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how can i stop smoking?
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Knox The Hatter
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It all depends on how badly you really want to stop.
It's something you really have to plan for. It's very difficult to just put the things down and say "I quit!" Doesn't work out that way.
You really have to WANT to quit. Psychologically, you have to be so tired of it that you just don't want to light up anymore. If you're that tired, well, you have a chance.
I used to smoke three packs a day. People associated me with having a cigarette in my hand or in my mouth AT ALL TIMES...driving, talking on the phone, going around the house with a Hoover, flicking ashes on the carpet and vacuuming it up, shaving. I finally got sick and tired of being a slave to smoking, and how it took over my mind ("gotta have one now before I go into this building, gotta have one before I get into my boss' car, only have five minutes between business activities, gotta have one, shit, I only have seventeen left in this pack, I have to go out and get more..."), and one morning, when I was at work and out of cigarettes, I thought to myself, "Enough!" I had tried giving it up on two previous occasions, and each time, I thought that it wasn't that bad, that I could succeed. So, I wound up lasting till after lunch, when I went and got my final carton of Camels. I told myself that this would be the last carton I would ever buy, knowing it would last till the weekend. That Friday night, the day after my twenty ninth birthday, I was having dinner at a Chinese restaurant with my girlfriend, and I told her, "see this pack? The last three cigarettes I will ever smoke."
She replied that I would be smoking again on Monday. That was September 28, 1990, and I smoked my last cigarette in my garage at nine o'clock that evening. Thirteen years ago this month.
The withdrawl, looking back at it, was hilarious. I spent that Sunday yelling and screaming at a good friend of mine, losing my temper every which way, and eating entire box loads of Golden Grahams. I think I put on thirty pounds as a result. Took off most of it since, of course. Was it worth it? Of course.
The point is, you have to be done with it. If you're not, you might as well forget it. You have to have the mindset that you're an ex-smoker already before you begin.
Good luck, Mindy. Just remember, this is something that there is absolutely no downside to.
It's something you really have to plan for. It's very difficult to just put the things down and say "I quit!" Doesn't work out that way.
You really have to WANT to quit. Psychologically, you have to be so tired of it that you just don't want to light up anymore. If you're that tired, well, you have a chance.
I used to smoke three packs a day. People associated me with having a cigarette in my hand or in my mouth AT ALL TIMES...driving, talking on the phone, going around the house with a Hoover, flicking ashes on the carpet and vacuuming it up, shaving. I finally got sick and tired of being a slave to smoking, and how it took over my mind ("gotta have one now before I go into this building, gotta have one before I get into my boss' car, only have five minutes between business activities, gotta have one, shit, I only have seventeen left in this pack, I have to go out and get more..."), and one morning, when I was at work and out of cigarettes, I thought to myself, "Enough!" I had tried giving it up on two previous occasions, and each time, I thought that it wasn't that bad, that I could succeed. So, I wound up lasting till after lunch, when I went and got my final carton of Camels. I told myself that this would be the last carton I would ever buy, knowing it would last till the weekend. That Friday night, the day after my twenty ninth birthday, I was having dinner at a Chinese restaurant with my girlfriend, and I told her, "see this pack? The last three cigarettes I will ever smoke."
She replied that I would be smoking again on Monday. That was September 28, 1990, and I smoked my last cigarette in my garage at nine o'clock that evening. Thirteen years ago this month.
The withdrawl, looking back at it, was hilarious. I spent that Sunday yelling and screaming at a good friend of mine, losing my temper every which way, and eating entire box loads of Golden Grahams. I think I put on thirty pounds as a result. Took off most of it since, of course. Was it worth it? Of course.
The point is, you have to be done with it. If you're not, you might as well forget it. You have to have the mindset that you're an ex-smoker already before you begin.
Good luck, Mindy. Just remember, this is something that there is absolutely no downside to.
Re: Smoking...
I'm going through the same thing right now...
I have to stop. Period.
My lungs could be used as charcoal to start a BBQ - it's that bad.
