Smoking :(

It's all about setting your mind to quitting. If the mind isn't sure you won't make it.

I said a prayer daily, and said when I smoke the last one I won't buy anymore.

Guess what? I haven't.

It's been nearly 8 years.

You deserve a healthy LONG life.

Tell yourself this daily.

I watched my mom die painfully with cancer. Her last 14 days she wasn't able to eat or drink.

My Dad's lung cancer hit him, and he was gone in 4 months. That was after years of emphesema where he couldn't walk 10 feet without getting winded.

For quality of life and a future with your family, kick it to the curb!

Patches are a lifesaver. The only method that works in my opinion. And chewing lots of regular (not nicotine) sugar free gum.

I've heard that drinking a lot of orange juice helps...something about the Vitamin C helps with cravings...but I would try gum/patch/etc.

Or you could just not do it, like I did. xD Save your money lol.

I have never smoked but my partner did for years.

He tried many different things but cutting down to start with helps. See if you can cut down to half of what you would 'normally' have.

My partner smoked 20 a day and managed to cut down to 4 a day in a few days. At least then you'll be part the way there!

There are a few things on the market you can try like an 'electric cigarette' My partner still uses this NOW when he feels the urge. It look simular, lights up blue at the end and you breathe in steam. Sounds strange but worked for him.

Today's my first day giving up and I've spent all day munching on polo sugar free mints. I had a patch on earlier but it kept falling off so I've been using the nicorette spray as well.

I gave up nearly 6 years ago, patches for 2 weeks then just thought feck it, it was hard, I was a bag but best thing I ever did.

Your capacity for cardio will go thru the roof, you will not be ruled by an addiction and you wont stink.... I have just been with smokers and my oh my how it stinks.

Good luck, you wanna do it? Do it!

I smoked for 14 years. Not a pack a day but probably a pack every other day. I hated it and loved it. But I was getting tired of it and tired of spending so much money. I was not someone who would smoke just anything because it was cheaper. I had to smoke Marlboro Reds. It wasn't until my girls started asking me to quit that I knew I had no other choice. So that was my New Year's Resolution last year. Jan. 4 to be exact. I just quit. Cold turkey. I honestly do not know how I did it either. It was hard but I had to be strong. I wish you the best of luck!

You can probably have all the replacements you want but they won't work unless you WANT to quit.

I've tried to quit 3 times previously using replacements, the final time I was so sick of smoking I have done it on my own.

You have absolutely got to want to do it. If you have the slightest doubt in your own mind you will always go back, even if you quit for a while.

Sorry if it sounds a harsh way to put it but I think for most people, it is true.

i started to roll my own cigs, and they last longer than a reg cig so i wouldn't smoke a whole one (a lot cheaper too).
then i would get lazy and didn't feel like rolling any
then eventually i stopped buying them
i have smoked once or twice in the past 6 months, i was wasted and it sounded good lol.
i didn't use candy or any patches, i just smoked less and less until i didn't feel like it anymore (i used to be up to a pack a day as well)
you can do it!
oh, i forgot, i had switched to the e cig briefly right before i quit and i found myself barely puffing on it, and forgetting to charge it all the time lol. i think that may have helped too

I smoked a pack a day for 10 years and tried everything to quit, but nothing worked. Finally in January 2011 I got Chantix and have been smoke free for a year and a half. It gets a bad rap, but for me personally it is my miracle drug. I loved smoking and just the thought of it now disgusts me. I took it exactly as prescribed and had no side effects, I also did not even have to take it for the full twelve weeks, about 4 weeks and I stopped taking the medicine and have never even considered picking up another cigarette.

Good luck!

With me, I currently smoke but it's a long story... I started again when my boyfriend passed away because I couldn't sleep and kept crying at work so I'd use it for breaks and to stay awake...

However, I successfully quit before that using my head. I had one pack of cigarettes that I kept at home, and if I was having a really bad withdrawal, I'd allow myself to have one only AFTER I got home from work. I just didn't keep them around. You'll find that you may smoke that much right now but for the addiction aspect, you only need a fraction of it to keep the headaches from being too bad.

Seriously though, I dropped the habit with just tylenol at the ready for a few days. You gotta identify and remove your triggers.

I do vape now, and that has cut down on cig consumption a lot, BUT vaping aka electronic cigarettes are not a quitting aid per se. They maintain the nicotine, they just are cleaner for the lungs. Could be a good midway for you.

Allen Carr's "Easy Way" book. Read it. Worked for me and if not its only a few quid wasted. I've gone from 1 pack a day to nothing overnight and it was not that hard. That was 1 year ago.

You can do it.

This definitely....Tons of people swear by it....I have the book and quit the day I finished it....I am one of the silly ones who started back up again but I plan to read it again soon - Once I am SURE that I am ready....It is kind of a de-brainwashing, is what the author says and it seems to work....Try it...For $9 or so - It's worth a try...And it's not a huge book..." 'EASYWAY' To Stop Smoking"...You can find it on amazon or Walmart.com is where I ordered it....Best of luck!!

I cut back over a few days then went cold turkey. It's a "State of Mind". Do you want to live longer? Be healthy?
I smoked for around 39 years...last cig was March 18,2012. Haven't touched one since! You can do it!!!!!!!
Good luck:flowerforyou:

Also it's a habit as well as an addiction. With coffee,after meal,etc. Hand to mouth... Change your routine when the urges come.