I am trying to quit smoking for new years? -
i am 21 years old i been smoking since 16 when i was 18 i move to 2packs a day when turn 20
i move back to pack a day on the 20th of dec i started almost half a pack a day till new years
then i will quit does this help reduce the withdrawls
you can quit, its all up to you, because i am smoker too from past 16 years so many times i quit but again start due to small reasons what is in my experience again i can quit or even every body quit from smoking actually its need strong decision, willpower,and interest for quit this bad habit,so what i suggest stop smoking and decide you never smoke even some body give gold cigarette too.
Yes, if you move down with how many you smoke a day.. it definitely helps and is easier than stopping all at once.
Hope I helped,(:
Answer,?
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Quitting smoking is difficult no doubt about it. I smoked three packs a day for over 40 years. I stopped once for about a year and started up again. I-ve been off of them for five years now. Sadly, I still have a twinge for a drag now and then, but that-s the way it goes. So, not trying to dissuade you from cutting back slowly but, the only way I was able to stop was to just throw the pack in the trash and never pick up another one again. It isn-t easy, but if you set your mind to it you can do it. Cutting back slowly just draws out the agony to me and lessens the chances of quitting. Cold turkey, if you can do it makes it final, and once you get over the physical need for nicotine in a few days you can find ways to deal with stress other than picking up a cancer stick. Good luck, really hope you make it.
I started when I was 12. I quit for 2 weeks, when I was your age. I was going to quit again at 30. Now I-m 40. I-ve been going to hypnotherapy. It-s sort of and sort of not working for me.
Something in my brain has shifted, but not enough because I type to you with a fag hanging from my lips. I decided to stop for 2 days to see if I could and I did. Surprisingly, the withdrawals were nowhere near as bad as I had built up in my own head. I bought a packet on the third day. I don-t always light up first thing in the morning anymore. Sometimes I wait until about 6pm in the evening before I weaken and go out and buy a small packet, but I always cave in because my brain says................I need it.
My advice to you is this.
You can use, cold turkey, cutting back, patches, gum, pills, hypnotherapy, inhalers and every quit smoking trick out there but at some stage you are going to have to deal with the TRIGGER inside your head and somehow find it in yourself to be stronger than it.
My trigger/s are anger, fear and just plain old habit. Until we learn to deal with our triggers we will always reach for a cigarette.
The only way to help reduce withdrawals is to -acknowledge- them and talk ourselves through them. Apparently over time, it gets easier and come to visit you less and less. If I were you I would ananlyze your own triggers and work out a strategy of how you are going to deal with them when they come.
I find it very hard to tell myself that I can-t smoke for the rest of my life. I find it easier to break it down into days and tell myself that I won-t smoke -today.- It-s all mind games with yourself.
All I can say to you is this. It-s not going to be easy. BUT......whilever you are doing something.......or trying to do something......it-s better than doing nothing.....and...you are doing GREAT!.
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Yeah that doesn-t sound bad. It-s hard to go cold turkey on such an addictive substance. Try to add the special gum. Maybe that will help.
quitting smoking would be a great new years resolution, think positivily about it, your saving money, staying healthy, living longer. You see these commercials about not being able to breathe properly and lieing in a hospital bed family beside you saying goodbye, you dont want this being so young so stop while you still can, good luck!.
Choose some nicotine patches or switch to gum. It-s a nice alternative.
88pct of people who quit on new years...don-t make it..
84pct of people who quit on birthdays.....don-t make it....
pick another day...mine was 1/27/04.......after smoking 30 plus years....
i quit cold turky a about two years ago.. all it took was an xbox 360 and a week away from work and friends.
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 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!!
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