I have to stop smoking!!!? -

I have to stop smoking!!!? -

My Daddy passed away Oct. 9, 07. He had a long hard fight with lung cancer. I really need to stop smoking for me and also my family. I would love to try the new pill they have out but, I have no insurence. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!I cured myself and I bet you can cure yourself too from this bad habit with this natural product I found out:

http://www.squidoo.com/Nicocure-Quit-Smo…
Get Chantix.

It works...I-ve been on it for three months...and smoke free for one month. Chantix is a God-send for me.

Pfizer has a program to help people get it who can-t afford it. It is expensive and unfortunately, most insurance companies won-t cover it. I just paid out of pocket...it was worth it and was actually much cheaper than what I was spending on cigarettes (I smoked 2+ packs a day for 25 years).

Don-t give up hope...I almost did. I stuck with it, though...and when Chantix came out, I felt like my prayer had been answered. Good luck to you.

EMT

PS Believe me, I tried everything to quit. I failed at them all because I could not escape the physical craving. I always gave in and went right back to smoking. With Chantix, my body does not feel the nicotine...so the craving is gone. I had cut from 2+ packs a day to 5-6 cigarettes a day within 3 days of starting the Chantix. I continued to smoke a few a day for another month and then went to 1 every few days. From there, it was easy to give them up for good.Insurance does not cover smoking cessation anyway. Look on the inter-net for methods to quit that are drug free. As part of the lawsuits against the tobacco companies, they have to also provide info about quitting smoking. Good luck I am trying also, and thinking of hypnosis or acupuncture.OK first of all I heard horror stories about the new pill out, so I would stay away from that, however my friend quit smoking a few months ago by everytime she wanted a cig she would eat some gummy bears, or pop a mint in her mouth. Sounds crazy but she quit...Good Luck!Willpower and sucking on lots of hard candy, mainly mints was my Mom-s strategy and it worked.I smoked for over 20 years. I tried to quit many times. The only thing that worked for me was Jesus. The day I quit, I was at work, and I had just finished a cigarette. I threw the butt down, and prayed. I told God that I really wanted to quit, that I wanted that to be my last one, and would He please help me. That was 6 years ago. I haven-t had a cigarette since, I suffered no withdrawals, and had no cravings. Thank you Jesus.Chantix costs the same as one month-s worth of cigarettes-- basically, about $120. I only had to take it for 30 days, having quit after only the third dose.
If you go to a free clinic or the county health department instead of going to the doctor to get a prescription, you-ll not have to pay a doctor for his/her time.
Sorry about your dad.Try not to think of it.Or try gum!!!!!!!!!!!wish you the best of luckTry to get more information regarding some ways to stop smoking at my profile.instead of smoking try chewing gum and always have some around incase you want to smoke and if that dosnt work then i think you should buy a case of pills and i know you said you dont have insurance but you can still get some kind of pillsI have just started the new one called champix but only been on them 3 days so can say much but me m8 have been on them 3 months and they of the tabsChantix works well, it is expensive, but Pfizer makes it, and they have a program to help those with no insurance, so give them a call and see if they can help you get some.Read Allen Carrs -How to stop smoking permanently-... millions can-t be wrongI think that u should quit by not thinking about it and ask the doctor what can help u stop smoking.peace homie. wish u good luckI smoked for 8 years - quit the moment I DECIDED! (This was June last year)

See, If you smoke, your mind has been programmed by repetition.
This programming can be undone easily and effortlessly through the power of hypnosis.

Valerie Dawson is a Quit Smoking Expert - Doctor Recommended.
Do yourself a favor - check her website:
http://a2zsol.dawson1962.hop.clickbank.neti dont know about where your are from but Montana has a quit line, and i used it a year ago and they sent me one month of patches for free. I started smoking again and i need to quit for my baby girl. find a quit line in your area, they could hook you up. good luck

I have to stop smoking!!!? -

Stopped smoking and feel awful!! Will this go away?????? -

Stopped smoking and feel awful!! Will this go away?????? -

Hi all,
I-m a 30yr old asthmatic and I stopped smoking 2 weeks ago after smoking pretty much on and off for 16 years, which has to be a good thing!
However i feel like absolute crap! I knew that i would probably feel a bit off and start coughing up all sorts of rubbish but never did i think i would suffer this much!

