Im trying to give up cigarettes and stop smoking? -
Im trying to give up cigarettes and stop smoking? -
Has anybody got any good tips or ideas that might help me quit.I don-t really want to start using nicotine replacement if at all possible.
Are there any natural aids to help me quit?Just don-t buy any more, and don-t be tempted to ponce them off your mates.go to the gym. most people have a cigarette to chill them out and relax, excercise can do the same thing, plus if you keep it up for over 3 weeks both excercising and not smoking will become habit.I have recently quit using patches and have found them to be very helpful.
I read up many thing s and nicotine replacement or zyban can double your chances of succesfully quitting. They are not a magic cure but if you are serious about quitting i believe they are worth trying.
I quit four weeks ago but am still bothered by cravings etc but so far have managed not to succumb to them!
Good luck xI-m not really recommending this but I am off them since New Years Eve. I really smoked way too much over the Christmas period and as a result burnt myself out. The following few days I didn-t want to go near one and as the days turned into weeks and the weeks into months it wasn-t too bad. I didn-t use any nicotine replacements. It was hardest the first night I went out but once I got over the first night it gave me the strength to continue. I reckon its to do with habits like if you smoke in the car or have one after your meal. You need to cut out the habit cigarette and take it from there.
I do miss them espically when my friends are having one.
Good luck.Good for you. Take a couple of weeks to get yourself mentally prepared to quit. Then take 2 more weeks telling yourself that you won-t be pressured into starting again. Keep reminding yourself that it will not bother you when you quit and try to stay out of smoky places for awhile. It worked for me and I smoked for 30 yrs. I quit cold and you can to. Don-t start taking drugs cause they don-t work if do don-t really want to quit. Good luck and persevere.I to am trying to quit, i woke up one day and thought this is a waste of time. I just stopped buying them, i fall off the wagon now and again but just try again the day after. I used to smoke 20+ a day. went down to 10 now i only light up if i have a really bad day.
Best of luck to you.JUST STOP PERIOD!!!
Best tip I can give because I smoked over fifty years and decided
it was time to quit and I did . Simply make up your mind to stop and DO IT!!Ohhh Lizzy lizzy lizzy. Well I gave up smoking by going to a NHS stop smoking sessions. They were twice a week free of charge. We got together with other smokers trying to quit it was a good larf too. However I smoke again :( I did quit for 5 months it was just .. well I dunno :( I am waiting for July 1st (smoking ban) then Im going to give it another go :) good luck xxThe most natural aid is in your own head. I-m quitting, too.
I-ve found the most helpful thing is (cheesy, but...) mind over matter - LOTS of water.
Also, eating little snacks throughout the day like peanuts or chips (Pirate-s Booty is my weakness) will help with the hand-to-mouth physical craving. Chew gum. And drink water. Lots of water.
Good luck!i am in the same boat. down to 3 smokes a day. drink lots of water and eat hard candy, suck on suckers or chew gum. it really helps when you have someone there to encourage you. tell you no when you think you need one. the craving will never go away but if you could just quit for awhile and tell yourself that you never want to do that again also think about the people around you, they shouldn-t have to smell them nasty things and have to breath in your second hand smoke. right now it is freakin cold here and if i want one i will have to go outside to have one and personally i would rather be warm then cold and smokin. good luck to ya!!!Quitting is all about self discipline. All you have to do is NOT light a cigarette. I-m so irritated with all these nicotine patches and gums and other -methods.- It-s simple, don-t smoke and you-ve successfully quit.
I smoked for 12 years before I finally decided it was time to quit. I-ve been clean for over 2 months. When I-m out with friends or at a bar, I miss it, but then I think about my lungs and cancer. Like I said, it-s self discipline. Plain and simple, just don-t light a cigarette.Well, Liz, I found that giving up something else, in my case sugar in my coffee, helps, I don-t know why, but it sort of takes your mind off the cravings, dilutes them, What you really need is the WILL to give up, don-t play at it, DO IT, I did and feel 100% better!
I wish you the very best of luck, and hope you will succeed, take every day as it comes, DON-T GIVE IN!Just put down the cigarette!! throw em all out! and continue ur life......without cigarettes!
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Well i was a heavy smoker for 10 year but i try the lozoner for Nico and now I-m down to only one loszoner a day its a great feelingchange your lifestyle - take up exercise / hobby so that your are doing things when you used to smoke.
try not to drink too much as that increases the cravings.
destroy / throw out any evidence of cigs - eg lighters/ash trays etc
good luckHave you tried hypnosis?Not really anything that is going to be much use. Acupuncture, homoeopathy, hypnotherapy and herbal remedies (which are not always as safe as people assume.) Seem to come out no better than placebo.
The only 2 aids that do help, and then only modestly, are NRT in all its forms and Zyban, which has a better success rate, but more potential side effects than NRT.I too am trying to quit. My doctor gave me a prescription for Wellbutrin, which is an anti-depressant, but it also helps to quit smoking. The other thing I do is eat suckers. Anytime I want a cig., I suck on a sucker. It-s helping me.not sure about natural remides. Your local new leaf shoul dbe able to help though. Just try do something creative with ur hands instaed of eating
good luck with ur taskWhy on earth NOT use NRTs? They work. They really do. They made my quit possible. They increase the odds of a good quit. I never understood why people don-t use them, and make their quits tougher than they need to be.
Okay. Rant over. Go to QuitNet.com and ask that same question on their QuitStop forum. You-ll get a wide variety of answers, believe me.I used -Allen Carrs easy way to stop smoking-.I read about it on here (answers),Its amazing,I read it in 4 hours ,screwed my cigs up and havent smoked since,no withdrawals.
I think he puts something into your sub concience because I bought it to try at new year, so I wasnt ready to give up in November but I did.
It has a very high success rate.Willpower is the only permanent solution and you-d be surprised how easy it is if you are sincere about quiting, but try-n keep your mind occupied and your -fingers busy-... you can e-mail me if you likenothing beats cold turkey yet again if you do tendencies are your old habits will be redirected.. like when i get bored at the uni i munch on my pencil all the time (sometimes ridculously sucking it).. when i feel the need to smoke nowadays i find myself drinking tea,munching on cheese sticks or those dairy lea jumbo tubes.. i-ve developed a likeing for any stick.. munching the ends,playing majorette with my fingers - other silly things like that.. best advice? have a guy around you,it can be fun to quit smoking :Dyou should try paul mckenna-s stop smoking ive got his i can make you thin and its great. hope it works for you good luck
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