How did you quit smoking?!
Question: I attempted twice. My husband smokes and it makes it very hard. I am a very nervous person....that is another thing. But I am really tired of smoking and how it makes me feel. Any advice would be very helpful....Thanks..
Answers: I attempted twice. My husband smokes and it makes it very hard. I am a very nervous person....that is another thing. But I am really tired of smoking and how it makes me feel. Any advice would be very helpful....Thanks..
I quit this past July after smoking for 10 years, it can be done. You just have to be truly DONE, tired of wasting your money, tired of feeling that way, and have the will power to drop it.
I started off by making it harder and harder on myself to smoke. I used to have free reign of my house. I found that I smoke A LOT more sitting right here in front of the computer with my coffee than I did at any other time. So, at first, I'd put my cigarrettes and lighter in the bedroom, so that I'd have to walk down the hallway and smoke there if I wanted one. I started to smoke less.
Then, I moved them down to the living room. I found that I smoked even less, because I now had to walk up and down the stairs every time I wanted a fix. This was the hardest, because being short of breath going up the stairs reminded me what I was doing to my lungs, and that I didn't need to go down there to smoke. I almost had it licked. The only problem was, like you, my husband still smoked.
So, I then made it a rule that everyone who smokes must do so outside. I banned anyone from smoking in my car. I repainted my house, cleaned the carpets and furniture, and saw what the years of smoke had done to it. I was disgusted and threw every last one of my cigarrettes away. I quit cold turkey at that point. Eventually, going outside got to my husband too and now he's quit. It really works.
Sure, I've had bad cravings. But, it was more so a psychological addiction than a physical one. I loved having something to do with my hands. I loved the actual euphoria from inhaling. So, I got a bag of dum dum suckers. I even inhaled off of straws, and pretended they were cigarettes. It sounds odd, but it worked. The cravings became less and less. Now, I don't think of my old habit very often at all.
I hope my story helps you somehow, and I wish you the best of luck. It's the best gift you can give to yourself.
ya need a good hobby to keep your mind of it like exercising or somethin helped me
I remembered that I didn't want to die of lung cancer.
My mother quit smoking when she had half of each lung removed, had a tracheotomy and lost half her tongue to mouth cancer.
Never started
I didn't. I found it was easier to convice myself it was good for me. Try the nicotine gum. It helps me on long flights.
me too...can't stop i always smoke more than less. bad me.
eat a lot of candy and gum it works, thats what my dad did I SWEAR IT WORKS ALL THE TIME!!!
I never started :)
but my dad quit after several years.. he used to smoke a lot.. but not like a pack a day or anything.. he just couldn't quit. Somehow he succeeded though. My grandpa quit right away, immediately after he came here to the U.S.
Amazing :)
Ask your doctor about Champix
You can attempt to use nicotine patches from a pharmacy, but they are quite expensive. Nicotine is the thing that attracts you to start smoking. You should try nicotine gum or patches, but smoking is very hard to quit. DON'T GIVE UP HOPE, THOUGH!! KEEP ON TRYING AND YOU CAN DO IT!!!
Try to throw his cegrettits or what ever he smokes away and make sure he goes to the docotors smoking these days leed to cancer
ive heard of Chantix program get it from your doctor! or stop buying it in the first place, waste of money anywayz and waste of health!!
i stopped smoking when i got pregnant 1 because for my baby but 2 also because i ended up really sick and it scared the crap outta me. a friend of mine made a jar where she put water in it and she put a few buds in the jar and placed it in the sun and when she had a craving she smelled the inside of it. also i heard chewing straws ans sun flowers seeds help
Maybe, asking your husband not to smoke around you until you have control over the addiction. I helped my friend quit... it was hard for her... but so worth it. Every time you get the crave, think of the consequences, how it makes you feel, how important it is for you to stop. Only you can do it, but support helps of course. :)
you won't be able to quit unless you and your husband BOTH quit together. watch the movie Thank You for Smoking...start rationing your cigarettes incrementally: 3 packs a week, then 2 then 1...eventually 1 cigarette a day...until you go a full week without 1 puff...then it gets way easier to resist. I don't know if you guys have kids, but if you do don't you want to see them grow up? Lung cancer is one of the few cancers that science hasn't made great strides against.
I quit when I was so sick I couldn't breath once and I quit once when I was tired of it like you. My husband smoked too and it bothered me greatly but I guess you have to purpose in your heart to do it regardless if he is no matter how he is continuously tempting you. Then you will also have to refrain from telling him he "stinks" lol after you quit as well or it will lead into an argument. You can't expect him or everyone else to change because you are unfortunately it is a personal decision not joint so just gather up your strength and just do it :) you will feel a hell of a lot better!!
Find a hobby or a new habit try reading maybe the bible. The more you study about God and his son Jesus Christ you will learn that smoking is definitely something that is despised not only by non-smoking humans but by our creator and our brother
I quit about 8 days ago because my Dad sent me a video on the u tube called Mom is dying. I don't want to die and I have been praying for 2 years to God for his help to make me want to quit.
Please check this out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_8BerrJg...
I hope you can do it!
go to a doc and ask which one is right for you there will WILL be one for you
i am so GLAD that you want to stop it can give you like 15 different cansers
GOD BLESS
Okay, what you need to keep your mouth busy with other things such as gum or a lemon drop...then you'll be busyy w/ your mouth so you won't be as tempted. Try a nicotine patch or gum also, that might work...don't try meds. Not good for your mind or health.
I'm thinking you only started smoking to "fit in." It was never really what you chose to do. If this is the case, I really have no pity for you, as I am sure your entire life has been about stupid choices and begging for someone's help. Figure it out, fool.
Well, you probably wont want to do this, but I will tell you how I managed to quit anyway. I got pregnant. Yep, that's it. I got pregnant and all of a sudden I couldn't even stand the smell of an unlit cigarette let alone try to smoke one myself. My husband smoking made me vomit constantly so he had to start going outside to smoke!
what will i do i just cant stop smoking?
You have to get him to quit with you or you'll always smell it. Or you can divorce him.
Here is what worked for me. I witnessed many people with breathing problems (oxygen tanks, etc.). The cost of smoking was another thing, so my point is you got to want to stop. Then pick a time of year when you are under the least amount of stress (vacation). Pick a method, I chose patches, and follow the instructions closely. If the box says to use step 3 for 6 weeks than you should follow that. When I first started on step 2, I didn't even think about smoking or even buying a pack of cigarettes. The patches did bring some weird dreams, and they can be irritating to skin. I hope this helps, and good luck.