I'm looking for some.....HELP !!!!!!!!?

Question

I'm trying to stop smoking, any helpful suggestions? the more I try to quit, the MORE I want to smoke, I've tried all the "stop smoking" stuff, no luck. Your prayers will help.

Answer 1

Prayers and cold turkey! That's the best way. Just remind yourself of all the horrible things that come from smoking, and there are no arguments in favour of it. Please, I don't want you to have health problems, I just got you, you can't leave me yet!

Answer 2

Try to stop smoking slowly
If u smoke a pack a day, hypathetically, smoke that for a couple of days.
The next couple of days smoke half a pack.
Keep decreasing until u don't smoke anymore.

Answer 3

you have to get past the wanting to smoke, or else you won't quit. it gets very hard, but then will get easier - there is no other way to stop.

Answer 4

My Husband recently quit, so I asked him if he could give some advice. He offered the following:

"The very fact that some people can make such callus replies only goes to show how impossible it is for those that have never had this problem to truly understand it. I've read that the addictive effects of nicotine to a long time smoker can be much like heroin, itself. It’s a powerful and cunning drug. I spent years being dominated by it. I, too, tried to quit many times, using, literally, every technique out there, only to fail again and again. I would make it for as long as a month, but eventually ended up smoking again. In the end, desperate, to stop being dominated by this drug, I finally managed to quit.

Ultimately, what worked for me was not the gum, the patch, inhalers, or pills like wellbutron. (Yes, I tried it ALL...). In the end I decided that the only way I would be able to quit was just to stop. No gimmicks. I picked a day, about a month in advance. I told all my friends, family, and even coworkers that I would be quitting on that day. Then, with the added pressure of not wanting to look wishy-washy to all my peers and loved ones, I stopped smoking on that very day.

I picked a weekend. The first day I went down to a movie theater, where you can't smoke anyway, and watched 3 movies in a row. I spent the rest of the day doing things that were always inconvenient as a smoker. Places I wanted to go, but never liked to, because I would have to go without a cigarette for too long. Most importantly, whatever I was doing, I refused to let myself 'think about' smoking.

You see, I realized that the one thing that always defeated my attempts to quit before was my mind. I would start dwelling on how HARD it is to quit. I would think that just one more cigarette wouldn't hurt, or maybe I could just smoke one more night and quit again tomorrow. It is so easy to start tricking yourself into smoking just one more time. The problem is that it is never just once more.

I think of the HABIT, as having a little monster or devil living deep down inside of you. It is a hungry little beast that can only be satisfied by nicotine. When it is deprived of nicotine, it starts to bite and claw at you- somewhere deep down inside. The longer it is deprived, the madder and meaner it gets. The problem is that the only way to get rid of it is to starve it to death. And it is not going to die gently, or easily. You have to go through a period of great discomfort as the beast rips into you, demanding it be fed. Trust me, though, it can be killed.

The key, for me, was truly not dwelling on how hard it is to quit. I had to refuse to let myself dwell on the misery. I refused to let myself start down that path where I wondered if one more cigarette would be okay--- trust me, I always managed to convince myself that just once more was all right, if I let myself ponder on it at all.

It sounds silly, but in the end, what really worked was staying distracted with anything else. I can't emphasize enough: once you decide to quit-- don't think about it allot once you've set down the cigs- just do it, do anything, just don't smoke. Remind yourself, also, that many others have managed to do it before you, so you know it is certainly possible. But this is something you can definitely 'over think'.

I found that anything that has nicotine only prolongs the agony. At the end of the day the addiction is to nicotine. THAT is what you must quit. Deprive your body of all sources of nicotine, stop hanging around smokers, don't goto places you used to smoke at- not if you want to truly be successful, your smoker friends will understand, and be happy for you, or they're no friends at all.

Don't be surprised when you get the occasional powerful craving even 3 or 4 weeks down the road. Expect to still get cravings, at least some of the time, for at least two months.

Be assured, though, you can do it, and it is worth it. After all, if you don't quit, it is a sure bet you will diagnosed with lung cancer or emphysema some day. I bet when that day comes, you would quit immediately, most people do. Save yourself the agony and horror of such a diagnosis, quit now, when you can really make a difference. (Strange logic, perhaps, but it worked for me).

Good luck. I quit last July 1st. Still not smoking. You CAN do it, too!"

I hope that helps...

Answer 5

Talk. Talk. Talk. Yada yada yada
Want us to hold your hand and say "that's ok."

Put up or shut up.