Number one reason people fail at quitting is not willpower (or a lack thereof) - it's routine.
You must be able to shake up your routine so greatly for the initial period so that your body has no way of knowing when it is time to smoke.
Therefore, in one month (waiting list, yo) I am checking myself into a clinic/retreat/spa thingy to let them take over my life for a three week period. Yes, I am that desperate, and that serious aboot quitting. It's expensive, but, yeah, the alternative is an early demise.
f/f, you might consider the same if you are serious aboot quitting.
The initial three week period is the worst when trying to quit. Hopefully, my body and mind will be too busy to notice that I'm not puffing while I'm there and, indeed, the fact that my environment has totally changed will send my l'il cerebral addiction centre into a tailspin.
Good luck, yo. Say a prayer fer me if you can.
Cheers.😀
I'm going through the same thing right now...
I have to stop. Period.
My lungs could be used as charcoal to start a BBQ - it's that bad.
Number one reason people fail at quitting is not willpower (or a lack thereof) - it's routine.
You must be able to shake up your routine so greatly for the initial period so that your body has no way of knowing when it is time to smoke.
Therefore, in one month (waiting list, yo) I am checking myself into a clinic/retreat/spa thingy to let them take over my life for a three week period. Yes, I am that desperate, and that serious aboot quitting. It's expensive, but, yeah, the alternative is an early demise.
f/f, you might consider the same if you are serious aboot quitting.
The initial three week period is the worst when trying to quit. Hopefully, my body and mind will be too busy to notice that I'm not puffing while I'm there and, indeed, the fact that my environment has totally changed will send my l'il cerebral addiction centre into a tailspin.
Good luck, yo. Say a prayer fer me if you can.
Cheers.😀
D
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if you can't just say no...
i suggest hypnotism. the therapist who has treated my wife, and 2 of our daughter also treates smokers. he gives a money back guarentee. it takes 3 sessions back to back, over 3 days. it works! i promise.
steve
i suggest hypnotism. the therapist who has treated my wife, and 2 of our daughter also treates smokers. he gives a money back guarentee. it takes 3 sessions back to back, over 3 days. it works! i promise.
steve
Limeoutsider
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Ask your doctor, maybe? I know of teh gum, patch, and hypnosis, but maybe s/he has something different?
f/f... I quit two years ago. Here's how. I used to smoke a pack every two days. One day I decided to quit. I stopped for two weeks, and was soon back to smoking. I was then up to a pack a day.
Finally, on New Year's Eve, I went to Times Square with a bunch of friends, and drank like a fish and smoked like a chimmeny. I smoked TWELVE packs of cigarettes in a seven hour period. I knew that I was killing myself by smoking, so I forced my brain to realize that fact. I smoked and smoked and smoked all night, until I passed out on my friend's couch. The next morning, I woke up, (somehow) went to the roof of the building, and lit a cigarette. I took one drag and coughed up the smoke. I crushed out the cigarette and tossed the rest of the pack in the trash. That was the last cigarette that I ever had. No patches or gum.
I made my body so sick from the tobacco, and gave myself mild niccotine poisoning. (MILD, mind you) This told my body that this is a bad thing to take in. The cravings didn't stop, and even now, two years later, I still have fleeting moments of "gee I'd like a cigarette" but just like that, it's gone! The first three weeks of withdrawl are really tough. I cried myself to sleep almost every day. But soon, that too passes.
I have never thought that quitting smokign was a bad decision. I am proud of myself, and I feel ten times healthier having stopped.
I am proud of you that you have realized that you have to quit. But, know this: You have to stop for YOU. You can't quit on anyone's terms but your own. You will only quit if you want to.
Good Luck
Finally, on New Year's Eve, I went to Times Square with a bunch of friends, and drank like a fish and smoked like a chimmeny. I smoked TWELVE packs of cigarettes in a seven hour period. I knew that I was killing myself by smoking, so I forced my brain to realize that fact. I smoked and smoked and smoked all night, until I passed out on my friend's couch. The next morning, I woke up, (somehow) went to the roof of the building, and lit a cigarette. I took one drag and coughed up the smoke. I crushed out the cigarette and tossed the rest of the pack in the trash. That was the last cigarette that I ever had. No patches or gum.
