I quit smoking 2 weeks ago today. how long will it be before i feel the benefits? -

Thursday, May 28, 2020

I quit smoking 2 weeks ago today. how long will it be before i feel the benefits? -


i was a smoker for 30 years, and as far as doctors say i am in good health.
long time... sorry to say but I think it was about 6 months before I really felt better. The first 4 were terrible and the the 5th I got sick and I was well into the 6th before I felt any better. After that though it-s a cake walk. you can also take into consideration I work in a casino and still breathe in 2nd hand smoke so it might be better for you than me. and then again you smoked almost 2x as long as I smoked. there are many factors I hope you are one of the lucky ones. but just a warning it will get worse before it gets better but it is very worth it in the end. Keep up the good work and stick with it. you will feel better soon.
Idk, but I just wanted say, great job for quitting after 30 years!!!!! Woo Hoo!!!! You-re awesome!!!!!!!! :)
i quit 7 days ago after smoking both cigarettes and pot for almost 20 years, right now i feel absolutely terrible, i am having vivid dreams ALL NIGHT LONG, i wake up more tired than i was when i went to bed, i am lightheaded, my gi tract is playing up, i have cold and hot sweats during the day, i am fatigued during the day but bizarlley seem to re-energise in the evening, i just feel awful BUT i knew to expect some pretty bad physical symptoms, i will not go back to smoking and i know these side effects will eventually fade
It depends on the person. My dad was a really heavy smoker and he said that after he quite it was the best thing ever and probably saved his life. I don-t know how long it will take for you, but you-ll feel it when you realize that you don-t need smoking to get on with your life.
You already are feeling the benefits. You already have extra money in your wallet and do not have that smoke smell. Soon, your health will improve too. Good job!!! You should be very proud of yourself!!
It has been 7 yrs since I quit. Best thing I ever did for me and my family. (Pssst....My secret for hand to mouth thing was a bottle of water at all times). I also started walking right away, which turned into running when I started feeling so good. The more you sweat, the more toxins you are removing from all of that stuff in your body . Once you gain that new sense of smell and that feeling of achieving what was once the impossible...you will never go back (depending on your outlook on life). Hurray for you and a healthy life. Get to sweatin those toxins out...ur gonna start feeling good.
I quit three years ago and am still waiting to -feel- anything. I think if you are in good shape you won-t feel much difference. But your pocketbook thanks you...5 bucks a pack....wow!!
I quit smoking 2 weeks ago today. how long will it be before i feel the benefits? -

I quit smoking 6 days ago i just need ideas to get through the really hard cravings? -

I quit smoking 6 days ago i just need ideas to get through the really hard cravings? -


everytime you get the urge to smoke, bite your finger as hard as possible. you-ll forget about smoking, and think about the pain in your finger.
if you like playing games on internet, you can try it.
Do something you like and forget about smoking


Here are some videos and a promise club that might help.

http://www.promiseaid.com/promises/quits…

munch on something that doesnt have a lot of calories, like carrots or some fruit, it-ll make the cravings ease.
start smoking skin cigar

Suck on lozenges
I quit smoking 6 days ago i just need ideas to get through the really hard cravings? -

How do you quit smoking? -

How do you quit smoking? -


I am embarassed to admit that over the past few years I have picked up smoking! I hate it!!

gradually it has just gotten to be more... and more.. I think I have been in total denial that I even WAS a smoker until recently.
And after coming to terms with it.. I don-t like it.

So. Today. Jan 1 2008 I resolve to quit.

any advice for me on my New Years Quest?
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When you get down to your last 6 in the packet then stop, don-t throw them away because panic attack can set in when you know you have none.Keep telling yourself they are there just in case you get desperate, i did that for 6 months before i had the guts to throw them away for good. Best move i have ever made they are a disgusting habit and very hard to get rid of, my coughing got worse after i gave them up until my system cleared all the tar out, yuk!
Good luck with it.
hey I quit today too- but I got a script of Chantix from my doc and it lessens the craving for the nicotine. Thing that I find disturbing is I feel very out of sorts and very tired too!
See if you can get this script, try it out and see what it does for ya, GOOD LUCK!!
Very tuff. Nicotine is really one of the most addictive chemicals, and the tobacco companies have made sure that you become addicted fast!!!

There are lots of things out there that really work, patches, support groups, some new meds. I think the thing that helped me the most was to sit across from a colleague and watch her as he became out of breath every time she laughed. And the sound of mucus bubbling in her lungs too.... and I thought to myself, OMG, that could be me in 30 years. I found every piece of photography I could that was showing what smoking did to my lungs....EVERYTHING!!!

