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lilmissdefiant -> I need Help (6/1/2008 11:48:11 PM)

I've tried to quit smoking before but it didnt work, does anyone have any ideas whatso ever to help me quit????
any and all are most appreciated



MissMorrigan -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 12:07:00 AM)

Lilmissdefiant, you say you've tried quitting before but without success, what weakened your resolve, why did you pick up smoking again? You clearly want to give up, so that's a good sign. If it's the cravings that weaken you, there are things you can purchase to help you with that i.e., gum and patches. But the main ingredient needed is determination and you need to break the habit of keep putting your hands to your mouth to light up.  

My mother has emphysema (COPD) caused by her refusal to give up smoking. She always thought it would happen to someone else, not her. So one day she was in the garden having a puff when she felt the urge to cough. She bent over and began coughing up blood. Initially it was thought to be from her stomach, but an ambulance to the hospital and x-rays, further tests etc... revealed it was her lungs. The initial scare stopped her smoking for a couple of weeks, but she returned to it. At that point they told her that if she gave up she'd have an 80% recovery rate. She didn't. The emphysema has worsened and her oxygen levels are poor. She won't live to see her 80th birthday even though, given the good genes in the family, she likely would have lived (ratherly sprightly too) until her late 90s at the least. Her attitude is "I have to go sometime, I'm not going to stop doing something I enjoy." Her selfishness will have effectively removed my mother and best friend.

Get a jar, into that jar place all your discarded butts and ash. Add a little water and shake contents. Each time you feel like having a puff remove the lid and inhale the vile smell. Remind yourself you are inhaling a POISON. Look up the ingredients of the typical cigarette and you'll be shocked.

I know that there is a free support system offered to smokers in the UK, I'm sure the US has the equivalent, so google would be your best friend in that respect.

Good luck with quitting and let us know how you are getting on.



Termyn8or -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 12:08:24 AM)

Wow karma seems to be bouncing around here.

All I can say is this, as I did in another post. When you CAN say no, you have not beaten the addiction. That happens when you WANT TO say no.

You have to make yourself want to say no, and nobody else nor any drug or anything can do that. It is your decision.

And if you do not quit, don't sweat it, it is your choice. As long as you want to nothing is going to stop you.

Fact.

T



PanthersMom -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 5:50:40 AM)

i quit cold turkey 17 yrs ago and never looked back.  with the cost of smokes now, boy am i glad i did, not to mention the state my health would be in!
PM



orfunboi -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 5:53:46 AM)

I had the most luck with the nicotine inhalors. Didn't actually quit, but came closer with those, than anything else I tried.



wandersalone -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 6:23:43 AM)

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ORIGINAL: lilmissdefiant

I've tried to quit smoking before but it didnt work, does anyone have any ideas whatso ever to help me quit????
any and all are most appreciated


when you say you tried before and it didn't work...did it work for a while....an hour, a day, a month, a year?  If so, what were you doing differently during that hour, day, month etc?  What were the circumstances where you had that first cigarette again?  Often quitting smoking involves breaking a number of patterns eg. maybe reducing/avoiding alcohol for a little while as a lot of people automatically light up a smoke when drinking, finding something to keep their hands busy knitting, the ball things you play with in your hands (damn my mind has just gone blank on their name and I am pretty sure it ain't ben wa balls [:D]), let friends and family know you are quitting and enlist their support, hang out at places where smoking isn't allowed, join a gym.  There are a lot of online websites with ideas and hints as well.

I wish you all the best.



christine1 -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 6:28:02 AM)

my ex husband was a heavy smoker when we got married, when i got pregnant i expressed concerns about second hand smoke and he felt the same way so he tried the gums and all the meds and it didn't work. 

what worked was setting out your normal number of cigarettes each day for a week and smoke them all, the next week, take 2 away and do that for a week, the next week take another 2 away and so on and so forth.  i don't know if this will work for you but it did him.  i think this worked because it was a gradual easing into smoking less, it gave him time to adjust mentally and the better he felt, the more he wanted to be rid of them all together.

i know you have to want to quit more than you want to smoke...i'm not sure what gets a person there mentally but everyone i know that has successfuly quit has gotten to that point.

good luck.