I made my body so sick from the tobacco, and gave myself mild niccotine poisoning. (MILD, mind you) This told my body that this is a bad thing to take in. The cravings didn't stop, and even now, two years later, I still have fleeting moments of "gee I'd like a cigarette" but just like that, it's gone! The first three weeks of withdrawl are really tough. I cried myself to sleep almost every day. But soon, that too passes.
I have never thought that quitting smokign was a bad decision. I am proud of myself, and I feel ten times healthier having stopped.
I am proud of you that you have realized that you have to quit. But, know this: You have to stop for YOU. You can't quit on anyone's terms but your own. You will only quit if you want to.
Good Luck
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just quit if you want it bad enough
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i kinda feel sorry for yous guys
i cannot get addicted to smoking. 1 time i smoked 10 cigs a day for 4 days and didn't smoke for a month. i geuss it's cause adults i've been with all my life smoked constantly and i'm immune or sumthin. whenever i smoke i never have coughing spells like beginners (i never had them either). i can't even taste them wether it be menthol, flavored cigars, just the same bad, funky taste. as of now i smoke about 4 philly titan cigars a week, only to be cool around friends (although i'm cool no matter what). it must be genetics, i geuss.
ahem, i heard the best way to quit is to wean yourself off them.
example: if you smoke one pack (20 cigs) a day, smoke 19 menthol, regular, whatever, and one light cig.
next day, 18 regular, 2 light and so on, so you get used to the less tasteful cigs.
if your on menthol, wean yourself to regular, then light.
once your on 20 lights a day, just smoke one less a day until you stop.
stopping smoking is alot like losing weight, there are alot of "miracle pills or cures" but only one true, and cost effective way to do it.
if you ask me the patches, gum, and pills are a cheesy as the lose weight schemes you see every where.
good luck!
i cannot get addicted to smoking. 1 time i smoked 10 cigs a day for 4 days and didn't smoke for a month. i geuss it's cause adults i've been with all my life smoked constantly and i'm immune or sumthin. whenever i smoke i never have coughing spells like beginners (i never had them either). i can't even taste them wether it be menthol, flavored cigars, just the same bad, funky taste. as of now i smoke about 4 philly titan cigars a week, only to be cool around friends (although i'm cool no matter what). it must be genetics, i geuss.
ahem, i heard the best way to quit is to wean yourself off them.
example: if you smoke one pack (20 cigs) a day, smoke 19 menthol, regular, whatever, and one light cig.
next day, 18 regular, 2 light and so on, so you get used to the less tasteful cigs.
if your on menthol, wean yourself to regular, then light.
once your on 20 lights a day, just smoke one less a day until you stop.
stopping smoking is alot like losing weight, there are alot of "miracle pills or cures" but only one true, and cost effective way to do it.
if you ask me the patches, gum, and pills are a cheesy as the lose weight schemes you see every where.
good luck!
Knox The Hatter
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something to add: like I said, it's been thirteen years...but to this very day, I could be standing in a convenience store, and I'll see the rows of Camels there behind the counter, and I'll reflexively wonder if I need to buy. Unreal!
And, the dreams. The dreams, the dreams, the dreams...for a good TEN YEARS after I quit, I had dreams at night where I smoked. Like a fiend. After a while, it got kind of funny, I knew it was a dream, and I'd just light that Camel, and take a big drag, and exhale it through my nose, blow smoke rings...
And, the dreams. The dreams, the dreams, the dreams...for a good TEN YEARS after I quit, I had dreams at night where I smoked. Like a fiend. After a while, it got kind of funny, I knew it was a dream, and I'd just light that Camel, and take a big drag, and exhale it through my nose, blow smoke rings...
If you really want to quit............
