need all the help I can get. Stars to encourage me please.
2007-10-27 02:53:19 · 19 answers · asked by milly 4 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Dim blond? Painless? Why is my head banging then?
2007-10-27 03:09:30 · update #1
Aww bless ya Hammy, I mean Kev.E x x
2007-10-27 04:55:42 · update #2
First, write down what could be great about this. Get committed to doing it.
Second, ask what is not perfect about smoking? Make a big list. I can't think of anything good about smoking, when you really think about it.
Third, what are you willing to do to stop smoking. Think about this too. Make a realistic list.
Fourth, what are you no longer willing to do in order to stop smoking.
Think about the way it interrupts things where it is no longer allowed in public places and try to stop giving in to the craving when you have alternatives.
Lastly, how can you do this and have fun doing it. Try to enjoy the process by poking fun at it.
One way to ween yourself off smoking is to buy yourself a small battery operated kitchen timer. Whenever you crave a cigarette, press the start button on the timer (start with 5 minutes and slowly increase it to an hour over time) and commit to only having a cigarette when it goes off. This will teach you how to deal with the craving and eventually, you will be able to one day say, "why am I smoking at all", and throw them all away, forever.
2007-10-27 03:15:00 · answer #1 · answered by Delaware Dan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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.
2016-04-10 21:23:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get Alan Carr's book, The Easyway, and read it. I don't know how or why but it got me to stop and without suffering very much at all, no weight gain or anything like that.
The good thing as well is that you carry on smoking whilst reading it, so it really takes the stress and worry out of it.
I'd been to the docs, got patches and lozenges on prescription so it was really cheap. Tried and failed. Tried for years.
I Read the book and just gave up, no nicotine replacement, nothing. Please try it, it just makes you realise that it isn't really difficult, and it does not use fear such as telling you things you already know, that smoking kills. We know that anyway. He just uses simple logic and makes you realise that it is nothing more then some discomfort for three weeks. And that is all it is.
My best encouragement is that you can give up without any great inconvenience, and it truly is painless. It does not hurt.
Just read the book, and whatever you do, good luck, you will feel so good if you do it.
2007-10-27 03:02:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi Milly... Right.. Smoking will kill you most unpleasantly eventually. So if you want to live to a reasonable age give it up... Can only offer myself as an example. I am 76. Started smoking when I was 14, In recent years my breathing has deteriorated and got out of breath doing most simple things... Last January had to go to hospital it was so bad... They suspected my heart..... Tests ruled out heart problem but lungs were only about 40% efficient and a chest infection on top is what caused me to be so bad... I came out of hospital feeling a bit better. Went to my GP... He stressed that it would get worse all the time... So I joined his stop smoking clinic.. I had plenty of incentive to stop,,my life.. He put me on Champix , a new medication , prescription only, and it worked... I still felt like a ciggy from time to time but was able to resist the urge.. The tablet course was for 3 months but I stopped the tablets after 2 months as I felt I no longer felt like I wanted to smoke..... OK 9, months have passed since my last cigarette... I am so much better. My breathing and lungs will never be perfect, they are damaged too much, but I can do a lot more now. and feel much fitter.. Eat more, sleep better. do not stink. house is much nicer and fresher. and I am much much better off financially.... Bought this PC from the not smoking money...I am sure if I can do it , you can too .. Please do , you will bless the day you stopped.
2007-10-27 03:17:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I quit smoking 6 months ago and I feel so much better! After the first week I could smell better, things tasted better. I just felt all around healthier. You just have to really stick it out for 2 days. After that you don't want to go against the days progress you already put into it. Then the days keep adding and adding until you don't even want a cig anymore. I quit pot and cigs at the same time, it was hard, cant lie about that, but it is SOOOOO worth it! And I have a lot more money then I used to.
2007-10-27 02:58:16 · answer #5 · answered by x_kookoo4kokopuffs_x 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I stopped when I got pregnant but now wish I were still smoking sometimes. I did it more so out of boredom so now I snack more :( - but on the occation that I do smoke I get very bad headaches- I feel so much more healthy now though and I love coming home to a nice smelling home with my nice smelling clothes knowing that- I have overcome what others never will. It's hard but with the right support or support buddy you'll be able to quit smoking.
2007-10-27 03:02:55 · answer #6 · answered by jose migel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-01-30 21:45:48 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well heres a star from me, remember to take one day at a time, and if you have a lapse moment then do not beat yourself up about it, you can do this and although you will feel bad the first 3 weeks it does get easier, you can do it honey, big hugs for encouragement, best of luck.
2007-10-27 02:57:59 · answer #8 · answered by fruitcake 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good For You. I've never smoked but grew up with a Mom who was a big smoker and a dirty smoker, ash and butts YUCK, and I had asthma.
You can do it. I'm sorry I don't have helpful hints as I have never had to do it but think of your lungs now all black and yucky and struggling to breath and how nice and pink and healthy they'll be!
Plus you won't stink anymore.......and any smoker who thinks they don't stink is dead wrong.
You can do it!!! Just wanting to is the first step. Don't stop!!!
2007-10-27 02:56:57 · answer #9 · answered by BlueSea 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
cut out those health warnings from the packs of cigarettes and stick them all over the walls, but make sure you really read them and think about them
you sound like you really want to stop which will help you
you need willpower
good on you
i stopped after 12 years of smoking and i am only 31
be strong and the best of luck!!!!
2007-10-27 03:05:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