I can easily find info on the web. I'm more interested in something that has worked for you or someone you know.
2006-11-15 03:34:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
My husband got some sugar free hard candy to suck on so that he wouldnt want to have that morning cigarrette. It worked, he has been smoke free for over 2 years. Good luck and congrats to yourself!
2006-11-15 03:37:08 · answer #1 · answered by Angel Eve 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quitting smoking is a great opportunity to learn about ourselves.
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. Beware - alcohol will weaken your resolve.
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.
After we have stopped for a while we will begin to feel that just one wont to any harm.
All that leads to is a desire for just another one. We must guard very strongly against the desire to have just one.
2006-11-16 02:01:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I threw my cigarettes away midday......5 years and 2 months ago. Time of day doesn't matter. You have to make a choice to do it. I did use water as a substitute for the first few months. Everytime I thought about smoking, I drank a glass of water instead. I heard that drinking orange juice helps to flush nicotine from your system faster so the cravings don't last as long.
2006-11-15 11:44:50 · answer #3 · answered by Maggie67 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all in your head bro. No matter what anyone says to you, the most powerful tool is your own will power. I quit smoking, drinking alcohol, smoking weed, caffiene, carbonation, and loritab all on the same day and I'm fine. It was hard but I did it cold turkey with no help... It's all in your head man. you can do it you just have to realize that it's all your choice. you're the one with the brain not the substances. It's been 3 years and I'm unstoppable.
2006-11-15 11:47:41 · answer #4 · answered by on broken wings 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my mom quit, she just quit - cold turkey.
She finished the pack she had, promised herself not to get more, and hasn't. (After 25+ years of being a smoker and now 5 years of not.)
She did have to make some changes, she quit going on breaks with her smoker friends because the temptation was too strong and she stopped drinking coffee for a while, she said it didn't taste right w/o a cig.
Don't know if that helps, but I want to encourage you that it can be done!
Best of luck!
2006-11-15 11:44:03 · answer #5 · answered by tigglys 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quit cold turkey like I did. The sooner you get that nicotine out of your body the better!
2006-11-15 12:22:58 · answer #6 · answered by J M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go on the nicotine gum or the patch because you will soon have the urge again.
2006-11-15 11:37:00 · answer #7 · answered by Prodigy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stay in bed
2006-11-15 11:39:03 · answer #8 · answered by plumbob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