I am trying to quite smoking without using any suppliment/aids. any tips?

Answer 1

Just be stronger than your body, you are in control.

Answer 2

If you really, sincerely want to quit you can do so cold turkey without any aids. Find something else to do with your hands, because that's often the hardest part about quitting, and some folks start reaching for the potato chip bag, etc. Check out some self-hypnosis cds related to smoking cessation and give them a try, start a walking program which will take up some time and give you something positive to do. Sometimes the best thing to do to counteract those cravings you may feel after a meal, while drinking, or any other time you're accustomed to having a smoke is just sit back in an easy chair, relax, and be still...and the feeling will pass as you find other things to do during the times you were accustomed to light up.

I quit over two years ago just like I'm suggesting you do, and it really can happen for you. Good luck!

Answer 3

Statistics show that u r more likely to return to smoking if u dont use an aid. I was a very heavy smoker 55 a day. Smoked since i was 15. I gave up smoking 5 years ago, i used the inhalator (looks like a cigarette holder) for me this helped a lot cos apart from getting my nicotine, i was so used to having something in my hand, and i needed that "taking in a long drag" when stressed, with the inhalator i could do all these things. I tried so many things over the years, gum, hypnotherapy, etc, but the inhalator worked for me. I also think u need willpower with it. For me also i treated it like any other addiction, not to have that one. In the past, i have said oh i will just have 1, which goes into 2 etc. So i knew that i must never have just 1. Now, i wouldn't have 1 if u paid me, i hate the smell etc. Good luck hope u crack it. If u want it bad enuf u will quit.

Answer 4

Say to yourself, I have already had my last cigarette. It is not that I am trying to quit; it is that I have quit, as of that last cigarette a couple of hours ago. Then destroy any leftover cigarettes in your possession. Giving them to someone else who smokes will not have the same effect; you might later go to them and beg them on the basis of what he "owes."

Once you have invested the cost of that half a carton or so you threw away (that's what it was for me), then you have an interest in not having that be an empty gesture. You have already quit.

The only time it got to me in the two weeks or so after I quit while I was waiting for my body to adjust itself, was one day I was sitting at a table with a friend who smoked the same brand I used to. He put his cigarettes on the small table between us. At one point, I was talking to him and reached for the cigarettes and lighter sitting there and was all ready to light it when he said, "Hey, those are mine. I thought you quit!" I had literally done it unconsciously, my hands were so used to those actions.

Once the habit is broken, after some two weeks or so of thinking about it, you will just forget. It's over. You are free.

Answer 5

Use the supplements - the gum, the patch, whatever it takes. They increase your chances of success. See your doctor for a recommendation or prescription if you need to.

Yeah, quitting on your own can be done successfully. Some people can build their own houses, too. But most have a lot better results with both endeavors when they get help doing it.

Answer 6

Try to taper down slowly. Say you smoke 5 cigarettes one day then the next day smoke 4 then 3 until you eventually get down to no cigarettes. Good Luck to you however you choose to quit.

Answer 7

Chewing gum, exercise, ride a bike and drink cranberry juice.
I chewed on toothpicks and small plastic straws. Yes I even found myself holding the straw like a cig. at times. I used the patch (14 mg) for two weeks.
I haven't smoked since Jan 2000.

Answer 8

my mother recently had some heart problems and its stuck with medication, she was a full time smoker, i used to tell her to stop, that she is just digging her hole everytime she smoked a ciggarette. Its very hard for someone who is used to the nicotine in a ciggarette to stop, they might want to stop, but it keeps calling it back. After the surgery she knew she almost died, thats when she decided it was time to stop. She thought about us first, and not a addiction. You need to find a strong believe and go for it, these aids they have out now, its just nicotine, but its in another form. I hope you succeed in quitting, smoking and drinking is just for people who don't know how to have fun by theirselves...

Answer 9

take a drinking straw, cut in half and when you feel the "urge" like after a meal, on the phone, or driving, inhale on the straw. A lot of the cravings are habit, not need, and this really helps. Also praying keeps you strong.

Answer 10

I made a promise to myself and my husband that I would never buy myself another pack of cigs again. I kept it. I may have bummed a cig from people here and there but after a while of not having them constantly and not having the ability to go out and buy them I didn't crave them as much. Good luck.

Answer 11

Chew gum, suck on candy, keep your hands busy, and when you feel the urge to have one get up and do something like cleaning or go for a walk..
Its gonna be tough but stay positive you CAN do it, im going through the same thing so i know how it feels..