I have COPD and am on oxygen 24/7 and have been told to stop smokeing, I am down to 6 cigarettes a day, but just can not get down any farther, how the heck do you give them up, have been smoking for 31 years.. I don't want to die !! have 2 great sons, and 1 wonderful granddaughter to live for..and a great husband.. Don't want to die and leave any of them.. Please no stupid answers, I need some serious help here !!
Anonymous
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Set a date 4 months into the future and say you will not smoke until then. If you still want to smoke then, take it up again.
After 3 months you will find the craving has vanished. This worked for me. I wasn;t going to spend the rest of my life craving a cigarette. Nicotine patches help some. But the important thing is to not smoke at all while you are giving up. Throw them away now, and if you want, take it up again in 4 months.
My mum died of smoking related causes, and she was still asking people to take her outside for a smoke while she was in palliative care. Don't end up like her, it is not a pleasant way to die, and not pleasant to watch it.
Anonymous
Okay, you may not believe this, but I smoked at least a pack and a half a day of Newports and I've quit!
I started by doing the patch thing. I'd go all week and then I'd go back to it!
Finally, I stood in the store and said No More will I do this!
Jesus is THE reason I'm not smoking anymore!
The whole craving thing was gone! It would creep up, but would go away as soon as it came!
If you've never done it, pray for help!! It might not stop you on the first round, but it DOES work!
FYI, previous to this; I did the whole hypnosois thing and everything else!!!!
Brian
SmokeAway® - A product that seriously works. My sister was able to quit in 2 weeks. I believe nicotine is not the only thing keeping smokers from lighting up. I believe the drug acts as a central nervous system depressant that "calms" one down and for that reason, many rely upon cigarettes to survive day by day obstacles. I may be wrong but this is what it seems. Give that a shot if everything else has failed. I'm confident you can do it. Good luck
shootingstarfromafar
Ok, honestly. If you have been told that you are dying from smoking, isn't that enough of a deterrant? Think about your husband, sons and granddaughter. Are you willing to trade your time with them just to light up?
Nobody said quitting was easy, but you need to make yourself do it or you will die. I'm not sure how you can know this and still smoke. Try anything you can, the patch, the gum, therapy, rehab, counseling, hypnotism, anything is worth you saving your own life, isn't it???
no answers here
I feel you. I am having problems stopping, myself. It sounds like you've got all the reasons in the world to stop, so there's no issue there. I can tell you this, though. If I don't buy cigarettes, I don't smoke them. It's just like with junk food - if I don't buy it at the grocery store, I don't eat it. I know it sounds stupid, but if you have them around you will smoke them. I would try my best to not get them in the first place. I think that's where the real victory is.