Help with Stop Smoking!

There is no remedy.

I smoked a pack a day for 14 years (all 14 years in the US Navy). I finally quit October 4th 2010. So I have been smoke free for 3 months now.

The easiest way to quit is to be forced to. Get pregnant, have a heart attack, ect.

What did it for me? Having 2 kids and now they are old enough to start seeing what I am doing. I don't want them to waste their life/money on smoking like I did.

Everyone is different though and some people will never quit. I understand the struggle and it was the hardest thing in my life I have ever done.

I have quit just before a day, 1/1/11. Hope, I will keep my promise to my little 5 yr kid.

You know, I've been able to quit a lot of times, but I've always ended up going right back to them. I don't really care anymore, I smoke everyday, but I was able to lower my intake from 12 to 1 a day. I smoke 1-2 a day now, and I'm ok with it.. Anyone who has truly smoked for a good time, knows most of these "3 steps to quit" is a pile of BS...

As Aaron has said, something must happen.. My uncle didn't stop until he had a heart attack..

Of course everyone is different though, some people are able to quit smoking forever. Good for them!

I personally haven't found the answer yet - but I'm still working on it. I do intend to find a way to quit. Everybody says that, but everybody ain't me. I will find a way.

Haven't quite found it yet, though. When I do, I will definitely share it. I've tried the patch, Allen Carr's book (which I found to be very underwhelming despite the rave reviews), and a bunch of other stuff. No winners yet, but you don't fail until you give up.

Meditation and hypnosis are both things I'd like to try. Allen Carr used hypnosis, and then wrote a book that doesn't include it. That's one of several things that didn't add up (for me) about his approach.

I'll tell you this, though - if you are a smoker, do NOT give up. I'm 35 and, thanks to smoking, I have something wrong with my throat which I'm afraid to see a doctor about. It's not a fun feeling. I worry that when I do see a doctor, the news won't be great.

Smoking is bad news. You have to keep looking for ways to escape.

My dad smoked for years and would never quit, not until his granddaughter was born. He wouldn’t quit for his own kids, but he did so for his granddaughter. He’s gone now and I miss him, he too was a long goodbye…

I asked a friend of mine who quit smoking about your question. Here's her exact email to me:

"I started smoking at the age of 11. When I quit smoking at the age of 30, I was up to a pack and a half a day.

In between ages 11-30, I tried every method possible to stop but nothing worked. No gum, no hypnosis, no pills, nothing.

It was seeing a picture of myself that someone else had taken. There was no denying it, I looked like I'd checked out of life. I was severely overweight, my eyes were sunken in, and I was a mess.

I didn't quit until I *WANTED* to. All the other times I tried to stop, it was because I felt guilty, or felt like it was the right thing to do. But I didn't *WANT* to quit smoking. I enjoyed it.

I can't explain it any other way.

I've watched friends die from cancer. That didn't stop me.
I've felt guilty for having to sit down and watch instead of playing with my kids. That didn't stop me.

I wish I could explain it better, but it wasn't until I wanted it bad enough that I was willing to move heaven and earth to keep it from happening that I made the change.

I hope this helps your friend. I wish I could offer more help."

Finally, it was looking at a picture someone else had taken of me.

I think each person needs their own motivation to quit, until the person wants to quit they never will...you need that wakeup call to decide to quit

Smoking is a bad habit, it is injurious for our health. It leads to very hazardous diseases, everyone should stop smoking.

I stopped when I was pregnant, it was easy that time because the smell would make me sick but I started 3 months after my little boy was born. I hadn't quit because I wanted too, I quit because I was pregnant.

I have quit again just over 2 years ago. I quit because all the men I worked with had recently quit smoking and I thought, if the men can do it then I (as a woman) so could I! I got patches from the doctors and went to the gym every night for the first month for at least a hour to get rid of the aggression and the need to lash out while I was in nicotine withdrawal.

I do buy herbal cigarettes from the health food shop and if I know I'm going to a smokers house I might take them so I can still enjoy one in a social setting but their nicotine free. This prevents me from every drooling over someone else having one.

