How can I quit smoking cigarettes?

[Anonymous]

I have been smoking for almost 9 years and it has debilitated my ovar all health.

I'm an anxious person and i admire prefection but my life is far from that so i turned to cigarettes, its been my friend through hard times but it's a toxic friendship.

Like i always say "she burns for me and i die for her"

If you were an ex smoker how did you quit or at least cut down on smoking?

[WindAtMyBack]

You just have to quit. I'm not avoiding answering the question. That's the only answer there can be.

I smoked a lot longer than you. I know you want a different answer, but it's 98% self discipline, and 2% "tricks". The tricks can help, but no matter what, it still boils down to self discipline. You just have to quit.

You only have two options. Either you quit, or you smoke the rest of your life. So which will it be?

OK, so you want tricks. You've probably heard most of them, but probably haven't heard the way I did it. It's lengthy, but here goes.

First, I did not smoke inside. If you smoke insides, stop doing it. That should be a relatively easy step to take. It will probably reduce the amount you smoke, but it also means you aren't breathing your own second hand smoke. Not re-breathing your own smoke makes a big difference.

I smoked outside, and usually threw my butts and half smoked cigarettes in a couple of places. There was usually a fairly large collection before I got around to cleaning them up. (this is going somewhere)

One big probably with quitting, is that any slip completely destroys your will power. If you've gone a couple of days smoke-free, then accidentally take a hit before you realize it, then it's all over. It shouldn't be all over, but once that self-discipline breaks, it's so hard to get it back.

So I let myself cheat. Since I let myself do it, it didn't cause my will power to collapse when it happened. I was allowed to do it, so it wasn't a failure when I did.

Remember, the psychological part is huge. I knew from past experience how bad it is when I slipped just once. So by allowing myself to cheat. I basicially eliminated one of the biggest causes of failure.

I usually bought cigarettes by the carton when they went on sale. I might buy as many as ten cartons if it was a good sale. When I ran out of cartons, is usually when I thought about quitting. This was the case when I really did quit.

I had been smoking a long time. I was athletic when I was young. Then I worked construction work for many years. I was in pretty good shape. Even as a smoker, I still had better lungs than most people. But when I got out of that line of work, and became much less active, I started to really feel it in my lungs. I didn't like waking up wheezing, which was starting to happen.

I knew I had two choices. I either had to quit, or smoke the rest of my life. There were no other choices, and I didn't like the idea of smoking the rest of my life. In my mind, I knew it was time - or never.

[WindAtMyBack]

So I told myself that when my current stash of cartons was gone, I'd at least give it a try. I also decided that I would allow myself to cheat. I couldn't cheat by buying more cigarettes though. I could smoke all those butts and half cigarettes that were laying around outside by the back door, and out in the garage where I smoked during bad weather. There were probably hundreds of those things. I was allowed to smoke them all I wanted after the cartons were gone.

I didn't start cutting back until the very last pack out of a dozen or so cartons. Even then I only stretched the last pack to make it last another half day. Then it was butts and half cigs. It was mostly half cigs first. Then quarter cigs. Then eighth cigs. Then finally butts that were nothing more than a taste - the ones that were gone as soon as I lit them.

That took around a week. During that week, I smoked as often as I wanted, but I could only smoke butts. I knew that eventually I had to stop the butts also. I was down to little bits of paper with some residue on it. So I stopped. It had already been a week since I smoked a real cigarette, but the way I did it, it wasn't so bad. It didn't really feel like quitting until after I was already well on my way.

That was almost 15 years ago. Yea, I gained some weight. I went out and bought a bunch of junk food before I started - not horrible junk food, but not the healthyist food either. Plus the change in metabolism causes weight gain.

Anyway, I quit. So have millions of other people. So can you. You just have to do it. Don't ever feel like you failed if you cheat. That's too much of a psychological blow. Your head will play all kinds of tricks on you. Don't listen to it. This is almost entirely in your head. So be prepared for the head games and remind yourself that you really do want to quit, no matter what the head games tell you.

[have_a_good_day]

Put some cyanide in some of your cigarettes and leave the others clean..
It'll be like the Russian Roulette embodiment manifesting in the metaphorical way that you are already doing currently to your lungs and health 🤷‍♀️

[Asker]

😂😂😂

[Alyssa11]

Okay I’m not trying to be rude but this is genuinely how I feel about cigarettes:


Cigarettes are disgusting and they’re actually a dealbreaker for me. There’s been some really stressful times in my life before and I think damn, now I know why people smoke... BUT honestly there are other coping mechanisms. Mine is music and exercise. That’s how I release the stress or the anxiety. Maybe tryna swapping cigarettes for something else?


And tbh I’m not going to be all weird but they’re actually really bad for your health. There’s unfortunately people in my family who have thrown away their health and suffered massive consequences due to smoking. Cancer and strokes are not a joke. They’re very bad.

[Asker]

Same here, i have relatives who got strokes and such, i will try my best.

Thank you.

