I am at my witts end with smoking ciggarettes. I only smoke about five a day but I hate the fact that I can't remember the last day I went withought having at least two ciggys. I want to quit so bad but it's just so hard. All of my friends smoke, I am constantly around them and I just don't know what to do. I need someone who will help me through it and everyone I know is not someone I can go to for help with this. I just want to get to that point where I don't have to go out of my way to have a cigarette. Where I don't spend so much goddamn money on these things. It's killing me! literally. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure there have probably been tons of threads like this before but I just need it to be directed towards me so that I feel like it actually matters.
The patch really helped me quit. I quit a year ago and I still think about ciggs alot more than I expected I would. I think what it comes down to is just keeping in mind WHY you are quitting and letting that be bigger than the ciggs. It takes willpower for sure. It gets easier as time goes on....but like I said I still want to go out right now and buy a pack. It takes some strength not to give in. Sometimes there are things in life such as this that are hard -seemingly impossible- to do and it's natural to wish there was an easy way out and then giving up when you don't find an easy way. Some things like this you just have to suck it up and do it because IMO there is no real other way. You just have to do it. And keeping things in mind such as -what ciggs will do to your body BOTH inside and out and envisioning that- sometimes that helps me. (it also helps to think about the constant bitching I will recieve from my mother if I do start up again) I wish you luck.
i quit cold turkey around a month ago. it really just goes back to your will power, and how determined you are to quit. nicotine withdrawls are worst from hours 48-72, i believe, but after that the nicotine is pretty much all out of your system and it's mostly mental. take it minute-by-minute if you have to. and remember how long you've gone and all those little nicotine-pathways in your brain are smoothing over and going away, and just one drag could bring them back. it's hard, but not impossible. if you're real stubborn, all the better. being around non-smokers makes it easier.. having a 'quit-buddy' can make it easier, just make sure they're equally motivated otherwise they might hold you back. if you decide to quit, good luck!! remember though, the patch and the gum is still putting nicotine in your system, so with those methods even 100 hours after your last cigarette there is still just as much nicotine in your blood. i guess if it's harder to break the mental aspect, use the gum. if the physical withdrawls are gonna be harder, just suck it up and go cold turkey, cause once the crap is out of your blood and your mind is made up, you're set. http://quitnet.com is an awesome site. you can sign up for free and tell them the date you quit, how much you spend on smokes, and how much you smoke a day and they calculate your progress. i've been cigarette-free for 28 days, 23 hours, 16 minutes, 42 seconds. i havent smoked 724 cigarettes. i've saved $145. and 5 days, 12 hours of my lifetime. it's pretty cool to see it set up that way, it helps keep your goals in perspective. anyway, good luck!
try this : think back when u got every thing wrong due to smoking the day rem. now make clear picture in ur mind what happened that day now whenever u urge to smoke just bring that pic out of mind and ...................................u quit smoke it works 100% also yoga can help u i dont mean that leg behind ur neck type exercises only breathing exercises do reply back
