Ok today I am stopping smoking - need encouragement and PLEASE people who have never smoked please dont answer?!
Question: Ok today I am stopping smoking - need encouragement and PLEASE people who have never smoked please dont answer.?
- I really dont want to hear about why I should stop smoking (I know already, thats why Im giving up!)
I only smoke under 10 a day. I stopped about 2 years ago for year and a half. I have 2 children and find sneaking outside to have a fag is not nice and the kids might find out. also I feel that when I smoke I have a shorter fuse cause I am always thinking of when is my next opportunity to sneak outside - if you know what I mean.
Just need some support and tales on how other people stopped.Health Question & Answer
I only smoke under 10 a day. I stopped about 2 years ago for year and a half. I have 2 children and find sneaking outside to have a fag is not nice and the kids might find out. also I feel that when I smoke I have a shorter fuse cause I am always thinking of when is my next opportunity to sneak outside - if you know what I mean.
Just need some support and tales on how other people stopped.Health Question & Answer
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Welcome to the Club. You will enjoy food that you have never done before,Food taste as it should .... the smell , the taste..all fantastic !
Your sense of smell will be so good that a walk in the park will be a totally new experience.Dont give this great experience up. Develope a dislike for those who smoke....Keep away from them!
Control your diet and excercise. Have Fun !Health Question & Answer
Your sense of smell will be so good that a walk in the park will be a totally new experience.Dont give this great experience up. Develope a dislike for those who smoke....Keep away from them!
Control your diet and excercise. Have Fun !Health Question & Answer
Congratulations, dude! This is the hardest but yet most rewarding thing you will do in your life.
I quit smoking for a variety of reasons, but the thing that kept me off, was that my girlfriend said she wouldn't sleep with me while I smelled of smoke. This was a good incentive to cut down, then I realised I may as well stop completely; with the other reasons.
The other method I used was to calculate exactly how much I was spending per month on ciggies, then at the end of the month (so long as I hadn't smoked any) treat myself to something worth that amount of money.
I've now been quit for 5 months, and don't even get cravings anymore.Health Question & Answer
I quit smoking for a variety of reasons, but the thing that kept me off, was that my girlfriend said she wouldn't sleep with me while I smelled of smoke. This was a good incentive to cut down, then I realised I may as well stop completely; with the other reasons.
The other method I used was to calculate exactly how much I was spending per month on ciggies, then at the end of the month (so long as I hadn't smoked any) treat myself to something worth that amount of money.
I've now been quit for 5 months, and don't even get cravings anymore.Health Question & Answer
I never quit, and haven't tried yet; however, I had a buddy who quit smoking in a high stress environment (Iraq) by using a marker to color the end of a cigarette. When ever he had a craving, he would get that cigarette and pretend to smoke. As silly as that sounds, a large part of smoking is the physical habit just as much as the chemical. It worked, and he quit.
Another sugestion would be to start chewing gum (not nicorette gum or whatever). If you get a craving, pop in some gum to keep you busy. I think that the busyness factor will help more than taking a silly patch.Health Question & Answer
Another sugestion would be to start chewing gum (not nicorette gum or whatever). If you get a craving, pop in some gum to keep you busy. I think that the busyness factor will help more than taking a silly patch.Health Question & Answer
good for you, i have smoked for over 40 years, i now have copd, (that's not good), think of the money you will save, put the money in a pot that you would of spent on ciggies , don't count it for a year just keep putting it in the pot , then count it, you will get a surprise, then spend the money on YOU,god luck on the stopping, Health Question & Answer
Do yourself a favour and buy either Allen Carr's Easyway book or DVD, alot of people think it doesn't work but it worked or me, i watched the dvd it 70 minutes long i needed to watch it twice but it worked. You stop immediately and no mood swings ect. Have a go, watch it you have nothing to loose. You can also download the dvd from thepiratebay.org
good luck
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good luck
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I also smoke and know how hard it is to stop. The nearest I came to stopping was when I started reading an Alan Carr book. He says the biggest reason for us not to stop is 'fear'! I believe this to be true..fear of some special reward missing from your life, fear of having no more fun, etc. The book was so good that I have always been afraid of reading the last 10 pages as I know when I finish it I will be a non-smoker!!
One day I will be brave enough to finish it. It sounds to me like you are ready now! I envy you..well done.Health Question & Answer
One day I will be brave enough to finish it. It sounds to me like you are ready now! I envy you..well done.Health Question & Answer
I quit when i got preg and it was not easy but I just stopped buying them and it really did the trick. You have to want to quit though. Cut back to a set amount (like 3 or 4 then 1 and 2) and then just stop getting them. I know it sucks but it does get better soon, 3 days for me. It is up to you to decide if it's important to you. Health Question & Answer
I wish I had your control to give it up - I did 29 years ago while pregnant and started again 16 years later and now have no will power, keep going you are doing great, you know how hard it is because you done it before.Health Question & Answer
best of luck.i will be stopping smoking on Wednesday.i have stop and then started smoking again.this time it is for good.Health Question & Answer
When I was giving up I did this thing where I'd say to myself (when I was gagging for a smoke), If I still want one in five minutes then I'll have one. Usually in five minutes I'd forgotten about it. Good luck.Health Question & Answer
My father put the price of one day's cigarettes in a jar every evening, then treated us all in celebration!
