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I need to quit smoking. I get so close 2 or 3 days without a cig and then I crack and can't take it. I've even tried the losengers and patch. I want to do it cold turkey! I'm so sick of being under the control of an addiction. I want to save money, I don't want to smell like ciggs anymore, I want to be able to breathe.
Has anyone else quit cold turkey and how did you handle the 3 day attack? Please please please help me. I've been trying to quit for 4 years now.
If the only factor preventing you to quit is that the first days are so hard, quit when you have caught a bad flu - or choose any other moment when if you only had *one* drag from a cigarette you'd get the grandmother of all headaches.
Well, I did have a really bad cold last week and that is why I went 2 days without one and I messed it up and I don't even know why. I had a cig when my friend came over and I didn't even want one. Then I started to feel better and started having nic fits.
I get so grouchy too and I hate feeling grouchy. It is so frustrating. I guess I'm going to try again on this sat on the first.
Perhaps keeping cigarettes in your mouth but *not* lighting them could help for a while? A friend of mine does this when she can't smoke for a month (when she's getting a specific treatment) - and she's a quite heavy smoker.
Cut any activity that you usually associate with smoking. I like to smoke while I'm talking on my cell phone. If I don't want to smoke for a few days, I keep the cell phone turned off because I know that once I'm on it I'll light a cigarette.
Thanks for the idea. I think I'm also going to try to buy some vegetables like carrots and stuff that will keep my mouth busy chewing. I seem to have the most trouble at home in the evening and right after work. I'm going to try doing a workout tape or sit ups or something when I'm having trouble in the evening. I know I can do it i just have to get my head together and really freaking do it. lol.
go to your doctor and tell him/her you want to quit.
ask them to put you on Zyban (aka Wellbutrin) which is an anti-depressant that also has a side-effect of cutting your nicotine cravings.
It works and after taking the Rx for about 2 wks you will notice dramatic decrease in cigs you smoke per day. It can probably get you down to like just wanting to smoke 5 cigs per day but the rest u have to do yerself.
It works, try it. It makes you care less whether you need another smoke or not.
I've done it. I recently quit for 4.5 months, but screwed up about a month ago. I'm putting them down again on New Years Day, and I'm not one of those people who can casually smoke. I am seriously addicted to cigarettes. It's an addiction I'll battle for the rest of my life and even one drag of a cigarette after quitting, can kill your quit for good.
Do not put unlit cigarettes in your mouth. That won't help at all, especially if there's a match on the same block. The only way to quit (IMHO) is to go cold turkey. What you're addicted to is the nicotine, and nicotine replacement therapy only prolongs the addiction. You need to get the drug out of your system in order fot the cravings to go away. The first few days are very hard, and so are the few weeks that follow that. In fact, I didn't stop thinking about smoking until I was two months into my quit. It take a lot of willpower.
One thing that will get you through is education on the dangers of smoking. Most people think they know all the dangers, but they really don't. I didn't. Go to whyquit.com and read everything you can for the first few days of your quit. There are also message boards there. It's called Freedom from Tobacco. Sign up and get support, but keep in mind that if you post that you smoked one cigarette, they will ban you for good from the boards. If you screw up, just don't tell anyone.
Download one of the quit counters there and install it on your computer. I use Harry's quit counter. It will tell you how much time has passed, how long until your physical addiction ends, how many cigs you didn't smoke, how much money you saved, and how many days of your life you saved. Read all the info at whyquit.com and keep reading. There's enough info there to keep you very busy.
Do NOT keep smokes on you or in your house. Try not to drink alcohol for the first couple weeks or so, and then if you need a drink, practice having one or two drinks at home where there are no cigarettes in your reach.
Exercise as much as you can and drink tons of water. Drink a lot of juice in the first few days, and eat 5 small meals a day. Many times what you think is a craving is actaully a hunger pain. If you drink a lot of caffeine, limit the amount you drink, because for some reason, nicotine helps your body process twice as much caffeine.