A friend of mine stopped at the same time and she feels on top of the world!

Has anyone else suffered the same or have any advice for me???It will get better. Some people just cope with the withdrawal better than others, you have obviously been unlucky. Dont give in, you are doing the best thing you have ever done...;31 n quit 4 yrs ago, yes you will feel better soon, I had an awful cough for about 4 weeks afterwards but dont get that god-awful ache in my chest in the morning now! Have you noticed how awful other smokers smell yet? If not give it time, you will!! Big pat on the back to you and keep up the good work!Well doneDon-t loose hope you will feel better soon. Some people take more time to get it out of their system.
Good luck and I am proud of you and your friend for quitting!You are bound to feel ill with withdrawal symptoms for some time to come, especially as you are already asthmatic. Try to think positively. Giving up the filthy weed will, in time, help your breathing and your lungs will start to heal and clear of the sticky black tar which has been building up in there for 16 years. For your lungs health-s sake stick with your resolution to never smoke again.First of all, congratulations!
Now that you have stopped for over two weeks, you are through most of the physical cravings. What you are experiencing are the psychological cravings. If you look it someone else who smoking like a diabetic looks a person eating a hot fudge Sunday, and say to yourself -God I remember what I could do that!), you-ll drive yourself crazy. You will either be a miserable non-smoker or you will go back to smoking. Start looking at other smokers in the same way you would look at the drunk passed out at the end of our. She them from the bottom of your part because they are addicted to the substance that has a one out of two chance of killing them.
Drink lots of water and start an exercise program. This is your new life, time to take care of yourself! Don-t think about it, just do it!
As far as the junk that you are coughing up; there is a reason for that. Smoking paralyze is the find little hairs of your tracheobronchial tree called cilia. When you stop smoking these little hairs wake up and start doing the job they were meant to do; clear up the junk and your lungs. Again, exercise will also help with this. Don-t use this is an excuse to go back to smoking! That sort of rationale is complete BS.



Sincerely,

Kirk G. Voelker MD
Pulmonary - Critical Care Medicine
Founder Quit Doc Smoking Treatment Network
www.QuitDoc.com

Please Note: This note was dictated using Dragon Naturally Speaking v8.0 while exercising on an eliptical trainer, so excuse any transcription errors.I quit a 5 pack a day habit, it took over a year before I started feeling better

Just my 2￠tht-s v gud u gave up . and yes these symptoms r temporary.see the positives of giving up.also take care tht u dnt face a stressful situation,cause u mite tak it up once again.i-m 30 and I quit 3 years ago.... yes it takes timeIt-s normal and it will pass.When I quit I felt like I had the worst cold in my lifefor a few weeks.but when that passed I felt better than I ever did.Hang in there!The results will be soooo worth it!congratulations you have joined a good club and should be proud of yourself yes you will soon start feeling better. I would suggest you see your doctor and get a prescription for nicotine patches,lozenges or gum, I used patches three years ago and they were a great helpI was asthmatic when I stopped I stated to feel better after about a month drank some orange juice each day and that helped well done for sticking to the no smoking anyway lolyes it will go away your body has to get use to this change ask god to help you he will he helped memy uncle quit smoking after many years and it made him sick as a dog...i think he laid on the couch for 2 weeks.....you are having withdrawals from the nicotine and it will pass...some people react differently to the withdrawals....be strong and be patient....your body is just reacting to a lack of something it has -thrived- on for a very long time....i wish i had your courageIt will pass in timeI smoked for 5 years 20 years ago and managed to stop. At first I did feel awful until the withdrawal symptoms went away, and that will happen in time and then you will feel just as good as your friend does. Your friend might be exaggerating just how good they feel knowing that you don-t feel that way yet?!Yeah you will be short tempered and not nice to know. If you wish to feel a little better get nicotine patches and lower the strength gradually or you can get a dummy cigarette or nasal sprays etc. Don-t make a healthy decision ahellonearth.yeah, it will pass, it will take time though. And don-t compare yourself to anyone else, this is just about you and how your body reacts, and everyone reacts differently. A
lthough your body is supposed to take 48 hours to get rid of the nicotine, you have to remember how long you were smoking for and the build up of -gunge- in your lungs/throat. i only smoked for about 4 years, but was ill off and on for a couple of months after stopping. you have to give your lungs a while to clean themselves and to start breathing again, but you-ve probably got an illness, possibly a throat infection of some form, on top of the misery of stopping smoking. If it helps, you need to think about how important it is that you stop now. And think that if you do restart, you-ll have to do this stopping business again (which you-ll do sooner or later). Need some more help? Do some web searches for lung cancer images and look at the damage smoking does. Or think about being 40 and always being out of breath from smoking, or having heart diesease. The only thing that really stopped me smoking was when my son was ill and was in hospital, and seeing the smokers outside hospital, some of them with amputated limbs, and/or hooked up to drips or with oxygen tanks, but they were still smoking.
Commit yourself to having some bad weeks, but think about the long term!Unfortunatley your body is craving cigarettes and will do anything to get that nicotine hit including making you feel like crap, but the good news is that the feeling you are having is the final stages off nicotine withdrawal and everything gets easier from now on.

