Wanna give up smoking.....?

Question

I've decided to give up smoking and am thinking of going it alone with no outside help and without using any "non-smoking aids" what are my chances of giving up and if anyone has any tips I'd be grateful. P.S cravings are bad!!

Answer 1

you will make it as long as you have honest desire to give up smoking

Answer 2

You have made the decision to stop, a great first step! I think if you look for outside help and support you will increase your chance of sucess. Family can help by not smoking around you, and by helping break the habits around your smoking eg lighting up after a meal...go for a walk! It's the simple things that help :) It is often the "habit" element of smoking that people find hard to change.
I gave up 7 years ago and despite a very strong desire to stop I found it hard. Things got much easier (realatively speaking!) when I started using nicotine gum. I found that 1 piece of gum was too much as I hated the taste, so I would take about half the piece. I gradually decreased the amount until I felt that I would be OK without it. In about 6 weeks I was free of cigarettes and gum and boy did it feel good!!!!
Good luck with quitting, you know it makes sense :D

Answer 3

Good luck with quitting. I quit exactly one year ago but I had to use the non smoking aids. I tried 3 honest attempts before I got it right. I used to gum, the regular mint flavor, to start with as it helps with the oral fixation and there's a slight burn that helps the craving to actually smoke. After about a week and a half I switched to the patch and did that for about 6 weeks, then the gum but a lower dosage until I didn't need it anymore. It's a very long process but well worth it! All the best to you!

Answer 4

Well done Wanting to give up smoking is the first step now all you can do is go forward,i also went COLD TURKEY i must be honest it is one of the hardest things i have done but 11 months later i feel great that is not to say i still crave one every now and then, keep your mind and body as busy as possible give yourself treats every day, think of the expense this habit has cost you for however long.Never look to far ahead take each hour tell yourself i have done this time i can do more then look back and each day you will feel better after 3 days the nicotine is out your body,Sorry but there is no magic cure if there was i would have had it myself GOOD LUCK i hope you give up.

Answer 5

Its not just the nicotine. Its also the other 50+ chemicals they out in cigarettes. Also the main problem is habit.
We have been used to having body sensations which we translate as 'my body needs something, which we have attempted to satisfy by having a cigarette.
When we try to stop smoking, we still get these 'my body needs something' sensations, and we still feel that we want a cigarette. We have to train our body to be more selective. When we feel we need something, we have to work out what it is that we actually need.
A glass of water is an excellent substitute if nothing else comes to mind, as it helps with the clearance of the toxic substances in our body. Another good substitute is a bag of salted peanuts, used in combination with the water.
Another thing to do is to find an activity which occupies the mind or body. Go swimming - nobody wants to smoke while they are swimming. Slowly, as our body adjusts and translates the 'want something' feelings into something other than cigarettes, then the feelings begin to go away. We know its not a cigarette that the body really needs, because as soon as we've had one we still have the feeling, and want another!

Answer 6

I gave up nine months ago, cold turkey. After the first week the cravings really reduce. For the first week - keep yourself busy, make a point of being in the middle of smething when you usually have a cig. Don't let those around you tempt you by saying - eg. You are getting grumpy, or stop neing in a mood. They really want you to smoke again so you are in a better mood.!
Good luck

Answer 7

It is mostly down to you. The way I stopped was, I didn't tell anyone that I was going to stop. If people know you are trying, they tend to keep asking you how you are getting on. Worst of all, some people will blow smoke in your face deliberately trying to break your determination. I stopped in 1968 after smoking 40 a day.Good luck!

Answer 8

i got some drops that were valerian and lobelia from the health food store that worked ok -- it also helps when the cravings come to have a mantra that reminds you that you really don't want a cigarette that badly. i also learned to do something that makes you happy on the inside -- like peppermint tea or a chunk off a dark chocolate bar -- gets your mind off the nicotine cravings if you make yourself happy without it.

Answer 9

You ain't alone dude, I stopped sunday afternoon, no patches or aids either, i'm going gaga, smoked for 10 years, and it aint easy, my only advice so far is, don't develop another habbit as a crutch, like munching sweets all day & stuff, they say to sip water, although i'm drinking about 10 coffee's a day....not good!!!!ARGH

Answer 10

I smoked cigarettes 27 years, 232 days ago I smoked my last cigarette and quit cold turkey. I didn't think it was possible, but now I hardly think about smoking at all.

I used Quitnet to help me quit smoking, there are many great friends there, and I get great support, encouragement and friends to listen to my struggles and help me get through them.

But you can get all the help & information your heart desires at quitnet.

Answer 11

Allen Carr's Easyway to stop smoking.....it's a best-seller in Europe....you realise a lot of things about smoking....but don't do like me : I stopped reading a long while when i approach the chapter where you must quit!
Good luck anyway, if you want it....you can do it!