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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: smkelly13 on January 28, 2009, 05:03:23 PM
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*I'm trying to quit smoking*
*I can't afford prescriptions, or patches, etc*
*I'm wanting to do it "cold turkey"*
Any tips on ways to make it seem like I don't want to strangle people due to kicking an addiction? I've heard chewing lots, and lots of gum...
Any others, "wives tales", secret medicinal ways (think drunken raisins to cure arthritis).
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don't buy them. :aok
NOT
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don't buy them. :aok
NOT
Ditto.
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*I'm trying to quit smoking*
*I can't afford prescriptions, or patches, etc*
*I'm wanting to do it "cold turkey"*
Any tips on ways to make it seem like I don't want to strangle people due to kicking an addiction? I've heard chewing lots, and lots of gum...
Any others, "wives tales", secret medicinal ways (think drunken raisins to cure arthritis).
Skoal ;)
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Hmmm If you drink do that a little more especially when your playing AH2 :P Wont get stressed as much. Oh and don't up in a plane near me i'll ho u
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Just do it.
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Never have that first cigarette in the morning.
All kidding aside, you have to want to quit.
If you do not truly want to quit, no sort of cease smoking program will work.
If you truly want to quit, you don't need any sort of cease smoking program.
Make it to 3 days. After that, it's all mental.
Good luck.
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It only takes 24 hours for the nicotine to burn out of your system. Takes 21 days to change/alter/develop a habit. I have recently quit; been 4 months completely smoke free. It took 3 tries with patches over close to 18 months. Like the others have said you have to want to quit to be able to do it. Here is some advice for you gum will help with some of the cravings, and if you don't get much exercise you will want to start doing it more.
:salute and good luck.
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Yep, 3 days is needed for the physical addiction from all I've read. After that it's mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter. Some things that help: Keep your hands busy. You are used to holding that smoke. Hold a pen or something instead. When having a craving, do pierced lip breathing, as in, tighten your lips into a small circle, as if you are hitting a smoke. Breathe long and slow. The craving will pass in about 10 minutes or so. Stay busy! Don't sit there and keep dwelling on "Man, I want a smoke." You have to break your body's physical habits too. Your hand is used to bringing that smoke up. Find something else for it to do during a craving (dirty thoughts aside). Cold turkey is very hard and very often not successful, but not impossible. People do it every day. Try this for now, don't smoke in the car anymore. Once you are used to that, cut out another time of day you usually smoke. It's a process. You can do it. Think of the addiction like it's a real person. Yell at it. Tell it you're gonna kick it's sorry bellybutton like there's no tomorrow. You can do it man. Kick its ass!
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You want to stop. (as opposed to Quit) just words I know but word association is a strong thing with us opposable thumb types. If you are able to carry about toothpaste and a brush, when a craving sets in go brush your teeth (you'll have gorgeous teeth by the time your finished...or no gums). If that is not an option a bottle of water. This also has the benefit of cleansing you. Both will keep your hands busy. Also do not think after a week just a puff won't hurt. And if you are really getting frustrated with people during this time, think of the penguins (Madagascar) "Just smile and wave boys, just smile and wave"
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You have to want to quit as others have stated. I quit April 5, 2007 and have not smoked a single ciggarette since. I used a drug that the company provided, can't remember the name right now, but until I actually decided to quit it didn't do me any good.
I still get a craving for a smoke on occasion but the occasions are getting fewer with more time inbetween them.
Hang in there bro, I smoked for over 40 years and managed to quit, you can do it too...if you really want to.
Mark
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Lots of cardio work..... I always feel like smoking less when I've been working out a lot that week.
Set a fitness goal.... smoking will get in the way of that.
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If you've got friends or family members (especially if they live with you) that smoke, good luck on trying to quit....
Chances are, you'll give in to the temptation if you see them smoking or going out to smoke..
There is pretty much no way to quit (unless you have willpower of steel) until you remove yourself from a smoking
environment or change your smoking environment into a non-smoking one... This is the first step....
Eat healthy and stay hydrated.. Lots of hydration will help flush the nicotine out of your system more thoroughly
and give a chance for the appropriate receptors in your brain to get back to normal. Don't drink alcohol because this will likely trigger your smoking again...
People are less apt to smoke after eating healthy.. Instead of coffee in the morning, drink black tea...
Has almost the same amount of caffeine as coffee.. Drinking tea instead of coffee in the morning is a good idea
because most people equate coffee with cigarettes... They go hand in hand...
Drinking black tea won't make you quit, but you won't make the association of coffee with cigarette..
Basically, it's just a change of habits.... Some people need a little help along the way with medication or gum..
You don't need to feel embarrassed about taking medication for quitting smoking...
Nicotine withdrawal isn't pleasant.. It's nowhere near as severe as heroin or alcohol withdrawal, but it does come with its own
problems..
Finally, if you think you need help quitting, talk to a doctor about Chantix.. I hear it's the latest and greatest when it comes to helping people quit...
It shuts off the receptors in your brain for nicotine, so you basically don't crave smoking..
Good Luck!
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Just slam yer donut in a car door...you'll forget about smoking.
Mac
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I have no personal experience, but my brother, started smoking at an early age. I'll guess about 15, he's 18 now. At 17, he finally decided enough was enough, he was down to like a pack a day of smoking.
What he did was, just lock himself in his room, and didn't go anywhere for a week or so during the summer... Course, he started again, but he quit for almost a year after doing something as simple as that.