I hope this helps. There's no easy way, but pure willpower and the desire to not smoke. Eventually the cravings will subside and you'll learn how to live without smoking, but beware the ocassional smoke. That's exactly how I started again and I blew a 4.5 month quit. How stupid was that? I now have to go through the withdrawal process all over again.
Thanks Lonestar. We will have to keep each other updated on our progress. We have the same quit day. I was Wellbutrin before for depression and it worked in a way but I didn't really want to quit then. Plus, I do not want to be on another med ever again.
Must remember to go to grocery store to get supplies. lol.
Thank you. I'm dreading it but I think I will feel better when it's over. Such a waste of money and time. I watched my best friend die of lung cancer and I still smoke a year and a half later. I think I am going to become an advocate for non smoking.
I smoked a pack a day for ten years before quitting. What I had to do was find something to keep my hands occupied.
As silly as it sounds, I went out and bought a bag of those little plastic straw-type stirsticks. Anytime I felt like I 'needed a smoke' I grabbed a stirstick instead. And I chewed those suckers flat. Yeah, there was no taste to them or anything, but it got my jaws working.
I can't say that it made quitting really really easy, but it did help me a lot. And I didn't break to have even one smoke.
Also I kept telling myself, "I can go another hour without one, I really can....." and then tell myself the same thing the next hour. Don't try to quit for days, try to quit for minutes or hours. And then try for more. You can do it!
Oh, I forgot to mention, this was like 12 years ago, and the gum then wasn't that effective and the patch was just an idea, so your chances of success now are better than ever!
.. I know it's hard to quit smoking. For over 12 years in my life I was a prisoner of cigarettes too. I can hardly take a good grief if I can’t puff a cigarette. I smoked 2 pack/day. But I realized it made my life shorter and also i want to save my money in my pocket not in a wallet of cigar’s. I think most of us knows already the bad effects of smoking... so, why not to stop it! i know it's not easy but there are some products that will help you quickly and easily end your smoking habit... My friend introduced to me about NOSMOQ, it’s amazing, Today I am smoke free and never had nicotine fits (no cravings or withdrawal symptoms).“I could almost feel my body being cleansed of nicotine ,!!Try it I guarantee you in just 7 days you will be free from being addiction no matter how long you have been smoking!
Originally posted by achon
.. I know it's hard to quit smoking. For over 12 years in my life I was a prisoner of cigarettes too. I can hardly take a good grief if I can’t puff a cigarette. I smoked 2 pack/day. But I realized it made my life shorter and also i want to save my money in my pocket not in a wallet of cigar’s. I think most of us knows already the bad effects of smoking... so, why not to stop it! i know it's not easy but there are some products that will help you quickly and easily end your smoking habit... My friend introduced to me about NOSMOQ, it’s amazing, Today I am smoke free and never had nicotine fits (no cravings or withdrawal symptoms).“I could almost feel my body being cleansed of nicotine ,!!Try it I guarantee you in just 7 days you will be free from being addiction no matter how long you have been smoking!
I've never heard of any product that can QUICKLY and EASILY help a person stop smoking.
What exactly is NOSMOQ? Where do you purchase it? How is it administered?
i smoked a pack a day for the past 8 years and i gave up cold turkey 7 months ago and the only thing i could recommend is this..
no smoking in the house - throw out ashtrays (litorally)
no smoking in the car - at all
if friends that smoke come over or spend time with you in the first week, tell them not to light up in front of you, can they just go around the corner.. thats the hardest time.. the first week..
Do not accept offers for smokes, not even a drag..
every night as your going to sleep, tell yourself I am a non smoker.. i know it sounds stupid but it works.. i tried hypnotherapy, patches, tablets everything and could give up , it was only when i changed my life patterns that i totally forgot about smoking.. litorally forgot...
also you can go to a healthy life shop and ask them for some natural herb tablets to level out your cravings and sugar levels.. only take them for about 2 weeks and then you will be fine.. after about 2 weeks you really couldnt even imagine going back to smoking cause you will feel so much better seriously..
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...I know hard it is.
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