how can i quit?

Question

how can i quit smokeing i really want to but i just cant give it up any help

Answer 1

Try the book "The Easy Way to Quit Smoking". I forget the Author but it may be someone by the name of Carr.

It's very powerful - and unlike all the other books - encourages you to smoke whilst you're reading it. It doesn't preach. And as soon as you finish the last page - and ONLY the last page - you'll stop.

And without the usual pangs. I'd recommend this to everyone in a heartbeat!

Good luck - and enjoy the read.

Answer 2

The Task of Quitting Smoking is not an easy one. There are rumors that it is harder to quit than even Heroin addiction. To Quit, you need to have a few weapons in your arsenal...
1.) You need to understand the nature of addiction and the more you educated yourself, the better the chances of success. Smoking has all kinds of quirks that keep us slaves. the psychology behind it is pretty interesting-oral fixation being one factor...Tobacco withdrawl pretty much goes away after about 3 days and then your receptors become unsaturated and really doesn't want it back. It's the Brain that keeps the anxiety and the crankyness and the twitchy hands looking for something to do. If you can rewire your brain to accept the absence of the tobacco rush and the hand to mouth habit, you probably will do well at becoming non-smoking. Please, learn all that you can about this because it's most of your battle.
2.There are smoking cessation programs with helpful ideas. One I can think of is "no-butts" which is an 800 number. I believe if you go to the big tobacco company website, they have free programs offered (by law) or just search engine "quitting smoking" or something close to it.
3. Have a plan and a support system
There isn't much more I can say that won't be mentioned in every and any quit-program pamphlet or other source of information.
I know that for me, it only took a few days before I was free of tobacco, but when I tried to smoke again, I got the familiar "buzz" like the first few times when I was starting the habit, but that quickly goes away and you are right back to addicted. Really, after 8 years, the feeling of smoking a cigarette never went away. I would think about it and I would involuntarily take in a breath like I was inhaleing. It got way easier of course, I didn't even crave a cigarette after a while, But, there are a few things that I found very interesting and was amazed of how powerful the hold in my brain was. I smoked for a while and the brain was used to that, so, quitting took a while to rewire the receptors & Learn new behaviors.
Good Luck and You can do it. You really must WANT to do it. Never for anyone else's cause. YOU MUST WANT TO QUIT.

Answer 3

Right you have taken the first step by saying you really want to
Now decide how you are going to give it up
I gave up with Niquitin c q clear patches (or something like that they are called )
Get your patches or whatever
Now decide on a day and stick to it
have a cigarette in the morning enjoy it then put a patch on
Don't tell anyone you are giving it up i think this puts you under pressure I let people know after 10 days without a cigarette
you can do it
GOOD LUCK

Answer 4

well, for me, it wasn't easy. I did col turkey, however, I did cave in to cravings, but with this serious constraint:

I will not smoke at all
If I have to smoke, I will do the following:

1. drive 20 miles to a far away and BUSY supermarket
2. Buy 1 pack of ciggs
3. Smoke half a cigg outside in public
4. throw away the rest of the pack or give it to a homeless person.
5. Not satisfied? drive another 15 miles
6. Now that I caved in, I will be very dissapointed in myself, I will have to get myself back together with a shower, and, a load of laundry with JUST the clothes I smoked in.

The time I wasted=the lifespan I'll lose if I continue smoking
The money I wasted on that one pack=reminds me my moeny has better places to be
Smoking outside=reminds me the majority of people don't smoke
Shower=remins me of the smell I carry with me
Laundry=reminds me that smoking stains stuff

after about 6 months and 4 breakdowns, I stopped, I associated so many feelings of fraustration with it, suddenly, I lost taste for it on the 5th breakdown, just couldn't stand the taste, I didn't finish that half cigg and I've been clean since. I still have the cravings, the monkey on my back, but I win all the time now.

Answer 5

It's a difficult task and realistically the success rate of giving up is overall not great. Best options are a combination of nicotine replacement, willpower and a bit of luck. Group therapy in smoking cessation clinic also improves the odds.

Good luck

Answer 6

I gave up 3 years ago, i only ever tried stopping once before that but found it one of the hardest things ever. I got to five days and gave in because i felt so full of anger. The second time i joined a group which really helped because i could talk to people who were going through it at the same time. Phone the Quitline for support and advice. If you fail the first time just keep trying, you'll get there and you'll never look back.

Answer 7

You can figure out the cost of smoking a year, just in cigarettes alone. Talk to someone with emphysema and listen to them gasp of air, or talk through a hole in their throat. Talk to your doctor about treatment cost for lung cancer, or heart disease, or any other of the numerous other problems that smoking creates and makes worse. Look into the eyes of your family members and tell them that growing old with them takes a back seat to your love of nicotine. Understand that this is a real addiction and handle it as such. Your life, and the lives of those you love will be so much better if you only do this one little thing.

Answer 8

if starting wasn't simple then the process of quitting will be difficult.

so you have to have support, becuz it is addicting, find watever that makes you want to smoke and remove that from your environment, like stress, kids, dogs, pain etc. Just avoid it until you get comfortable without a cig.

Find an outlet, replace smoking with something healthy/positive. or get a plastic straw, so instead of smoking just puff through the straw until you can distant yourself from smoking all together.

Answer 9

My friend at work have just stop smoking by buying a money box
every time instead of smoking he puts the money in the box. He told me within a month he saved £40.

Answer 10

2 nicotine patches will work. Place one on each eyelid and stick the lids shut! cant see to smoke now then!
Seriously though quit or die slowly while paying the govt. for the privilege. Watch your ability to shake of illnesses decrease. watch your respiratory system slowly clog up with crap and tar
watch your breath get smelly
taste little of your food as your tastebuds shut down
watch your cash go to the govt.
see your fingers go a lovely (!) shade of yellow
watch your walls go yellow slowly
See your sexual organs get less responsive
See your body shut down and get you feeling like crap

Had enough yet?
I could go on and on and on and......

Go on, give up cold turkey (no bird flu needed).