does anyone genuinely know how to stop smoking for good?

Question

i've smoked for YEARS. 33 now. started at 11yo. reckon i've blagged it really re:health so far, but it's doing my head in. i think about it and have tried knocking it on the head for good. recently got 8 days(6mth ago). is there a sure fire remedy that requires minimal effort because i simply haven't got the will power. i've even been tripping about a smokers anonymous group, like what the alcoholics have. like is their a master of change out there?

Answer 1

EASYWAY


Get yourself an Allen Carr book, he is the inventor of Easyway - as the name suggests this is an easy way to stop smoking; no willpower, no replacement therapy, no need to cut down before quitting, no weight gain, no depression, no cravings.

Hard to believe, but that is only because you have been taught all your life that quitting smoking needs to be hard when it doesn't, it can be easy and enjoyable - it's hard to believe until you actually do it, and get over the idea that quitting smoking needs to be hard....you suffer from smoking, you suffer from quitting, social attitude leaves you damned if you do and damned if you don't, unfortanatly society is anti-smoking so methods like this are not allowed to be advertised on television - they need to state 'willpower required' where as with Easyway there is no willpower required at all.

His books have been on the best sellers list for over twenty years now throughout many countries, and their clinics boast a 90% success rate. The book costs less than a packet of cigarettes from Amazon, it also gives you money off clinic visits if you should feel you need it, the clinics offer a money back guarantee if you do not quit.

The website;
http://www.allencarrseasyway.com

The book;
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop-Smoking/dp/0141026898/sr=8-1/qid=1159920094/ref=pd_ka_1/026-8010815-4385217?ie=UTF8&s=books
From Amazon £5.39, New & used £4.11, or older editions for as little as 22p

It costs you very little to at least try, you have nothing to loose, and trust me when I say you will find quitting a lot easier with this method of quitting smoking. Good luck.

Answer 2

To stop smoking it is not necessarily a matter of will power. Yes you must be committed to stopping. You, however, need to find the method that will work for you. It is an addiction! Nicotine is as addicting as crack-cocaine. This is because you are basically free- basing the nicotine so it goes to the brain the quickest way possible. No wonder it is so hard!

There are a lot of resources to quit. Studies show that those people who use some sort of pharmacotherapy (nicotine replacement product or medication such as Zyban) as well as a "stop smoking" group are more sucessful than those people who quit "cold turkey."

Nicotine products include nicotine patch, gum, lozenge, (which are all over the counter) as well as prescription aids such as nicotine nasal spray and nicotine inhaler. Some people wonder why you would use this stuff, after all, you are just putting nicotine back into your system. The thing is, nicotine its self isn't so bad for you. It is what makes you addicted to the cigarette. It is all the chemicals in the cigarette that damage your lungs such as the pesticides used on the tobacco. These nicotine products are absorbed differently into your body, even the inhaler since the nicotine is absobed through the back of your throat, to help you get off the cigarette. Zyban is basically Wellbutrin, an anti-depressant medication. You do not have to be depressed to be on this medication to stop smoking. For some people it helps them stop smoking because scientists think it interrupts the nicotine receptors in the brain. You can use a combination of these medications but you must see your Primary Care Physician first because some of these affect different medical problems such as high blood pressure.

You need to evaluate how addicted you are to nicotine. Do you wake up in the am and smoke right away or are you able to wait 1/2 hour? Do you wake up at night and smoke? How much do you smoke? It can be challenging for those people who smoke a lot because you go through withdrawl. That is why you need something to help you quit. Each cigarette you smoke, you are absorbing between 1-3 mg of nicotine into your body.

Once you deal with the physical part, you realize how emotionally dependent on the cigarette you actually are. Let's face it, for a lot of people it is their best friend. It doesn't yell at you, it has always been there through good times and bad. So going to a stop smoking class, using a quit line, using an internet site (such as the American Lung Association) can help the psychological aspect. You will look at what triggers you to smoke and what you can do instead. You also need support from your friends and family.

For many people it takes several tries to stop smoking. You already had one. Take a look at what you learned from that. What did you do that made you go over a whole week without smoking? What happened that made you go back? Remember, quitting is a process. Make sure you reward yourself. Some people take the money they spent on cigarettes and put it aside to save up for something they want.

It is never to late to stop. Your body starts repairing itself immediately after you stop. Also, your wallet will thank you.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

I know what you're going through matey, and it's a total git! I'm using patches, and they do help but you still need willpower, which means that you still go through those moments where you either want a cigarette or someone to put a shotgun to your head! I have to be honest and say that there probably is no 100% effective cure, however, I recently heard of something which is meant to be very effective. The therapy is called Bioresonance - I think they put electrodes on you and take all the nicotine out of....or something. The company was called Monadith but it may have changed. Try this website: http://www.smokingrelief.co.uk/index.htm to get more info. This procedure was featured on Richard & Judy, and the claim is that after you've had the treatment you don't get any cravings at all! I think it costs £150. I don't know what the success rate is, but have a look and see what you think. I believe they have a centre in Croydon and they may have others as well. Good luck with it. Never give up giving up.

Answer 4

Yes, I do know one.

Don't have a cigarette ever again. If you're just about to have one, stop, and don't do it.

