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Home >> Advice >> Giving up smoking
01.09.2006, 08:52 quote
OK, tomorrow I am giving up smoking. Been to the doctors and got patches on prescription.
Does anyone have any useful tips or ideas on giving up and how to beat the cravings?
01.09.2006, 08:56 quote
Just try and stick with it and good luck, It's damned hard I know, I packed up 29 yeas ago, it took me 3 attempts.
I haven't got any more money though
P.S I did it cold turkey.
I did however have a pack of ten in pocket at all times, and each time I went to get one I thought nope do not give in to it, that seemed to help me.
01.09.2006, 10:12 quote
I quit smoking last year. I've had a couple of cigarettes(and I only mean two or three..when drunk..) since, but for some reason, the taste now makes me want to puke.
I gave up cold turkey. It took determination, though!
01.09.2006, 12:31 quote
my advice would be this..
change your routines..as a smoker you end up having ciggerettes at certain periods of the day, so will be the hardest times for cravings
dont eliminate all smoking paraphenalia around you..this just emphasises that you cant have and makes the craving worse..keep some ciggerettes in house etc
dont believe patches and all other crap are your salvation..there not.
if you find yourself thinking about smoking, distract yourself with something else..take deep breathes and enjoy having cleaner lungs and the fact you are getting healthier..dont dwell on missing, dwell on how you are improving
Accept that you might fail..telling yourself over and over that you might fail and worrying about it, will proberly lead to failure..
stick something else in your mouth..lol (ice poles are good for this)
reward yourself at certain fixed periods for doing so well..
when offered a ciggerette, dont say no, i'm giving up..this just leads to a topic of giving up and how people have failed and 'oh i tried that once..'...just say no thanks, i'm fine..
think like a non-smoker.
good luck to you..
01.09.2006, 19:16 quote
Thans for the tips peeps. I am literally having my last cig as I type ths! Wish me luck for tomorrow...think I'll need it!
02.09.2006, 16:26 quote
Grrrr, craving, craving, craving....really want a cig!! So glad the ony thnk in the house are some manky old cigars! Not that desperate....yet!
02.09.2006, 16:31 quote
Aurora27uk wrote: |
Grrrr, craving, craving, craving....really want a cig!! So glad the ony thing in the house are some manky old cigars! Not that desperate....yet! |
Don't give in to it Vicky, I know its easy for me to say and hard for you to do, but don't forget I have been in your position.
Maybe if you feel you want to keep telling people on here your finding it damned hard, and members and friends keep coming back to you telling you not to give up, then that may help you a littel?
02.09.2006, 16:45 quote
Aurora27uk wrote: |
Overdosing on diet coke aa a substitute |
Drunk litres and litres of Coke when I onced packed in drinking, seem to do me more harm than good.
Anyway like I say Vicky you keep at it my love.
03.09.2006, 13:07 quote
It would help if the sodding patch didn't keep falling off! Sucking on sugar free boiled sweets when I get a craving and doing a whole lot of cleaning!!
03.09.2006, 13:12 quote
When I gave up smoking...I started drinking more and more coffee.
Guess what? Now i'm going to cut down on coffee.
03.09.2006, 13:13 quote
flowerangelaura wrote: |
When I gave up smoking...I started drinking more and more coffee.
Guess what? Now i'm going to cut down on coffee. |
03.09.2006, 13:20 quote
Aurora27uk wrote: |
No way...I need my coffee!! |
It's bad for you.
I have to have my coffee in the morning.
Nobody dares to speak to me before my morning coffee. Not even my mum. haha.
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