I also made a promise to myself that I would never have another normal cigarette because I know it wouldn't stop at just the one!

Hope this helps in some way

Funny, I am working on a no smoking product right now. Not going to link to it here, though, of course.

I'll just say how my friend did it. He just stopped. Cold turkey. There really was no remedy for him. One major reason he quit was because he was getting married and wanted to get in shape for his wedding so working out every day and smoking just didn't go together for him, so since he had change in his life it was easy to make more than one change at a time, or give him further reason to quit.

I think the most important thing could be that you have to have personal reasons that resonate with you emotionally, to begin to make that effort. Now, after that you can quit however you like but it has to begin with your own decision. Yes, an emotional event like a loved one suffering because of smoking can do it for you, or it could just be a buildup of reasons, a new vow to get healthy in every way, getting married, etc. or you finally just decide you are ready to do it for real. It really has to be all about you and taking that first step deciding to quit.

Will power my friend. I would suggest you do something instead of smoking. Like join the gym or something, or play poker as thts addictive.

Karr Allen has a book I forgot its name but check out the author and you will find it. It may help you

Smoking is a deadly habit unfortunately it is not easy to stop it once you succumb this vise, I think the best thing you can do is to discipline yourself , take action and motivate yourself to stop it.

Why don't use quit smoking products like buy chantix it was proven to be the best drug for those who want to quit smoking and stay free from the addiction.

Hey Lee,
Firstly,sorry for your mother-in-law.Your post represents the sorrow and feelings to lose someone who is very special to you.I'm in a relationship since 5 years and fed up to talk with my boyfriend to give up smoking but everytime i failed.I don't know when I'll be able to convince him.
Smoking is a deadly habit and I think each person needs their own motivation to give up this habit.Smoking brings suffering not only for ownself but also for our loved ones.
So please in this new Year start a smoke free life.
I want to thanked Lee to publish such kind of post to invite everyone to join in the smoking free life.

Hello everyone,

Thanks for your feedback... I have been distracted with obvious issues and this has been my first chance to read your many thoughtful posts... I will go back and thank you all becuase you deserve it...

For those who are struggleing to stop I think as was mentioned in a previous post you need the power of "WHY" to be able to stop... I think after that any program will work... and without the power of "WHY" no program will work... Thanks for making this clear to me so I can reach out to others and maybe save a life and reduce the pain and suffering that smoking brings to families...

I wish you all the best in 2011... Good Health... Good Profits and Lots Of Love...

PS for those still trying to stop... if you can not stop for yourself... stop for your loved ones (the power of "WHY")... It is not only a slow painfully terrible way to pass personally... the pain it brings to those you love is not fair.... stop being selfish and STOP SMOKING!!!

Lee, I can recommend Steve G. Jones' Quit Smoking mp3.

For more info about his Stop Smoking product, click here.


NOTE: These links are not affiliate links and I'm not in any way or in any form affiliated with the above hyperlinked websites. Thanks.

Well, I was going to save my 100th post to start up a new thread to help people, but I guess that will have to be 101, because I know of an excellent way and want to share it.

I smoked for 7 years; from about 19 onward. I thought about quitting several times, but being around co-workers and friends who smoked made it extremely difficult.

I was able to cut back, but never stop - that was until I found the book "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking ".

Just take a look at that amazon page - 672 reviews and it has a solid 5 stars - that's unheard of.

I guess I'm not the only one that this book helped - I hope it helps you and many more.

PS. That's not an affiliate link - I don't know why (or how) amazon put's that silly little logo into their links

Please respect that a life will soon be lost and not use this post to bicker...

A woman as we chat is losing her life in a slow and painful way.

Her family of 3 sons 2 daughters and 5 grandchildren and their spouses weep as she slowly fades away and will soon die...

So as many others have, show respect for that and take your dispute to another place...

