Best Way To Quit Smoking

Melonade

fizzytrinket wrote: »

i am a prisoner. i know it. i've just been outside to smoke in the snow and freezing cold in my dressing gown. didnt enjoy it but had to.

i am preparing myself to stop. it's just finding the right day.putting it off i know :rolleyes:

I know exactly how you feel and I think deciding on a day was probably the hardest thing for me. First I chose New Years Day then decided it was too predictable (any excuse). Me and my oh both smoke and after a talk about it we realised what we could be doing with the money and I think it was a big kick up the bum for me to choose a day. I was excited by Tuesday because I'd made it into a little countdown for myself

It could still go wrong for me though as I've tried and failed in the past (even on patches, which I think were too strong so got a lower dose) but this is the best I've felt and I'm getting more confident I can do it.

Steph998

fizzytrinket wrote: »

i am a prisoner. i know it. i've just been outside to smoke in the snow and freezing cold in my dressing gown. didnt enjoy it but had to.

i am preparing myself to stop. it's just finding the right day.putting it off i know :rolleyes:

LOL! So if you 'didn't enjoy it'.....why on earth did you do it? Was the taste of that cigarette out there in cold really worth it? Honestly? Did you even think about the taste of the cigarette you usually 'enjoy', or were you just going through the motions because your body is craving nicotine?

You know, the cig you have just had, has just created the craving for another one which will start bugging you in about 20 minutes. And so it goes on. It's not the cig you want....it's the effect from the nicotine.

Sorry to sound preachy....LOL....:rotfl:

Once smokers understand the trap that is addiction, they usually stop for good.


EDIT: I am sorry, having read this back, I do sound a bit annoying....but I can't help being 'evangelical' about Easyway. It really is the easiest way to stop. I appreciate it does not work for everyone, but it worked for me with bells on, and I just wan't everyone to have that amazing freedom. Now....where's the book on quitting Vodka....:rotfl:

suki1964

Steph998 wrote: »

I'm sorry, but just google Champix to see how dangerous this drug be. Probably, in the sphere of things not as dangerous as continuing to smoke..... but, why take a drug that acts on the area of the brain that controls addiction, when you can simply work it out for yourself with new information? After taking tablets you are still left with the thought that you are missing something, or there is something to GIVE UP as you say above. There is nothing to 'give up'. There is no sacrifice. The prison that is smoking is all in the mind, and you have to change your mind about smoking in order to be free. Tablets won't help that.

Sorry but I too quit on Champix after smoking for 30 years

When you get your degree in psychology do come back and tell me again that Champix doesnt work IT DOES

theduchesshavoc

I have tried nicotene patches, and I'm not reading Alan Carr since being told what to do always makes me really angry, and before anybody tries it, I'm not budging on this one. Various friends have gotten involved with very long arguments with me about this, and I'm sticking to my guns about it, so I hope everybody can respect my decision, I'm sure the book works for some people, but it's not for me. Nicotene patches worked for a week, which was good because I hadn't been able to quit for even one day previous to this, so it gave me a lot of hope for future progress, which is how I see the process of quitting.

It's trial and error and horses for courses.

After that week of non smoking I fell back off the wagon, but I was sure that if I gave myself time before making another attempt the next time I would progress further. So this time around I'm cutting back slowly. I've gone from approx 10 - 15 a day to 6 - 7 a day for the last fortnight, and I'm going to stick to this figure for a month and then cut down to 4-5 a day for six weeks, and then down to 3, and so on. I'm not really even too fussed if I can't make it past one, perhaps that's dodgy, but I have time to reasses this later, for now, 6-7 is progress.

I have found that it helps that I'm not drinking alchohol at all this month, or socialising; have also found that cutting my caffeine intake to 1-2 cups of coffee in the morning and nothing past midday is beneficial. It's really when I'm having to entertain and socialise with others that I get dependent on the habit.

OH's mum quit by hypnosis because she was pregnant with OH. Nan quit cold turkey because grandad died of lung cancer (he was also a coal miner). So sometimes a significant event can give you the incentive to make a clear break. Like I say, horses for courses.

So my suggestion woud be, analyse the times and reasons you smoke, do whatever you're going to do with gusto and determination, and if you don't succeed, learn from the successes and failures you have had, giving yourself time to make a fresh and intelligently considered attempt.

Kandipandi

You have to want to give up more than anything.

All the pills patches and potions wont help you if you cant get your head into it.

coco1980

i grew up with a father who was ill and eventually died mainly due to smoking; 21 heart attacks(3 of them major) 3 strokes and the loss of both legs, you would think that would be enough to put anyone off.
but you really need to want to stop.

i finally gave up using champix and i have had no bad side effects etc.
i have now been a non smoker for 5 months

graemecarter

Steph998 wrote: »

I'm sorry, but just google Champix to see how dangerous this drug be. Probably, in the sphere of things not as dangerous as continuing to smoke..... but, why take a drug that acts on the area of the brain that controls addiction, when you can simply work it out for yourself with new information? After taking tablets you are still left with the thought that you are missing something, or there is something to GIVE UP as you say above. There is nothing to 'give up'. There is no sacrifice. The prison that is smoking is all in the mind, and you have to change your mind about smoking in order to be free. Tablets won't help that.

Can you do the same with alcohol?

Toothsmith

Kandipandi wrote: »

You have to want to give up more than anything.

All the pills patches and potions wont help you if you cant get your head into it.

This indeed is the key.

I smoked through my 20s. I have thrown away half packs, then 2 hrs later been rummaging through the bin desperate for a straight, unbroken one I could smoke! Humiliating!

My wife thought I'd given up just after we married, but I carried on in secret for 3 yrs! Still trying, but very much on my own then.

Then, the day my wife announced she was expecting our first child, that was it. I realised if I ever caught jnr smoking, I would leather him! So he'd better never catch me.

Out of the car window went half a pack of Superkings, and I never smoked again. No pills, potions, patches or packs.

Giving up smoking is a really hard thing to do, unless you really WANT to - then it's easy.

esio_trot

suki1964 wrote: »

Sorry but I too quit on Champix

As did I. Nothing else, including Mr Carr with Easyway, had worked. As far as I'm concerned, the book is interesting but told me nothing new and therefore I had no reason to stop as a result of reading it. It is true when people say you need to want it though, no point in trying otherwise.

mluton

Have a baby. Was enough to make me quit after 12 years.