, anyone? 30 years sober and still referring to yourself as an alcoholic? You’re still a prisoner of drink, just a SOBER one.) then you have to tear it out at the root. It’s not enough to just quit smoking. You have to quit wanting to smoke.
Good luck with that.
the good news is that i now have been quit for over 5 years.. i quit trying to quit alone, and joined a support group.. i attend nicotine anonymous meetings both locally and on line.. on line voice meetings are he as close as your computer, and you can attend while still smoking, before actually attempting a quit.. however you decide to quit good luck, there is simply no wrong way to quit!!
Nicotine Anonymous is a Non-Profit 12 Step Fellowship of men and women helping each other live nicotine-free lives. Nicotine Anonymous welcomes all those seeking freedom from nicotine addiction, including those using cessation programs and nicotine withdrawal aids. The primary purpose of Nicotine Anonymous is to help all those who would like to cease using tobacco and nicotine products in any form. The Fellowship offers group support and recovery using the 12 Steps as adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous to achieve abstinence from nicotine.
The problem with the gum and patches is that they contain nicotine. So you still have to spend money purchasing these products because your body is still addicted. I quit by weening the amount of cigarettes I smoked.