Fact is, if you really want to quit.........ALL the methods work. Once the initial physical withdrawal is gone, usually 3 days, the real work begins. The true addiction is the RITUAL......taking out the cigarette, putting it in your mouth, lighting it and feeling that warm smoke going down your throat. The thought of that as an ex-smoker still sounds wonderful to me.
One thing that will help, which ever method you choose is to exercise 20-30 minutes a day, doing anything to get your heart rate up. This will do several things:
1. Get oxygen to your cells and reduce cravings
2. Clear out your lungs a bit more and provide a sense of well-being.
3. Hedge the inevitable slow-down of your metabolism and minimize or avoid any subsequent weight-gain.....a major reason people go back to smoking.
The best encouragement I can provide is my own testimony. I quit February 28 of this year. I used the Zyban, but other methods would likely have worked. Best of all, at 36 I feel better than I've felt in 10 years. My heart and respiritory system hasn't felt this strong in a very long time. I do still want a cigarette from time to time, but it's fleeting. I also believe very strongly that a proper Higher Power, and a good prayer life not only helps with addiction, but makes life itself worth living.
Good luck to anyone struggling and God bless you.
..Mark
Fact is, if you really want to quit.........ALL the methods work. Once the initial physical withdrawal is gone, usually 3 days, the real work begins. The true addiction is the RITUAL......taking out the cigarette, putting it in your mouth, lighting it and feeling that warm smoke going down your throat. The thought of that as an ex-smoker still sounds wonderful to me.
One thing that will help, which ever method you choose is to exercise 20-30 minutes a day, doing anything to get your heart rate up. This will do several things:
1. Get oxygen to your cells and reduce cravings
2. Clear out your lungs a bit more and provide a sense of well-being.
3. Hedge the inevitable slow-down of your metabolism and minimize or avoid any subsequent weight-gain.....a major reason people go back to smoking.
The best encouragement I can provide is my own testimony. I quit February 28 of this year. I used the Zyban, but other methods would likely have worked. Best of all, at 36 I feel better than I've felt in 10 years. My heart and respiritory system hasn't felt this strong in a very long time. I do still want a cigarette from time to time, but it's fleeting. I also believe very strongly that a proper Higher Power, and a good prayer life not only helps with addiction, but makes life itself worth living.
Good luck to anyone struggling and God bless you.
..Mark
TickledToDeath
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Finally I DID IT!
Stopped for good this past Sunday, 9/6/03. Have not had a cig since around 330pm Sunday afternoon.
Made the decision final and concrete after a 20 mile bike ride which included a couple of hills that I had to walk with the bike.
Been slowly cutting down over the past two months using the method I will tell you about. This should work. IF it worked for me, who has tried to quit several times over the past few years, I am sure it will work for anyone including you f/f!
The method is this:
A three step method. "Quest" Cigaretts. 1 2 and 3.
Each having significantly less nicotine starting with step 1.
Quest cigs are sold at Rite Aid, A&P Supermarkets and other stores.
http://www.questcigaretts.com I believe is their site for more info.
Give it a shot.
They do not come in menthol in case that is your brand, otherwise, they are just like smoking Marlboro,Marlboro Lights..etc.
TTD😎 😀
Stopped for good this past Sunday, 9/6/03. Have not had a cig since around 330pm Sunday afternoon.
Made the decision final and concrete after a 20 mile bike ride which included a couple of hills that I had to walk with the bike.
Been slowly cutting down over the past two months using the method I will tell you about. This should work. IF it worked for me, who has tried to quit several times over the past few years, I am sure it will work for anyone including you f/f!
The method is this:
A three step method. "Quest" Cigaretts. 1 2 and 3.
Each having significantly less nicotine starting with step 1.
Quest cigs are sold at Rite Aid, A&P Supermarkets and other stores.
http://www.questcigaretts.com I believe is their site for more info.
Give it a shot.
They do not come in menthol in case that is your brand, otherwise, they are just like smoking Marlboro,Marlboro Lights..etc.
TTD😎 😀
