?Tips to quit smoking?

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Originally Posted by ClaesGefvenberg

Good on you mate :thumbs_up If you can skip 59.5, surely it must be a piece of cake to skip the last half as well, right? ;)

Ok, seriously: You are now in withdrawal... I can imagine how tough that must be, and it will probably stay that way for some time, but don't give in. You owe yourself that much.

And hey: Try not to bite the heads off people around you, ok?

/Claes

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well i ended up with a pack yesterday... but thats still only a third...

and yes i was in serious withdrawl...and i will try, no promises thou on not biteing peoples heads off today during class but yesterday i locked myself in my room...

excersise...im on the track team...yes weird i know, but i love running so i do long distance (another reason i have to stop) and throw discuss

sleepy, take half of what you smoke and throw it in the firepace, put your money and keys in a hard to get place that way you arent tempted to get more... or wash them...and just refuse to go but more... im chewing on toothpicks becuase i can fool myself into thinking its a cigg. and all. but hey if you realy want to quit dont buy anymore and last pack it... tis another thing i have 2 packs left... i refuse to buy more...

Avoid places you connect with smoking.

;) Why do you guys require tips to quit smoking. I have quitted smoking on numerous occasions and I never needed a tip to do that.;)

Jokes apart, one of the best ways for people addicted to smoking is to gradually increase the time interval between smoking and reducing the daily intake in a phased manner. This being highly effective also keeps away the side effects of sudden quitting experienced by some people.

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Originally Posted by Sweets America

You should read Stephen King's short story entitled 'Quitters, Inc.', it proposes a radical way to stop smoking which has a hundred percent success. :D

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Ha ha! Good one, Sweets. :thumbs_up

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Originally Posted by stephofthenight

well i ended up with a pack yesterday... but thats still only a third...

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Yes... One pack is far better than three of them, but don't give up. Stop altogether. I believe you can do it. Prove me right.

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Originally Posted by stephofthenight

tis another thing i have 2 packs left... i refuse to buy more...

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Good. So throw them on a bonfire... Do not smoke them! You are quitting, remember? You are going to be a non smoker...

/Claes

My uncle had a serious kinda heart attack and he quit. Right there and then. Don't know how he did it. He was addicted to it quite severely, several packs. Its been three years and he hasn't smoked since then. Not scaring you or anything. But you are already quitting anyway. Keep it going :thumbs_up

Listen to relaxing music.

My mum quit, cold turkey lasted about 3/4 years then she started again (most likley because my dad never quit) and funerals and things well *shrug*
Anyway I rember she did it with this website.. and they had you do projects and things for every period of time...I think I rember her saying that the first 7 months are the worst because it takes that long to get the nicotine out of your system.

Anyway not quite the same but Ive found the best way to cure myself of certain habits is to keep your hands busy, took up sewing, quit=ing , crochette, embroidery ( theory being as long as my hand s are busy doing something they cant be busy snacking. And itt worked.... till I went to uni and didnt have room for the sewing stuff so started back again with the crisps.

Ok, here's what I think. You are what, 15 or 16? You go to school full time and smoke three packs a day?? Where are your parents? After reading your threads, posts, and blogs, I find it hard to believe you have any. I smoked for a very long time and couldn't fit three packs a day into one day even when I was home with the kids. There's just not enough time. Sorry, but that's my thoughts.

Hi,

I smoked from 12-13 years until 3 months after my 18th birthday. I worked in a restaurant, and every Sunday I saw a little old lady and her husband come into the restaurant for lunch. Trailing behind her was the oxygen tank to which she was now attached for the remainder of her life. After seeing her pull off her oxygen to light up a couple of times, I was dumbfounded that she could still be addicted with her breathing problems. On Feb 15, 1998, I decided I was finished. I threw away the pack of cigarettes I had just opened along with the lighter and swore I was finished.

Later that day, I discovered that one of my close classmates (I was a senior in a very small high school) had committed suicide, and it was one of the most difficult times for me. I didn't pick up the cigarettes. I stood by my pact with myself and stood strong to ME. The emotions were terrible, the majority of my friends and co-workers smoked as well, but I wouldn't light up again.
It will be 10 years in February.

If you really want to do it, you can. Just put them down, and stick by your word.

Good Luck!

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Originally Posted by otare

Trailing behind her was the oxygen tank to which she was now attached for the remainder of her life.

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My point exactly in post # 30 in this thread: When you see things like that and possess even a tiny bit of imagination it is likely to make you quit or prevent you from starting to smoke.

Who wants to end up like that?

/Claes

How far where you gone steph?

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Originally Posted by Granny5

Ok, here's what I think. You are what, 15 or 16? You go to school full time and smoke three packs a day?? Where are your parents? After reading your threads, posts, and blogs, I find it hard to believe you have any. I smoked for a very long time and couldn't fit three packs a day into one day even when I was home with the kids. There's just not enough time. Sorry, but that's my thoughts.

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aye...you forget how much time i spend outside with the animals feeding everyone and all...
i was chain smoking a pack an hour.:sick:

:crash: <- how i feel, i havent had any...at all today:crash:

Got the link,
this is what helped my mum quit http://quitnet.com/.

Good Luck steph!:D

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Originally Posted by stephofthenight

:crash: <- how i feel, i havent had any...at all today:crash:

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Hang in there. I have seen withdrawal enough times to understand that it is a bear, but it will get easier soon. Well done. :thumbs_up

/Claes

I did it with nicotine plasters. I smoked about 30 cigarettes a day for 30 years and I quitted smoking last May.

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Originally Posted by Lulim

I did it with nicotine plasters. I smoked about 30 cigarettes a day for 30 years and I quitted smoking last May.

