those of you who stopped smoking...how did you stopped?..was it hard?

Answer 1

For me the hard part was separating myself from other people who smoked for the first stages of me quitting. If I was around other people who smoked from some reason I had to smoke too! it was weird, but if I was by myself I didn't have to smoke. So i had to stay away from friends for awhile until i acutally quit. now i have no problem being with other people who smoke except for the fact that the smell will sometimes make me sick. And i never went thru the mood changes and the anxiety some people go thru. I guess I got it easy. plus my boyfriend helped me alot.

Answer 2

I finally got tired of it, the cost, the smell, everything, and I quit cold turkey. It was hard at first because all my friends who I used to go on break and smoke with would still come and ask if I wanted to smoke, that went on for about a week. I had other friends that started stopping people before they asked so that I wasn't tempted. Then I found other ways to keep myself busy on my breaks, I constantly had something in my hands, i chewed gum a lot, and i would go for walks on my breaks and make sure to avoid the "smoking area". After about 3 weeks I was good, I could hang out with my friends that smoke and it wouldn't even phase me, but if they asked if i minded, i would say yes, because it stinks. Then they wouldn't light up around me after that :) It has been over 2 years since my last cigarette. I still have cravings every once in a while or when I am stressed, but I dont give into them.

Good luck to you. I hope that you can do it. I personally feel so much better now that I don't smoke.

Answer 3

I stopped 22 months ago after 38 years of smoking a pack and a half a day. It was very hard, I tried four or five times previous and didn't make it. You can't quit trying and if you don't make it don't think that means you can never make it. There are days that I still get the urge but they are much fewer and farther apart. I do think I can''t have "just one", none for me.
I used the patch for a month or so to get over the worst of the physical cravings. I kept sugar free suckers around so I could have something in my mouth that I could also play with as opposed to just hard candy. If I could I would go outside for a quick walk or even just a breath of fresh air until the urge would pass.
The best part for me in not smoking is that my hair, clothes and house no longer stink. good luck

Answer 4

I stopped smoking 9 years ago. Before that I had smoked 1-2 packs every day. The hardest part was at the beginning. Don't hang out with smokers until you know it won't bother you anymore. For whatever reason, the urge to smoke is stronger when you are around other smokers. After a while it doesn't bother you so much.

Answer 5

It is very hard but what in life is easy. Leading up to the official quit day, i first cut down to about 7 cigs a day. Then I used the patch. To keep my hands busy I carried a pen cap so I could hold that. I used candy suckers to give my hands and mouth both something to do. Keep yourself busy. When you feel the urge to smoke. Get a sucker or some type of hard candy. Try hard to not think about smoking. Remove all ashtrays, lighters.
Good luck

Answer 6

It's still tough. I still crave it. But I feel a lot healthier in general. I also haven't gotten sick yet and I think smoking makes you more prone to get sick. I did it slowly...I decreased the number I smoked each week. I have been very busy and I hardly go out anymore so I think this helped. I also got friends that don't and do smoke to help me. Good Luck!

Answer 7

I just kept trying and one time, it clicked. The advice was to plan for it, plan a date. Throw out all your tobacco & related products. Chew gum to soak up nervous energy. In my case I was able to be on a four day drive so all I had to do was avoid buying smokes anywhere, and that was easy to do. Also whenever you think about smoking, and you will, give yourself some MILD negative reinforcement, like a strong pinch on the forearm or do 20 pushups or something like that to train your mind to not think about smoking. Drink lots of water too, that seems to help flush the poisons out of your body. anyway, good luck! Keep trying if you fail, thats the key, keep trying.

Answer 8

I said ok for today I wont smoke. I commited to myself just for that day just to try and see if I can do it for 24 hours, well I did it!
When I woke up in the morning after, I said the same thing, and it was easier. The day after more easy, and so on. The desire was always there but I resisted, I went to a gym and I drunk lots of water to cope with the stress.

Answer 9

Hate to say it but I quit smoking once by going out drinking massively and chain smoking the strongest cigs and the smell of them the next day or many days after made me ill to my stomach never wanted to be around them. And in another case I just quit cold turkey. Its all about mind over matter. If you feel that you don't want to smoke subconsciously then you wont crave them, but you have to really want to quit!

Answer 10

I tried a few times with gum a patches etc, but always went back until I went COLD TURKEY and that was thirteen years ago. I had been on twenty-ish a day for 32 years before that. It's harder if your heart's not really in it but once your mind is made up you can do it. If I can do it, anyone can.!!!!