How do you decide to stop smoking?

Answer 1

You think;

My God I smell minging! And I'm getting wrinkly, and I am going to die a slow horrible death.

Dude, I ended up with my best high school friend's DAD dying of Emphasema on my ward, when I was a kid, he was this huge strong 6ft odd bloke, and near the end I couldn't even go in to him it just felt wrong. It is a nasty way to go.

And you smell fuckin BAD by the way

Answer 2

I think you realy need to "want" to quit. I tried patches and hypnotherapy over the years but soon started again. Three months ago i gave Zyban tablets a go and have not looked back since. I now hate the smell and when i get the occasional urge ( about once a week ) after 5 seconds its gone again. I stopped instantly after smoking 30 - 40 a day for 25 years!
All for the cost of £16 for perscription.
Early days yet but i feel great!

Answer 3

Im going through the same dilema. I know I SHOULD stop, and have given up before, but for some reason I cant get my head round it this time. I think you just have to be really really strong, make the desicion and then stick to it, once you say "thats it, I wuit, I will never smoke again", it works, its just getting to that point in the first place,

I recommend Alan Carrs "The Easy Way to stop smoking,"

Answer 4

I gave up a long time ago. The difficult part was in pubs, so I came up with a neat answer, every time I fancied a smoke I gave myself another drink. Having a treat worked for me and no I'm not a member of AA now. Set your self a date a long way in the future, maybe your next birthday and look forward to stopping then.

Answer 5

I've done it and never looked back - Buy Alan Carr's 'easy way to stop smoking'

Believe me it IS so easy. And you smoke while your reading it! So no need for will power. Just read the book as often and as quickly as you can. Don't stop to analyse it, and at the chapter called 'your last cigarette' actually smoke your last one. At that point you realise how bad it tastes and how dry your mouth feels etc. The man's a bleeding genius!
Good luck
D*

Answer 6

I smoked for 15 years and one day i just decided to not let it be in control,i got mad at the fact i smoked i've not smoked for 9 months,doing great.

Answer 7

Go check out some people with stage 3 lung cancer see there pain and the fight to breath and live if that does nothing look for a much quicker and painless way to commit sucide then smoking

Answer 8

You've got to want to come off them, I've stopped for 3 months now after smoking for 33years & I don't think a days went past without thinking about having one.
It is hard, but you've just got to take it a day at a time & look back each day and think of it as an achievement.
As time goes on you think I've went through all this time & to crack now would be a waste of everything I've went through till now.
All this talking about it I'm going for a smoke! (Only kidding)
Go for it & good luck

Answer 9

I smoked for 10 years---quitting briefly while pregnant with my son, only because one day it "tasted funny"----I started again shortly after his birth. I was unable to quit at all while pregnant with my daughter, but was able to quit for about a month after she was born, while I was breastfeeding. I recently quit smoking not too long ago, and this time the reason was simple----a spider fell on my head! I am terrified of Spiders----and while outside smoking at work one afternoon a coworker informed me that I had a spider in my hair. Turned out to be a fuzzy black spider aboutt he size of a dime---it freaked me OUT! I haven't smoked since :) i said I was done---I'm done!!!

Granted, I promised my boyfriend I would quit when we moved, I wasnt able to, but I did quit smoking in the house, I think this small change has helped make my "continuing not to smoke" a GREAT success!

My whole family smokes, and the majority of my friends as well----but I think quitting this time on my own (in other words, I'm not pregnant, I'm not lactating, and my boyfriend said he'd love me even if I couldn't quit) is what has made it soooo damn easy!

I was sick a couple weeks ago and my Dr. told me after examining me (and pointing out that this illness as well as the past 3 years worth were all 99% smoking related) put quitting into perspective for me like this:

He said you know that feeling you have when you smoke your last cigarette, and how determined you are to find the next one? He said to use the same determination you'd use to buy the cigarettes, to convince yourself to quit. He said if you have to get angry with yourself, get angry with yourself....and I think he's right!

Answer 10

Will Power. I quit as of January 24, 2006. I used the patches. I have been smoke free ever since. You have to want it. It took my father getting lung cancer for me to decide.