I speak as someone who's gone from at least 20-a-day to an average of slightly less than 1 per week. Yes, I'm weak too. Yes, it happens that I sometimes find an excuse to buy a packet and smoke some. But I know enough about myself to recognise that I decide to do so - nobody's twisting my arm.

I also believe that smoking is grown-up, clever and sexy, not to mention a great reliever of stress. Everything about smoking appeals to me; I love the taste of cigarettes; I know that Allen Carr is just plain lying when he tries to persuade me that smoking is nasty and disgusting. Smoking is cool.

However, it will also kill me if I don't stop doing it, and I would quite like to have a few extra years of good health at the end of my life.

Whenever you really want a cigarette, don't have one. If you keep on not having one for long enough, you'll forget (for a while) that you want one. Eventually you'll fall asleep. The next day will dawn, and the longer this goes on, the more your desire for a cigarette will diminish - a bit.

It will never totally go away. Once you've fallen in love with smoking, you won't ever lose the occasional desire for a cig. Just try your best not to give into it. One cigarette in a blue moon will not do as much damage as 20 a day. No cigarettes at all is even better.

And remember - we'll all die of something or other. Smokers will just tend to die sooner, and in more pain than everyone else.

Answer 5

i was a smoker for about 12/13 years and spent the last four of them trying to quit! i tried the gum, willpower, patches and even hypnotherapy CD's the longest i managed to quit for was 6 months and it was 6 months of HELL i dont think there was a day that i went without biting someones head off or stuffing my face with snacks as a replacment. But then for some reason two or three days before my last birthday, i thought, right im going to try and give up the cancer sticks, i didnt try and steel myself against it or harden my resolve, i didnt add that extra kind of pressure to it which would have resulted in a succeed or fail kind of situation then all i did, was occupy myself more and forget about them. DONT count the hours days weeks and months whatever you do as that only keeps the cigarettes fresh in your memory, i think abotu two weeks after i quit i was offered a cigarette at a friends house and accepted but concentrated on how bad it made me feel, it tasted foul, tightened up my chest, made me cough made my clothes and hands stink and worst of all made me feel disapointed in myself. From that point instead of doing what i usually did which was either give up giving up or keep on for another day or two THEN give up quitting lol i just let those memorys if disapointment spur me on further and kept on quitting. That was back in March this year and its been amazing since! i hardly thought about smoking in the last however many months, i still get the odd occurrance but they pass VERY quickly. I did put on some weight thru snacking but now i can breath better i will have no problems losing it thru exercise now and i now have an extra £45 in my pocket each week thats just short of £200 a month!! just try to keep relaxed about it and dont tell people as it only turns it into a big deal, just refuse any smokes offered to you and smile inside each time you manage to say NO

Answer 6

I smoked for about as long as you have. One day I just got piss'ed off at my addiction and quit. I told everyone I knew that I quit. Then always being a person of my word, I could not go back. That was 15 years ago and smoke free.

Yes, it was tough...and I was miserable for about 2 weeks. Then I started feeling better as my body healed. For about 2 years after, on occasion I had small cravings. But smelling what smokers smell like ...kept me from EVER wanting to pick up another cigarette.

I also exercise daily watch my fat intake and stopped using salt on my food. I FEEL GREAT at 54 and have no problem bicycling 25 miles.

Answer 7

To start with, remove all cigarettes, lighters, matches, ash trays, and any other triggers that would make you want to smoke. Also, if you smoke when out at a bar, you might want to avoid that situation for a while. Its good to write down your committment to quitting, or tell as many people as you can that you quick. Start doing other activies, like exercise or another hobbie you like, instead of smoking. Chew gum, or drink water.

You really might want to look into a program like smokers anonymous because they have a very good program that will guide you through your process to quitting.

Good luck!

Answer 8

I was on 25 a day and decided enough was enough, i tried to give up so many times before. I dont know why but with me it was always a physcological thing that i had to always start on a monday, i found the first 3-4 days the worst, and i kept giving up and having the odd sneaky one(well the odd sneaky 20 box). Anyway one sunday i finished all my fags before bedtime and stared on the monday i found pure orange juice helped(i convinced myself it helped wash it the **** out of me!) and i bought lots of aniseed twists or cough candies cos sucking on them hepled get rid of my cravings (plus a cigarette didnt taste so nice with them).
You know there is no miracle but dont give up giving up so to speak, if you fail this time just keep trying and trying there is no such word as cant, keep telling yourself that cos your mind controls your body, its MIND OVER MATTER- YOU CAN DO IT, you done for 8 days before, you never know this time you may do it for good.
When i gave up i put a fiver away into my bank everyday and treated myself to a new leather 3 peice suite at the end of the year, that was nearly 4 years ago now, it feels so good.
Good luck i wish you all the best

Answer 9

Do it the Easyway!!

You don't need any will power to quit smoking, replacement methods are useless and cold turkey is cruel and unusual, where as with Easyway it is easy and it is the ONLY method I have ever seen work, a lot of people, a lot of ex-smokers who are now very healthy and have never looked back.

Answer 10

I smoked from the age of 13 to 31 i gave up using the inhaler it took the edge off the craving and i swear by it willpower is required but this definitely helped