What is the best way to quit smoking while you're always stressed?

I Know exactly What your talking about. It took me over 20 tries to quit myself, and I am still fighting this battle. For me, the biggest helps have come from a support system in place before I try to quit. Jonathan gave you some very good ways to go about quiting. I encourage you to do what he suggests with a support system added to that. When I say support system this is what I mean-

Have a few of your good friends and family members be available to you for phone calls from you. When your working on that first hour of waiting to have your next smoke, and your really craving a smoke, instead, pick up the phone and call one of those friends that you have and talk to them until the craving passes. Remember that the cravings will only last for a short time then go away. The longer your away from smoking the longer that it will take for the craving to show them to you and they will hit with less intensity each time as you smoke less and less and until you are smoke free. What worked for me when a craving hit was to take very deep breaths, in though your nose and out though your mouth. That helps. Smokers are what doctors refer to as "deep Breathers" Pay attention to the way you breath and I bet you that you take deep breaths when normally breathing like when your sitting watching tv or reading.

For some people finding their faith helps a lot. Placing your trust in however or whatever your higher power is will help. Realizing that your powerless to the addition in your current state and placing your trust in your higher power WILL give you that power back to over come the mole hill in your life.

Start telling your self that you are a non-smoker. Even when you still may have a smoke here and there, Remind your self that you are a non-smoker. There is nothing more powerful then your own mind when it comes to healing an addiction. Keep your Mind free flowing, Remind yourself that you are a non-smoker. Remind yourself of the days before you started smoking and how good you felt. How it felt to Run without feeling like your dying. Think about when you have kids (if you don't already) and how easy it will be to keep up with then when your smoke free. Think about how proud of yourself you'll be when you reach your 1 year mark of not smoking. DON'T bet your self up if you fail and have a smoke. If you light up try again. I have rarely heard of a smoker quiting on their first try, so don't feel like your a failure or your alone. Because your not. Many other smokers have failed before you and many more after you. Just keep trying.

I hope I have helped and feel free to come to me, even in private messages if you need help getting though this.

A 3 day weekend at a hotel with a new lover - one who doesn't smoke - watch movies and well - do a lot of the obvious.

That's a tough addiction to break . It gets you physically, emotionally, psychologically and habitually .

Because of that, I think the cold turkey way to approach it is just too hard . You end up making up for the time you didn't smoke by smoking more once you give in to your body's cravings (which you will because, despite its carcinogenic properties, your body wants it) .

I think the best way to do it is to set yourself on a smoking schedule . If you smoke every hour, start with that . Allow yourself one hour in between smokes and don't let yourself cheat .

On the next day stretch the time out to 1 . 5 hours between smokes (or, if that's too hard, 1 . 25) . Gradually increase the time in between cigarettes so that you go 1 hour, then 2, 3, 4 hours . You can take a month . Or two . Whatever time period allows you to achieve a progress that doesn't overstrain you .

As you're going, you're smoking less (so your progress is showing) while also being able to gently address the habit and emotional/psychological dependency . By the time you're at 7-8 hours between smokes, the need will be so much less than what it is now that one day you will be able to just stop . Plus, the less you smoke, the more you notice the negative impact it has (and as tolerance goes down, the drug's impact goes up - may feel nauseous, get the trots, cough, etc . ) and the easier it is to let it go .

You'll likely backslide every now and then in the future . But when you fall off the horse, just get back on .

You have to realize that quitting smoking is a battle with yourself. You have to make the decision that you are going to quit smoking now; not after the next one, not when you finish the pack, NOW. Then you have to remember that you made the decision to quit smoking. The reason I say that quitting smoking is a battle with yourself is because other people and other things can stress you out which leads to you losing YOUR battle with smoking. That other person doesn't make you smoke. Those other things don't make you smoke. You choose to give into yourself.

Remind yourself whenever you think about having a cigarette:

"I have all ready decided to quit"
Think about how far you have come and if it's possible to go a little further.

My uncle had a heart attack at a young age (27) and the doctor told him to change some life styles traits that trigger wanting to smoke a cigarette. Like he would wake up, make a cup of coffee and smoke a cigarette, that was his beginning routine of his day- then he had to change it to get around the simple craving of when he drank coffee, he wanted a cigarette. So he tried to avoid drinking coffee in the morning, and eating a healthier breakfast. That was his start. He surrounded himself with his nonsmoking friends, and hung out with them, so he wouldn't feel left out, when someone else had a cigarette around him, or get the craving by watching someone else who was smoking. He also hung around little kids more, lol, (because they can't smoke, or at least buy cigarettes) and exercising became a big part of his turn around. Basically it was a lot of little changes that led to a big change in his health.