What's the best way to quit smoking without prescription drugs?!
Question: Lick the bottom of an ashtray
or
eat a cigarette.
Neither will allow you to altogether quit, but the experience will be ingrained in your memory and helpfully substantial when you are playing mind games as you work on quitting.
Answers: Lick the bottom of an ashtray
or
eat a cigarette.
Neither will allow you to altogether quit, but the experience will be ingrained in your memory and helpfully substantial when you are playing mind games as you work on quitting.
For me: nicorette patches. Just make sure you take em off if showering/swimming though
Nicotine gum. It's an oral thing just like cigarettes. Read the instructions. Start the gum, don't smoke again. Chew as much gum as you need to. After a few days your lungs won't crave the cigarettes as much. Keep chewing the gum and taper off as you can. Don't rush trying to go off the gum. You are better off with the gum than the smoke. Always have some around, even if you feel you don't need it. Don't smoke a cigarette, not even one. The gum will buy you time to lose the cigarette habit. It has worked for me. I smoked two packs of Kools a day for 34 years. The patches made red itchy blotches on me. Maybe they work for some. Good luck. enjoy your smoke free life.
First off, congratulations for WANTING to quit smoking!!
As far as answering, there are a lot of ways, and it also depends on how much you've been smoking. The best ways are slowly lowering your dose (takes a long time sometimes), or going cold turkey (which is faster, but harder). Either way, the last thing is making the decision to quit, so you'll eventually have to deal with the withdrawal.
For the most part, when you deal with withdrawal, you'll just have to tough it out, but there are some natural things (since you asked how to do it WITHOUT drugs) that can help cleanse out the toxins and may help to minimize some of the effects of withdrawal...
Drinking water will help to detox, and taking some supplements that work as cleansers may help as well. Specifically, Apple Cider Vinegar, Green Tea (decaffeinated), Chlorophyll (fantastic cleanser), and even good amounts of fiber and water helps some people (although it's not very comfortable for the lower level of detoxification you get).
All that being said, it's likely that the symptoms should stop relatively shortly after your last smoke (it's never as long as it feels like it is). Your neurotransmitters don't take too terribly long to scream for something they are addicted to after you stop.
Another important thing to note is that no matter how bad it gets, taking more of the drug (and yes, nicotine is a drug) will only make the withdrawal last longer and will be harder on you in the long run. Good luck, and congrats again!
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Perhaps the nicorette activestop program might help.