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.

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. :-)

Yeah---I've heard from a lot of long-time smokers that the patch is the only thing that helped them kick the habit. I quit cold turkey, but then I had only been smoking from about age 21 to 24. I understand that it is more difficult for those who started early and have smoked a long time. But I have known a number of early/long-time smokers who have been successful (with the patch). I would suggest trying sugarless gum rather than candy canes though. Trading rotten teeth for clear lungs is probably a poor trade-off. You can kick it!

I stopped smoking same time I started dieting, used the nicotine gum and now the spray. I went from the nicer mint gum to the nastier stuff so I'd feel less inclined.

Bit over 6 months I probably still have a reasonable nicotine addiction going on, but not had a smoke. I can happily sit around people smoking, and just enjoy the smell. I miss the smell the most. If the wind is right inside my house I can smell the next door neighbour smoking on his verandah - and I just think wow something smells tasty.

I smoked for 14 years; I started when I was 14. I hated quitting; I cried for like 2 weeks straight. I used the patch & Wellbutrin. This was six years ago. I tried to quit about sixteen different times. Obviously I failed the first fifteen times and succeeded the sixteenth. So my first bit of advice would be preserverance. Don't give up on yourself. I just had genetic testing done at 23andme and genetics play a big role in addiction to cigarettes. So I suppose my 2nd piece of advice would be Don't blame yourself. These two things. You can do it; it is really hard but you can do it.

I went for years cutting down one a day. I was at one cigg a day for a couple years. Then I just stopped and kept super busy. When I would crave I would go for a walk or drink glasses of water

The decision to Quit smoking is very similar to that of wanting to loose weight. To be successful at either you must want it bad enough and to me it certainly sounds like you do. And once you've made the decision to quit or to lose weight, it's purely a mental thing. In short, it's mind over matter. In other words, every thing you want to cheat-be it smoke or cheat on your diet, you need to ask yourself the reason for you quitting in the first place. Knowing the reason will help you overcome your urges to smoke or cheat, ect.

I quit 7 years ago and had been smoking for 25 years. My reason for quitting was that I wanted to be around to see my daughter grow up. It was Sunday january 12, 2007. I made the decision to quit that morning. I left my pack of cigs on the table before leaving the room. I closed the door and haven't looked back since. To help reduce my cravings, I removed all triggers in my life ie. going to bars and clubs, stopped hanging out with friends who smoked, ect. And when things got tough, I reminded myself of the reason for quitting.

You can do this. I know you can. Mind over matter and remove all triggers. Good luck!