do you smoke ?

Question

i do ( how to stop it ?)

Answer 1

A few years ago, I was diagnosed with cancer and had to have some terrible treatments, including 6 months of chemotherapy. The experience of chemotherapy is so horrible, I hope you never in your life have to find out. The poisons they were putting in me were so toxic that the doctor advised me to let them put something called a PICC line into my arm so they could inject the drugs into me and bypass the veins in my arms so they wouldn't be damaged. I had three chemo drugs, but there was one that really scared me. It was so dangerous that the chemo nurse had to wear protective gear because if she would have accidentally spilled any on her skin it would have caused chemical burns. But when she injected it into the PICC tube, it flowed directly into my heart. It was so deadly that she had to inject it simultaneously with huge amounts of saline solution to dilute it enough for my body to handle it, and there were two huge vials I had to get each time. The tears would run down my face the whole time, it took nearly an hour to get it all into me. (and that doesn't even begin to tell you what it did to me after they got finished)

Imagine for a moment if this was happening to someone in your family who you love a lot - a sister, daughter, your mom - anyone. Imagine how it would make you feel. Really - think hard about this, it's important.

Now, think about this - cigarettes aren't a whole lot different than that chemotherapy drug. They seriously poison your body. If you drop one on you, it will burn your skin. They contain such poison that if you got enough of it at once, you die (ever heard of kids eating cigarette butts and what happens?)

How would you feel about someone you love going through chemotherapy, that's how people who love you hurt when you smoke. BUT, smoking is even worse! It's not even necessary!

Being addicted to smoking is like being possessed by a devil. Nobody but a true devil could mess up your mind enough to make you think this is something desirable.

1. Oranges and cigarettes don't go good together - so keep lots of oranges on hand and eat them freely. It can diffuse a craving at least for a short time, hopefully till you get past the worst of it. Besides, you need the extra Vitamin C.

2. Every time you go to the bathroom, pause in front of the mirror for just a moment and look yourself right in the eyes and say to yourself "I AM A NON-SMOKER." Say this with pride, as many times a day as you need to.

3. I read once that the desire to suck on a cigarette comes from the same place that a baby gets their desire to suck on their soother - it comforts and calms them. I can't help but look at every smoker I see now as very infantile.

4. When you have a craving, grab a bottle of water and go outside if you can. If not, just do this inside. Take a moment to inhale a deep breath into your lungs. Hold it there for a second and release it. Remind yourself what a gift this is to your lungs, to be given this wonderful clean air, and to be able to utilize it. Drink your water, it flushes the poisons out.

5. Stay away from triggers. If you love your cigarette with a cup of coffee, then skip the coffee for a while. If you like one after a meal, make sure to jump up and go for a walk or something before the craving gets you. (Or eat an orange for dessert!)

6. Look at your fingers, your teeth, your skin. Think how much better it will all be when you aren't assaulting them with nicotine. Think how much better you smell.

7. Mentally prepare yourself for the fact that the cravings can come back for months afterwards - be ready for it. It really made me angry when that would happen to me. I mean, I could understand missing alcohol or drugs if that was my addiction, at least they have a payoff (you get high or drunk), but what the heck do cigarettes do for you that entitles them to be such so powerful?

8. Set aside the money you save and treat yourself to something special.

9. Alive has some great ideas Focus on how clean your body will be and how much better it will function. Imagine the freedom of never getting short of breath, of going out and not panicking, thinking about when you will get the chance to have another smoke.

10. Forgive yourself if you get a little cranky. And remind yourself that they are NOT your friend. I know, my smokes felt like my best friend. They AREN'T. Don't be fooled!

WHAT YOU GO THROUGH IN QUITTING IS NOTHIG LIKE WHAT YOU'LL GO THROUGH IF YOU DON'T!

Answer 2

I smoked cigarettes for about fifteen years. Then I quit about twenty years ago. Try this. Start by forbidding yourself to smoke in the house or in the car. If you want a cigarette you have to go outside to smoke. This eliminates all the cigarettes you smoke out of habit as opposed to the ones you really wanted. This will cut down the number of cigarettes you smoke considerably and lower your body's nicotine content.

Next, only smoke when you feel you absolutely must have a cigarette and then after about half a cigarette you will see the urge go away. Put the cigarette out as soon as the urge goes away.

Once you have done all this for a few weeks, you will have cut your nicotine intake by about three quarters. Now you must limit yourself to only five cigarettes per day.

Do that for a few weeks then just quit. Once you stop smoking completely you feel a bit odd for a while. After about 30 days there is no more nicotine in your system and you are free. Don't make the mistake of thinking that it is like suffering for 30 days, though. You feel it most during the first few days. Then only occasionally. During the last couple of weeks you feel nearly normal.

After that, you are physically free of cigarettes. To help with the psychological part, only associate with non-smokers and go to smoke free places for a while.

Good Luck!

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Answer 3

I only smoke at 4:20

Answer 4

I smoked for five years but when I was done I was done. It was really easy for me and I am lucky. BUT my husband had a REALLY hard time quitting. He couldn't quit cold turkey. He tried the patch, the gum, chewing candy, wearing a rubber band on his wrist and every time he had a craving snapped himself with it, but what worked was hypnosis believe it or not. So, if you try everything else (LOTS of good books out there too!) and are still serious then maybe try that. Also, don't try to quit if you still like and want to smoke cause then you will just get frustrated with yourself. Quit when you want to, not cause you have to.

Answer 5

I do not smoke, but I am not sure how you would quit everyone I know who has tried to quit with one thing or another including pills and patches as well as cold turkey still smokes today.

But Good Luck

Answer 6

I thought that I would never stop smoking I tried for months!! I called this # 1-866-567-truth and they sent me stuff, but I still didnt stop, it might help you!? I stopped finally because I found out I was pregnant, its sure fire way to stop smoking ... get pregnant!

Answer 7

Never smoked. Think of the consequences that occur when you don't stop. That should be enough.

Answer 8

Nope, after watching my Pop (grandfather) fight emphysema my whole life and David (my uncle) dying from lung cancer I will never touch a cigarette.
And if you are talking about illegal smokes, I don't smoke those either. Especially after seeing my best friends kids nearly be taken away from them over it.

Answer 9

Yes, but I'm still trying to quit. I only smoke outside, though.

Stopping takes strength of will, which I'm still working on...

Answer 10

Nope, I was brought up to believe smoking makes you a colorful person...black lungs and yellow teeth!