Some of the things I used: No coffee in the morning, when a cig. was really great, brushed my teeth as soon as I ate, no wine, cuz cigs are great with wine, and I kept the image of that lady in my mind. I also out of curiosity went to one of the hospitals and asked to see a cancerous lung after a surgery where it was removed. (If you have a friend who is a nurse, maybe she can get you in).

I was truly a dedicated smoker... had 7 smoked before I even got out of bed in the morning, and smoked 3 packs a day. Sweetie, if I can do it, you can too.

Good luck, hon, you can do it. It is one gross habit.
the easiest thign to do is to read this book
it helped over millions of ppl to stop smoking
it helped ashton kutcher lol
and my history teacher as well
the name is -the easy way to stop smoking- and the author is Alan Carr
its pretty easy u jsut ahve to read it and it helps
i think its betetr than using some patches or medicine
and if u dont like reading then jsut like make a sacrifice adn read this one book
my advise is you must create a new hobby.
Congratulations for making the decision! I treat smokers and for the majority smoking is an addiction, which is not recognised by mainstream -quit smoking- methods. Firstly note that it is NOT a nicotine addiction! Don-t waste your money on NRT. Secondly, the habit is easily knocked over by steadfast intention because it was created by repetition and the setting up of a -trigger-! Ultimately it is your unconscious mind belief system being triggered, possibly by a chemical in the cigarette such as chocolate or cinnamon. Or from a deep memory of someone you idolised as a child, and seeing them smoke at the age you now are. Do a search on the name Peter Zapfella.
ive quite to today and so far i dont want one because its all in ur mind
u have to do things to keep u busy anu sud eat candy suck on a lolly pop ect
Learn to identify the triggers for smoking and then find something else to do, this will short circuit the cravings. Do not replace one drug habit with another.
Good for you and best of luck! Here-s how I quit:

Wean yourself off of them (ie 10 today, 9 tomorrow, 8 the next day and so on).

If that doesn-t work, go visit the chemotherapy ward at your local hospital. I decided to quit when I started taking my father to his treatments. Really makes you think about those warning labels on the sides of cigarette packages when you see people hooked up to IVs for hours, losing their hair, etc. (not that all people who develop cancer were smokers).
How do you quit smoking? -

What is the best way to quit smoking? -

What is the best way to quit smoking? -


Homeopathic Remedies to Help Quit Smoking(without any side effects or complications) :-

To reduce the craving; while discontinuing its use Tabacum 30, 4 hourly

Though addicted to tobacco; but cannot bear the odour of it Lobelia In Q(Mother Tincture) 4 hourly, 5 -10 drops

Great desire to smoke; tobacco heart; oppression of breathing as in asthma Caladium S 30, 4 hourly

To produce disgust for tobacco for habitual tobacco chewers Plantago Major 30, 4 hourly

Take the remedy which is similar to your symptoms. No side effects or complications if taken as directed, please do not exceed the given dosage and under any circumstances do not try to mix any remedies and avoid Chocolates, Mints, Coffee, Red Meat, Alcoholic and Carbonated drinks, Spicy Rich Food while taking any Homeopathic remedies, and keep the medicines away from direct sunlight, heat strong smells and perfumes and do not store them in the fridge.
Curing without any side effects or Complications Thats the Beauty of Homeopathic Medicine


Take Care and God Bless You !
...Have a little Kid come up to you - say, -Eww-You SMELL!- Works like a charm... :)
The one essential element is to actually decide to do so. Your body will scream at you for a butt, but it is not in charge; your mind is, and you can tell your body to shut the f--k up and leave you alone. This will not be easy, as nicotine is one of the most addictive substances known, but it can be done. My father smoked for years. One day, my mother noticed that she had not seen him smoking recently, and inquired. -I quit,- said he, and that was that.
Cold turkey. First you have to decide that you are going to quit, not try to quit. Just quit. Then throw away all your cigs and not in the garbage in the kitchen. I mean at a gas station trash can. Clean out and put away your ashtrays, clean your house, because everything has tar all over it. You may have to change your routine. Like if you had a cigarette with coffee, you may need to drink hot chocolate for a while. That was the hard part for me. Not having a cigarette after meals or with my coffee. Otherwise just keep yourself busy. Drink water or something not bad for you when you feel like lighting up. I went through three days of a terrible headache. Then I didn’t feel like I needed one. After that it was breaking the habit of having one that was hard. Oh, have something healthy that you can munch on when you feel like a cig. I used hard candy, not healthy, but quick. It’s having something in you mouth that makes the habit hard to break.
Good luck
Whew, I just quit smoking last year after 22 years. I personally used Wellbutrin XL but hell I was on it for 3 years before I finally layed them down. But after all that even though its rough, the best way is cold turkey. I-ve heard many people swear on lemon drops candy for the cravings and it does work. Just do like I did, everytime you light that cigarette just look at it and think why the hell do I smoke this nasty tasting thing, it makes me stink, it makes my teeth yellow, I cough, I gag and for this stupid thing that just burns away and all this money I spend on it and just keep telling yourself that and it does actually make you turn against them. Mind over matter, you keep telling you mind this and eventually you mind will make the matter work for ya and walk. Theres nothing like a walk on a beautiful day breathing in the air and realizing how much better you can breathe and also taste food

Hope this helps....
Hooray for the answer provided by -rhsaunders.- That is exactly how I quit in 1985. I simply refused to let a chemical control me.

