For people who have quit smoking, drinking, etc........?

Question

What did you do to get your mind off of whatever substance you get a craving for?

Answer 1

For smoking, I used exercise. It's hard to run a few miles and still smoke. For drinking, I used hot fudge sundaes. Gained a little weight, but I never got arrested for driving while fat. Also, to quit drinking, I relied heavily on God.

Answer 2

I didn't have a hard time with the alcohol, I just quit going out to bars. With smoking, at first I cut a drinking straw in half and when I felt like smoking, I'd puff away on my straw (so much of the smoking is habit). I have to say it wasn't too bad because I prayed for help. I am a Christian and truly believe that is why it was easy for me. I tried to quit smoking once before with nicorette and nicoderm and only quit for about 3 months. You have to WANT to quit. You can't quit if you really don't want to. If you are a Christian prayer makes all the difference in your success.

Answer 3

First you need to think--are you pregnant--if you are, throw everything away. If you're not--say you're drinking/smoking 5 a day, go to 4 for 3 days or whenever you're used to it, then 3, 2, 1, and none. Drinking is okay for one bottle on one night a month, so just stick with it and you'll be drinking/smoking free in no time!

Answer 4

I got busy with something I personally enjoyed that had nothing to do with the drugs I was addicted to. I created a new life for myself that didn't include the substance I was in the bad HABIT of falling back on when I got bored.

NA did not help me at all. That is substituting the meetings for the substance you were addicted to. I feel it's the addiction that we must conquer so substituting another one is foolish and pointless.

So what do you love to do or what have you always been curious about? Go in that direction.

Answer 5

I quit smoking over a year ago and I'm not gonna lie; I still get cravings for it sometimes. I just have to remind myself how good I've done for a long time now and it usually passes fairly quickly.

Answer 6

My brother quit smoking using tea tree sticks to suck on when he craved a cigarette. The act of having something in his mouth helped with the oral addiciton, and the tea tree has a numbing effect. That along with any other OTC therapy (the patch, lozenges) can help. Hypnosis is also a good way to stop (my husband did it and hasn't smoked since we met). Good luck and blessed be. V-

Answer 7

I took my last pack of cigarettes and carried them in my pocket and when the urge was over whelming I would take one out place it between my lips, take my lighter and strike it three feet away from the ciragete and draw the clean air deeply thru the unlit cigarette.

After three or four weeks I tossed that pack away. That was in 1990. And the day I stopped,I smoked almost two packs before Istopped lighting them.

I also signed a contract with myself to stop smoking in September of 1990

Answer 8

Start an exercise program & focus your mind on it.

Put some healthy snacks within easy reach in the refrigerator or on the counter. For instance apples, carrots, raisins, nuts, sunflower seeds.

Whenever you get a craving, go outside & walk around for the 15 minutes that you would have stood around smoking.

Answer 9

i quit smoking cold turkey. i didnt even really think about it which is weird cause i smoked for about 3 years straight and then just stopped.

Answer 10

I had to ask the Lord to help me with my lust for gambling and lottery tickets. I always felt guilty when I did it from then on, and knew that it was not the right thing to do.,