[Alyssa11]

Good luck! Anything is possible with hard work :)

[jennifer_bloom]

I know guys who say God cured them from drug addiction the moment they converted to Christianity. Others say they left crime and vanity when they became Muslim and others say they quit sin when they became Jewish. Find something to replace cigarettes as a coping tool such as a pet dog or cat or a work out routine or meditation and positive affirmations. If you have or want children, think about how you want to do this for your current or future family. Quit every friend who does smoking except for online conversation

[Asker]

I'm very tied to my religion but these days everybody around me smokes and if you don't know we Arabs are so social and generous so when a friend lights a cigarette he unconsciously hands you one which is really tempting and the smell is hard to resist.

[jennifer_bloom]

Would wearing cologne help you resist the smell of cigarettes? In Christianity we are taught to honour God by taking care of our body and minds. So avoiding junk food and exercise is a way to honour the body God let us borrow while we were on earth.

[Asker]

I personally think Christianity and islam have a 90% in similarity, islam taught us that too but i'm a human in the end and i get tempted.

I think cologne makes cigarettes smell better lool

[Soremain]

"Easy Way To Stop Smoking" book is your best answer. It's really easy once you are counter-brainwashed from the psychological addiction. I used to smoke for 15 years and I tried to quit many times over the years and failed miserably.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/pwcWa4VesQg

[zoe2187]

Try vaping. You’ll still get the nicotine. Gradually lower your nicotine level. It’ll take time but you won’t go through the withdrawals. You need to be ready to quit too.

[Asker]

I tried vaping and i even tried hookah but nothing seemed to work..

[zoe2187]

You need a good quality vape and the right juice. The fruity kind is gross. Try a tobacco flavor. You’ll feel so good at the end of the day if you don’t smoke.

[Kaneki05]

I can easy quit things so not very helpful there. But many people who can't find something else to replace it. biologically speaking this works due to how neuron pathways work. Just gotta keep at it doing that other thing.

[jimmy2]

I smoked 3.5 packs a day for 10 years. My wife took our 2 year old son to the doctor's. He had nicotine poisoning. It was January and the doctor told my wife yiur husbands eirher quicks or go outside. I took toothpicks put where my packs were. I transfer nicotine to toothpicks. Man itcwas easy to quit

[Screenwriter]

Your state should have a smoking cessation program. Call the state health department to find out. They have counselors, patches, etc for FREE. All kinds of advice to get you off the coffin nails! Good luck.

[Asker]

😂😂😂😂 ma"am, i'm living in a country where you only go to the hospital when you're about to die.

We have no such thing a health department, we only have grave yard departments.

Buy a crave and you would get one for free.

[Asker]

That's our motto..

[Screenwriter]

Well don't SMOKE yourself into one... Hmmm... Let me get the 800 number for the program I called and if you have longdistance phone calling service, you can call it... I'll set you up... Give me a minute.

[Screenwriter]

www.quitassist.com/ This is a website that helps people quit. You can get online coaching or they'll call you... might not call IRAQ!! ahahahahaha... Just tell them you're visiting there but you live in Louisiana and you've decided to quit. You want to start before you come home! You live in... lemme get a good small city... Morgan City, LA. Most people there work on the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico where EVERYBODY SMOKES!!! So now that you're away visiting relatives in Iraq, you see how muchyou're smoking... and you're GOT to quit!!! THere... Get some help.

[Asker]

Thank you😂, i will find a way eventually.

[Wiredone]

You just have to go cold turkey. I smoked for 20 years and I quit. You have to have determination and drive to do it. When I got a craving I started chewing gum. Don't do that vape crap because it's just as bad. If I can do it anyone can.

[Philyouup]

CHANTIX worked like a miracle for me. Some people dont like it, I LOVED it.

[Asker]

I heard they never work! And cause a lot of symptom even it could lead to impotence more than cigarettes.

[Philyouup]

I was a heavy smoker and tried a lot of things.. Chantix made me feel like a NON-Smoker not an EX-Smoker. I never heard about impotence, I heard about Vivid Dreams, I had them. Heard about nausea for the first week or two, I suffered a little , but it cleared, Heard about anxiety, never had it, made me feel great. Some people had issues for sure, like every other method and medicine for secession. I highly recommend it. People smoke around me, and it doesn't even bother me.

[Marhaban-1]

Try chewing gum with nicotine and lower the concentration down. Or smoke all your cigarettes and don't buy any more and face that you will feel ill for the next 2 weeks

[FlatsRunner]

Go cold turkey. Most smokers only stop when it’s ruined their health. Don’t wait for that to happen.

[Maspolomas]

Have a heart attack like I did then quitting is easy. Or try the strongest dose of the patch and put down the cigs. It worked for me for 8 years I only went back to because of a you can’t beat em join em issues

[JRF21]

Find something else to be occupied in. For example fitness. If you're busy enough then you won't have time to think about smoking.

[jahaims]

Will power, high dose of mushrooms, nicotine substitute

[Kuressento]

Bought vape mod ( spent 350) and started vaping, over time I weaken the nic to zero and then I stop entirely.

[Curmudgeon]

Vape instead?

[Asker]

Tried that didn't work.

[BobbyC65]

I quit cold turkey.

[Asker]

For how long have you smoked for!

[BobbyC65]

On and off for thirty years and I lost my mom to lung cancer I stop buying cigarettes.

[Asker]

Sorry for you lost..

[Asker]

Your*

[ponderingmind]

Cold turkey and stick to it no matter what

[Iron_Man]

Just quit cold turkey like my brother did