what is the best thing to use to stop smoking, i smoke most of my life, i am 36, i quit for 13 years now start
the dr wrote a perscription for buproban witch is zyban, it worked but it was driving me crazy, like having suacidal thoughts i stop that medicine now im fine, ive tryed gum patches, i mean there has got to be some help out there some where to stop this nicotine craving, please help me to now the easiest and quickest way to stop smoking.
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I doubt this is what you want to hear, but this is what worked for me.
I tried many ways for years to quit, once quiting for a year, and again for three months. I kept wishing I didn’t like to smoke so much.
What finally worked for me was when I realized that I don’t really "like" to smoke. That feeling was just the chemical addiction forcing my body to want more. After I realized what was in control, it didn’t exactly get easier, but it hardened my resolve. Anytime I slipped, I tried to get right back to it. Once I knew that cigarettes to me was like booze to an alcoholic, I was able to quit. I didn’t want those cigarette companies using their chemicals to take advantage of me.
Any trick I could use to help I used. One of my favorites was to carry a toothbrush and toothpaste and to brush when I got that weird feeling in my gums.
I was determined and did not let down my guard. That was eighteen years ago and the smell of smoke finally annoys me.
I’m in the same boat as you,a good friend of mine told me to cold turkey it,so i went out and bought one,now i’m worse off because i love a ciggy after i’ve eaten. serious i wish i knew,i tried zyban and patches but no good,i have a lack of will power good luck.
from everything I’ve heard chantix kills the craving just not that habit and doesn’t have very many side effects… you might check into that or wellbutrin
I smoked for over 40 years, having quit and gone back several times. I finally tried something new and have been smoke-free for about a year. This is what I did: whenever I wanted a cigarette, I’d smoke half of one. I did that for a couple of weeks, then I’d just take about four or five puffs, only smoking every other time I wanted a cigarette. I did that for a couple of weeks until I was down to 2 drags on a cigarette, maybe 4 times a day. Then, I decided that when that pack ran out, I’d buy no more.
Quitting cold turkey is just about as effective as quitting heroin cold turkey. Your body is just as addicted to nicotine and you have to wean yourself off it, like heroin addicts do with methadone. If you quit cold turkey, the craving is huge, while weaning yourself off of it, there is no craving left and your body is accustomed to being without it. Good Luck, my friend!