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I picked up smoking in the Corps, in about a month I could usually knock out a pack in 2 days.
Several months later my wife (was fiancee at the time) told me she wanted me to stop.
Haven't touched a single smoke since.
If you want to stop, drop a pair and put your mind to it.
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I have never smoked! However both my parents have. So all I have is a true life story!
My Mother recently Died due to COPD related causes.
Years ago 1974 she almost quit: "Brother left AF, came home." She started again!
She was always hacking up Yellow Gobs of Phelm. Doctors told her to quit many times.
Went on and off the Patch many times. Would never stay off the cigs!
Had a stroke sometime in 2004/5
In 2006/7 she went on oxygen.
In Mid 2008 the found Cancer in her Right lung. She opted for surgery to remove the upper right lobe.
Caught pnuemonia, a few weeks after being released from the hospital.
Readmitted and died within a few days.
This is a true story,(shortened). I hope it gives you alot to think about!
Greg
Spacer
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Cut out the sugar (I can't cite the source, right now, but I know I read it somewhere) because it apparently goes hand-in-hand with the nicotine processing (something to do with your liver)
Lots of water is good advice, also. Put some lemon in the water. Exercise (cardio especially) will help flush, as well. My advice is get the wife (girlfriend, etc) to help with the cardio (hint, hint). She will benefit also, as you won't be sucking for air as quickly or as often. :devil
Don't wash a coat (or shirt, etc) that you have worn while smoking. Give it a sniff 2 or 3 days after you haven't had a smoke and you will see how bad it stinks.
I, myself have not quit, yet, but my grandfather still lives with us and he smokes all day long, so my whole house stinks, and it's all but IMPOSSIBLE to quit while he is still around.
Smoke some ganja, it'll calm you down :aok
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*I'm trying to quit smoking*
*I can't afford prescriptions, or patches, etc*
*I'm wanting to do it "cold turkey"*
Any tips on ways to make it seem like I don't want to strangle people due to kicking an addiction? I've heard chewing lots, and lots of gum...
Any others, "wives tales", secret medicinal ways (think drunken raisins to cure arthritis).
Sounds like you're very close to having your willpower overpower the addiction. The problem I've always had with kicking the habit is that smoking is something you really get into enjoying when you have nothing else to do. Drive to work/store, smoke a stoge. Autoclimbing in AH to 10K, smoke a stoge. You have 10 minutes to kill at work, smoke a stoge. When I did quit I found plain gum helped a lot, it does nothing for the addiction, but it really really helps with that whole "aww man, i got 5-10 minutes to kill sitting/standing here, I wish I had a smoke or something else to do right about now" thing.
I wish I could give ya tips for actualy successfuly quiting for good, but I'm unfortunatley smoking again myself, and it's almost back to a pack a day again ( :furious @ myself). In my defence I was good for almost five years, then my wife left me the day after my Bday a few months ago and... yeah... that was a trip to the store for a strong bottle and a pack of smokes without thinking twice about it.
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A good start is to cut out habitual cig's.
Many smokers will "always" light up when they get in the car, or get on the phone, or a certain time of day.
Stop those first.
THEN you start seeing how long you can go between cig's. Only smoke when you just abosolutely have to.
The goal is to try to get down to 3-4 cig's a day, which is right around the min. to keep addicted.
After a few weeks of that... just stop.
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Never have that first cigarette in the morning.
All kidding aside, you have to want to quit.
If you do not truly want to quit, no sort of cease smoking program will work.
If you truly want to quit, you don't need any sort of cease smoking program.
Make it to 3 days. After that, it's all mental.
Good luck.
Green Tea helped me, Still sneak afew when drinking. Which is always arrrr.
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I've gone almost 24 hours without a cigarette.
Thanks for all of the replies. I've taken up running, although it's on a tredmill, but it's helping. Cravings is what's hard, and routine/habit. But, I'm winning the battle, hopefully I'll win the war.
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WTG on 24 hours....but your not out of the woods......yet.
Look at reality. If you could afford $35 a carton (or $24 if you got the cheap ones) then you can afford the patch. The patch is $28 a box at Walmart.
Cold turkey is great, but the patch get's you out of the habit of getting nicotine by NOT lighting something and sticking it in your pie hole. I smoked for 24 years....quit using the patch with absolutely no difficulty. I was off the patches in less than 3 weeks.
After that...take that $35 a carton and spend it on something that lasts longer than a few days.
Either way...I wish you all the best, and hope you put smokes behind you forever. Myself, and everyone that posts here to help you is right there with you!
YOU CAN DO IT!
I believe in you!
ROX
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I never smoked so I'm no library of ideas. I only post to wish you all the luck in quitting.
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*I'm trying to quit smoking*
*I can't afford prescriptions, or patches, etc*
*I'm wanting to do it "cold turkey"*
Any tips on ways to make it seem like I don't want to strangle people due to kicking an addiction? I've heard chewing lots, and lots of gum...
Any others, "wives tales", secret medicinal ways (think drunken raisins to cure arthritis).
just DO IT.
make up your mind.
accept that it is going to be hard.
get through it.
pat yourself on the back.
and then never, ever do it again, ever...because then you will have to go through it all over again. trust me on that.
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I am a 2 pack a day smoker but recently spent a week in the hospital after surgery. I brought gum and candy canes and straws cut to cigarette length-it helped