smoking and a way to quit help?

Question

does anyone know a good way to quit smoking when i go cold turkey i have every withdrawl symptom and i dont want to use the patch i smoke about six or seven cigs. a day and have been smoking for about three years

Answer 1

Quitting smoking is a great opportunity to learn about ourselves, as you have already observed.
Congratulate yourself on having the desire to stop - then you are over the worst, but still need to maintain your resolve. It's just so easy to start thinking that just one won't hurt, but it does. Just one achieves nothing except feeling the need for another. Whatever you do, don't have just one.
Here's a few home-brewed tips that might be useful.
It's not just nicotine addiction - there are 50+ chemicals 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!
We will have a few bouts of feeling or even being short tempered. We must try to bite our lip, and control; ourselves. Recognise the short temper as being the removal of toxins which are trying to find a way out. They went in through the mouth, and they try to get out that way to. We must learn to keep our mouth closed, and force the toxins out the other way.

Answer 2

since you smoke that much everyday, your body got adjusted having these poisons running ur body. That's why people with more serious drug problems can actually die by quiting abruptly. You hav to take decrease your amount of cigarettes maybe every few weeks or whatever you're comfortable with. The reason why you were coughing and stuff (tryign to not smoke) was because your body was so used to having 2-5 cigarettes a day. So each week you should decrease slowly from 2-4cigarettes, then another few weeks, 2-3, then so on.

Answer 3

Just tell yourself that you will not buy anmore,you will not bum from anyone.You are sronger than a little thing like a cig.I know I quit cold turkey almost 5 months ago,after smoking over 27 years.You will still be tempted from time to time,who knows I may smoke today,but I hope not. One day at a time. I know people that quit for 10-15 years and started back.

Answer 4

Christy, it's never easy to stop something your body already craves. Nicotine is addictive and it's meant to make you a slave for the rest of your life. I have had 4 close people in my life die from cancer or emphysema. Neither are choices you should want to make.

NOW, you have to take back your life and live it by your choices. Change your lifestyle and do this forever. Drink lots of water, walk, run, or swim an hour every day except 1 then do stretching and upper body toning.

Tomorrow you can have 6 cigs
Next day 5
next day 4
next day 3
next day 2
next day 1
next day 0

START THIS TODAY Christy, because surely cancer and emphysema cure smoking.

Good Luck

Answer 5

Ask your doctor about the new "pill" for quitters...I hear it's supposed to be GREAT!!..Look it up online.it's called.."Chantix"...you can still smoke while taking it,and you quit,when they start tasting "bad"

Answer 6

if you find a good way please let me know [e-mail] I would be glad to be a support for eachother. I have tried gum and mints and all that. Good luck and let me know.