Hey everyone; I am Moris here. I am big smoker last five year.but i am ded day by day. So I read this new thread Varrior.So i promise my self . So presantly i am free from smoke.I am very happy to all........Thanking you.

I am not sure if I will be able to quit smoking today.. but I will do that as soon as I am married to the girl I love...

I feel smoking is a addiction but to most of us its a false addiction!!
We just don't try hard enough and leave it to future when il b married or I'l have kids..

See its hard to overcome the anti-nicotine tiredness and fatigue that brain produces which compels you to smoke but once you control for a few days thinking that your life is really important to you!! You can quit it!!

Its matter of will and not addiction!!

make yourself busy at all times or go to the gym, exercise a lot, it's a difficult battle just think it will give you a better result

Well i've been trying to quit smoking for years, not succeeded in quiting but now I smoke very less. That is very tough , the smokers know what am i talking about.
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To Everyone Trying To Quit Smoking:

You can do it! MY husband and I smoked for 10 years, our lives revolved around smoking. Smoking when we woke up, smoking with our coffee, after meals, in the car, with friends, after everything we did throughout the day. Smoking was a HUGE part of out lives.

As of TODAY it has been 1 month of no smoking, and there is no turning back for us now. We tried quitting before, and only lasted a couple days at most. But here is one major thing you have to realize when you are quitting smoking: there is no easy way to do it!! Yes, drugs may be able to help you, patches, gum etc., but it will most likely be the hardest thing you've ever done!! BUT- you can do it.

What helped us most I think, was preparing ourselves. We did a lot of research on the effects of smoking, what it was doing to our bodies, how long the nicotine would stay in our bodies, how long until we would start seeing a difference in our taste, smell, skin, hair and teeth, we researched EVERYTHING. We discussed it, talked about all the things we wanted to do with our lives, have children, have grandchildren, travel the world over again, and one day die peacefully in our sleep together at a very very old age. None of this would happen if we continued smoking.

So, after a LOT of mental preparation, we picked a very near quit date- and quit smoking!! We ate a lot of extra food, spoiled ourselves with treats we normally wouldn't consume (a candy bar or a soda). We chewed a ton of gum, and my husband became obsessed with tictacs! Even with the extra calories we were pulling- we really didn't gain any weight, besides maybe a couple lbs., but even if we did gain weight, it is well worth it for stopping smoking AND very easy to loose after the initial cravings ended (about 2-3 weeks).

There will be times, especially in the first week where you feel like you don't care if cancer kills you tomorrow, you want a damn cigarette! And that's when you will really need to use that willpower and mental preparation. The one thing that I think really pulled me through those times was not picturing myself getting sick and dying (because we normally care less about our own health and well being than others that we really love), but my husband getting sick and dying. I know it's a horrible thought- but it got me through it, because that's the absolute worst thing I could ever imagine going through.

My husband and I are now very happy NON SMOKERS. We still get cravings, especially after meals- but have focused our snippets of free time normally consumed with smoking, to more productive things. We are actually excited that we have quit smoking, and have already seen a lot of improvements in our health. It's the BEST THING WE'VE EVER DONE!

Quit Smoking Tips for the First Two Weeks.

1. find some support
2. eat a well-balanced diet
3. take a multi-vitamin
4. Stock the fridge with healthy snacks.
5. Get out for a walk
6. get more sleep
7. drink water
8. do some deep breathing
9. turn your bathroom in a day spa
10. Have a cup of tea.

REWARD yourself!

I think the most important step in starting to begin quitting smoking is that you need to decide yourself that you are going to do it, and the reasons that cause you to make this decision have to be emotional and real to you, and you alone. You know all the bad things smoking can cause but unless you look those things in the face and make them real to you and then you make that decision, and I mean really make it by declaring it to the world, then it's hard to quit. I know, there's more to it than that but that first decision or personal declaration is so important, you have to tell yourself no matter how bad it gets you want to stop for these reasons, whatever they may be, and then write them down and then write down that you will stop and then take all the steps and treatments, etc. to make it happen.

