I stop smoking? -

I stop smoking? -

i quit smoking saturday how much more longer will it take for the craving to go away they are not as bad as the second or third day way but the cravings are still attacking me what can i do to make these cravings less serious i dont want to smoke any more but i am afraid i might kneel down to these cravings help by the way i am doinfg this cold turkey i was a 30 yr smoker.I-m on my 3rd day of not smoking and asked a similar question. Lots of people gave some good advice. Whenever I feel the urge, I-m going to read my answers. good luck.the cravings will get farther and farther apart. I quit 5 and 1/2 years ago. First I counted hours, then days, then weeks , months and now years. It gets easier and easier. You-ll notice you-re breathing easier in a bout a month. its a great feeling believe me. When the craving comes, walk outside and take a fresh stick of gum with you. Breathe deep ten times, count the breaths, the craving will pass in about 5 to 7 minutes . Hang in there. its one of the hardest things you;ll ever do but you won;t regret it ...its worth it believe me. You deserve it!First off congrats on quiting.

Second. Remember you are quiting a 30 year habbit. It will take some time for you to get rid of the cravings.

Try putting a hard tack candy in your mouth when you get the cravings or drinking a glass of grapefurit juice.Hip hip hooray !!!!!! Three cheers !!!!! wish I could do the same but I smoke da chronic and I luv dat **** !!!!Let-s fight this monster together. It is very hard to quit. The only way is to keep fighting. I have a quitting buddy. He used to smoke every 20 minutes. Then he got told he had mouth cancer in July. So we quit the same day.There are Help lines like Quitline that will be helpful to you, also your GP might be able to help you with the cravings. Try nicotine patches, you-ll probably be able to get them at the pharmacies and call a Quitline.congratsI use to smoke for over 23 years. I tried to quit over and over again, but I kept failing. I even quit for 4 months when I sat in jail, but I started back up when things went wrong which was only 2 days later. I was so hard up that when I was homeless, I was smoking the cigarette butts out of the gutters!The only way I quit was when I received the baptism of the Holy Ghost over 7 years ago. I prayed in tongues and the desire went away as if I never smoked in my life! I went over 2 months without a single urge! Then when I did, I talked to the tobaco in my ash tray. I said to them, the nicotine demons, -If you want to mess with Jesus, come on!- Then the urge went away quickly! I did not get delivered from ciggs until 3 days after I asked for the Holy Ghost. That was when I started praying in tongues! Now I pray in tongues everyday because there is power in this gift! The Bible says so, but I did not believe the Bible until God entered my body! The very next day, God sent me a good wife also! We got married 3 months later and I have never been happier! God now answers my prayers and my life has never been so exciting. I see miracles happening all around me and I never feel alone. God also delivered me from depression, drugs, and alcohol in that very same night! He has given me dreams and visions and I can now hear His voice and know His thoughts! My whole life has changed since the Baptism of the Holy Ghost and that is why I am telling everyone what has happened to me. I wish someone had told me about this before I wrecked my life! I pray that God will deliver you too! Please give Him all the glory when He does!

Sincerely Yours, Pastor Jeff Ludin, A Friend Of Godit will take awhile and buy some nicotine patches that can help you stop smoking. and live one day at a time and put one foot in front of the other and if you fall pick yourself up and dust yourself off and continue that path of quit smoking.The first month is the hardest.

The first week is excurtiating.

After that it-s general stress. If you lose your job or girl/boyfriend expect to walk 1,000 miles for a smoke.There is a lot of anecdotal available to us to suggest that many smokers can quit without a problem.

I-m fairly certain that those who quit -easily- do so because they have gone to the effort of changing their belief systems.

Do you know somebody who is always dieting? Does that person always cheat with a Mars Bar? They have no *reason* to eat the Mars Bar. It will not change their lives, and it destroys their diet. Yet they still eat it. Why? Two reasons -- firstly, it gives the effect of a mild drug. Secondly, their belief systems dictate that they must have the Mars Bar to feel good.

Smoking isn-t too different. If you just quit -cold turkey-, then you-re going to feel like you-re sacrificing something you like. The mental urges will become increasingly strong, and it is a hard process to get through.

If I were you, I would sit down with a pen and paper and make a list of all the reasons why you WANT to smoke, and then write a short answer by each reason as to why the reason is a load of rubbish! You need to debunk the reasons you want to smoke. You lived a perfectly happy and sane life before you started smoking, so why do you need a cigarette now? Think about it. It-s just your mind playing games with you.Man I am never gonna start smoking.My husband gave up smoking in 92 and he says he still thinks about it. Three years after he quit we were out and a friend who smokes offered him a cigarette and he started smoking it without thinking.
It is a power habit as you know, try chewing gum or sucking on lollipops. Good luck.Good for you!! I quit cold turket a long time ago and am so happy that I did and wouldn-t think of smoking again. I must be weird because when I quit, I didn-t have cravings. Other people I know who have quit did but they went away eventually. What worked best for them was to get something elso to do with their hande when they had the urge to smoke or chew gum. Something to distract the mind.why dont u try to get nicotine patchesCongratulations on quitting. It takes a lot to do that. My daughter just quit 5 weeks ago and she went the first week cold turkey but then she got a drug called Wellbutrin which really helped her control the occasional cravings. Her doctor suggested she be on it for a minimum of 4 weeks and maybe as long as 12 weeks. She is on her fourth week now and feels that she will be able to stop the drug at the end of this week.What you need is what every smoker trying to quit needs but normally doesn-t get; effective support to get you through those urges and keep you from lighting up. They will lessen with time but they will always keep coming back sometimes even years later. Quitting success is not based on the personal strengths of the individual but rather on whether that quitting smoker reaches out for effective support. Without effective support your chances at succeeding are less then 5%. And using family and friends is generally not an effective form of support. There are many avenues available to get the support you need which will work with your lifestyle. It is simply a matter of choosing one and using it. Our company is involved in offering a support program for quitting smokers but don-t let that negate the message. Check out any major health organization site and they will tell you the same thing. With odds of less than 5% without support don-t risk your efforts to trying to go it alone. Assure you quitting success easier and forever just by reaching out for help.Congratulations! You are on the right path. As time goes along the cravings do get less, say about 2 weeks. When you get a craving find something else to do, something to keep your hands and mouth busy. eat a piece of celery or a fruit. The craving only lasts for about 5 minutes or so and if you can get through that you-re all set. I smoked for 35 years and stopped 4 years ago. I still sometimes get the urge but not very often. I always think about the smell (yuck) and how expensive cigarettes are and my grandchildren. I want to be here to see them grow up. I-m rooting for you!Check out this website - Trust me you won-t want to start up again - It is pretty disturbing

I stop smoking? -