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can you recommend a good brand of nicotine patches? I tried it once, but it sucked. I smoked light cigarettes anyway even while the patch was on...

Take your mind off a problem and come back to it later.

...still clean....
still in withdrawl thou.

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

can you recommend a good brand of nicotine patches? I tried it once, but it sucked. I smoked light cigarettes anyway even while the patch was on...

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You shouldn't do that, it is a double dosis of nicotine and your addiction grows stronger then.

I used nicorette, but I think there will be no difference. I smoked "Schwarzer Krauser", by the way — anyway, I had really difficulties with breathing and I told myself, stop smoking or choke one of these days. I gained weight, though …

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Originally Posted by stephofthenight

...still clean....

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:thumbs_up Congratulations. Good job! :nod:

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Originally Posted by stephofthenight

still in withdrawl thou.

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That, I'm afraid, was to be expected, and I suppose it will stay that way for a while yet, but it will pass. The craving will remain much longer, unfortunately. That's when you need to remember how awful withdrawal is: To keep you from starting again. You don't want to have experienced withdrawal in vain, right?

/Claes

Claes, you differentiate between withdrawal and craving, I thought it was the same? Or is there physical withdrawal like fro heavy drugs? :confused:

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Originally Posted by Koa

Claes, you differentiate between withdrawal and craving, I thought it was the same? Or is there physical withdrawal like fro heavy drugs? :confused:

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There are indeed physical withdrawal symptoms, as I'm sure Steph can tell you by now. It takes a while for the bad stuff to leave your system. Then your body needs to adjust to the absence of it.

The craving seems to be another matter: I have friends who quit years ago: They say that they still feel the pull of the poison. It gets less pronounced over time, but it is still there, and one must be prepared to resist it.

/Claes

things are beinging to look up im starting to belive that i realy can do this.... thanks for all of your support guys, its making a BIG diffrence

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Originally Posted by Koa

Claes, you differentiate between withdrawal and craving, I thought it was the same? Or is there physical withdrawal like fro heavy drugs? :confused:

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yep, there is physical withdrawal, when you stop smoking: e.g. you can't sleep or sleep fitfully, indigestion, cold sweats...

psychologically, the funny thing is, when you light up a cigarette your brain looks forward to having its addiction indulged. but actually once you have the first drag your brain goes "bleep, thanks you" and that's all it takes to satisfy the psychological part of the addiction. you wouldn't have to smoke the whole cigarette at all.

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Originally Posted by stephofthenight

things are beinging to look up im starting to belive that i realy can do this.... thanks for all of your support guys, its making a BIG diffrence

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Of course you can, Steph. We believe in you, and I'm glad that you are beginning to do so as well. Keep fighting the urge... and tell yourself that you are now a non-smoker :thumbs_up :nod:

/Claes

Steph, how are you doing? How about a situation report?

/Claes

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Originally Posted by ClaesGefvenberg

Of course you can, Steph. We believe in you, and I'm glad that you are beginning to do so as well. Keep fighting the urge... and tell yourself that you are now a non-smoker :thumbs_up :nod:

/Claes

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honestly, i havent had time to think about smoking... so im non-smoker:D its rather odd to say that, hey its been two weeks...
oh my god!!! i should go party... ttyl guys lol. jk jk im too sick for partying...im going to bed...:sick:

Drink a lot of liquids, especially water. Try herbal teas or fruit juices. Limit coffee, soft drinks, and alcohol - they can increase your urge to smoke.

well i say take a walk in the park .maybe you would say why do that?
but actully when you look at nature and see the greenery and all the life of it deppens on you then maybe you'll stop smoking.

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Originally Posted by stephofthenight

honestly, i havent had time to think about smoking... so im non-smoker:D its rather odd to say that, hey its been two weeks...

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That is absolutley brilliant!:thumbs_up

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Originally Posted by stephofthenight

im too sick for partying...im going to bed...:sick:

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Opps. Sorry to hear that. Take care of yourself and drop by when you're feeling better.

/Claes

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Originally Posted by mukta581

Drink a lot of liquids, especially water. Try herbal teas or fruit juices. Limit coffee, soft drinks, and alcohol - they can increase your urge to smoke.

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lol...uh oh...im s.o.l.

softdrinks.... diet drp a 12pk a day...
coffee...well at all three starbucks they know me by name...
alcohol... its good in coffe and drp...

Take up consistent distance running and racing. Running and tobacco don't go together very well, so I'd suppose.

lol i know... i do cross country 10 miles a day, my times dropped dramaticly when i started

After many many years of smoking, I am finally ready to stop for good. I've tried cold turkey numerous times and it worked for a while but there was always something to set me off and go back to it.
Today while I was at the doctor, I said I give up, I can't do it on my own. So I got a prescription for Chantix. Has anyone used this ?

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Originally Posted by pussnboots

After many many years of smoking, I am finally ready to stop for good.

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Good job! :thumbs_up Please tell us about your progress.

Speaking of... Steph: How are you doing?

/Claes

You must revise your life.

It's been one week since I had a cigarette. I've smoked twenty a day since I was fifteen; I'm thirty-two now! God I miss it, but I didn't like the look of the crud I was coughing up each morning.

I am in to day 2 of starting Chantix to help me stop smoking. During the first week you are allowed to still smoke. My quit date is next Wednesday. By then my system shld be immuned to the medication and hopefully I won't have the urge to smoke. I'm keping my fingers crossed that it works. My aunt has already told me if I get the urge to smoke, I shld call her.

When I worked grounds/maintenance at my old boarding school, my boss said he smoked when he was in 'Nam from '67-'71--three-and-a-ahalf years.

Claims he quit cold turkey. Like that. Eats fire and ****s smoke.