I got the patch (I tried it once before, and it didn't work, but I'm trying again.), and I'm already planning for various things I'm going to do in place of smoking, like taking a walk throughout the day when I get a craving, having something I can stick in my mouth (like a pen or something similar), I'm going to be buying carrot sticks to munch on, and after I eat, I'm going to brush my teeth.
Anyone have any other suggestions? I'd especially like to hear success stories.
Thanks!
2006-12-31 04:12:07 · 7 answers · asked by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 in Health ➔ Other - Health
This is probably stupid and won't help since I'm not a smoker, but I would suggest a psychological approach, like everytime you go for a cigarette just imagine your kid with it in their mouth (if you have kids) or someone else that's important in your life, things like that
2006-12-31 04:20:47 · answer #1 · answered by photoenhance 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
After 22 years and having tried all the tricks, the only one that worked for me was cold turkey. The cravings went away after 3 or 4 days. After that it was all down hill. Now after 23 years of not smoking, I still want to have a smoke now and then, but I remember how hard it was to quit and just forget about it.
Lots of luck, and a prayer wouldn't hurt either.
2006-12-31 04:19:45 · answer #2 · answered by Bigdog 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I quit, I threw away about half a carton of cigarettes. I did not give them to another smoker (who would then be obligated to let me bum cigarettes if I faltered in my resolve), I destroyed them. This gave me strong incentive to stay away from starting up again: look at all the money I would have wasted!
But much of it was the position I took that I was not "trying to quit," I had quit. I had already smoked my last cigarette. I also remembered my non-smoking boyfriend's comment that kissing me was like licking the bottom of an ashtray.
I only had one near-relapse. About a week after I quit, I was sitting across a small table at an outdoor coffee shop with a friend of mine who smoked the same brand I used to. I picked up his pack of cigarettes and his lighter (also like the ones I used to use), and had the cigarette in my mouth and the lighter up to the tip before he said, "Hey, those are mine. You quit." I literally had forgotten, it was such a habit. My hands did it without my paying attention.
After about two weeks of consciously avoiding cigarettes, I found I didn't want them anymore.
2006-12-31 04:25:58 · answer #3 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When my husband quit smoking he bought a big bag of sunflower seeds. Taking off the shells gave him something to do with his hands.
2006-12-31 04:21:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
#1 is the desire to quit w/o this it won't work
For me #2 was an anti anxiety drug
I quit after 55 years, a five pack a day habit
2006-12-31 04:24:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yah get yurslef into another club or activity.Take up a passion. Get healthy. Dont use too many medicines or drugs for treatment.
its just WILL POWER!!
2006-12-31 04:20:21 · answer #6 · answered by harvardgurl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
read the book YOU CAN STOP its in the Library it helped me I stopped 21 years ago
2006-12-31 04:18:47 · answer #7 · answered by blank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