He never smoked again.Health Question & Answer
He never smoked again.Health Question & Answer
Get a few mints and boiled sweets to help, it takes your mind off it.Health Question & Answer
Find plenty to do using your hands and brain.Health Question & Answer
I was smoking 30-40 per day when I gave up 15 years ago. I just stopped without warning myself (sounds strange but it worked for me) and never picked one up again. Reason was partly money as I reckon I spent the price of a house in the 25 years I smoked. also older daughter constantly had cough, runny nose etc. and it turns put it was the smoke having a bad effect on her.
It will not be easy and even after all this time I sometimes dream of smoking. One thing that kept me off them was that my doctor told me (and I have since confirmed) that nicotine is just as addictive as heroin and to beat it takes an enormous amount of will power. If you can do it it's also good for your self esteem and confidence.
I wish you luck and the fortitude to do the right thing.Health Question & Answer
It will not be easy and even after all this time I sometimes dream of smoking. One thing that kept me off them was that my doctor told me (and I have since confirmed) that nicotine is just as addictive as heroin and to beat it takes an enormous amount of will power. If you can do it it's also good for your self esteem and confidence.
I wish you luck and the fortitude to do the right thing.Health Question & Answer
Hi ya, Good on you for wanting to give up smoking!
My Father-in-law gave up smoking last year when he was diagnosed as having a nodule on his vocal chord ( he lost his voice).
He used to smoke 40-60 cigarettes a day and had done from aged 14 until 67 years of age.
He always vowed not to give up but I think this health issue made him think.
What he did was he went to the nurse at his doctors surgery and he got prescribed some Nicorette chewing gum, inhalors and plastic cigarette type thingy.
he found it hard to give up but did so by getting rid of all but one of his cigarettes. The one he kept he cellotaped it up completely but carried it around with him. He said the thing he missed most was actually holding the ciggie whilst reading or having a cuppa! He was monitored closely by the nurse at his surgery (they use these machines to check to see if you are smoking).
he did not like the plstic cigarette or the patches but stuck with the chewing gum. After a few months he just got normal minty chewing gum with no nicotine at all!
He said after a month he felt that his food tasted better and that he did not smell.
he has completely given up and i am so proud of him for that. he said the biggest thing in giving up is that you have to "really want to give up and be ready to give up".
He had his op on this thraot last week and is fine. IT was cancerous but they have removed it all successfully.
Now when he smells cigarette smoke he cannot abide it.
I wish you luck as i know it's not easy but there is help out there for you from the NHS.Health Question & Answer
My Father-in-law gave up smoking last year when he was diagnosed as having a nodule on his vocal chord ( he lost his voice).
He used to smoke 40-60 cigarettes a day and had done from aged 14 until 67 years of age.
He always vowed not to give up but I think this health issue made him think.
What he did was he went to the nurse at his doctors surgery and he got prescribed some Nicorette chewing gum, inhalors and plastic cigarette type thingy.
he found it hard to give up but did so by getting rid of all but one of his cigarettes. The one he kept he cellotaped it up completely but carried it around with him. He said the thing he missed most was actually holding the ciggie whilst reading or having a cuppa! He was monitored closely by the nurse at his surgery (they use these machines to check to see if you are smoking).
he did not like the plstic cigarette or the patches but stuck with the chewing gum. After a few months he just got normal minty chewing gum with no nicotine at all!
He said after a month he felt that his food tasted better and that he did not smell.
he has completely given up and i am so proud of him for that. he said the biggest thing in giving up is that you have to "really want to give up and be ready to give up".
He had his op on this thraot last week and is fine. IT was cancerous but they have removed it all successfully.
Now when he smells cigarette smoke he cannot abide it.
I wish you luck as i know it's not easy but there is help out there for you from the NHS.Health Question & Answer
the fact that you go outside to have a fag is an advantage
i would only allow myself to smoke in one place and would avoid that place if i could
i also used one of those fake cigarette inhalers
i worked hard to keep myself busy
try not to eat to replae the fags
it isnt easy you will have to keep urging yourself on and use the nhs they have all kinds of things that can help you
e mail me if you want , if you find it hard
i have been clear for about four years and got rid of my different fags one at a time
e.g
1.the fag in the car
2.the fag after food
3.the fag after work
4.the first one in the morning
5.the one when you are bored
get rid of these events one at a time and im sure you will succeed
and if you need any more incentive ,kids copy their parents just picture one of your kids with a fag
i really wish you all the best it will be tough but if your family are with you then you can do it
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i would only allow myself to smoke in one place and would avoid that place if i could
i also used one of those fake cigarette inhalers
i worked hard to keep myself busy
try not to eat to replae the fags
it isnt easy you will have to keep urging yourself on and use the nhs they have all kinds of things that can help you
e mail me if you want , if you find it hard
i have been clear for about four years and got rid of my different fags one at a time
e.g
1.the fag in the car
2.the fag after food
3.the fag after work
4.the first one in the morning
5.the one when you are bored
get rid of these events one at a time and im sure you will succeed
and if you need any more incentive ,kids copy their parents just picture one of your kids with a fag
i really wish you all the best it will be tough but if your family are with you then you can do it
go for itHealth Question & Answer