Has anyone used the 12 step AA program to quit smoking successfully? -

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Has anyone used the 12 step AA program to quit smoking successfully? -


sorry, no. I sucessfully quit by using the -my-husband-almost-died- method. I would NOT reccommend that one though. His lungs filled with fluid and he had pneumonia and actually did have to be brought back to life with the paddles. After he recovered (with only very minimal memory problems) he quit and I quit.
It may take something that drastic for some people to quit, or the 12 step program, or the gum, patch, whatever... you may have to try a few.
good luck
Has anyone used the 12 step AA program to quit smoking successfully? -

How long does it take for your lungs to clear out so to speak after you quit smoking? -

Thursday, April 7, 2005

How long does it take for your lungs to clear out so to speak after you quit smoking? -


I-ve heard some pretty crazy answers, and i-m sure it varies for alot of people. A few details to help out: I started smoking when I was 16. I-m almost 23. I smoked about half a pack a day, sometimes more when drinking.
I smoked from the time I was 11 to about the age of 37....I quit a week before my birthday in 97 and am still feeling like it isn-t quite out of my system yet.....I think it depends on your lung capacity and other things, (like where you live), to determine the time frame.
i don-t think they clear out
You have immediate benefits the moment you stop. Within the first few days, your body will begin to adjust to the decrease of tars and nicotines into your system. Your lungs and heart will begin to function much more normally and efficiently. If you start an exercise program, this speed up the healing process. If you can go one year and have had an exercise program that stresses aerobic conditioning; then you will removed most of the detrimental effects of smoking. If you quit for 10 years, then life expectancy tables will reflect that it will be like you have never smoked. However, for self-satisfaction, quit immediately, start walking, then jogging and then running. If you can sustain a 6 - 8 mile per hour rate for 30 minutes after a few months of conditioning, you-ll be doing great.
I quit smoking a week ago and am now hacking up alot of black tar looking flem.
okay i read at the doctors office that you otamatically start getting better after 1 hour but it takes 2-10 years to completely clear your lungs out
I can email you an awesome chart, that I found when I was in the CMA program at the community college. Please message me if you are at all interested.
you feel better within 24-48 hrs but it takes a long time to get out of your system however long it takes good for you for quitting keep it up
just saw program about smoking they said within 2-3 weeks the lungs start to clear themselves this means a lot of heavy coughing with sore throat being a problem for some people but its worth the effort so stick with it
I have often heard from various people and from two of my doctors that it takes about five years. I do not know where this information came from and never did ask.

I have also read that over a seven year period you change out every cell in your body!! So I have held with the five years.

Also, I was at one time a 3-pack a day smoker. It has been over five but less than seven years since I finished smoking . My x-rays are clear. So I hold with about five years as a minimum

So you can clear out your lungs in the time it would take you to pay off a new car! Go for it.

I started at 21 and went for 30 plus years. What a waste of time and money. It still probably cut some years off my life, because other things can be affected besides the lungs.
Changes begin to occur within 10 hours.

I-ve heard 5-10 years, and your lungs will look close to their original state.
How long does it take for your lungs to clear out so to speak after you quit smoking? -

Anyone know an off the beat/creative way to quit smoking? -

Wednesday, April 6, 2005

Anyone know an off the beat/creative way to quit smoking? -


Hey! I-m looking for non-traditional ways to help me quit. Thanks for helping me out.
hi, my advice to you is to really really want to quit smoking,if you want it from deep down inside you ,you will quit smoking and go for plans to quit it! gooooooooood luck
tell everyone you know you have quit chew lots of chewy and get through the first 2 days.
After the first 2 days think well i did 2 days now i can do 4 then aim for a week and double that.
as for telling everyone you have quit you are commiting yourself to quitting like if you start up again you look weak to your friends and that might be enough off a psycological edge to get you past the first week or two.
i have been smoke free for 10 weeks today and im not going to lie to you i still crave nowhere as bad as the first week it comes but goes real quick.
I feel better for it.good luck all you need is you to stop smoking
Eat the sweets (spicy) ,drinks the hot tea others than cigarettes !
Well you could bin ALL your cigarettes and when you have a craving eat some chocolate. And with all the money you saved you could buy a running machine to get rid of that excess weigh from the chocolate
i don-t recommend it, but getting the flu has worked for me in the past! don-t *try* to get sick, but if you ever happen to get too sick to move it might be a good time to quit smoking, too.
just quit cold turkey or when you get the urge drinks lots of water is all i know of
I took up knitting to quite smoking, I know it is a bit Grandmotherly.

But everytime I wanted a cigrette I would start knitting and now I have a really really long scarf and no cigrettes.

