Help I want to smoke!?!
Question:
Help I want to smoke!?
Today is my first day as a non-smoker. I've been smoking for 14 years, I'm in my late 20's. I'm taking Chantix but its still so hard. I haven't smoked since last night. I really REALLY don't want to gain weight..but all I feel like doing is eating. Anyone have any good tips or strategies for quitting that helped them?
Answers:
Carrot sticks and celery sticks, eat as many as you like.
Try to keep your hands busy.
Smoking is part addiction and part habit. You're working on the addiction with the Chantix, the habit thing is just as hard. Try to identify the places where you would normally light up a cig - 28 years ago when I smoked I had specific 'triggers' - when I got in the car, after a meal, when I got on the phone, etc. If you know the triggers you can try to avoid them, substitute another behavior besides smoking for figure some way to distract yoursef.
It will get better, I promise. I sucessfully quit many years ago and the first few days are the hardest, it's gets easier after that.
Non-tobacco cigarettes were just starting to come out when I quit. I bought a pack of Ginsing cigarettes that were absolutely disgusting and made me naseous every time I lit up. When I got a craving I'd light a Ginsing smoke, it would make me sick after a couple drags and I'd put it out. This is called aversion therapy and it worked. Every time I wanted a cig I got naseous, and I stopped craving them pretty darn quick.