EX smokers please:?

Question

We have this that and the other on the market to help smokers stop smoking these days.
But anyone give up smoking with out the help of a patch,gum or a pill or out?

If so can i ask how many you smoked just how long did you smoke.

and what was your method please.

Answer 1

Kitti, I smoked 30 a day for about 4 years and I decided to quit. So I smoked my last one and then never bought any more after that.
The secret is to keep yourself busy, take your mind off it. I sat in my room and made airfix kits of planes and boats etc and gave them to the local kids.
I sat there for hours on end and never thought about smoking. It was after I had finished was when the problems started. You HAVE to tell yourself "I DO NOT SMOKE" and fight the craving all the way. It's the hardest thing I have ever done, but after just 4 days, I had beaten it. I have been smoke free for 20 years and I don't miss it.

Answer 2

THIS MIGHT BE LONG - BUT PLEASE GIVE IT A READ!

I used to "smoke for Britain" - over 100 a day and frequently I found that I had three on at the same time if I was moving about the house! One day about six years ago I said to everybody, "when that pack (of 200!) has gone, I'm not buying any more!" - and when they were gone, I didn't buy any more, and to this day I've never had anything that small in my mouth (make what you will of that.....!) BUT, honestly, I needed NO help or 'artificial aids' - I just stopped, and that was that. I didn't even have to go onto sweets or chewing gum to keep my mouth occupied and neither did I have to find anything to do with my hands that I wasn't already doing (you're WRONG...... - I'm a keyboard player !) - so, it was a case of Say I'm stopping, and then DO IT (or in this case, DON'T do it anymore) ! - !

Details: I smoked like that for 40+ years. The coughing first thing in the morning doesn't stop for almost a year, and as for all that crap about "Oh you'll find everything tastes SO much better" and "You won't get anything LIKE so out of breath" that you get from all the "experts" DOESN'T happen overnight - you don't notice the taste and smell improving at all, and I STILL get out of breath after a single flight of stairs, so like the Boy Scouts, be prepared !

Answer 3

I smoked a pack a day for 7-8 years. I tried the patch, gum, polking holes in the filters, etc. I would stop smoking for monthes at a time, but something bad would happen and I would ask somebody for a cigarette and one would become two and two would become ten and ten would become "I'll just buy this one pack and then I'll quit again" and then I was smoking again. Eventually I quit cold turkey and I can explain how. I was playing chess with my roommate while smoking a cigarette. People always told me several reason not to smoke.....spending money I didn't have, killing myself, smelling like an ashtray, supporting glorified drugdealers, etc....and I used to say, "I understand all that, but I just don't care" However, well I was playing chess something amazing happened. The words people had been saying to me made sense and they weren't just words anymore, but became understanding. The reason I said I didn't care was because I didn't understand. In that moment, I no longer had the desire to smoke ever again where as before when I had quit I still desired to smoke but didn't have cigarettes. I changed my internal desire and not just my external action. Most people try to change the action without changing the desire and this leads to failure. When you change from the inside, the external actions follow naturally and with less effort. I quit about 7 years ago and haven't and won't go back because I have no desire to smoke.

Answer 4

Hi, the first time I tried to give up, I used gum and it didn't work for me. The second time I tried was two years ago and I did it on my own. I fell pregnant and needed to stop. My doctor advised me to wean myself off them and gradually stop as the shock could do more harm than good. I was smoking around 15 a day, and over 5 weeks cut down to 1 a day, and that was being smoked all day. I would have a couple of puffs and then put it out. I think the taste of re-lit cigarettes helped, they were foul! Then one day I just said 'That;s it, no more' and I haven't smoked one since.
Falling pregnant was a big incentive, but I think weaning myself worked better than just stopping.

Answer 5

I started work at a hospital and when the outpatients would come in smelling like cheap ciggys, I quit because I was afraid I smelled like that. I never was a heavy smoker, 3-4 a day for about 4 years. I smoked for 2 years, quit (had my son, that was motivation enough) and started up again a bit over a year later

Answer 6

after looking at your photo i would say the best thing you could do when you want a smoke is to look in a mirror . cos it would be a shame for you to die a day early.
iv finished a year ago 40 a day . now i smell it on people and i think what i must of smelt like .so one day at a time and when someone offers you one rather than been a bit sorry and saying no thank you ..tell them to RAM IT.

Answer 7

I gave up smoking after 25 years, a pack a day, used Nicorrette chewing gums, tho have an urge and do still smoke very very occasionally.

Answer 8

I smoked for a long while, and I found that the nicoret chewing gum and regular chewing gum was realy helpful.

Answer 9

i smoked for about three years, a pack a week. and i quit cold turkey. now i chew gum or exercise.

Answer 10

14 years. and I went Cold Turkey. I just stopped