PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP!

i used the patch. it's a 3 step system...I kinda accelerated it a bit though...i bought two of the step 1's, and 1 of the step 2 and 3's. I used sugar free candies and twizzlers whenever I felt a craving, and i drank tons of water. I smoked for about 15 years. My sis and I quit at the same time. We live together too...and we are still friends. She smoked almost as long as I did. We knew there were going to be withdrawal symptoms, but we just made sure to give each other space and be respectful. We survived. Watch out for stressful situations...taking a walk will help with that. My father, mother and grandmother quit cold turkey. My aunt used a hypnotist. No one in my family has went back to smoking...so there are plenty of options. I'm glad I did it...i got $600.00 back on health insurance as an incentive too. lol Glad I did it...keep trying 'til you succeed. :-)

My grandpa is dieing as a direct result of smoking and still can't manage to stop. Basically immobile and still manages to go outside to smoke (he lives with us now and cannot smoke in the house) so I can understand how hard it can be to stop.

I was only a social smoker as a teen, so it was easy for me to quite cold turkey. My uncle was a heavy smoker due to stress and managed to stop through habit replacement (i.e. when he wanted to smoke he would do something else until it became a habit).

I've done both (weight loss and quitting cigs), and I commiserate. Quiting smoking is hard!

I had to completely remove myself from any and all smokers. It was banned from the house. I quit cold turkey, because tapering down didn't work for me. I had to completely change all of my habits. I had to stop hanging out with my smoking friends when they were smoking. At my regular smoke times, I found things to occupy myself. For example, I started jumping up after dinner and washing the dishes so I wouldn't think about having a smoke.

I have been quit for nine years now. You can do it!

When I decided to quit, I walked into my house, handed my sister my checkbook and debit card and told her to not let me have then back until I was over the cravings...it won't work for everyone, but that is what worked for me!! You can do it, but it takes willpower!!

My father was a smoker for 50 years, and was able to quit with Chantix. He turned 69 today and hasn't had a cigarette in over 3 years.

I quit cold turkey back in 2001 by sucking on candy canes...lol...hey it worked!

My husband did the same thing (cold turkey back in 2002) with lolipops. After a while he transitioned to sugar-free gum. He carries a pack of gum everywhere he goes and when he gets a craving he pops some gum. I can tell when he's stressed, because the gum comes out. :laugh:

I feel you. I am starting the process of quiting too. I have a roommate quitting with me and we marked March 1st as THE END. I am hoping that crossing off those days on the calendar and mentally preparing myself for it will help. It is going to be hard and I am willing to take any advice but I am guessing that it is all up to me. I am going to try Eciggarette and probably lots of gum.

#1 - you have to want to - doing it for someone else won't do it.

I used the gum for about 5 weeks until I kicked off a bout of acid reflux. That was enough for me.

I've got a bit over 4 years now.

QUITNET.COM - It's a wonderfully supportive smoking cessation website and it helped me quit after 35 years of smoking and many failed attempts to quit. I used the patch too. The combination of patch and quitnet was perfect for me. Hope you'll try it - good luck!

I quit with Chantix 5.5 years ago. Use the website with the "quit coach" type ideas. They seem silly. I.E., write a good bye letter to your cigarettes. Do them anyway.