If you drink, stop at the same time you quit smoking and don-t drink for at last 2 months. I found that my drinking and smoking were so inter-connected that if I had a drink while trying to quit, it was all over. I stopped drinking and successfully quit smoking.
go for a run
In the Search for questions slot type in -quit smoking- and you will get at least 6,800 results.
Hello There,

This might not be the best way, but very close.

My wife smoked for over 10 years and when she found out that she was pregnant with our now newborn 3 months old daughter, she had promised me that if I found a good solution for quitting, she will try her best to kick the habit.

Well in my spare time I started researching online for quit smoking programs, meanwhile she was trying out patches and gums that you can buy at grocery stores and adventually they would not work for her.

After about a week of researching I had stumbled over a website that really impressed me on what they had to offer and that they actually say that they can almost guarantee your success, and most importantly that you can try it out for free.

The company has been around for over 20 years now and they have helped over a million smokers quit since and their kit has everything that you possibly need to help you quit smoking, I thought WoW that is impressive.

I went ahead and ordered the free trial for my wife (only paid for shipping) and she has quit smoking in just two weeks and she doesn-t want to hear about or smell another cigarette again in her life :)

Now it is up to you, but since my wife has quit, I was so happy about her success, so much so that I had built a small review site of the product to also help other people quit, you can check it out at;
http://time2quitnow.com
if you want to find out more.

P.S. They do ship to Canada.

Thanks for reading my short story, I hope it helps, good luck and stay healthy.
Take each day as it comes. When you feel the urge to smoke just tell yourself that you will feel a lot better if you don-t . Find someone to help you quit maybe someone else trying to quit. I wish you the best of luck! I know this is hard to quit cause it-s hard enough for me to resist sweets! good Luck!!!
Try thinking of lung cancer..an awful death. Lungs should be pink not black. If you were in a fire, and the smoke got to you you would cough and run away..
Why not do the same thing. Cigarettes take IN smoke when the body naturally rejects it. Read on lung cancer, others who have died, that would stop me cold. Also get a patch.
What is the best way to quit smoking? -

How can I quit smoking cigarettes? -

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

How can I quit smoking cigarettes? -


Im 17 - have been smoking cigarettes for about 7 months now. I go through about a pack a day. My friends infulence me to smoke becuase I am around them when they do it. I know everyone will just say to get new friends, but they ARE my friends and i LOVE them despite their flaws. I am not going to just DROP my friends because of their bad habits, i should be a strong enuf preson myself to be able to hangout with them even if they are smoking and personally still not smoke. I WANT TO QUIT; how can i slowly quit without spending hundreeds of dollars on the nicotine gum or the patch? helpppp
It-s great that you want to quit but it will be tough to be successful if you hang out with people who smoke. A lot of smoking is a social thing and you-ll feel left out if they-re smoking. Maybe you can convince your friends to quit with you.

Either way you-ll need help to be successful and I recommend this program:
http://www.uhelpyourself.com/quitsmoke


It really works and without any pills, gum or patches.

Hope it helps you.

Tom
well no matter what is gonna be hard because you smoke a pack a day and the people around you also smoke.
you should stop smoking 1 less cigg every other day, start out slow and so on -
you also need to talk to them [ur friends]and tell them u would like to quit and and when they are around you to respect you and try not to smoke around youu!
i hope you succeed
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i had the same problem. My friends got me started when i was 17. Anyways a pack a day is VERY serious. You can start by cutting down on your daily intake. It is impossible to go cold turkey from 1 pack a day. And most probably, u smoke when u hang around with your friends, so dont smoke when ur alone. And this way you can cut down. And slowly like once a week start cutting down on ur daily intake. Have a pack of regular gum handy to use when u need a smoke. Start finding other extracurricular activities to do. Well tat-s it so far. But if u ever need help with this dont hesitate to contact me. Hope u good luck.
If you are a christian then ask God to help you. If you are not he won-t hear you. He is the answer to your problems!!!!!
Sometimes you have to change the people you hang out with to make changes in your life. When dealing with addiction this is usually the case.

