Need a bit of HELP. SMOKER. Need to Quit!!!!!!!!!

it sucks alot to try and quit, right now im doing the patches and they seem to helping with the cravings and my attutide, i found out all we can do is try different things, patches, gum, hypnothis, ect....till something works.
BTW YOU JUST BE SMACKED WITH SOME WISDOM FROM YOUR GOD AWESOME....THOR

CHANTIX!!! Crazy dreams, but amazing product. I haven't touched a cigarette since! No cravings, nothing.

I honestly don't have any first (or even second) hand experience, but have you thought about those electronic cigarettes? They even make some that blow "smoke." I think it's just water vapor.

Good luck! If it were me, I'd just think about my teeth getting yellow. That freaks me out.

They are called "e-cigs" but everyone I know who has used them still smokes. They keep you addicted to nicotine as well as the addictive behaviour. Personally, when I quit I just went cold turkey. Just thought about how stupid it was that I was slowly killing myself for the sake of inhaling poisions that made me smell bad. If you are in the UK then you can get free help from your GP, but I dont know if there are similar schemes anywhere else.

It only takes 3 days to get the Nicotine out of your body. From there, it's all about the "Habit" of smoking. Find other things to occupy your time and hands. I smoke since the age of 9 until December this year...quit cold turkey. Breaking the Routine Habit is the hardest part. If you WANT it, CHOOSE it, ACT it. You will conquer.

Do know...healing your lunngs takes time. But it will happen.

Oh, and as for other products, like Chantix, your trading one dependancy for another. Eventually step off Chantix....but you can step off smoking earlier without putting crap into your body.

you can do it.. I quit June 14 and never looked back, I am a person who can quit and pick it up too but normally when I am working out I never think of cigs. you just need to say you are worth it and you have proven all ready you can..Think of you and your health and the money you will save- all win, win.

http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Way-Stop-Smoking-Non-smokers/dp/1402771630/

Worked for me in '95, and my partner, and many many friends. You keep smoking as you read the book, and stop at the end.

Hi there,

Quitting smoking is part of the reason I landed on MFP trying to lose weight. I put on like 15 pounds when I quit 2.5 years ago. I used the patches and found this awesome meter that keeps track of cigarettes not smoked, money saved, how many days of life saved... it was pretty helpfull to see those numbers go up. I still have it on my computer and check it from time to time. Here's the link: www.silkquit.org/stop-smoking/quit-meter.aspx well ok I don't know how to make it a link, but just incase you want to check it out.... Good luck in both journeys you are on!!! You rock!!!!

Hi, being an ex-smoker of more years than I care to remember and being on a 35-40 a day habit, I know how frightening it is to give up but the worst part is the thought of giving up. I used the electronic cigarettes and unlike what others have said I haven't had a cigarette in over a year now and never felt so good, being able to breathe is definitely a bonus in life!!
I used totally wicked an online firm but there are many firms who sell them and the one I bought was a Titan 510, it was brilliant and really took the edge off the cravings. As far as I'm concerned use whatever it takes to get you off them, be it patches, hypno, spray, tablest or e-cigs anything has to be better than the real thing.
Good luck with your quest for non-smoking, you can do it, go for it!

If it is motivation you need just stop and think about what your life would be life if you had to live with lung cancer, or emphysema. If you think it's tough wading through a workout as a smoker, just imagine what it would be like to be awake and have advanced emphysema . Every breath you take, all day long is an effort and painful. And I think the only real treatment for lung cancer is death and it is a mercy when it comes to those who have it.

I smoked for 20+ years and I did aversion therapy just over a year ago and haven't had so much as a puff from a cigarette since and have no urge to smoke anymore. Get yourself a small jar with a nice airtight seal on the cap and go buy a pack of smokes. Light up as normal, put the butts in the jar, add some water and seal the lid. Every time you want to have a smoke, you have to open the jar, take 5 deep whiffs from the jar of festering death then feel free to light up. Repeat as often as necessary, I couldn't finish a single pack.

I couldn't even handle nicotine gum and you can't chew the patch so I said screw it. The sensation of nicotine in my mount made my body recoil so I just suffered through 3-4 days of withdrawal after my last smoke went into the jar. Looking back I think the secret for me quitting was that I ended it completely instead of weening myself off it with a nicotine crutch. I simply told myself - never again.

Your mileage may vary.

p.s. sorry to be so negative about it but it seems to me that you are putting a lot of effort into living healthier through working out, why would you sabotage your efforts? you don't finish a workout and sit down and eat half a chocolate cake and a pound of bacon do you?

Good luck!

What about enstating a "no smoking" rule in the house? I can't smoke inside the house (student housing) so I find myself sometimes going days without a cig because it's raining outside or involves putting on shoes (hahaha)
I do tend to get really bad cravings sometimes and to be honest I also indulge them. I think I smoke about 10 cigarettes a fortnight without stress. WITH stress (or alcohol) it's a lot higher ):

A few years ago I quit smoking and was sucessful for a long time because I was ready. It makes me laugh thinking about when I quit because it was during the summer and I was on my lunch break and I just smoked my last one. I was on my way back to work and I just drove past the gas station because it was hot outside and I was too lazy to go in and buy a pack... and that was that for about a year or so. I ended up starting again, pretty small at first but then as time went on I was smoking more (I was never a super heavy smoker, the heaviest was about half a pack a day, at this point I was smoking about two packs a week). I ended up quitting again about 2 months ago, and it's true that the hardest part is the habit. Getting into my car to drive to work or to drive home was the worst. But as time went it's gotten easier. I did have one smoke about 3 weeks ago, but that was it (I was super stressed at work and I was about to lose it, so I bummed one off my friend, that way I only smoked one. If I bought a pack I would end up smoking all of them and probably buy another after that...)

So... for me, it was all about will power. And that's no easy thing. But it's doable. Good luck, I'd like to hear an update later on :flowerforyou: you can do it :happy:

I quit cold Turkey on my birthday last year because after a physical my doctor said I had the body and health of a 40 year old I was 25 fixin to be 26,,, I knew I had to quit after watching my dad die of Heart diseases from smoking! I quit and then decided to start exercising I was 2 months in when I found out I was pregnant so I quit working out due to high risk and waited tell I had the baby to start back! I do still have the want to smoke some times but I make my self clean or do something to keep me busy so I dont think about it and if I cant just get up and go I hold a pen in my hand like you would a smoke! Really helps me! I am here if you need someone to talk to to keep from picking one up!! Just Message me!!!