Past smokers - How did you stop smoking? -
Past smokers - How did you stop smoking? -
Just curious, because I know for some people the nicotine patches and what not don-t work, or work, but not for very long.Well first off you have to really want to. My rents bribed me with money. Said that if i started again that i-d have to pay it all back. It-s easier to quit cold turkey, the patches really don-t do ****. I also thing the ciggs felt really gross in my lungs after not smoking for awhile. It made it feel like i was actually harming my body...which i was. But when i was smoking 1/2 a pack a day it felt normal. Idk but its weird. You can take patches and gum but all thats just a bandaid its still giving you the nicotine, which is what you want to get off of. Right? ;)I was motivated because I found out that I was pregnant. I think you have to want to do it for you to actually quit.This helped me out alot.http://carolrb.calkeco.hop.clickbank.net…
For me smoking was more about the habit than the nicotine addiction. That is, I never smoked at work. I only smoked when I came home or if I was drinking. So, I just decided it was a stupid habit that wasn-t worth the money and I quit cold turkey.
Also, my wife, who quit before getting pregnant, threatend that she would start again if I didn-t stop. That sealed it for me.The children were complaining, they did not like the smell of cigarettes being smoked in the car or at home. It took a while for me to quit, I cut down first, and when I came down to 3 cig. a day I would stop for a while.Then I would start again. It took a few efforts, and in time I turned to the Lord for help, that was when all desire to smoke was gone . Once I was free of the nicotine, it would make me sick to be near a smoking area. I could not tolerate the smell of smoke. It has been may years, I have no desire to ever smoke again. There must be a desire to stop smoking, and it will be the best thing that you have done for yourself, once you are free. God bless youNicotine patches. Willpower is what you need the most of. I also ate tons of M-M-s. Later I had to wean myself off those!! HA! 2 years later though and I-m still smoke free, run 3 miles a day and am healthier than ever.
Edit - incorporate exercise into your daily routine. It really helps and gives you a goal for quitting!
There is a new drug out that supposedly blocks the receptors for nicotine. I-ve heard good things about that. Of course I can-t remember the name of it though...I smoked for 17 years, was a pack a day for 14 of them. One day I woke up and said, -Man, I don-t make tons of money, and these things are costing me 50+ bucks a week. I-m done.- And I stopped smoking. I didn-t even throw out the half pack I had left. Just kept it on the stairs for a few days and then chucked them when I knew I was done. I just KNEW I was done with cigarettes. I Don-t miss them much after nearly two years. I think you really just have to WANT to quit.when I stopped smoking it wasn-t easy..but I found out that when you smoke vitamin c is taken out of your body..so what I did was go to Wal-Mart and got a big bottle of Chewable Vitamin C tablets and when I got a real bad urge for a smoke I chewed 2 tablets with a glass of water..after 2 weeks of this I could not stand the taste of a smoke.Well for one, how long have you been smoking? If you really want to stop smoking, try going cold turkey. I know that-s what I did, but if you have been smoking for a long time it might be a little harder. Maybe try taking up something else in place of smoking. I mean I quit cold turkey so that-s all I can really offer. If it-s something you really want to do then you can do it. Maybe when you feel like having a craving, drink a glass of water, or chew a piece of gum. I had a friend that would suck on a piece of ice. Working out would probably be good too if you don-t do that right now, so you can make your lungs stronger. I know it isn-t much but I hope I helped.my mom used patches and the nicotine gum ;) i think she might have used losenges too.Chantix worked for me.
Patch, wellbutrin, hypnotizism and cold turkey all failed.
I was very motivated to quit and the chantix just gave me enough to stop. You still have cravings but it took enough of the edge off for me to say no. Its been 10 weeks smoke free.
And thanks to this post I am fighting one of those cravings. :)when i quit smoking i just did it... cold turkey. it was one of the hardest things i have ever done in my life.Ditto to what Wihntr posted. I am taking Chantix right now. I started three weeks ago. It takes about a week, week and half to kick in. Week two I cut my habit way down, maybe one or two cigs a day. I haven-t had a cig in four days now, and yep, thinking about it makes me want one! LOL. Guess I better jog around the neighborhood a few thousand times now.
I smoked for over 30 years, and there was lots of motivation - I wanted to but just couldn-t on will power alone, couldn-t breathe, winded all of the time, non-stop coughing, always thinking about how smoking is such a crutch, new smoke-free laws, cost of the habit, my clothes, breath and car smelled awful, I have burn holes in my favorite clothes, and such.
No more!I-m in the process of quitting and what-s been working for me is to gradually cut back. I used to smoke a pack a day, then quit smoking all together during the day, then cut out smoking on the way home from work, after dinner and am now down to one at night.
It-s worked for me. That way you-re not going though total withdrawl. If I even see anyone smoking in the morning, it grosses me out. I-m going to cut out my last one soon and try to go to one every other day....