How do I quit smoking after 10 years?
October 25th, 2010
I have smoked cigarettes for 10 years and really want to quit. I quit when I was pregnant with my son, then once I went back to work, right back at it. It is costly, and most important of all, killing me, with each puff. Any suggestions?
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Cold Turkey is still the best way.
Try to get your mind off of it. And when you’re gonna go buy them think to yourself “No. I’ll buy a drink or snack instead”. I’m sure it’ll be hard. But make sure that becomes a habit and you won’t have to worry about lousy cancer sticks anymore. Hope that helps, good luck.
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.
Try nicorette gum or nicoderm patches. I’ve heard successes and failures of both products. Best of luck!
Try cold turkey first, if that doesn’t work you could do it the way I’m doing it. Start off with a cigarette per hour, if you can’t do that have one every half an hour. Then you have one every hour and a half, and then one every two hours. I’ve been having one every hour and a half and tomorrow I’ll be having one every 2 hours. That means the maximum I can have in a day is 8, then every 2 1/2 hour and every 3 hours etcetera.
The thing is your body gets used to it so you won’t have cravings in between cigarettes after a while, then once ur body is used to it you just put a bigger gap in between cigarettes. If you smoke one every 3 hours that’s like 5 cigarettes a day, but every 1 hour is 16 cigarettes a day.
I don’t know if you can actually quit that way because I haven’t quit yet, but it’s a way to cut down, because you can’t chain smoke or have two in a row. If it gets you down to 5 cigarettes a day instead of 25 it’s still good because it’s a way to cut down.