I NEED TO STOP SMOKING, PLEASE HELP, what can I do.?

Question

Oh I hate it...with the passion, when i started. there was no warnings, i may have started when the product was at it's worse. I know the GOV make millions off of this, so I know I can never do anything to make them stop altogether. I dread the stress that life brings, to younger people. Those that don't have it together, they are , as I were are gold. i have started getting wrinkles, 37 the firat wrinkles , i heard from a dermotolligist, these are from smoking, and i will because i can get lung cancer, and die.....I have tried so many things, nothing to help. i have tried everything, yes thousans later...still i smoke..i have tried to tell myself ..."I DON"T SMOKE" ....but i start one soon after. No...i don't have the will to stop cold turkey, the first thing on the list to try...trust me...i tried about 40 times.... I have no more stress in my life, but these are additive. My fa Please, i don't want to die from a cause of my own, what can I do....I so need to quit..please...help...

please excuse the spelling, i was writting from the heart, and there is no spell check on titles...but i know you understand....GOD BLESS>>..

Answer 1

First of all, congratulations for taking the first and most important 2 steps. You are asking for help and willing to try again. First of all, you must realize that this is an addiction. I want you to think of the like alcoholism. It is not until you get in the right mindset, that you can get the upper hand on this. First of all, if you quit smoking and believe that you are depriving yourself of cigarettes; you will look at a smoker on the street just like a diabetic looks at somebody eating a hot fudge Sunday. You'll say to yourself "oh, I remember when I could do that!" And you will be their drive yourself crazy being a miserable non-smoker or you will give into that temptation of having "just one cigarette".
Trying to use "brute force" and go cold Turkey is difficult for most people. There are medications such as a Zyban and Chantix which will help with some of the physical withdrawal. However, unless you are in the right mindset this will not be enough.
Hawaii to start thinking of your smoking patterns. What activities do you most associate smoking with? From now on, I want you to not smoke with these activities. You can smoke is much is you want but not with the usual activities. The reason for this, is that it takes about 25 times of doing things differently in order to break a habit. I would also suggest a backspace changing brands of cigarettes and changing hands which you smoke with. This will make you think more about the smoking process, and you will start realizing how few cigarettes a day you really enjoy.
Do this for a few weeks, get through the holiday season and feel free to contact me when you're ready to give that up once and for all.



Sincerely,

Kirk G. Voelker MD
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Founder Quit Doc Smoking Treatment Network
www.QuitDoc.com

Please Note: This note was dictated using Dragon Naturally Speaking v8.0 while exercising on an eliptical trainer, so excuse any transcription errors.

Answer 2

I'm sorry but please answer this: If you want to quit why don't you have the willpower? That's all willpower is. The desire to overcome. You can't have one without the other. I'm an ex-smoker. I had to use self-discipline and other tactics to quit! First of all no matter how bad you want it. Walk away from the temptation! 2nd, use a sugar free sucker or piece of candy to supplement the need for it or play with a marble or a beaded bracelet for the miss of something in your hands. And third Change all your habits you associate with it one at a time. Can't do it cold turkey. One habit at a time then. What do I mean? Do you smoke after you eat? Don't and that was my hardest. When your bored? When your upset? Socially? Find a new crowd! Go back to the others when your better able to withstand the temptations. you can do it. It's so hard I know, but you can overcome it if you try and keep an attitude about it. Why let something control you?

Answer 3

If you have pain in your chest when you smoke that is very helpful in keeping you on track. You may not have that pain, but keep thinking about the pain you do suffer, the coughing in the morning, or whatever. In other words, when you think about cigarettes think about the negative. I did quit cold turkey, but that was the only choice back then. One trick I found very helpful was to make a habit of not buying or carrying cigarettes, and if somehow I did get some throwing them away. (this works with liquor too). Obviously, you need to not be bumming cigarettes either. Think about how cheap and foolish you are to do that. The thing about not buying cigarettes is that the buying is at least a little painful so that is a good place to intervene if you start back up again. Likewise if you have started again and feel disgusted that is a good time to throw them in the stove (I have a wood stove) and then if you want more you would have to buy them. You just set up a steady negative wind... Good luck! You'll be feeling a lot better in just a few months.

