What is the best way to quit smoking??!
Question:
What is the best way to quit smoking??
I ordered CigArrest with the pills and the gum. I was wondering if anybody out there has tried this. And if anyone had any tips.
Answers:
Quit slowly and not cold turkey. Patches fail largely because of the habit of having something to do with your hands.
I smoked 1 1/2 packs a day and quit 3 years ago. What I did was FIRST- stopped buying cigarettes. I bummed cigs off of anyone for awhile, then it got annoying to beg for cigs. But I kept the mindset of buying cigs are bad. Smoking was still OK.
SECOND: bumming cigs got old fast, I started doing that less and less until I was just smoking while drinking or in social situations where many other people were smoking.
TIP: Let everyone know you are trying to quit. You will find even smokers trying to help you out... it was impossible to bm smokes off of friends who knew I was trying to quit.
THIRD: After about 4 months I could smell the smoke of my smoker friends and was disgusted by it and realized that I had no desire to have any part of that anymore. I had also started to experience more energy and better lung support in my daily activities. I never felt better and when it came to a night out drinking, I had begun to not feel the need to smoke.
Occassionally I still feel the urge to smoke, and when I'm really stressed I'll bum a puff off of someone. But one puff and I'm done, it's too much now and it kind of helps remind me of why I quit. I'd say I've taken 2 drags in the last year.
TIP: Give your hands something to do. I started playing with rubber bands. Also, chew gum or even better... a toothpick habit. It's the hand to mouth thing of cigs, but a heckuva lot healthier!