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Quiting smoking
- Thread starter Dave52
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Good luck. I was a smoker for 22 years. I had tried a couple of times going cold turkey, but that did not work.
I used Nicorette. The first two weeks are the toughest, but the Nicorette helps with the nicotine craving. After a while, it got easier. The recommended time for Nicorette was four months. I went about five.
Never went back and in fact it is 20 years now since I quit.
I used Nicorette. The first two weeks are the toughest, but the Nicorette helps with the nicotine craving. After a while, it got easier. The recommended time for Nicorette was four months. I went about five.
Never went back and in fact it is 20 years now since I quit.
I never smoked, but have several friends who have successfully kicked the habit. Their advice:
1. Eat more slowly. You will be tasting your food better, and savoring that enjoyment will give you an endorphin release that counteracts the after-meal cravings.
2. Try foods you did not like before - they will taste different, and you may like them now.
3. Disrupt your daily routine for the times you normally would grab a smoke:
- If you normally smoke before a shower, go right to the bathroom, or eat breakfast,
- Always have water/coffee in the car, and take a small sip when you want a drag (its not about actually drinking it).
- Stay out of the casinos until you're comfortably past the anxious stage. The combination of drinking and gambling makes starting back up hard to resist.
4. Clean all the ashtrays in the house, and get them out of sight. Then deep clean your living space - including carpets, upholstered furniture and curtains. Take a weekend to wash ALL the clothing and bed linens in your closets and dresser drawers. WHY? Fabrics harbor odors, and odors are one of the strongest triggers out there. If your house smells like you still smoke, you will want to smoke whenever you are home. If your clothing smells like you smoke, you will want to smoke.
6. Do not ever bum a smoke. No good ever comes of it.
Good Luck, and best of health to you!
1. Eat more slowly. You will be tasting your food better, and savoring that enjoyment will give you an endorphin release that counteracts the after-meal cravings.
2. Try foods you did not like before - they will taste different, and you may like them now.
3. Disrupt your daily routine for the times you normally would grab a smoke:
- If you normally smoke before a shower, go right to the bathroom, or eat breakfast,
- Always have water/coffee in the car, and take a small sip when you want a drag (its not about actually drinking it).
- Stay out of the casinos until you're comfortably past the anxious stage. The combination of drinking and gambling makes starting back up hard to resist.
4. Clean all the ashtrays in the house, and get them out of sight. Then deep clean your living space - including carpets, upholstered furniture and curtains. Take a weekend to wash ALL the clothing and bed linens in your closets and dresser drawers. WHY? Fabrics harbor odors, and odors are one of the strongest triggers out there. If your house smells like you still smoke, you will want to smoke whenever you are home. If your clothing smells like you smoke, you will want to smoke.
6. Do not ever bum a smoke. No good ever comes of it.
Good Luck, and best of health to you!
Excellent advice. When I quit, I signed up with a website to record my routine in the form of a diary. It gave me encouragement to keep going.
And breaking the routine that comes with your smoking is extremely important. I used to come home from work and change and then head out into the back deck outside for a couple of smokes. I used to look for anything else to do to disrupt that old routine. It was more important than I realized, and it sure helped.
And breaking the routine that comes with your smoking is extremely important. I used to come home from work and change and then head out into the back deck outside for a couple of smokes. I used to look for anything else to do to disrupt that old routine. It was more important than I realized, and it sure helped.
Best of luck to the recent quitters and congrats to the guys who quit long ago. I had my first cigarette when I was 8 (drug of choice back then) and started smoking steady when I was 14. I have been a steady smoker for 61 years now. My constant hope is just to cut down since it's hard to imagine quitting anymore. That is a lot of money that could have gone to the important things in life, like amps and building my truck.
The one thing I did right was to stop intentionally inhaling. That and all of the supplements that I take to replace any lost nutrients are probably the reason I can still function.
The one thing I did right was to stop intentionally inhaling. That and all of the supplements that I take to replace any lost nutrients are probably the reason I can still function.