Answer 4

Tips to Help You Stop Smoking
Posted by Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D.
on Fri, Jun 09, 2006, 2:17 pm PDT Post a Comment
Cigarette smoking, and even smoking cigars or a pipe, is one of the greatest risk factors for a heart attack as well as for stroke, lung cancer, and emphysema.

To stop smoking:

Set a quit date. Smoking cessation is most successful when it's done "cold turkey," not slowly by reducing the number of cigarettes smoked daily.

Throw them out. Throw away all cigarettes and matches at home, in your car, and at work. Put away ash trays and lighters.

Share your goal. Tell your family and friends you're quitting and ask for their support.

Avoid triggers. Avoid alcohol, coffee, and other triggers for smoking.

Set a no-smoking policy. Do not allow anyone to smoke in your home or car, and avoid other people when they are smoking.

Get tools. Take advantage of the available stop-smoking aids: nicotine replacements, drug therapy, and counseling. Less than 1 in 10 smokers can quit without some help. Nicotine gums, skin patches, and lozenges are available over the counter. Nicotine nasal sprays and inhalers require a prescription from your doctor. Don't smoke when using these products.

Get a prescription. Bupropion (Zyban) and varenicline (Chantix) are two prescription-only medications that may help you quit. Start taking one of these drugs shortly before your quit date.

Join a support group. Find a source of individual or group counseling. Counseling alone can be helpful, but it is particularly useful in combination with nicotine replacements or smoking cessation drugs.

Call the Quit Line. Call the National Cancer Institute Smoking Quit Line if you need more help. Their toll-free number is 1-877-44U-QUIT.
Though these measures and help aids considerably boost the chances of quitting, there's a more than 50 percent chance that a smoker who quits will start again. I hope this doesn't happen to you, but if it does, don't give up. Announce another quit date and start stopping again.

Answer 5

You just can't smoke one ever again. That may be the hardest part to realize for some reason. Each day- just do not smoke. And it gets easier over time. And you can't just have one more. There are many creative ways to deal with it-- for example, make a serious bet with someone that you'll quit and they'll quit something and if you lose, you lose something really big. But the main thing is never smoke again, ever. Some people use nictotine substitutes, but I found that just prolongs the withdrawal. Just quit, you can do it. Good luck.

Answer 6

Don't not try this until you are 100% sure you want to stop. Pick a day and say, e.g. "On Monday, I will stop", then take a permanent marker like a Sharpie, and write that days Date on your last pack. Place that pack on your coffee table with the date facing up. The next time you get the urge and start to grab the pack, look at the date and ask yourself "can I go just one more hour? Am I that strong?". You will find that in less than a week you will have won. The urge will always be there, but your strength will grow. I suggest that you do not skip anything I said above. It is a mind game, and you have to fight fire with fire.

Answer 7

Hi,
Since I quit, I'm constanly now being asked by friends, "How Do I Stop Smoking?"
I really empathise with you, I quit my 20 a day habit in a pain-free way!
No stress, no cravings, no weight gain, no pills, patches or gums.
(I'd tried everything else, like you)
The program I followed was recommended by a friend and now boasts a 90% success rate and is 100% fully guaranteed - can't say fairer than that.

If you really intend on quitting this is it.

All the best..

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Answer 8

If you cant quit for yourself, quit for your loved ones. You know the five minutes per cigarette thing? You lose 5 min of your life expectancy for every cig you smoke. If thats not enough to quit, think of it like this: your loved ones will be without you for those 5 minutes - which means you are choosing to inflict pain on your loved ones - 5 minutes at a time. Is that what they deserve? Feel a little twinge of guilt? good. you should. I did too.

Answer 9

My cousin was a professional football player. He had a drinking problem. First he lost his job. Then he lost his family. Then he lost his health.

I saw him about a month before he died, and didn't recognize him when he open the door. His funeral was very sad.

People change or die. So will you.

Find your inner strength. It's there. But maybe you like the benefit of smoking more that your life. Only you know. But know this, too--lung cancer is very painful.

Answer 10

Try nicotine patches/gum or talk to your friends about it and have them help you with this by supporting you. One trick that I use when I try to quit a bad habit is to have a rubber band on my wrist and snap it every time I'm tempted. It helps a bit.

Best of luck!