Quitting cigarettes..how did you do it?

man it's rough

I think that I'm the type of person that would try smoking to prove that I can quit. Future reference,

I took up eating.

Well my dad did it took him 7 times but he did it. My dad says look forward to feeling bad and know its gonna be tough. But you can do it he used the gum. But know the craving will always be there but I gets easier everyday.

smoked too many of them.... for 2 hours continuously..... after didnt want to even touch it..

I just cold turkied it and exercised a lot more (which was what made me want to quit in the first place). It's a classic Nike's "Just Do It."

With that said, I've had to quit more serious drugs in the past cold turkey so cigarettes was relatively easy.

I'm on Wellbutrin to treat depression. It makes smoking a ciggy taste like a full ashtray and then licking off the remaining ash particles.

I competed with my sister. Each day she would call to see if had smoked that day. I wasn't about to let her beat me at it, so within a month or so, the cravings were gone. During the interim, however, I ate hard candy mints. That helped.

After stopping, I never went back to it again, nor did I have any desire to.

If you want encouragement, read the 1963 Attorney General's Report on the hazards of smoking. If that doesn't jar you strongly, nothing will, IMHO.

Hope you're successful. Start and let us know each day for encouragement. We'll give it.

Good luck.

Cold turkey. Picked a day and time and just quit. It was very, very difficult but well worth it. You can do it!

I could no longer afford it. Later I picked up E-cigarette. I use it rarely and use the filter that has no nicatteen (SP).

I was a heavy smoker & I quit with 1 private hynosis session. I never had an urge to smoke again. It's been over 20 yrs and I still occasionally dream about smoking! lol

The desire to have children allowed me to give it up 19 years ago. Someone had told me at that time that in order to rid the body of nicotine, frequent showers helped. I don't know if it really helped, but the warm water was very relaxing!
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Every time I bought a carton I would buy ones with less nicotine until I got to the lowest nicotine possible. Then I put 19 cigarettes in a baggie each day , then 18, then 17, less cigarettes as the days went by until there were no more.

The Wellbutrin has helped me cut down, and if I really wanted to, I could stop altogether. My boyfriend had smoked a LOT and for many years. He did the course of Champix and managed to stop

Wellbutrin, definitely.

-Fleeing Bellocq

I quit for awhile with Wellbutrin but started again a few months later even while still taking Wellbutrin.

I've quit smoking so many times sometimes for a few months or even a couple years. After trying and becoming so anxious and it not getting better after a few days or weeks like is normal for smokers when they quit and the failed use of Wellbutrin, I've resigned myself to being a smoker. I understand the consequences but, I cannot tolerate quitting.

Wellbutrin can be a help. I've not quit, but do know that when I first started the WB, I became quite indifferent to them. I'm pretty well a take it or leave person anyway, and it was still quite noticeable. Another thought... heheh. I have a David Sedaris cd on which he goes on quite a bit about quitting. In it, he said that someone he knew carried around a baby food jar containing some butts and some water. Whenever they had a craving, they opened it up and took a whiff! Said it seemed it would deter even an ardent smoker. Lol. Even at a guess, I'd bet it just might(!)

Stop buying them. If you have cigs lying around, stop putting them in your mouth and lighting them.

I know I'm probably not much help, but I can't empathize. Amidst all my personality flaws, mental disorders, and medical problems, I someone escaped having ever been addicted to anything (except love a few times). I smoked for almost two years, then just quit one day. Sure, I missed a cigaret now and then, especially when out drinking. But if I did light up a cigaret or two that night, I just tossed the rest of the pack into the trash the next day.

Since then I've managed to quit alcohol, weed, pain pills, caffeine, playing video games, and hanging out on toxic internet forums, whenever I decided the time had come. I guess when the genetic cards were dealt out, I managed to get one ace.

Just quit. Sorry, I can't help any more than that.