Any advice?
I am trying smoking less and less per day
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I read a book about quitting smoking, i think itâs âeasy way to stop smokingâ by Allen Carr. It definitely kept me off the cigs when listening to it on audio book 15 years ago.
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yes I read that book tooâŚgreat stuffâŚhad to use nicotine gum for a year before I could stop though.
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I quit the cigs 3 years ago and the vape 2 years agoâŚI used nicotine gum. The only problem is that I STILL chew the nicotine gum but I guess thatâs still healthier than inhaling multiple toxins.
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Withdrawals though. How to combat?
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Wellbutrin may help
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do you ever get that sick feeling, say if you smoke too quickly or too much?
When you satiate that nicotine craving and take it too far?
That is the feeling you need to identify with!
Think about it. Dwell on that nauseous feeling. Feel how it makes you feel as your body rejects the overdose of nicotine.
Smoke three of your cigarillos in a row. Make yourself vomit from it.
This is what these cigarettes do to you. Note it, analyse it. feel it. Remember it the next time you have the craving which lasts for a few weeks.
It is only tolerable because you have the necessary amount.
The fact is it makes you feel sick.
Make a list of everything you like about it. The âcoolnessâ, the occupation of it. The feel. The oral fixation. The boredom filler.
Now make a list of what you can replace these things with. Chewing gum, a lollipop, a mint, a rubiks cube, make a beat etc.
Realise it will be a tough couple of weeks. It will pass. It will subside.
Know that you deserve to be free!
Good luck!
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Ive tried various methods and all of them have some degree of difficulty for me. I quit for a very long time when I went cold turkey once. This has been the most successful method for me to date.
But Iâve tried patches, gum, reduction, cold turkey, etc. None of them are particularly easy but its definitely wise to try.
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Im struggling to figure out how to stop. I just buy a pack when I run out
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Maybe try going longer period of time between lighting up itâs hard man Iâm in the same boat
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You will quit and youâll never go back. I watched my father smoke cigarettes my whole life. Do it for you and your family. I saw my fatherâs heart on a monitor. It was really bad. He had heart disease
He didnât give a â â â â by the end of his life. His lungs were just â â â â too. Its an expensive habit and Iâll be dambed if I pick up another cig Iâll have candy with me.
Please donât feel like Iâm getting on to you. I just want you and other folks around here to live.
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Thanks roxanna
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Yeah i quit 2021 july. i was a smoker for like 15 years before that, including my first three years on the forum. I did it cold turkey. My advice is, get over the first 3 days for the worst cravings, then a month for the rest. I had to keep trying until i got a month where i never had any angry moments, because all angry moments made me want a cig. I binged a TV show instead of smoking to keep me distracted, for me it was Adventure Time on HBO, the whole series, I like cartoons so it soothed me. Any show with at least 5 or 6 seasons will do.
I would personally advise against nicotine replacements cuz youâll likely just get hooked on those instead. Good luck. I save 300 bucks a month and will never go back due to the extra food in my stomach and money in my pocket being worth too much to me.
And btw, the number one killer of smokers is not lung or throat cancer (though people often think it is), it is actually heart disease.
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