how did you quit smoking?

[redsoxguy84]

Cancer runs rampant in my family. My father died from it when i was 12, 2 cousins have had it and both my grandfathers. I have been smoking for the past 7 years or so, i never should have started, but i did. I have tried to quit multiple times. The last time i tried To use the drug chantex to help, it did a decent job for about 4 days i drastically cut down. But after that i just slowly started smoking again then eventually ditched the drug.


I seriously want to quit, at least i feel like i want too, then in a matter of hours i will just get that irressistable urge and need one. I have one friend who was smoking for the past 5 years then just quit cold turkey out of the blue one day. I dont understand how he did it, he just claimed he was never really addicted.

I don't even know how long i have been on the last pack.... it is by far the worst habit in my life, its a turn off to most women, it affects me when im running, and it is shortening my life by the day. I want to stop it so bad but i just cant ever dig deep enough to find the will power....


Any of you who quit and know what im talking about and how incredibly hard it can be i really would be interested to hear some of your ideas and input. Thanks
Bill

[dalls23]

when i quit i chewed on a lot of jerky and suckers

[htxtim]

My Dad had smoked most of his life. When younger, I would always annoy the hell out of him and he would quit short term. Finally, his Dr told him that if he didn't quit, she would no longer treat him. She put him on a program. To date, he hasn't had one for about 20 yrs now. He is often in disbelief about how much money he has saved.

As for me...I never started

[babay]

I smoked for 35 years, it was literally killing me ....
and so ~ 1 year 4 months ago, I just quit. I still crave them every single day .... it is not easy. I gained a lot weight. I cried. I was pissed, lol.
I am slowly feeling better.
If you can do it ~ fantastic! .... the sooner, the better.
I wish I had a magical solution for you. Everyone is different.
Good luck
~hugs

[Harsea21]

Patches is the trick .. nothing else will do.

I quit 10 years ago. Was a big smoker ... been smoking for 22 years. Tried lot of tricks in 22 years!! Nicotine patches did the work for me (over a month).

Familydoctor.org

Nicoderm (do all the steps ... use as directed)

Tips : I stopped drinking a month before I started the patches ... for 3 months. So I waited a month after I quit smoking before having a beer ... or a glass of wine!

Tips #2 : Start a serious training program, at least 3-4 times a week and hold to it ... I didn't and I gained 75 pounds in 10 years. Not good.

[pinkfloyd68]

I smoked for about 20 years...started when I was 17 myself. I did quit a couple times in between those years and did it cold turkey and last about 4-5 months at a time.

Last Valentines Day (2008) I quit again...cold turkey and havent lit up since then to this date.

Not everyone can just quit cold turkey and be fine...but it is a mind over matter issue. Yeah it is or can be rough for the first few weeks after quitting because you have a habit of reaching in your pocket to grab one, or lighting up first thing in the morning.

I had a habit of lighting up at certain areas of my daily commute. It was bad, and all the while I was starting to smoke more and more....and I knew it. Then that day came and I just said enough is enough...and quit.

I wish you the best of luck in quitting. And when you do....you will again realize how much better food tastes, how much better you can breathe and smell things better, and how more relaxed you can be.

[voodoo1215]

whatever you do... DONT USE CHANTIX... that shit is bad.. Cigarest is a joke and a waste of money... the patches work if you are truly ready, the first time... if you start again, the patches are too easy to rip off and start over.. my sister and a few of her friends quit using smoke away... and she swears by it...

[girlygirlxx]

I have heard that being hypnotized works too. It did for my stepdad .... he hasn't smoked since and that was about 20 years ago.

[billybob]

I have always been blessed with will power, I just put them down one morning after hard partying, drinking and smoking too much. Then went to coffee, got pissed because I was drinking too much and quit coffee!! I was flying all the time when I was smoking, and til this day, I always thought I started just to have something to do with my hands.

[manu35]

1 smoked 35 years then when my little girl was born i wanted to quit so i went to a stop smoking group there were 20 of us at the start at the end there was just me
i used patches and some horrible little tablet to put under my tounge it was gross it made me sick reguarly but i carried on that was 5years ago now but i think the big factor was will power

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