i recently started smoking again and now i’m smoking more then ever lol
to decide to stop it no matter what, then drinking lots of water to wash Nicotine away from your body and the best thing to do in the first few days is to spend most of the day in the GYM or health club doing swimming, sauna, Steam room and Jacuzi drinking water and eating healthy food, then your body will get use to it gradually.
I mean easy to try, just not complicated. Any advice/tips would be very much appreciated.
Here’s my story:
I smoked a pack a day for four years, when I was in my twenties. I began going out with a fellow I’d known from before I started to smoke. He’d always been a non-smoker.
He didn’t criticize me or urge me to quit, but he didn’t jump to light my cigarettes for me either. Looking back on it, I can see that he often took me on walks, to movies, and to other places where nobody smoked, rather than to clubs and restaurants (where people could still smoke back then).
After a few months, we got married. He lived in another city, so I left my job and moved to his home. Here’s where the going got a little tougher, but what helped was that all the usual triggers and cues that it was time to light up another cigarette were gone. No coffee breaks at work, no ash trays around the house, no other people smoking, etc. It took a month or so for the desire to smoke to wear off, but right away I liked that when I blew my nose, I didn’t see brown gunk. Pretty soon my clothes didn’t smell like smoke, and neither did my breath.
I confess that I did accept an occasional cigarette from my next-door neighbor, but my new husband pointed out that I’d nearly succeeded in quitting, so why run the risk of a relapse?
You do have to watch out for a sudden urge to smoke, even long after you’ve quit. One of my co-worker’s father died of lung cancer. Her mother had already died of the same disease, and all of the family still smoked. We worked for a small local company, so the boss released us all to attend the funeral. Afterward, a number of people, feeling quite upset, pulled out their cigarettes. They politely offered them around, and I tell you I was within an ace of accepting one until sanity prevailed.
The main keys to my experience: Spend your time with non-smokers if at all possible. Change as many things as you can in your life that trigger the desire to light up. Get rid of all your cigarettes and put away your ash trays.
Forget looking for a gimmick. Make up your mind to stop and stop. If you need ’something,’ perhaps you can take up running and go for a run every time the urge hits. Oh, and you may need to get a new set of friends. Good luck.
dont use the nicotine patch…. its very harmful as it gives u nicotine into ur body all day long….
so definitely go in for the meditation and ur willpower thing…..
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the bad news is that there is no easy way to quit…myself i found that meetings of nicotine anonymous helped me to finally quit… i was able to identify with other quittters, and followed thier advise..
meetings can be found in most major citys, as well as on the internet..
Do not answer this unless you were a smoker!!
im afraid theres no easy way around this one because of the fact its an addict habbit. the best advice is to pick a date and prepare – get rid of all ashtrays, lighters etc. when that day comes then stop the cigs. you will need alot of willpower! if you can get nicotine replacement theraphy from your doctor – comes in lots of different forms, patches, gum, inhalors, nasal sprays. these are useful cas take the urge off your cravings.
keep busy aswell to keep your mind off the cigs. snack on healthy things because you will find you will prob eat more to replace to hand to mouth action. try and stay away from places where you would usually smoke…trigger places. eg if u smoke alot while talking on the phone try and find something else to do because these will be hard times.
not every smoker sucessfully gives up first time and dont punish yourself if you relapse! it all takes time and isnt easy.
ooo also treat yourself to something. put the money you would have spent on cigs in a jar and watch the pennies pile up! then by yourself something nice. there are alot of support groups and websites out there and you can often pair up with a buddy and email support to each other
good luck – its tough!
ive been smoking for about 9 years now. i cant use patches becuase im allergic to the glue, i cant chew gum because of my braces :S so how do i stop :S please help me 
the "easy way to quit" by Allen Carr. you don’t even have to stop until you finish reading the book.
I get nervous every time I think about stopping. I have stopped for small amounts of time in the past but always give in to the craving eventually. It’s sooooo hard, but it’s a filthy dirty habbit and it’s going to kill me…help please?
its not easy unless you change your way of thinking.
you have to be positive.
set a date.
you must believe you are not depriving yourself by not smoking.
you are not trying to give up. when you stub out your last ciggy, you have given up. you have done it.
now you must look forward to your new lifestyle.
if or when you think you need to smoke, remember you do not smoke anymore. take 3 deep breaths have a glass of water, go for a walk. remember. you are a non smoker. always . you are a non smoker. its in the past. after a few days your body will be accepting that you dont smoke. your body will love it. mentally you must know you dont smoke. when you believe it, you’ve done it. good luck. ive done it and my husband did it in the same week. be positive.
I recently stopped smoking after 24 yrs. My doctor gave me a pill called Chantix, I swear this Is a miracle pill. I have no withdrawl symptoms, cravings, nothing. It blocks the nicotine receptors In your brain. It’s like you never even smoked! Ask about It. I tried everything else out there, this Is the cure!!!! Good Luck!!