Stop Smoking Ideas

If you really want to quit, you can quit. I highly recommend Quitnet.com. Also, I did an online program years ago that had a daily lesson and then you quit.

I do not recommend any smoke aids. What you need to do is make the resolve deep down inside. Only then will you have the strength and will-power to truly do it.

Also, Wellbutrin has some bad side effects --It made me super angry! I found that quitting was easy when I decided deep down down that I was ready.

I know people who have had great luck with nicorette gum. It's a dose of nicotene, but you're not smoking it.

I also like "smoking" licorice. Licorice whips come in many different flavors. I bite the ends off and puff on them. And eat them. They are a fat free snack.

If you like the idea of puffing on something, try licorice. My sister quit by sucking on cinnamon hard candies everytime she got the urge. It can be just a matter of replacing one thing for another. My mom and sister haven't smoked for years, but every now and then, they still get a craving. They do something else to avoid giving into it.

You won't gain weight if you replace the craving for a cigarette with a brisk walk. Have some celery sticks, some carrots, some licorice.

Pick a day and go for it.

Best wishes.

Speak to you r doctor about Chantix. I know several people who have used it and quit. Keep in mind, it's an antidepressant (Welbutrin) and quitting smoking is one of it's side effects. You don't stay on it very long.

Good luck however you do it - just get it done.

Take up a craft that occupies your hands. When you feel like a smoke, cross stitch something instead. Whittle wood. Knit. Bead something. Paint. Doesn't matter. If it keeps your hands occupied, that's the ticket.

Smoking to stay thin is tantamount to wanting AIDS because it will trim your figure. The reason people who smoke lose weight is because their bodies are being poisoned.

My sister in law was overweight and took up smoking to help her curb her appetite. It worked. She lived off cigarettes and after work cocktails for months. She's svelte now but her grandmother was a smoker and died of lung cancer which devastated her father. If he ever found out she started smoking... oh lordy. She's trying to quit now but she's having a hell of a time and regrets her decision.

Good luck to you! It's a long journey but remember, every long journey begins with a single step. Wanting to quit is a good thing.

I recently quit - started using the patches, but they broke me out, so I went cold turkey. Was so sick I thought I would die for about a week and then started to feel human again.
A friend of mine quit using the electronic cigarettes - she still gets her nic fix, and it gives her something to satisfy the manual and oral fixations, but no smoke solids in her lungs and no smell.
My daughter lives with me and still smokes - I didn't expect her to quit just because I did. I hang around with friends who are smokers - I don't expect them to abstain around me. I just had to make the decision that I wasn't doing it anymore.

A lot of it is mental.
You have to just tell yourself, that you will not die if you don't smoke.
But you will if you keep smoking.

I used to smoke. Then I gradually cut down on the frequency. Then it got to the point where I realized I didn't even need it and I could go longer periods without it. So what about the chemical dependency. MOST of it is mental. Taking control of the feelings about it and just "convincing" yourself you don't need it.
For me, it was all a mental thing.
And NOT substituting smoking with eating.
That is also a mental thing.

Most things I quit, I did so, just by tweaking my mental attitude about it.
I just psyched myself out, of it.
I used to do other things. And stopped cold turkey.
And actually, PMS'ing is a lot worse, than stopping smoking.

ONE tip though: do not try and quit, when you are PMS'ing or having your period. WRONG timing. Your body then is more hormonal. So choose another time, to quit.
It is also about timing.

And tell your other family, DO NOT smoke around you. ONLY go outside. Make a rule.

Think of other things to do... crochet, read, garden etc.

Oh and also, I now am a real coffee drinker.
LOL

Look into Allen Carr, his book is called The Easyway to Stop Smoking. He has courses too but I know many who have stopped just from the book, even living with smokers, and without nicotine replacements. Good luck, it's hard but well worth it!

One of my best friends finally quit. She had tried many, many times, but finally was determined.

She first went to her doctor.to be checked out, acupuncture for 2 sessions and smoking gum. This worked for her.

The terrible craving and shakes, her mood swings, became less and less. she stayed super busy and one day realized she had not thought of a cigarette in days.

I was so proud of her.

You could try those e-cigs. Vitamin C helps with the cravings.

Personally, I don't see how you're going to quit with 2 people smoking in your face. Also, even if you don't smoke, living in the house with 2 smokers, you are still going to smell like smoke!

Good luck!

It takes 21 days to start a habit or to break a habit. When I quit I had three different things I did when I had the urge to smoke. I snacked on baby carrots, I drank ice cold water through a straw, or I cleaned something. After three weeks the urge was gone. Good luck.

Studies have shown that only about 1/3 of smoker who quit gain weight (anther 1/3 lose weight and the rest stay the same). If your smoking because you're bored, then make quitting a part of an overall heath revamp. Start exercising, walk a block every time you feel the need to light up. Try new foods healthier foods (your taste buds will regenerate fairly quickly after you quit). And give your self a goal and reward for meeting that goal (six months smoke free = weekend at B&B). Encourage the others in your house to join you.