GreedyTop -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 7:11:30 AM)

zyban was good for me..only reason it didnt work was cause I was trying to quit for the wrong reasons (i.e. the bf at the time wanted me to)



sub4hire -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 7:18:03 AM)

willpower, patches, pills and a sincere interest in actually wanting to quit.



MusicalBoredom -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 8:32:41 AM)

Wanting to quit was first for me.  After that I went with the commit lozenges and followed their program.  I chewed on straws to keep my hands busy.  I also started running more to deal with the extra energy.



sirsholly -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 8:36:58 AM)

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ORIGINAL: MusicalBoredom

Wanting to quit was first for me.  After that I went with the commit lozenges and followed their program.  I chewed on straws to keep my hands busy.  I also started running more to deal with the extra energy.


trust me....these lozenges work...it is how i quit.



angelikaJ -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 11:10:13 AM)

http://www.tricountycessation.org/tobaccofacts/Cigarette-Ingredients.html



slaveboyforyou -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 11:19:45 AM)

My grandmother told me to chew cloves when I wanted a cigarette.  I tried it once, and I saw why.  When you light up a cigarette after chewing a few cloves, it is the nastiest taste you've ever experienced.  Of course it didn't work for me.  I just didn't chew the cloves. 



kdsub -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 11:26:15 AM)

To quit;

Want to before you need to

Line up help…. Let those around you know you are trying to stop… Ask for their support

Remove all easily obtained temptations...Otherwise get rid of all your cigarettes… If others you live with smoke make them hide theirs and not smoke around you.

See your Doctor… He may prescribe aids either patches, gum or both.


Find something interesting to fill your time…. Sit down and figure what you spend on your habit every month. Take that money and buy something extravagant that you would not be able to afford if you smoked…I purchased a new computer…but maybe your choice would be take a cruise or trip to an exotic part of the world. Anything to keep your mind off of smoking.

Remember it only takes a month to wean yourself from any repetitive habit so it will not take forever. After that first month it will get easier to resist and in 6 months you should be OK and your lungs will be well on their way to recovery.

Butch



LaTigresse -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 11:34:17 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: lilmissdefiant

I've tried to quit smoking before but it didnt work, does anyone have any ideas whatso ever to help me quit????
any and all are most appreciated


I just decided that smoking was no longer an option for me. Bubblegum helped, and hard candy when the bubblegum was driving the co-workers crazy.

Now 17 years later I cannot imagine doing it again.



Maya2001 -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 11:51:18 AM)

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ORIGINAL: angelikaJ

http://www.tricountycessation.org/tobaccofacts/Cigarette-Ingredients.html


It is an addiction ..seeing the ingredient list  or seeing pictures what is dopes physically will do nothing for a person that is not ready to quit, it is like telling somebody they are fat and it is not healthy for them to be that way....they already know thie health issues and whjat their body look loike ... they need to first get in the right mind set to deal with ..Canada put graphic pics on their some packages, and it does nothing to encourage people to stop.  The smoker has to be ready and wanting to quit, many will need to change their routines eg quit drinking coffee if they start there day with a coffee and cigarette and or use smoke cessation aids.  Most people fail on their first few attempts...it is a tough addiction often compared to heroin, If you fail don't view as a total loss, usually each quit time get successively longer which means you are making progress and that preogress is what you need to focus not the failure.  Keep trying eventually you will make it..it make take 3 tries or it may take 30



PainSmith -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 12:35:48 PM)

It took me three attempts. You have to want to cut the stuff out, really want. I found slowly cutting down before finally stopping worked. I've not smoked for 20 years.

The first couple of times, the thing that got me smoking again was social smoking, not buying cigarettes but accepting offers, usually over beer. The third time, I always refused.

The craving never goes away. It weakens, but never dies. It's useful; it reminds what listening to adverts does.



MasterZen22 -> RE: I need Help (6/2/2008 3:20:17 PM)

Have you tried hypnosis? I have used hypnosis for other things in the past. I know many people use it to quit smoking.

-Zen



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