I have a better idea to quit smoking. Many people within my circle tried this and they were able to eliminate this habit very successfully. According to this, you have to use your willpower to prevent smoke. Just leave that thing immediately and yes it will show it's own side effects but it is only your willpower will overpower them. Whenever you feel your moral down then check out some pics of patients suffering from lungs cancer, mouth cancer and then surely you do not want to be seen over there and thus you will feel a bit relaxed.

Try Emotional freedom technique - you will be amazed with the results

I can tell you all from experience that you may smoke and think nothing about it is getting to you but you are wrong. I starting smoking at age 6 and I will be 60 this year. I know that my smoking has damaged my body and probably beyond repair. These days I can't walk a small flight of stairs without getting winded or my heart racing, can take a bail of hay out to my horse feeder without have to stop and catch my breath. I even get dizzy sometimes saddling up my horse and getting on to ride. It's a pretty bad situation when you can't do the things you enjoy. I have found though if I keep busy with my hands and my mind I don't need to smoke. I've made it a point to make smoking an annoying interferance if I stay busy doing something. I even go so far as to make projects last longer so smoking doesn't become part of what I'm doing. This is my way to be on the road to being smoke free, it may be slow but it working.

The greatest thing ive done for myself in my life is quit smoking. Its changed my life tremendously. I feel so much better and have way more energy. I wish more smokers would push past the first few days of quitting and really see what a difference it makes.

I had been a smoker for over 20 years and was only able to quit after reading Allen Carr's "Easy Way To Quit Smoking". I highly recommend it!

It becomes very tough for the smoker to stop smoking ,but not impossible. Smoking is very bad and injurious to health. There are some tips that helps you in quieting the habit of smoking :
1 Start going for walk early in the morning
2 Eat a balance diet
3 Do Yoga and deep breathing exercise
4 Drink more water
5 Drink 2-3 cup of tea a day.

Hi everyone, I am really astounded to read some of the responses to this problem. It seems there are so many of us who seem to have such a problem with smoking. many of you said that you have tried with no success. I recently wrote an article about this on my blog, which is a self-development blog about using self-hypnosis and subliminal audio to help you quit. The reason I say this is that addictions such as cigarettes reside deep in your sub-conscious, not in your conscious mind, which is why ordinary will-power doesn't work. You actually need to re-program yourself. Their are audios available for this very problem, which can be obtained very cheaply. Unfortunately; I can't put a link in here as I am a new user, but if you look in my sig box, there's a link to my free download page. take out the free download from the link and go to the blog and look for the article called 'Quit Smoking With Subliminals'.

I can't say that ı am a smoker, but I have had other things in my life that I have managed to change using sub-conscious methods, and given that its so inexpensive compared with therapy, it's worth a try.

Good luck with everything

Linda

I only know two friends and an uncle the stopped the habit I don't know how i will inquire next time

I have found the most effective method is to put yourself in a situation for several days (3 or 4) where you will not be able to get any cigarettes. I had to spend a long weekend in jail last July, that did it for me. I am not suggesting that you go to jail, the point is I wasn't able to smoke for 3 days. After you get past the first 3 days, I think its just mind over matter. Think of the good things that not smoking is doing for you- you aren't constantly being inconvenienced with having to go find a time and a place to smoke, your saving money, you don't stink, food tastes better, your smoker's hack is clearing up, etc. Don't allow yourself to think one won't hurt- it will. I've fallen into that trap, and ended up having to put myself in a situation again where I couldn't get any cigarettes. Which I did over Memorial Day weekend by going to my family's cabin in the woods. Now I really am quit!

Karr Allen has a book I forgot its name but check out the author and you will find it. It may help you

My dad smoked for years and would never quit, not until his granddaughter was born. He wouldn't quit for his own kids, but he did so for his granddaughter. He's gone now and I miss him, he too was a long goodbye

If you want to quit smoking you should eat apples as many as you can everyday !! Someone old told me this advice, he told me that in the past when there weren't many ways to quit smoking people did this but to be honest I haven't tried it because I dont smoke !!