i have a question for everyone who has SUCCESSFULLY quit smoking cigarettes. that question is: HOW IN THE WORL

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DID YOU DO IT?? heres the info: im a male who has smoked for roughly 20 years. ive tried patches-smoked with them on!-,cold turkey and welbutrin. welbutrin is an anti-depressant thats suppose to help quit smoking too-didnt happen. im thinkin of cold turkey again mixed in with ALOT of praying. im tired of the nasty habit, increasing taxes and just want to be around longer for my children. any suggestions???

Answer 1

i think you tried it all...i know it's addicting..just ****** quit...it's hell to quit and the mood swings are the worst...i think the patch took the nicotine cravings away from me but the habit was still there so i doubled my nicotine intake making it even harder to quit...so every time i craved one i'd gulp a lot of water and that tinny taste in my mouth went away and i was so bloated from all that water i felt naucious...and the water is flushing your system of toxins...it takes 48 hours to be nicotine free...the rest is you mind you have to train...you'll crave them for the next 20 years...hang in there and good luck brother

Answer 2

I smoked for 15 years. It is very difficult to stop, but the key is that you really really have to want to stop. I used the lowest dose patch available. On the day, you are ready to stop, douse your smokes under water adn throw them out. Throw out all matches, lighters, and ashtrays. You do not need that stuff anymore.

Everytime you reach a milestone, a week, two weeks, one month, you need a reward that is non food related. A massage, a manicure, a facial, a dvd you have really wanted, go to a ball game, whatever it is for you, do it. You spent the money on smokes, now spend the money on something else. When a year had passed, I bought myself a new car. I felt I deserved it.

Everytime you want a smoke, it will cost you a half hour walk. Do not take any money with you as you cannot be trusted not to walk to a store that sells smokes. Really. Always pay at the pump, around here you can smoke in gas stations, and it was a real problem for me, just stay out. No alcohol during this time either, seriously. You need to pretend that you are an addict that needs cared for, why? Because you are, you need to be prepared.

The walks were key for me. They got me over that AGGGHH! feeling, got me away from my family when I was irritable, and that is how I became a runner. It may not happen for you, but you will avoid the weight gain that everyone says is unavoidable.

Good luck, I hope this helps you in some way...

Answer 3

I quit. Like you, I started in my early teens, and by the time I was in my mid to late 20s, I wanted to quit. I used gum, not the kind for smokers, just regular sugar-free gum, and I kept it in my mouth all the time. My biggest problem was at bars. I basically had to stop going. It really took me about 3 years from the time I made up my mind. I made myself cut back to 2 cigarettes a day, and I did that for about a year, then I'd smoke only on the weekends, 2 a day, then finally, I ended up smoking only occassionally the last year, maybe twice a month, until it finally started disgusting me to smell it. I feel for you because it's an aweful addiction. Fortunately, the physical addition ends in only 3-4 days cold turkey; it's the psychological part that's so hard. Good luck. You CAN do this.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Hi. First off I want to say, you CAN do it! You have to have the right mindset. I smoked for over 20 years and stopped cold turkey. How? Because I wanted to do it for myself. I set myself up to STOP. If you quit, it gives you room to start again. But if you stop, there is no room to start. If you smoke menthol, grab a mint and suck on it. If you have the need to do something with your hands, use a short straw to hold and even suck in fresh air.

The nicotine craving lasts for a whole three minutes, that's not long. You can last and stand it for that amount of time. I called it the three minutes of hell. After the first five days, it will get easier and easier. It's a waiting game and you can and are much stronger than tobacco.

Good luck!

Sooo.. have you stopped yet?! ;)

Answer 6

Never given up. Know how hard it is to quit, so you never want to start again. DO NOT SMOKE ANYTHING. Do not take a drag. Put the tempting cigarettes in a glass of water and look at it every day and think of your lungs. Think of your kids lungs. I did that but could not quit so I just put off smoking another cigarette for 25 years. I promised myself a cigarette then following sex. I had smoked for over 37 years at least two packs a day, but it has been over 20 now since I had a smoke. I WAS LUCKY I DID
STOP SMOKING WHEN I DID AND THAT IT WAS NOT TOO LATE FOR ME. TRY EVERYTHING; DO IT.

Answer 7

My husband used to smoke. I hate cigarette smoke and when I became pregnant started throwing out ultimatums. He tried patches and then zyban but he wasn't ready. Then he wanted to quit again and try zyban again and you are supposed to smoke the first week on the pills to let them get in your system. I thought since he was ready and had patches left he should use the zyban and the patches. He was so sick he was puking and in such a fog he couldn't even drive. I finally called the doc after 4 days and they said both contained meds that shouldn't be mixed. For some weird reason it worked. Maybe he was ready. That was 10 years ago and he now occasionally smokes a cigar but then gripes about how bad he feels the next day.

Answer 8

A doctor told me I had to quit and prescribed nicorette gum. That stuff, lots of gum, AND BEING AWAY FROM OTHER SMOKERS. Don't think I'd have been able to do it around others who smoked. Take a month off if you have to and go where there are no smokers. It's GREAT to be rid of the stinky stuff. It took a couple of years before my hand quit reaching for my pipe. (smoked cigarettes too tho)

Answer 9

I smoked two packs a day for thirty years, cold turkey was the only thing that worked, it was tough as hell the first few days but it gets easier as you go, take it one day at a time and don't get discouraged if you backslide, I did a few times, just remember why you're doing it, it gets easier, believe me, I haven't had a cigarette in three years, good luck, it'll be the best thing you can do

Answer 10

I wish I could help you out here. I am in the same predicament. The only problem is now that my insurance covers many of the products to stop smoking my DR. won't prescribe them. He says he doesn't want to introduce another product into the mix. I quit drinking and many illegal drugs but the cigarettes got a hold on me.

Answer 11

I smoked for 22 years.Quit cold turkey.Had a little help.Emphysema,copd,asthma and bronchopneumonia.Along with a family that cared if I lived or died.I haven't touched any tobacco in 19 and 1/2 years.My father-in-law died with emphysema,but that didn't even slow me down smoked for another 14 years. You have to want to quit or it isn't going to happen.I can't walk more than 100 feet with out having to stop and catch my breath.Not on oxygen yet. I'll pray for you.