quit smoking help

i'm planning to quit smoking by my bday which coupla days away only, is it true that i will gain weight? and what's better, to graduallu minimize the cigarettes i smoke daily or to just quit? do the nicotine gums help? any other tips? (I smoke 10 cigarettes a day and i've been smoking for 2.5 years now)

I quit cold turkey over 20 years ago. I did gain some weight initially but with careful eating and exercise it came off easily. There is a temptation to smoke when you are stressed. What helped me is to just take a couple of deep breaths instead of giving into the temptation. Good luck - your lungs will thank you for it!!

2006-07-25 13:47:33 by Alien (Tribute to Sting!)

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I just tried to quit smoking.I am doing pretty good and I am on the patch . It is just sometimes it is real hard. Does anyone haave any suggestions to help me succeed

Have lots of sex.......it will keep your mind off smoking!!!

2006-12-28 08:07:23 by irishlad

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I want to quit smoking, because it's gross, but I don't want to get crabby, or gain weight. Has anyone out there been successful with a particular method? Help please...

Contact the Quitline and join a Quit Smoking Clinic.

2007-07-04 20:19:58 by lib227ra

i need to help my fren quit smokin.. he wants to do it but hasnt been very successful till now jus bcoz he never gets around to startin with da cutting down.. n da minute i try talk to him bout it he seems to increase it.. is there any way i can help him without makin it obvious??

Well quitting smoking is very difficult for those who smoke many times a day. But tell him to be brave and don't use any patches or medicines (I recommend) because they can be dangerous in many cases. But when he will quit smoking by himself, without using any medicines, then he will become confident, it increases confidence in man, it makes you brave.

2006-12-23 22:20:54 by ZD

I've never felt so weak in my entire life. I want to quit smoking so badly but every time I try I only find myself obsessing on wanting a cigarette. My roommates smoke, my friends smoke and it seems like we all want to quit but end up caving for one reason or another. Does anyone have any advice that could help me?

I understand your pain. Its all about standing up for yourself. Like high schoolers, its like giving in to peer pressure, but on yourself.

I have been addicted to many things and cigarettes were the worst. If you're a cold-turkey kind of person, try that and see how it goes. If not, bum when you are drinking alcohol ONLY (social smoker) and limit yourself to only 1 or 2 per social-smoking nites.

Here is how I did it:
1. Do NOT buy a pack of smokes. If you have them, you will smoke them. Bumming from friends and strangers constantly gets old quickly and they will eventually be annoyed.

2. Don't even think about it. The more you think about it, the more you want one. When you think of smoking one, think about how your throat feels right then, think about gross crap like mucus and phlegm and tar... ew.

3. My boyfriend helped. He quit smoking and stayed strong while the rest of us continued. Every time I would smoke he would be very, very, very upset. He is worth more to me than smoking cigarettes.

4. Buy lots of gum.

5. When you quit, realize that it will take a long, long, long time to not want one... but even then, even my 80 year old grandmother still has dreams about wanting cigarettes and she quit 20 years ago.

6. When you do quit, you will feel ill, you will feel tired and down and cranky and pissed off and crazy. This will pass. Do not give in!

7. This next one is entirely dependent on your personality.... if you like the social habit part of things, partake in the social habit part. If it is too difficult for you to stay social without wanting to bum, then don't partake. You may lose friends over it, but what kind of friends are those?

8. Sooner or later you won't feel like the only one not smoking... my group of friends quit one by one... and the last one standing outside smoking felt very alone.

You can do it! You can do anything.... trust yourself.

2009-09-14 13:13:30 by Nathalie