Need Hints on how to quit smoking with Negative stimulation or assocation?? -
I need ideas on how to quit smoking by trying to associate a negative or unpleasant feeling with each time I get the urge. I believe it-s been done in various studies with trying to break a bad habit. For example, electroshock... but I don-t want to go that extreme...lol Any hints or ideas??? Would appreciate them.
My partner and I quit 9 years ago. For me, it was easy to go cold turkey. I guess I wasn-t addicted; just a social thing, cos I never smoked alone, and always smoked a BUNCH when out with friends at coffee or having a drink.
For my partner it was quite difficult. Not so much the addiction, but the HABIT. Everytime the phone would ring, she-d reach for the smokes. Everytime she got in the car, she-d reach for the smokes.
So, we made rules: no smoking in the house or car. Period. Clean both real good. I mean, wash the brown smoke stains off your walls and windows. Clean the carpets and upholstery in both house and car; make it CLEAN and smelling good.
When the phone would ring, she-d still reach for the pack of smokes, but with the rule, she had to not smoke or go into the garage. 2 feet of snow outside and an unheated garage are not conducive to keeping the habit! The rules about the car and house cut her habit in half!
Then she never carried them with her, so when she wanted a smoke, she had to go GET them. Then had to decide if she really wanted one badly enough to go all the way to where they were from where she was....get it? Make it inconvenient to smoke.
You-ll notice when it-s inconvenient to smoke, that you will smoke less. This may take a few weeks, but I bet you that at the end of a month, you-ll be at half what you used to smoke. Once you get it to half, make new rules. And remember to make it very inconvemient!
After we-d been quit for about 3 months we were standing in a theater line with friends. One left to have a smoke and when she came back, the smell was ghastly! I asked the group if WE used to smell like that and they said -Yes-. I was so embarrased!
I-m trying to quit, and I think the negative stimulation or association might be a good idea. Nothing else has worked. How about putting a rubber band on your wrist and every time you have a cigarette you give it snap. I might give that a try.
I would more go in positive stimulation association.
Every time you want to smoke,
- make love
- eat a fruit
- get a glass of water
- take a 5 minutes walk
- Stretch (It works !)
- do 20 jumping-jacks
uh... not all at the same time, but try some !
There you go for more info :
http://index-go.com/health_fitness_medic…
Good luck !
You COULD do that, but whatever it is that you associate your smoking with, you may actually end up liking. I know of a person that absolutely dreaded grapefruit juice, so she had a glass after every cigarette. But instead she just ended up loving grapefruit juice down the road. Be careful!
Don-t worry so much. Start some exercising. You-ll notice that you can-t breath when you exercise and that will make you want to quit. Also try to find an anatomy lab and look at cadavers who have lung cancer in their lungs. You can practice quitting as well. Try to go as long as you can without smoking, and if you fail, just try again when you are ready. Surround yourself with people who don-t smoke. Don-t go to bars. All of these things worked for me. I smoked for 8 years and then finally just quit because I realized I really didn-t need it.
My dad said cold turkey was the only way that worked for him...good luck