I am a Chain smoker & wish to quit smoking ! Advice please !?

Question

I am now addicted to smoking since DEC 1989 & smokes 24-25 Ciggrettes every day ! Wish to come out of it as it is affacting my BP ( 145/100) & I am suffering with high acidity

Answer 1

Actually I do have some advice and it sounds crazy. I smoked for 13 years and quit almost 4 months ago and I never managed to go one day without a cigarette and wanted desperately to quit for years now. I finally quit with hypnosis. I went to a hypnotist witch was expensive and I didn't believe it would work but it did. I had three visits but stopped smoking on the first visit. I also had to listen to a hypnosis CD every night for a month and I can tell you that worked too. If you can't finda good hypnotist then I would say get a quit smoking CD listen to it a few times a day if you have to for a month ( you must listen with headphones ). Now don't misunderstand ( as I did ) I thought I would get hypnotized and never want to smoke again.... That is not true for me, I have missed it everyday however I just couldn't bring myself to smoke again. So I did go through withdrawal was angry, moody, tearful, anxious and couldn't sleep right for over a week. But I did quit nicotine cold turkey. Also weight gain was alos my biggest fear so I also got a diet and excersize hynosis cd and have listen to that after being done with the smoking cd, and I joined weight watchers online ( even though I didn't have much to lose ) and in fect have lost 9 pounds since I quit. BTW I too suffer from anxiety attacks and though smoking was helping me...It was really making me worse. I know it sounds crazy I know it does but hypnosis worked so well for me If you look into my questions I have asked people about anxiety and quitting smoking etc for months before I did this.

Answer 2

I have heard that cigarettes are more addictive than heroin so I sympathise with what you are going through.

I would seek medical help since it is very unlikely that you will quit if you don't. Since each persons metabolism is different, it may take several attempts to find the right solution. You really need to ascertain what percentage of your addiction is attributable to behavioral factors and what percentage involves nicotine. Many times people use cigarettes as an antidote to stress. While you are problem solving concerning the addiction you might try to zero in on what is causing stress if you are experiencing it. There is the old bromide that says don't sweat the small stuff and everything is small stuff. Your problem is considerably more complex than just repeating a saying but pondering the truth of this statement is a good place to start.

It is commendable that you are aware that you have a problem . Your awareness and willingness to do something about is crucial to your success. It sounds like you will conquer your problem. I wish you well and wish the world was fiulled with more people like yourself i.e. people who publicly acknowledge their shortcomings and strive to correct them. God bless you.

Answer 3

Nicotine patches, gums...are one side of solving this. The other side, as many answerers have noted, is purely psychological addiction. I got my father off smoking with lollipops to relieve the biting tension and that worked within two weeks for him, although he had only been smoking for a couple of years.

Another way to motivate yourself is to do aerobic exercise (jogging/running, swimming, quick cycling...something fairly rigorous, just make sure to stop of your feel any sharp pain in your chest b/c that's a sign of an early phase of heart attack).
Why? Well every time you make an improvement in smoking (less cigarettes, light cigarettes, etc.) within a week or two you'll start feeling faster, lighter, and less depressed...reaping more and more benefits on the exercise and lowering your blood pressure (especially if your avoid bread products, saturated fats, artificial sweetners and sugar not obtained from fruits or vegetables).

On the other hand, when you start, you will realize very conciously just how bad and annoying the damage smoking does to your cardiovascular system is and that alone might scare you enough to quit cold-turkey.

Good luck. :-)

Answer 4

Find a medical school or health center near you with a smoking cessation program. That's your best hope. These programs combine coping techniques, nicorette, and a low dose of the anti-depressant, Wellbutrin, which cuts down or out nicotine craving for many. Cigarettes are one of the most highly addictive products ever created -- more difficult to quit than heroin. But it's worth it. Also, once you are off them, do not chip, ie., bum one or two a day--you'll be re-addicted in no time. Good luck!

Answer 5

Smoking chains is even worse than cigarettes! See your doctor about a prescription to help you quit.

Answer 6

I quit 4 years ago with the Gum. That worked for me along with guilt trips, plus I got pregnant, so that pretty much ended it for me. You just have to make up your mind that you are going to do it. You have to find something that means more to you than the cigarettes.

Answer 7

try gettting purer cigerettes- the one's without all the additives....therefore when you try to stop smoking for good- the only thing you'll have to worry about is the nict. instead of everything they put in cigerettes now a days- when you get ready to finually quit- they have herbs, patches, gum whatever to help stop the cravings.

Answer 8

If cold turkey doesnt work...

Chew a rubber band! No kidding! Pretty soon you'd hate the taste of the band and hence the cigarette.

Answer 9

try this.
www.nonifamily.net.
I tried and got rid of smoking.
or mail me for more info.

Answer 10

Sorry, ur in a serious condition, now we can't help u