Trying to quit smoking

Hello ive been trying to quit smoking sense the new year and ive been un successful ive tryed cold turkey ive tryed the patch ive tryed e cigarettes and nothing seems to work im starting to think its just me and i just dont have the will power can any of you that have been through this give me any advice. I smoke probably 2 packs a day and ive found im not so much addicted to the nicotine as i am to the actual activity of smoking any tips will be highly appreciated. Im really trying to become a healthy person which is something ive been working towards for quite some time now i just keep going backwards i feel and im not sure what to do. I thought about going to a phycologist but i feel they would just tell me to take pills that are just as bad for me if not worse. So any advice would be great thanks

I haven't been though it, personally, but both my mother and brother-in-law have. They both claimed the essential oil Clove helped them a lot. They would put a drop on their finger and wipe it on their tongue. I don't believe it's a very expensive oil, either.

I've also heard people swear by prescription medication... Chantix (I believe that is the correct name.) is quite expensive but has an extremely high success rate.

I wish you the best of luck.

First off, there is no secret to quitting smoking. I used my fathers nicorette gum, and thats when you had to have it prescribed to you. It was expired by eight years, but I wanted to quit, and I did. I still smoke one or two when i drink, and thats only on pagan holidays, so im good. Its pure willpower, you either want it, or you dont. Get a hobby find something else to do with your time, life is short, dont waste it...

I quit out of anger. Got frustrated, threw my smoke in the bin. Cold turkey quit. Since then, I smoke cigars, only every few months, and only socially.

I'm not a smoker, but could you just slowly reduce the amount you smoke? Say, cut out a cigarette everyday.

40 the first day, chuck one in the bin and have 39, then 38, and so on. That way you'd have time to adjust to being with less before you have to be without?

That, or maybe you could find something to occupy your hands in your down time, like tossing a baseball, wood wittling, drawing, etc.?

Good luck and I hope you find what works for you.

Seems like a good idea actually. Literally chuck them in the bin. keep on buying the same amount, but instead of smoking them, throw them away. at first just one then more. By the time you throw away a whole pack every day you'll be so aware of the money you're wasting on ruining your health you'll have the necessary willpower to stop cold turkey.

If it's a matter of the routine of holding a cig etc, you could also try replacing a cig with a beef stick, or stick of gum....it's an old trick that works for many...but yeah it's primarily will power...

ask your doctor about Chantix (ha ha ha, like a tv ad)

I use it, and i start taking the pills, and smoking at the same time, for a week, by the second week, i didn't need to smoke, I never crave, and was perfect for me.

2 or 3 month later, When I hate smoke, and odors from that, I say,
lets try what happen if i try to smoke....

was like the very first time.

then excuses, make me smoke again, now, whereI am, a can not buy chantix, and doctors, don't prescribe it....

so again I am smoking, but I am going to quit. very soon.

666 wrote: ask your doctor about Chantix (ha ha ha, like a tv ad)

I use it, and i start taking the pills, and smoking at the same time, for a week, by the second week, i didn't need to smoke, I never crave, and was perfect for me.

2 or 3 month later, When I hate smoke, and odors from that, I say,
lets try what happen if i try to smoke....

was like the very first time.

then excuses, make me smoke again, now, whereI am, a can not buy chantix, and doctors, don't prescribe it....

so again I am smoking, but I am going to quit. very soon.

The wife and I used it...

ANd it worked great for us, took us less than a month..

We were stressing, big time in my house, and I thought one of us would fall back...

But, neither of us did, lol..

Man, you wouldn't believe the stress...:lol:

Didn't they ban chantix because of the high suicide rate of its users?

I don't think they've banned it yet...I still see commercials for it on occasion...but then again a good bit of money thrown to the right people does wonders in finding loopholes...

Now a days most meds cause suicidal thoughts....the funniest ads are for antidepressants that cause an increase in suicidal thoughts....irony much?

I've quit 4 times
1. Cold turkey: lasted about 4 hrs
2. Cold turkey 2: lasted about 2 days
3. Cold turkey 3: lasted 3 months
4. Bupropion HCL(chantix?): lasted 1 year

By far the Bupropion was the best way to quit. There's like this inner 2 year old in the back of your brain that throws a fit when it wants nicotine. When you quit, it throws a fit every hour for about 10min. After a couple days it's every 4hrs. The fits get farther apart the longer you go without nicotine but as soon as you smoke they go back to every hour so cessation doesn't work at all and none of the patches or gum works.

There's electronic cigarettes. I saw a patient use one in a doctor's waiting room Friday. You can use them in restaurants too.

http://electroniccigarettesreviewed.org/

Br. John wrote: There's electronic cigarettes. I saw a patient use one in a doctor's waiting room Friday. You can use them in restaurants too.

http://electroniccigarettesreviewed.org/

I have one, it doesn't work. It will get you through a long flight but it doesn't deliver the nicotine or whatever we crave in smokes.

Whyte Horse wrote:

Br. John wrote: There's electronic cigarettes. I saw a patient use one in a doctor's waiting room Friday. You can use them in restaurants too.

http://electroniccigarettesreviewed.org/

I have one, it doesn't work. It will get you through a long flight but it doesn't deliver the nicotine or whatever we crave in smokes.

What strength do you use? Typically strengths are 8mg, 11mg, 18mg and 36mg nicotine strengths with most brands doing 18 (standard) and 11 (smooth). If you are on the 18 then you could see where else does 36, that might give you enough though of course you will instead just become addicted to the e-cigarette...

Don't know if it varies by country a great deal but that's the case in the UK

Just a word of warning... while the ingredients are 'harmless' there have in fact not been any medical studies into the long-term effects of e-cigarettes. On the other hand... are they going to be any worse than cigarettes? lol

Interestingly they are all actually made of the same stuff (which you can even make yourself) s you can swap and change the liquid inside...

Source: Myself, I sell them

Personally I prefer cigars and I totally intend to buy a pipe this summer - I don't really get addicted to stuff very easily...

Electronic cigarettes don't do it for me. what i like is thick smoke (tar?), strong, specific tobacco taste. e-cigarettes just don't deliver on that front.

Akkarin wrote:

Whyte Horse wrote:

Br. John wrote: There's electronic cigarettes. I saw a patient use one in a doctor's waiting room Friday. You can use them in restaurants too.

http://electroniccigarettesreviewed.org/

I have one, it doesn't work. It will get you through a long flight but it doesn't deliver the nicotine or whatever we crave in smokes.

What strength do you use? Typically strengths are 8mg, 11mg, 18mg and 36mg nicotine strengths with most brands doing 18 (standard) and 11 (smooth). If you are on the 18 then you could see where else does 36, that might give you enough though of course you will instead just become addicted to the e-cigarette...

Don't know if it varies by country a great deal but that's the case in the UK

Just a word of warning... while the ingredients are 'harmless' there have in fact not been any medical studies into the long-term effects of e-cigarettes. On the other hand... are they going to be any worse than cigarettes? lol

Interestingly they are all actually made of the same stuff (which you can even make yourself) s you can swap and change the liquid inside...

Source: Myself, I sell them

Personally I prefer cigars and I totally intend to buy a pipe this summer - I don't really get addicted to stuff very easily...

Mine have 24 mg

Thank you everybody for your advice and support. I will say i refuse to take medication controlled by my "great" government for my own personal reasons but i do like the idea of throwing a cigarette out one more everyday ill try that and i also agree that it is all will power i have quit before cold turkey and then i kind of just put it out of my mind and ive been trying that but for some reason its not going so well this time around lol. But once again thank you everybody MTFBWY