It was hard, I was smoking for ever a decade when I decided to smoke. But those knitting needles didn-t let me quit.
My dad had acupuncture treatments to quit smoking and it worked!
Keep your hands busy. When I quit I did alot of cleaning. I also ate sunflower seeds, opening the seeds kept my hands busy and the salty taste made me forget about cigs.
use nicortte gum!!!! yuo can buy it in japan...
Okay, you asked for it...I should warn you though, this is pretty hardcore. But do you want to quit, or not?

Smoke a pack over a few hours. Use the same ashtray. When you have finished, empty out the stubs, but leave the ash in the ashtray. Now lick the ashtray. A nice big lick!

Spend the next hour puking like you-ve never puked before.

Fancy a cigarette after this ? I don-t think so.
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What helped you to quit smoking? -

Friday, April 1, 2005

What helped you to quit smoking? -


My father is attempting to quit for the 9374343 time!
I-d like some insight on what helped other people!

Thanks.
I went from smoking ready made cigarettes to rolling my own with loose tobacco and filter paper as i heard loose tobacco contain a lesser amount of chemicals used to process the ready made ones.

Gradually I was weaned off them competely - no need for patches, gum etc. I think i got tired of rolling my own!

Lots of luck to your dad
Hi Steph
I was a 22 year smoker that worked at a factory that went smoke free. So I got a prescription for Chantix. Granted I have heard pros and cons about it. I started taking it on Christmas day and on the 8th day I smoked my last cig.
Caution : I started getting very irritable which I have found to be a side effect of Chantix. I quit using it on Jan. 13th and still [ after 2 months ] have not and do not want a cig. I hope this helps you to help your Dad. I am 44 and doing well !!
Seeing my skin start to change, the negative effects on my body were enough to keep me strong.
Consistent will power.
Strong reasons for quitting.
Supportive people who remind of those reasons.
Hypnosis. (also known as subconscious reprogramming)
An appropriate substitution for the times when smoking would occur habitually.
Prevention from being around smokers while they are smoking.
i quit by using commit lozengers and prayer. i bought the lozengers at walmart and walgreens. over the counter.

i smoked for 30 yrs.
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How can i quit smoking? -

How can i quit smoking? -


i want to quit smoking my age is 35 yrs, i smoke 8 to 10 cigarette daily. can you give some tips to quit that habit
I quit smoking after getting some tips from a friend. I recently wrote an article at ehow on how to quit. You can check out the article here...

http://www.ehow.com/how_5713872_quit-smo…


It-s about breaking the habit before you quit, which makes it a lot easier on you when you do decide to quit. The tips that I got from my friend about breaking the habit is the only reason why I was so successful. I know that many people are trying to quit right now and I wanted to do my best to help. I hope that my article helps you to quit. Best of luck.
Through self hypnosis. That-s how I did it. and I smoked 2 packs daily for forty years.
Here-s how. In the moments just before going to sleep our consciousness is approximately on the same level as hypnosis. That-s why you hear hypnotists saying -sleep, sleep, sleep-. Begin the first night by repeating over and over again, -I want to be a non smoker, I want to be a non smoker, I want to be a non smoker..... over and over again until you fall asleep. After about a week or so you will wake up as I did and look at the ashtray and say -YUCK-. From that point on, at sleep time, say over and over again, -I am a non smoker-. Keep saying this for a month or so.
This is by far the best way to quit because there are no withdrawal symptoms normally associated with quitting.
You will need to continue at least once a week with the -I am a non smoker- mantra otherwise you run the risk of the hypnosis wearing away and you could be back to the same old smoking. I can remember the strange feeling when every once in a while the thought of -Hey, let-s have a smoke- would pop into my head and immediately another thought would pop up screaming, WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY, WE-RE NON SMOKERS-!!!!!!!!!!. If or when this happens it-s time to renew your -I am a non smoker- routine at bedtime. Try it. You-ll see. It works.
Oh yes, and all the while maintain a positive attitude and have faith that it works because it really does.
I am 40. It-s not that easy. And it-s also not that difficult. I myself had been smoking for about 17 years and quit more than two years ago. First thing is, you have to de condition your mind. That is whenever you have the urge Hold your hands together, take a deep breathe, that is inhale deeper and hold the breath or (breathe) for a few seconds, then exhale slowly. It will be really tough, but initially you have to struggle but when you follow this gradually you can overcome the desire to smoke. Also you have to avoid the smokers in the initial stages. Avoid going to the places where you usually smoke avoid such companies , Even then if you have urge decide to go to far off shop to get the cigar, walk further , walk further,. These are all in the initial stages. It took just 10 days for me to practice such things. But later on I never felt like smoking. But you should have a strong intention to quit smoking. At the initial stages you should strictly avoid smoking companies, places that tempt you etc. Practice those methods. lead a happy smoke free life. C.u. Bye.
Well, maybe I can scare you into it. If you don-t quit now, you-re going to look 50 by the time you-re 40. lol

