Sunday, February 12, 2006

Helpme stop smoking? -

Helpme stop smoking? -

i need some serious help to stop smoking. I dont want to go to any support groups I want to do it on my own. It is starting to make me sick at my stomach when I smoke is there a cheap way to stop or any advice anyone can give me. I am only 26 years old I would like to live 50 more years.I quit 4 yrs ago. Decided I really wanted to quit, so one day in the gas station instead of buying a pack of smokes for $3.50 I got a pack of Winterfresh gum for 99 cents. When I wanted a smoke I chewed gum. Not nicotine gum cuz that is still giving you the chemical you are trying to break your addiction to. First couple of weeks are rough, but if you really want to quit and can go 3 months, I bet the next time you walk by a smoker and smell how they smell after a cigerette you will be SOOOOO glad you stopped.

Just my personal opinion but using the patch or nicotine gum to stop smoking is like trying to stop using heroin by doing smaller amounts of heroin. Doesn-t help. Best to go ahead and go through the detox and get it out of your system. You will always have times that you crave a cigerette. So you need to REALLY want to quit. Looking at the list of things added to tobacco was a good motivator for me.


http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/nicotine…


when you want a smoke pick one thing on that list and look it up to see what it is and what it is mainly used for. You will be surprised at the stuff in there.See if you can get on the nicotine patch. Though, I would strongly suggest counseling before the patch as I am very homeopathic-minded, see if you can wean yourself off it by using the patch. The only thing is, if you smoke while you-re on the patch, your health could be in jeopardy due to the high content of nicotine with the two together. I would swallow my pride and attend smoking cessation first. You could also get on some sort of prescription pill, but the side effects give people nausea. It really depends on your will. My husband smokes three packs a day, had a heart attack last year and just had a heart attack recently. It-s terrible, but I don-t want to scare you with what I said. All I wish to do is encourage you and let you know that you can do this as long as you place your best effort. I am wishing you all the strength in the world on your journey to smoking cessation and am rooting for you.
Good luck.
Helpme stop smoking? -