Remember nicotine is the most addictive drug known to man, and it is very difficult to give, but you have taken the first step to a better life.I quit smoking and I had a nicotine taste on my lips for about two weeks but it went away.It takes time for your body to adjust to the change.What ever you do don-t start sucking on candy.Good Luckwell done keep up with not smoking. i gave up 18 months ago and also felt abit crap for awhile. i now feel really well. persevere with it and hopefully you will start to feel better soon.

Stopped smoking and feel awful!! Will this go away?????? -

How do I help my father stop smoking cigarettes when hes had the habit for over 30 years? -

How do I help my father stop smoking cigarettes when hes had the habit for over 30 years? -

You can-t make someone quit smoking especially
after 30 years.All you can do is hope they will.This has to be their decision.You could encourage him to stop but that rarely works because it is an addiction.I agree with the wellbutrin advise above. I think its typically used for depression, but it made me naeseous at the smell of cigarette smoke... which made me quit. But I also wanted to quit and I wasn-t a 30 year smoker. Another thought is motivating him by telling him you want him to be able to know your children... that you don-t want them to only know him through old photos. And that you want him to be there for the milestones and special moments of your life. He may argue that he-s been smoking for 30 years, its too late now. But I would guess there is some research out there that would disprove that argument.

Good Luck.Beg him! Say, -Dad, I LOVE YOU, but I cant stand being around you cuz you smell, you stink like a nasty cigarette. I know a woman who loved her father (ME) and desperately wanted to be with him for the last weeks of his life, but she couldnt bear the smell for more than a few minutes!!! she wanted him to live in her home, to love and care for him, but she was too afraid he-s burn the house down in his sleep killing her family, her husband and child!!!- Dad , Please, stop, go to the doctor or pharmacist, do whatever it takes, but stop smoking so we can all be together and love each other, dont let this -drug- take away our time together --- PLEASE, DADDY, PLEASE --- I LOVE YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!! Do you love me enough ?????YOU CAN-T! sorry to be blunt but only he will give up when he is ready. nothing you say will change that.Not much you can do. MY mom is 76 and I am 52, she has smoked my whole life and now has a pace Maker, but she is still smoking those Cigarettes. Its a terrible Addiction and extremely hard to quit. She tried the patch and Gum, they did NOTHING for her.I dont think you can get anyone to stop smoking if they dont want to. Good luck to you. I will pray he stays healthy.did he ask you for help? if not, dont spin your wheels....if he did, then all you can do is be supportive. bring him a nicotine patch here and there, praise him for his effort... he has to do everything else on his own. even you could refer him to a support group if you know of one.every time he goes to light one remind him to stop..if you can be there..welbutrin (not sure on spelling) My whole family used it to stop smoking. No matter how long you have smoke you supposedly just are able to quit.

How do I help my father stop smoking cigarettes when hes had the habit for over 30 years? -