I need to quit smoking? -
I-ve got to quit for surgery in 3 wks. I went and bought the patches but I-ve already smoked a couple this morning. Do I need to wait till tomorrow to wear one or can I wait an hour or 2 after smoking my last cigg. to put one on??
Just stop. cold turkey. Patches rarely work and only on some people.
you need willpower just think of what could happen if you keep smoking. Go to the library and pick out a book on smoking and what it does to your body, the pictures sometimes are enough to make you quit.
if all else fails, ask your doctor for a prescription to help you quit if its that important.
I-d check the directions. I quit by using the patch. Even though you take the patch off, there-s still nicotine in your system for hours. Smoking adds to that. You should be fine to slap one on as long as you don-t smoke while on them. Good luck, it-s just one of those grit and bear it things. Check out www.becomeanx.org for support if you want.
you can put the patches on when you like. Different things work for different people. Some peole quit with patches, some with gum, some using hypnosis. thats why you are going to get different answers. Start with the patches.
Tell everyone you are quitting so they do not offer you cigrettes or tempt you.
Good Luck
Deep Breathing Perhaps The Single Most Powerful And Important Technique: Every time you want a cigarette, do the following. Do it three times.
Inhale the deepest lung-full of air you can, and then, very slowly, exhale. Purse your lips so that the air must come out slowly. As you exhale, close your eyes, and let your chin gradually sink over onto your chest. Visualize all the tension leaving your body, slowly draining out of your fingers and toes, just flowing on out.
This is a variation of a yoga technique and is very relaxing. If you practice this, you-ll be able to use it for any future stressful situation you find yourself in. And it will be your greatest weapon during the strong cravings sure to assault you over the first few days.
2. Taking In Fluids:
The first few days, drink LOTS of water and fluids to help flush out the nicotine and other poisons from your body.
Remember that the urge to smoke only lasts a few minutes, and will then pass. The urges gradually become farther and farther apart as the days go by.
3. Stay Away From Alcohol, Sugar And Coffee
Do your very best to stay away from alcohol, sugar and coffee the first week or longer, as these tend to stimulate the desire for a cigarette. Avoid fatty foods, as your metabolism will slow down a bit without the nicotine, and you may gain weight even if you eat the same amount as before quitting. So discipline about diet is extra important now. No one ever said acquiring new habits would be easy!
Nibble on low calorie foods like celery, apples and carrots. Chew gum or suck on cinnamon sticks.
Stretch out your meals; eat slowly and wait a bit between bites.
After dinner, instead of a cigarette, treat yourself to a cup of mint tea or a peppermint candy.
4.Taking An Oral Substitute
In one study, about 25% of quitters found that an oral substitute was invaluable. Another 25% didn-t like the idea at all - they wanted a clean break with cigarettes. The rest weren-t certain.
One can use cinnamon sticks, chewing gum or artificial cigarettes as a substitute. You will mostly find that after the first week of being a non smoker, you wouldn’t even need these.
5. Get Exercising
Go to a gym, sit in the steam, exercise. Change your normal routine – take time to walk or even jog around the block or in the local park.
6.Pamper Yourself
Go ahead and join a yoga class or maybe reiki – they-re great! Get a one hour massage, take a long bath - pamper yourself. Get yourself involved in a hobby.
7. Ask For Support
Ask for support from co-workers, friends and family members. Ask for their tolerance. Let them know you-re quitting, and that you might be edgy or grumpy for a few days. If you don-t ask for support, you certainly won-t get any. If you do, you-ll be surprised how much it can help. Take a chance - try it and see!
Ask friends and family members not to smoke in your presence. Don-t be afraid to ask. This is more important than you may realize.
8. Destroy All Your Cigarettes
On your quit day, hide all ashtrays and destroy all your cigarettes, preferably with water, so no part of them is smokeable.
9. Write It Down
Write down ten good things about being a nonsmoker - and then write out ten bad things about smoking. Do it. It really helps.
10. Don’t Pretend
Don-t pretend smoking wasn-t enjoyable – it was. This is like losing a good friend – and it-s okay to grieve the loss. Feel that grief, don-t worry, it-s okay. Feel, and you heal. Stay with it - you can do it!
11. Affirm Yourself
Several times a day, quietly repeat to yourself the affirmation, -I am a nonsmoker.- Many quitters see themselves as smokers who are just not smoking for the moment. They have a self-image as smokers who still want a cigarette.
Silently repeating the affirmation -I am a nonsmoker- will help you change your view of yourself, and, even if it may seem silly to you, this is actually useful. Use it!
12. Holding Out
Here is perhaps the most valuable information among these points. In Phase 2, the period which begins a few weeks after quitting, the urges to smoke will subside considerably.
However, it-s vital to understand that from time to time, you will still be suddenly overwhelmed with a desire for -just one cigarette.- This will happen unexpectedly, during moments of stress, whether negative stress or positive (at a party, or on vacation). If you are unprepared to resist, succumbing to that -one cigarette- will lead you directly back to smoking.
Remember the following secret: in these surprise attacks during Phase 2 - and they will definitely come - do your deep breathing, and hold on for five minutes, and the urge will pass
Why not just stop entirely?
The die 10 years earlier sticks don-t give you anything. If you want to you can quit smoking it-s all about will power (or lack of it).
If you are really serious about quitting ask your doctor about prescription Chantix , I used it and after 31 years of smoking have been smoke free for almost two years now. I live in New York where a pack of cigs is like 6 or seven dollars so you can imagine the money I-m saving , good luck to you ...
Yes quit it now. The alternative could be DEATH. As to how to quit, apart from the advice others give, a person I know who smoked heavily did it by consulting a hypnotist, and she never smoked ever again for the rest of her life. See hypno therapy in your Yellow Pages for details of where to go.
u can put on now just dont smoke anymore
good luck
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