I have been smoking for approx 40 years and dont really want to stop – but I FEEL THAT I MUST for my sake and for anybody that thinks anything of me – can anybody please help me?
Mike_T says:
I know exactly how you feel, I was in a very similar situation. I remember that I was so nervous at that time and I took it out on everyone around me. I didnt know what could I do until, thanks god, I found Smoke Deter. Now I can look back and laugh on myself and in the same time I remember how helpless I was. I hope that I'll never be in the same situation again
Yes, If I can do it, so can you. I stopped almost 1 year ago. It is now rapidly becoming a very dirty, anti-social habit. So, the one that you are smoking now, make that your last one. Within 20 mins your body will start to benefit.
Even if you feel that you don’t want to stop, but you know it makes sense to, although this may sound negative, don’t worry. I think you mean that you would like to be a non-smoker, but without the struggle. Give it a go and even if you relapse and have a sneaky one, forget that and get back to quitting. Your family and friends will thank you and so will you.
Remember: You don’t have to be enslaved to this addiction.
Check this out, it is quite surprising. There is even a forum you can join for support.
http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/afterquitting/a/quitting20minut.htm
quit cold turkey
Will power is the only thing, it took me years to finally quit. Even with the patch it was the hardest thing i ever did.
I faith in you ability to quit!!!!!
Indian tobacco is really named lobelia, but DONT use the stuff in your garden…
It takes up the SAME receptor sites in the brain that nicotine takes up, so thats why it can help. Evenso, indian tobbacco is not adictive. However, another reason not to use it from your garden, is because its active ingrediant lobeline needs to be in small doses, otherwise it can be trouble.
I bought some at the health food store in my town. it was a whopping 16 bucks for a bottle of pills. I HAVEN’T used it yet. TO tell ya the truth, I’m a bit confused. Many websites online say it is safe, but in this book I have it says that too much of the active ingrediant lobeline can put one in a coma or kill…… but I’d imagine that the lobeline is at safe levels for the company to bottle it, you know? Some do test to measure the active ingrediants to make sure they are not too high…. (also this book of mine was writeen by two pharmacist, who do seem to be a bit reserved about herbs due to their education…..)
The book is called:
(It only cost 8 bucks and has tons of health info on many different herbs, what they are good for, what allergic reactions they may cause, what herbs not to take for certain pre-existing health conditions you have, and which herbs interact negatively with certain perscriptions)
The Complete Guide To Herbal Medicine
by charles w. fetrow, Pharm D.
and Juan r. avila, pharm d
in this book it also list other herbs to quit smoking:
gentian
oats
(but the more you use, I’d really advice a doc who uses herbs)
There are also homepathic things you can use from the health food store, such as a exract taken under the tongue to help reduce cravings (one I looked at had lobelia in it!)
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Other things I intend to do when I stop smoking:
take the phone off of the hook, so no telemarketers bill collecters can anger me
Use lavender essential oil to help calm me (in the bath and in a ceramic candle diffuser)
Chamomile tea (some are allergic to this flower though, be advised)
send the kids to grandmas….
Oh, and have ALL housework done the DAY before, so I’m not mad looking at messes.
Good luck to you, and some say counseling helps one to quit!
sammie
(sorry about the spelling errors. I have a sinus headache right now and it is hard for me to read)
First of all you said, "I really don’t want to stop." That’s your number one problem, you have to WANT to and it has to be for you. I too have been a smoker for about the same amount of time as you. I have tried to quit in the past and always went back to it. I quit Jan. 2nd and this time I am determined because I WANT to quit. It’s only been 7 days and for the most part I take it 5 minutes at a time but I feel so much better already. I sadly regret having to tell you that if it’s not something you want to do than you never will. It has to be your time, it’s all in the mindset, change your way of thinking, change your life. Good luck.
ask your Doctor, he will refer you to someone probably a nurse in his surgery, and they will help you,mine gave me the patches, used one full one then every day after that I cut in half what I had the previous day I didn’t need any more after I had used them all up. I have been stopped for 2 years now.
