Quitting Smoking

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  • WTBSE
    WTBSE Posts: 72 Member
    In 2 days, i celebrate being 2 years smoke free. And it was easy to quit. I know, i know, you wont believe me!!
    I used 'Allen Carrs Easyway to Stop Smoking' book and have never looked back.

    I wasnt even sure i wanted to quit, but i was in the bookshop, looking at it, and a man came up to me and explained that if i wanted to quit, THIS was the book to help me, that he'd been quit for 6months, found it easy, and it was all down to that book.

    So of course, i bought it! I got half way through the book, and just didnt want to smoke anymore. And i havent! Honestly, i would try it, if you havent already :)
  • super_monty
    super_monty Posts: 419 Member
    Smoked 20 to 80 a day for 17 years, stopped for good 6/7 years ago.

    Tablets, patches etc, just prolong the agony and you have a better chance of starting smoking again according to a number of studies I read 6/7 years ago. Something like 75% of people using supplements returned to smoking at a later date compared to a much lower figure when going cold turkey.

    Cold Turkey is the way to go after 2 weeks the difference is amazing STAY AWAY FROM ALL ALCOHOL for sometime durning and after.

    Patched are not great you are still getting nicotine!
  • kendrafallon
    kendrafallon Posts: 1,030 Member
    I quit smoking just over 2 years ago, using Champix. Was hard work and I still get cravings when stressed, but being smoke-free is worth the effort.

    The only way you will stop, is if you really want to. Good luck and here's wishing you every success
  • Keiko385
    Keiko385 Posts: 514 Member
    I am 2 months in without a cigarette, I still use the patch but I am on my last week for those. I still get that urge to pick one up on occasion, I just want something to hold onto with my morning coffee, the rest of time I go for a walk or pace it may make my co workers a little nuts but I'm not barking at them
  • Mary10091982
    Mary10091982 Posts: 5 Member
    I used Allen Carrs easy way. That was in Feb. I am now 5.5 months smoke free and I dont crave smoking at all. I tried to quit many times before without much success I would def recommend this to all smokers who think they will never be able to quit.
  • super_monty
    super_monty Posts: 419 Member
    I am 2 months in without a cigarette, I still use the patch but I am on my last week for those. I still get that urge to pick one up on occasion, I just want something to hold onto with my morning coffee, the rest of time I go for a walk or pace it may make my co workers a little nuts but I'm not barking at them

    see what i mean about the patches, sounds like you are still addicted.
  • Keiko385
    Keiko385 Posts: 514 Member
    I am 2 months in without a cigarette, I still use the patch but I am on my last week for those. I still get that urge to pick one up on occasion, I just want something to hold onto with my morning coffee, the rest of time I go for a walk or pace it may make my co workers a little nuts but I'm not barking at them

    see what i mean about the patches, sounds like you are still addicted.

    Since being on the last step of them I have forgotten to put them on sometimes. Am I still addicted doubtful as I know it will kill me, I was not given the option to wake up one morning and decide to quit a heart attack did that for me
  • surabhit
    surabhit Posts: 94 Member
    No cravings. No substitutes. Cold turkey. I tried Allan Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking. The first time I stopped with that, I started again in 2 months. Smoked for another 6-8 months almost but was at about half my usual smoking levels. This is the second time I've stopped and it's worked. June 14th I quit, and since then I've been to Amsterdam and I haven't started smoking again!! You'll feel it from within when you want to stop. Nothing anyone says will help, but try to read allan Carr - it made me change the way I felt when I smoked. So that eventually it was my own decision. Might work for you too.

    Best of luck, and keep at it! You won't regret - that's a promise.
  • surabhit
    surabhit Posts: 94 Member
    I used Allen Carrs easy way. That was in Feb. I am now 5.5 months smoke free and I dont crave smoking at all. I tried to quit many times before without much success I would def recommend this to all smokers who think they will never be able to quit.

    Bump!
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    once a smoker, always a smoker. i haven't had a cigarette since christmas, with a few cheats here and there. sometimes i bum a smoke just out of habit, and wanting to be sociable. halfway through the cigarette i feel horrible, and i ask myself "why am i doing this??"

    the best thing i have found is to say out loud that i've quit, when i'm around smokers.
  • j_wilson2012
    j_wilson2012 Posts: 293
    Smoked 20 to 80 a day for 17 years, stopped for good 6/7 years ago.

    Tablets, patches etc, just prolong the agony and you have a better chance of starting smoking again according to a number of studies I read 6/7 years ago. Something like 75% of people using supplements returned to smoking at a later date compared to a much lower figure when going cold turkey.

    Cold Turkey is the way to go after 2 weeks the difference is amazing STAY AWAY FROM ALL ALCOHOL for sometime durning and after.

    Patched are not great you are still getting nicotine!

    Amen to that, man. Most people smoke MORE just because they are drinking. This will make you want to smoke. I do not drink very much, but I havent tested with beer yet.
    Sometimes I have those cravings that tell myself "okay, what If I go back to smoke? Noone will care." Ever get those kind of cravings? It is like that kid behind the wall holding a blunt in those Scruff McGruff cartoons. It is kind of annoying.
  • dorsiciliberti
    dorsiciliberti Posts: 1
    APPLE CIDER VINEGAR did the job for me. seriously, I have been in the process of QUITTING SMOKING for 2-3 years and I'm 25 days into my quit and couldn't believe how easy the ACV made it. The first week I took a shot ( a very small shot) twice a day. It kept me from craving anything, so I didn't eat a ton either. It made me feel detoxified quicker. I started jogging and walking at night so I wouldn't go to the bar downstairs and drink and smoke. I think since the apple cider vinegar cleaned me out and kept me from stiffing my face with food, it has been easier getting back into shape.
    I will say this, it tastes disgusting. and you're really not supposed to drink shots of it since it can mess up your esophagus. I always used cranberry-grape juice to chase it since the taste is so gross.

    GOOD LUCK. and Stay positive.

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