Help!!! I want to quit smoking.?

Question

I want and need to quit. Have attempted 3 times and keep slipping back. Strong history of heart disease in family.

Answer 1

I quit almost 10 years ago [12/19/96]. I was a 2 -pack -a -day smoker for 23 years. I did it cold turkey and made an amazing discovery in the process. The problem isn't the nicotene the problem is the habit. I like you had this vision of nicotene withdrawal being like heroin or alcohol withdrawal . I envisioned myself in a room with only one light ,curled up in a fetal position puking my guts out and wondering if the cure was worst than the disease. The vision is not real . Nicotene withdrawal is a pain in the *** , it will make you feeel cranky ,but after a couple of days it's over. What remains is the habit, the hand to mouth oral fixation. This is why people gain weight after they stop smoking ,they substitute food [ in my case tootsie roll pops] for cigarettes.
Make a list a places you smoke and activities you do that you usually have a cigarette with.
If you associate going to bars with drinking ansd smoking- don't go to bars for a while
Don't hang out with people that smoke
I used to spend a lot of time driving distances alone and I always had a pack or two on my sunvisor- that was a hard habit to break'
The hardest habit I had to break was the coffee and cigarette connection.
I like you have a family history of heart disease, my father[ a heavy smoker] died of it when he was 63 and that's just too damned young to die.
Look at it this way if you don't stop smoking, smoking will stop you

Answer 2

I gave up 5 years ago, it was the hrdest thing I ever did as I just quit cold turkey on Christmas Eve, I just kept telling myself that I wanted a cigarette but didn't need one, also after 72 hours without one, all the addictive substances have left your body, so it is then just a habit, i just told myself this all the time. finally, every time i would have bought cigarettes, I put the money in a tin instead and at the end of the first 6 months, I had enough money to go on a foreign holiday, definitely a great incentive!! hope this helps x

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The patch. The gum. Acupuncture. Whatever works for you. I had a friend that used the gum. he chewed that gum all the damn time. For a year or more. Sometimes two pieces at once. ( like if we were drinking or having coffee. Both triggers for smoking) Anyway, he had nic-gum in his mouth all the time and some made fun of him for it. But he wasn't smoking! You can't do it alone. Get a plan and get a tool. Write down the reasons you want to quit and tape it to the mirror you look in in the mornings. Add to your list as more things come to you like "I smell better" or "I sleep better". Like any other addiction it's one day at a time. Good luck.

Answer 5

i too am having the same problem and i hae diabetes so that gives me another reason to worry about heart disease i have asked many people who used to smoke how did they quit and the best answer i have heard is to quit cold turkey ...now myself i find that hard i think i would have to be stranded on a deserted island for a few months because the addiction is so strong i was an alcoholic and i kicked that but this is seeming to be harder

Answer 6

You'll never quit unless you want to. If you keep "trying" to quit and fall back, it's because you are a weak person, and can't even control your own urges, knowing that they're bad for you. If you spend 3 days without a smoke, you'll have it licked, The simplest way to quit, is not be around anyone smoking, and DON'T BUY ANY! Buy lollipops, and evey time you get an urge to smoke, grab one.

Answer 7

My hubby quit 3 weeks ago after he had the flu he chewed nicorette gum for a week and now seems fine. Me on the otherhand wants to quit but I keep telling myself to buy patches and do it, instead I buy a pack of smokes. I will quit. Soon. I promise.

Good luck to you,

Answer 8

keep trying. you will eventually do it if you want to badly enough. i quite using hypnotism. I went to a hypnotist that actually gave sessions in the local hospitals. I thought that if the hospitals let him have his meetings there, he must have a pretty good success rate. I went only one time - paid $60.00 and have been smoke free for 6 years.

good luck

Answer 9

You said the magic word, "want". If you truly want to do it, you can. But, the wanting has to come from deep inside of you. I quit several years ago. First, I switched to low tars, and then stopped cold turkey. Mind over matter.

Answer 10

stop one at a time like have 3 one day then have 2 the next day and soOo on! Good luck♥