I quit a year and a half ago with Smoke Away. It is a vitamin, herb and homoeopathic kit that beats cravings and helps you quit smoking permanently and it only takes a week! It comes with a CD that you also listen to. A must try especially with such quick results without the cravings and mood swings I might ad. I don’t know if you can buy it in the Uk or not but you can order it online. I’ve added the website…best of luck! You can do it! I smoked for 22 years and I can guarantee you I will never go back to that filthy habit…just makes me sick the idea of it!
Yes go to a heart transplant ward, lung cancer ward or heart by pass ward.
NHS can also put you in touch with group therapy sessions where u are assingned a buddy …a smoker who also wans to quit. You meet up as a group over 3 months. Ask GP.Practice nurse to refer you…or ring NHS stop smoking line. Yiu meet all sorts of lovely people just like you.
Just drop it. It’s that simple.
The only other way I know that really works is using affirmations to change the negative beliefs in the subconscious:
Just repeat as often as u can:
I am willing to release the need for cigarrettes.
It’s very powerful & it works.
First you do actually have to WANT stop smoking. Try homeopathy – it worked really well for my mum. She used ‘bach flower remedies’ – they’re natural and they all have different purposes eg. for cravings, for headaches.
I’ve heard that hypnotherapy can work?
If you live in britain this might be useful, http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleID=437
I suggest that you go and see your doctor, they are more than happy to help, as you will waste less of the nhs’ money now, than when you have cancer and take up hospital beds ages.
I agree with those who said first you need the desire to quit. Second of all addictions are different for some people and a lot of us just can’t "cold turkey" on addictions successfully. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with asking for an aid. But avoid products like gums and patches that put more nicotine back into your system.
The one way to relieve cravings like anything else is to get it out of your system because you only crave what has been in your system. Smoke away and Nicoban are commercial products that are based on the system of eliminating the garbage put in your system from smoking through herbal detoxification. In fact I think a detox is one of the most reliable ways to get rid of the habit for good.
Ohhhh! I feel your pain (and craving!) Same here buddy, I have been smoking for 40 years and have just done the silly "New years resolution" thing and binned them.
I can’t quite see how the patches and other stuff work -surely it is only keeping the addiction going?
I have used the "Cold Turkey" approach, and as long as the police don’t manage to connect me to the 7,000per cent increase of swear words, sulks, and general obnoxious old git reports in the neighbourhood where I live, I should get away with it.
Grrr! Pffft! Just do it you total cowardly drug addict. I did, and it has had no effect whatsoever on me! ….
Except that I *maybe* running on a slightly shorter fuse than I was 10 days ago ….
Good luck
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MARGARET, SMOKING IS FOR CHIMNEYS, YOU ARE NOT A CHIMNEY .THERE IS NO CURE OR MAGIC POTION TO HELP A PERSON STOP SMOKING,YOU HAVE TO WANT TO STOP SMOKING! MY MOTHER QUIT SMOKING SOME 30 YEARS AGO AFTER HER BROTHER DIED OF LUNG CANCER. SMOKING IS A KILLER,DO YOU WANT TO BE ITS NEXT VICTIM?? JAN
please stop.. please stop.. smoking isnt good for your health.. it can casue lung cancer and other deseases..i join the anti-smoking campagne in our country..it can make you bad breath too..
If you have a strong conscience you could try what my wife did for extra motivation.
She used the money she had been buying cigarettes with to sponsor a child in the 3rd world through World Vision. Then had in her mind that if she spent any money on smoking she was taking money from this child.
Arm yourself with power-(knowledge is power),look up and research everything (chemicals) that cig’s have in them now,but didn’t 40 years ago,even 2 years ago…amoung the 4000 chemicals that are created from the 2000 chemical additives are 40-FORTY-that are banned INTERNATIONALLY from chemical and NUCLEAR WARFARE-but yet are allowed into our homes and lungs………..I quit for the 3rd time 11 months ago(finally-successfully) and the best advice I can give you is to love YOURSELF (and your close ones) enough to do it-to stay away from what is harming yourself,don’t be hard on yourself,use the patch,rip it off and allow yourself to fall once in a while,but keep doing it,just because you take one drag,doesn’t mean that you can’t quit,just keep quitting,use the patch,then cut it in half,then use nicotine inhalers instead of the patch.GOOD LUCK and be proud of yourself when you do it!`peace~
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Alan Carr’s book. I know a number of die hard smokers who read this and just stopped..
Although unless you WANT to give up, then nothing is going to work.