What do you think is the best way to quit smoking? I’ve tried so many times?
sevi asked:
I’ve tried to quit smoking going cold turkey and with the gum. The longest I’ve quit is about 2 months, it *****!
I’m sorry to hear of your guys’ loss of family. Thank you all for the tips.
Bonsai Tree Care
I’ve tried to quit smoking going cold turkey and with the gum. The longest I’ve quit is about 2 months, it *****!
I’m sorry to hear of your guys’ loss of family. Thank you all for the tips.
Bonsai Tree Care
Tags: Gum, quit smoking, Smoking Turkey
January 29th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Acupuncture is really Great! especially for trying to quit smoking! Many of my friends quit after about a month of acupuncture. It really works.
January 29th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
try not to buy smokes when you shop.
ring a quitline to help you.
February 1st, 2009 at 3:13 pm
never replace one habit with another. get rid of the gum….
learn how to enjoy everything without a cigarette…..talk yourself into believing you enjoy things better without a cigarette. they mind needs to be reprogrammed, that is all…
February 3rd, 2009 at 6:14 pm
I quit 3 years ago after 25 years and trying for a long time. For me it was a health scare and my attitude. But it took me years to finally give up to not even having a social smoke. Hanging around smokers was the hardest and places like bars, so I avoided these things for as long as I could. I also used to cut my cigarettes in half. It felt weird to not have a cigarette with a drink, so I cut down on my drinking as well. I also made a rule never to smoke before 6.00pm and only outside away from others. I felt like a naughty schoolgirl at parties when I would sneak away for one until I realised it was becoming socially unacceptable in my group. This helped. But the fear of having an operation due to smoking and stress stopped me cold. Not that i would wish this on you, but perhaps visit your doctor for a check up or better, visit the respiratory ward at a hospital. I was visiting my Dad there and the things you see!!!!
February 4th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Try again cold turkey. Then you can try Wellbutrin (or Zyban) to lower cravings & mood swings.
Chantix makes cigarettes taste terrible.
I believe acupuncture also works.
The more times you try to quit the more successful you will be.
Tips from Amer. Lung Assoc.
Cut straws in 1/2. **** on them. Smokers are used to taking in more air than nonsmokers.
Snack on celery & carrot sticks. **** on sugarless hard candy or sugarless gum.
Change habits…ie: if you have coffee & a cigarette after dinner, change to tea, etc.
Best of luck to you.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Go search the Internet for pictures of lungs with tuberculosis and cancer. Print them with a caption, “This is the future of my lungs!” Post it on a wall where you can always see it when you have a strong urge to smoke. For me I quit when my father die during my watch in a hospital. He was a chain smoker since his youth. He can hardly breathe as if he is drowning, potion of his lungs hardened from nicotine and would not expand when he tried to breathe. I know he is a very good swimmer but this time there is no water but he appeared to be sinking and his breath is getting shorter each time he get some air. I know how to swim too but this time, how can I save him from drowning? But I know I can save myself, so I quit smoking. while it is not too late.
February 6th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Perhaps the nicorette activestop program might help.