How can I quit smoking? -
I have tried almost everything, and still I can-t quit. I kept a journal, I tried cold turkey, I tried gradually, patches and still I can-t quit. Personally, it seems like a bad cycle. Instead of quitting, I-m smoking more. It-s like this. I manage to stop smoking for a week, but the following I smoke twice as much. And I can-t stop again for a month. And each time I try, it gets harder. I am so down, where I am losing hope that it is even possible to quit...
This method will take about a month or two, but works. I began smoking at the age of 15 and finally quit for good at the age of 57 (a year ago), when I was at a pack a day. Even tho- all the experts say you have to go cold turkey, I think that just increases the craving. This is how I did it. Every time I wanted a cigarette, I only smoked half of it. So, I immediately cut my intake in half. After a few weeks of doing that (gives your body time to adjust to less nicotine), I would only take about 4 puffs, put it out and save it for the next craving. After a few weeks of that, I went to 2 puffs, then one puff (where one cigarette could last me a day or two). My body gradually got used to doing without the nicotine and I got to a point where I said, -when this pack is done, I-m not buying anymore-. That was a year ago. Recently, I stayed with my son, who smokes, and took a drag off his cigarette. I didn-t like the taste and it hurt my throat. If I can do it, you can do it, because I loved smoking!!!
The most smoking I ever did was 1 or 2 cigarettes a day. I-m guessing you smoke a bit more per day than that.
The main reason I stopped is because I joined a sports team. I thought about the pros and cons of continuing to smoke and decided it wasn-t worth it.
Pro:
-smoking kinda relaxed me after a hard day and was something to do with my hands
That-s about it, versus
Cons:
-numerous health risks
-it was pulling down my times in my sport
-I didn-t get a buzz from it anymore
-made me, especially my fingers, smell like smoke
-I was a little self-conscious about it. There were some people I didn-t want to see me smoking.
Now I-m not a doctor or anything but something that might work for you is some sort of aversion therapy. For example, every time you have the urge to smoke, pinch yourself. Then, ideally, you would associate wanting to smoke with getting pinched and the urge would die down.
i hope that helped. good luck
Take all your ciggaretes and bury them in the snow. Stick a post-it on your forehead. Go to a doctor. Watch Simpsons for 24-hours.
I don-t actually know. I-m 15. And I am not in a good mood. Humor me.