What is the best way to quit smoking?? -
I ordered CigArrest with the pills and the gum. I was wondering if anybody out there has tried this. And if anyone had any tips.
Quit slowly and not cold turkey. Patches fail largely because of the habit of having something to do with your hands.
I smoked 1 1/2 packs a day and quit 3 years ago. What I did was FIRST- stopped buying cigarettes. I bummed cigs off of anyone for awhile, then it got annoying to beg for cigs. But I kept the mindset of buying cigs are bad. Smoking was still OK.
SECOND: bumming cigs got old fast, I started doing that less and less until I was just smoking while drinking or in social situations where many other people were smoking.
TIP: Let everyone know you are trying to quit. You will find even smokers trying to help you out... it was impossible to bm smokes off of friends who knew I was trying to quit.
THIRD: After about 4 months I could smell the smoke of my smoker friends and was disgusted by it and realized that I had no desire to have any part of that anymore. I had also started to experience more energy and better lung support in my daily activities. I never felt better and when it came to a night out drinking, I had begun to not feel the need to smoke.
Occassionally I still feel the urge to smoke, and when I-m really stressed I-ll bum a puff off of someone. But one puff and I-m done, it-s too much now and it kind of helps remind me of why I quit. I-d say I-ve taken 2 drags in the last year.
TIP: Give your hands something to do. I started playing with rubber bands. Also, chew gum or even better... a toothpick habit. It-s the hand to mouth thing of cigs, but a heckuva lot healthier!
My husband tried a piece of niccorette at work the other day, he said that it worked for him pretty well, he didnt smoke a ciggerette for 3 hours after chewing it. What you do is chew it just a bit, then suck on it. And when the flavor starts to go away you chew it a lil more and repeat. I dont know how this would work for most people because for me the actual act of smoking is what I have trouble leaving behind, not the nicotine (I do crave it, but once Im past that I still want to have it just for the act) I dont know, it wont be easy no matter what, but if you want to quit you have to just not give in. Good luck with it.
There is a new quit smoking aid out there that completely eliminates the craving for cigarettes. It has no nicotine in it. It blocks the receptors that make you want a cigarette. Its new and alot of doctors don-t know about it yet and not all insurances cover it but my friend who smoked 1 to 2 pack a day quit and several of her friends. It is called chantix and I am looking at her package of them right now and there is an 800 number where you can ask questions about it. It is 1-877-chantix or go to www.chantix.com IT WORKS
Best way to quit smoking is to stop smoking... Simple as that..
I quit smoking 16 months ago. Before that I was only thinking about it and talking about it. There was no pressure from outside, it was purely a self-decision.
How did I do it?
I took help from www.nicotine-anonymous.org. I followed their techniques and kept posting and reading messages on their groups.
Well, during the initial hours and days all I did was drink plenty of water, prayed a lot, swam a lot, took a few days off and spent time with my family and a non-smoking friend and his family.
If you can stay away from smoking for 5 minutes, you can do it for 5 more minutes.
How badly do you want to do it?
Do you exercise? The more oxygen you take into your blood stream, the less you will want to smoke. I promise.
Read -The Easy Way To Stop Smoking- by Allen Carr. I heard great things about it and ended up buying it for me dad. Unfortunately, he hasn-t read it yet though.
http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Way-Stop-Smok…
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Ultimately I think old fashioned determination gets you through, and a change in thinking.
I tried nicotine gum and patches, gave me too much of a -rush-. I tried cold turkey, couldn-t sleep for days. Finally I tried Zyban, which I think is similar to Chantix, after a week it made me feel a bit strung out and edgy, so I stopped. By that time though I think my body was over the withdrawal, so it was a matter of mentally not going back to smoking.
I have gone two weeks without smoking and feel really good about that.
Being aware of the way you think about smoking helps. For me I used to think of smoking as a reward or comfort, or social thing to do.
For a while I would go outside in the front yard to smoke, a bit embarrassing really... helped me break the pattern...
Very best of luck to you!