So , i'm going to try to quit smoking today , any advice?
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Watching both my parents quit (and quitting after a brief spell of it myself) has made me think this: If you're really hooked, then don't let yourself fall off the wagon even if you do end up smoking a cigarette or two at some point. It's obviously better not to ever give in, but if you do, just shrug it off and keep not smoking.
Drink a cup of tea every time you get the craving. You're kept busy by the preparation and at the end of the day you're saddled with a less harmful addiction that doesn't put everyone around you at risk!
Unless they break your teapot. Dark things happen then.
Unless they break your teapot. Dark things happen then.
Here's some very harsh advice. You're going to have to stop hanging out with smokers. I kept quitting multiple times, and it was always the same thing that got me hooked again. I absolutely can not stand cigarette smoke, unless I'm also smoking. This gets even worse if you quit.
You've got to realize that after the first 2 weeks your body won't be physically addicted to the nicotine anymore so it's going to be purely mental triggers you will have to overcome. I smoked a pack of day for 6 years starting when I was 13 and quit back in May of 2008 cold turkey.
There is no easy way to quit. When you want to smoke, try to find a way to take your mind off of it. Chew some gum, eat a piece of candy, or put on a good song to sing. Eventually, you'll realize what triggers make you want to smoke like, finishing a meal, driving, waking up in the morning, etc.
Also, you need to understand that it's very possible that even years after you quit you will still find the urge to smoke. The hardest for me is when I see someone on television doing it, or if I'm out drinking with friends that smoke.
Think about how much money you are going to save by quitting and never ever forget to take into consideration the enormous health benefits you and the people around you will receive when you kick the habit.
This is the book that I read when I quit smoking and it helped a lot.
http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Way-Stop-Smoking-Non-smokers/dp/1402771630/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316099920&sr=1-1
There is no easy way to quit. When you want to smoke, try to find a way to take your mind off of it. Chew some gum, eat a piece of candy, or put on a good song to sing. Eventually, you'll realize what triggers make you want to smoke like, finishing a meal, driving, waking up in the morning, etc.
Also, you need to understand that it's very possible that even years after you quit you will still find the urge to smoke. The hardest for me is when I see someone on television doing it, or if I'm out drinking with friends that smoke.
Think about how much money you are going to save by quitting and never ever forget to take into consideration the enormous health benefits you and the people around you will receive when you kick the habit.
This is the book that I read when I quit smoking and it helped a lot.
http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Way-Stop-Smoking-Non-smokers/dp/1402771630/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316099920&sr=1-1
Keep smoking, you'll look cooler!
I kid. Good luck, lots of good advice here; you can always arm yourself with the science too. I find I better handle emotional situations when I know exactly why, biologically, they're occurring. It gives me some objective context.
Play the new 1.8 update for Minecraft, it's just great.
I'd, like other people have said, avoid situations where people will smoke socially, or your inhibitions will be compromised. Give it a couple of months before you go out drinking again, if you do so at all.
Edit: Oh, don't know if this has been mentioned, but it's something that puts me off drinking / smoking. Observe someone you find repulsive doing it. It loses some of it's merit in the short term. I'm not addicted to either though, so it's benefits might be mitigated in your case.
I kid. Good luck, lots of good advice here; you can always arm yourself with the science too. I find I better handle emotional situations when I know exactly why, biologically, they're occurring. It gives me some objective context.
Play the new 1.8 update for Minecraft, it's just great.
I'd, like other people have said, avoid situations where people will smoke socially, or your inhibitions will be compromised. Give it a couple of months before you go out drinking again, if you do so at all.
Edit: Oh, don't know if this has been mentioned, but it's something that puts me off drinking / smoking. Observe someone you find repulsive doing it. It loses some of it's merit in the short term. I'm not addicted to either though, so it's benefits might be mitigated in your case.
smoke less
in all seriousness, say you smoke a pack every 2 days (half a pack a day). one week, try to use only 19 cigarettes over two days. the next week, try to use only 18, and so on and so forth.
in all seriousness, say you smoke a pack every 2 days (half a pack a day). one week, try to use only 19 cigarettes over two days. the next week, try to use only 18, and so on and so forth.
My personal advice as i droped smoking 6 months ago (im 23)krazykidd said:
1. Make yourself busy so you wouldnt think about smoking
2. Try to stay away from other smoking people, they maybe not even tempting you, but you see how they are smoking and that is doing the bad job.
3. Origami... yes... each time i wanted a fag i started doing origami, i learned a small flower, then a swan, later some other birds, bat, frog bigger flowers. But it helps taking your mind of smoking cause you are concentrated on something else completely. And only thing you need to have is piece of paper and watch some youtube 'how to'. And it impresses girls ALOT!
Quitting cold turkey is a recipe for disaster, It'll end up stressing you out more, and even if it does stick you'll go fucking crazy in the process.krazykidd said:
Just ween your self off. go to a quarter of a pack a day, then go to one pack a week, then half a pack a week. or something like that.
Cold Turkey will drive you up the fucking wall.
You just said it right in your post, just stop and don't anymore. Willpower, prove that you can go without it. That's what I did. Cold Turkey. One day I just said "no more" and no matter how much I wanted to, I wouldn't allow myself to smoke.
I quit cold turkey about 2 weeks ago, was tough, but I did it. I had been smoking for about 8 years, a pack a day.krazykidd said:
You have to WANT to quit, you have to be able to tell yourself "I'm not going to buy a pack" each time you feel you want to smoke.
Chewing gum helped me out a bit, not really a whole lot, but a bit.
Smoking marijuana instead helped a LOT! Satisfied the "smoke in/out" feeling, plus being high is a bonus
I also just kept thinking about the money I'd be saving, for me it was $30 a week.
Find a way to occupy your time (and particularly your hands... No, not like that, don't be perverse ) that's the main kicker, I find. Start a new RPG character or something. Other thing is, if you wind up cracking and having 1 or so, don't feel bad, shit happens, so long as one doesn't become 2, 4 - you get the idea. Good luck to ya, though!
