What helped you quit smoking? -
I only have a few cigarettes in the evenings now, but I would like to quit completely. What can I do to keep myself busy and not thinking about smoking? Any suggestions are appreciated :)
sometimes i go a whole day without cigarettes, then make it up the next day by smoking twice as many. i would think that having someone there with you would be the biggest help, preferably someone who is trying to quit as well. an occasional romp in the hay would probably help as well, lol
Pick a day that you want to quit. Smoke as much as you want until that day, but every time you light up, say out loud, -I will quit smoking on (April 1st/Friday/tomorrow)...-. It has to be out loud.
It sounds funny, but it worked for me.
Oh, and start exercising the day you quit too. It will prevent a weight gain, and knowing that you-ll go for a jog the next day will give you extra incentive to have a smoke at night.
It took getting pregnant to make me quit. That, and several cases of bronchitis that took forever to get rid of.
* LOL - A romp in the hay is what gets you pregnant, and then you will quit.
I quit when I got pregnant but started again once I had the baby, I just looked at it as not having a choice in the matter when quitting.
The few cigarettes that were the hardest for me to get rid of were the two or three in the morning with my coffee and the two or three at night after dinner. I bought alot of sunflower seeds and ate them, one at a time, when I was craving a cigarette. I also bought cinnamon sticks and chewed on them. Change what you do that makes you want a cigarette. Do you have to have one right after you finish eating? Instead of sitting after you eat, go for a walk. Do you have to have one before bed? Brush your teeth before bed instead. Just keep trying. Give yourself some credit for making it this far!!!!
Persistent recurrent pneumonia. That was over 20 years ago, and I still haven-t had a smoke.
What helped me quit??
I almost had a head on collision with a Semi......I had dropped my cigarette between my um, you know, and I was trying to retrieve it...at the last second I looked up..because I heard a horn..it was the Semi coming right at me!!
Right then and there I tossed the cigarettes, and never smoked again...It sure is strange that something that scared me to death,
changed my life in more than one way.
The death of me.
The only way to stop smoking is to just quit cold turkey. Otherwise you are still addicted to the nicotine. Even one cigarette will get you and keep you hooked. I quit almost two years ago and never want one anymore. The first two weeks are hard but after that it should get a lot easier. Go to a lung cancer website. That-s what I did. Good luck! I know its hard but you can do it.
I thought about what it would do to my kids is I died of Lung Cancer...I mean REALLY thought about it...Hospitals funerals and counselers to deal with my childrens grief and anger for causing my own early death....couldn-t continue to smoke after that....i haven-t touched a cig. for 8 years.
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For me I just wanted to be healthy and really looked into what I was doing to my body. I also had a 1 and a half year old son who started questioning when I was doing. I dont want him to even remember I smoked ever, as I hope he doesn-t. For me the health and my son helped. It was hard and still is at times, but worth it. Perhaps you just need something to motivate you.
It was years ago, but I used a manta. Every time I was tempted I would just keep repeating in my head -The way to quit smoking is not to smoke.-
It gave me the will power to not stick a cigarette in my mouth and light it. Because I knew as soon as I did, I was a smoker again.
I had done research to find out that the smoking addiction is half physical and half mental. Carefully thought about what controls the physical ....the mind. So what I did was keep my mind running on different other things so I wasn-t thinking about smoking. If you don-t think to do something you don-t do it is my philosophy. I would read books, go walking, bowling, find a word puzzle books. To help with the physical addition I would chew cinomin gum or eat cinomin toast. There is something to do with the chemical makeup of cinomin that curbs the cravings for smokes. Good luck.
I quit cold turkey about two weeks ago after reading this book: -Allan Carr-s Easy Way To Stop Smoking-. The author explains how to effectively deal with the psychological side of the addiction, making the physical withdrawal much more manageable. I highly recommend it.
Enjoying the cigarettes less and less, I realized that most of my smoking was from addiction. I really only enjoyed about 3 or 4 a day, the rest was the habit and addiction. I knew if I continued the 3 or 4 that I trully enjoyed , that I could not kick the habit and the cost was so much, for just a habit that was killing me.................
when my fiance and i first started dating, he smoked and i didnt like it one bit.
i told him how much it was hurting him and never went around him when he smoked. i made him brush his teeth before he kissed me.
then, when he got stationed in south korea, even though i wasnt there, he realized how bad it was for his health and quit on his own.
maybe what you need is a little support.
good luck!