You don-t smoke a lot so that-s good. For me the hardest part was the physical addiction. The habit in other words. I spent so much time smoking it was unbelievable. Here are a few things that helped me:

Hot tea - it has zero calories, it-s good for you, and you still get that hand to mouth motion
Excersise - I hit the gym for 2 hours a day when I quit. It kept my mind off smoking in a healthy way.
Blogging - I wrote down my struggles each night before bed. Sometimes during the day. I did it for a couple weeks. It helped me to identify when and why i had the worst cravings and that way I could avoid that situation next time.
Make a plan and a quit date.
Tell everyone before you quit. that way you will feel stupid and they will hold you accountable

Get Help! only 3% of people can quit cold turkey. Find a natural product too. If you start using the patch or the gum you-re just going to become addicted to that instead. I used smoke deter and really liked it but there-s plenty on the market. Here is a site that offers some reviews: www.firstproductreview.com
... hmmmmmm 8 to 10 a day. wow get a grip..
most people can-t stop immediately but start by only taking 4 to 5 a day then lower it slowly.. duh its gonna be hard... but if u wanna stop its UR problem so if u wanna look lik a monster by ur 40-s then keep on puffing that junk
i don-t believe in nicotine patches or pills because well.. they have chemicals in them just like the junk u smoke.
My Dear, if you are really trying to quit smoking then check my site www.stopsmoking.hpage.com
You will find your answer.
You can get some quick on how to quit smoking from this site.
Its good and I have also used it.
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Does anyone have tips on how to quit smoking cold turkey by tomorrow? -

Does anyone have tips on how to quit smoking cold turkey by tomorrow? -


I have pneumonia and need to quit smoking altogether ASAP. Any ideas???
i was a pack a day smoker and i quit cold turkey. i tried three times, but the third time was a charm because i had a real incentive - money.

my state-s cig tax caused a carton of smokes to go up almost 10.00. the carton that cost me 18 was now costing 28. for me that was the incentive to work. my health, smelling like smoke, cancer scare, burning holes in everything, etc., none of that mattered to me. but the possibility of giving the state more cash sure worked magic. it has been 4 or 5 years and not one relapse.

you should have some kind of incentive for yourself to help strengthen your resolve to quit. maybe think about the money you might save that can be spent on something else.

or anything that can keep you on track when you think you might derail.

There is a product available called NewReality Personal Achievement Device (PAD) that uses a Creative Visualization and Relaxation program to help quit smoking. The light and sound technology in the PAD guides your mind into a desired mental state - the perfect state for making life changes such as quitting smoking.

Check out the website at http://www.newrealitytoday.com for more information. There is also a great article on the site about a journalist using the device to quit smoking.

Well instead of smoking try like yoga or somthing to occupy your mind. It is super difficult to stop all in one day though. You could also try meeting with a consulor and talking about your addicton and im sure she would have good ideas on how to quit. Also theres this gum i forget what its called but it is supposed to help.
stay around people that don-t smoke, don-t go to bars, stay in areas where you can-t smoke and every time you get the urge go do something else, it doesn-t matter what it is just do something else. go for a walk, run or whatever.

I used to smoke and going for a run when i had a craving really helped.
I think you can quit smoking by medicine or some diet.
And just insisting.
Remember you are doing buiness for yourself, but not by yourself.
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Try the patch. Or nicowater, nicorette gum, anything with nicotene.

Also, try and get someone to keep you company and stop you if you lose it.
My dad always used to go to fortinos or your local grocerie store and get those bags of in-esexpensive candies (the ones you bag yourself and weigh) and he just popped one in his mouth whenever he wanted a cigarette!
the only way I can think of is to just quit. Throw away the cigarettes. Pepperment sticks or mints can help. As they do for stomach pains as well.
DON-T THINK ABOUT SMOKING PERIOD !!! after 24 hours its a piece of cake JUST Don-t think about smoking PERIOD !!!
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Does anyone have tips on how to quit smoking cold turkey by tomorrow? -

Anyone one that has taken champix to quit smoking? -

Monday, March 28, 2005

Anyone one that has taken champix to quit smoking? -


I was wondering when you fininsh the whole oarse do the withdrawal symptons come back.I have been taking champix for 6 weeks - been smoke feel for 5 weeks.
Yes it works. I quit smoking for 6 months and started back like an idiot. You really need to stay on it for at least 3 months according to my doctor.
Good Luck! Don-t start back like I did!
I-m not sure if you mean CHANTIX or not but that is what I-ve been using and have been smoke free for two months with no withdraw symtoms at all.Good Luck!!
Anyone one that has taken champix to quit smoking? -