I used the gum when I quit.
Even if you quit cold turkey, you will probably light up anyway when you are at a party with your friends. It may be easier once you go to college.
In the Search for questions slot type in-quit smoking- and you will get at least 6,625 results.
If you-re going to quit you have to want it, otherwise you-ll ultimately end up smoking again.

Change your daily routine up a bit to get yourself out of the habit of smoking. Replace the periods of a day where you would usually grab a cigarette with something productive like exercising, reading, dancing, baking... what ever you like to do.

Chew gum and suck on hard candies - these will help to supress any cravings you have.

You can als try the patches or the nicotine gum to help you quit.

There-s also a prescription drug you can talk to your doctor about. The drug is called chantrix. It-s a pill that you take over a 12 week (maybe more) period. You-ll continue to smoke while on the pill, but as the pills build up in your system cigarettes will slowly become less and less appealing to you until you can-t stand the taste anymore and can-t bare to have a cigarette in your mouth. How this happens is that Chantrix slowly blocks the transmitters in your brain that find nicotine appealing until all of a sudden you find it completely appauling.

Considering you said you don-t want to spend hundreds on patches or gum, I would recommend talking to your doctor about the pill. It-s definitely worth a shot.

Oh, this will not be an easy task, especially being around smokers, but just hang in there, if you really want to quit, you will!

Good Luck!
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Whats the best way to quit smoking? -

Whats the best way to quit smoking? -


i have been smoking since i was 13. now im 20...i hate to do it cuz it really does stink...but i cant find an effective way to quit. ive tried everything from cold turkey...to switching to gum and suckers...but no cee-gar! any better alternatives? like surgery or hypnosis? what works? what doesnt?
The only way to quit smoking is to control yourself. No one can quit it in a moment or there is no medicine in the whole world which can stop this. To stop smoking you must make have to make your will power to be strong enough. You could start by decreasing the time you smoke i.e. if you smoke 4 times a day then decrease it to 3 times then 2 it is not necessary that you should do it at once. It could take upto month or more to completely stop. But you must have to make youself do that. Otherwise no one can help you.
When you find out...let me know
when ever you want one say no then the next time have one.
ask you get used to that and you dont think its so bad.
turn down the next two times you want one and then have one.
and ect.; cutting down gradually with a strategy might help.
At first you may find this very baloney answer but I think this will help you solve your problem. I-m very happy for you that you are trying to quit such a not so good hobby which is -smoking-. I suggest that you should have an exercise everyday that would make you forget smoking...Like swimming, jogging around the park or going to an area where smoking is prohibited. All you need is self discipline and determination. And always Pray TO God because he is the only one that will help you the most. God Bless and Happy New Year
if u really want to quit smoking, then u can do it. u-r the only one who can control yourself. just try to think about the bad effects of smoking - bad breath, lung cancer, etc.

u can stop, i know u can! good luck!
start puting the smokes away..start eating lollipop
just stop. If you really wanted to you would. I did
Whats the best way to quit smoking? -

Is there any way to quit smoking w/out gaining weight? -

Sunday, May 24, 2020

Is there any way to quit smoking w/out gaining weight? -


i-ve tried before but gained 20 lbs as when i was not smoking i ate a lot. now i want to try and quit again on the 29th but i-m afraid of gaining weight again. so my question is how can i quit w/out gaining weight??
Hi, I have set my quit date for the 28th!!

I have bought lots of snack such as, sugar free jelly, low calorie chocolate yogurt, rice cakes and lots of fruit and veg. That way if I do want to --comfort eat-- I will not be consuming so many calories. Another thing I will be doing is chewing sugar free gum, I am someone who cannot smoke if I have just cleaned my teeth etc so hoping if I chew gum then I will be less tempted to smoke.

I am also going to try to do some exercise when I get a craving, If I do exercise for the first 10 minutes (just a gentle jog) then hopefully that will boost me up again and have less of a craving!


Good luck
Next May 4th will be my 50th anniversary. Try to, as much as you can, throw it off your mind. These people who make a -major production- over it are hurting their chances. If the gum and the patch work--fine, but my concern is the above--they tend to make quitting into a -big event-. It is once you accomplish it, but, at the start, cause -overfocus-. Good luck to you. Keep busy--your mind thinking about other things.
As for not gaining weight, learn about calories, and try to find -filling- foods that have thickness to them, but low calorie.
Some are Jello, cooked egg white, like Egg Beaters eggs, diet pop(unless you have special medical problem, the unhealthy diet pop is a blessing if it helps get you off ciggs.)

Jeffrey
Try taking up a hobby that requires clean hands like embroidery, cross stitch, knitting, scrapbooking or a sport or other activity that will keep you active.
keep a smoke in your mouth but don-t lite it.
Is there any way to quit smoking w/out gaining weight? -