How can I quit smoking soon?

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ebaker

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I'm unable to spend time with my family nowadays! Last week, I was unable to manage all my work due to some busy schedules and arrangements. Its been long since I have taken an appointment with the ophthalmologist. My wife Diana used to remind me about it each time. But I always forget it due to the hectic work. Yesterday, I went to a LASER eye clinic in Toronto and the doctor took an eye exam.

The ophthalmologist confirmed diabetic retinopathy. It's caused by damage to the blood vessels of the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. It can also result in mild vision-related issues. Also, I came to notice that smoking is a risk factor for such eye problems. Recent studies claim that smoking increases the risk of age-related macular degeneration and even diabetic retinopathy. I'm a chain smoker and I can't imagine a day without it. How can I quit smoking soon? Please give your suggestions ASAP!
 

Just do it! Make up your mind you're going to quit and do it. Keep lots of snacks around at all times. eating a piece of candy can help. Yes, you will gain weight, but that'll go back to normal after you have quit completely so that you don't need the candy to stop cravings.

Just remember the first few days are the hardest. If you relapse you'll have to go through those first few days all over again. You sure don't want that.

You can do it. I did.
 
Quiting smoking is the easiest thing in the world to do....I used to quit 60 times a day....
The staying quit is the hard part.... Take a jar, dump your old butts in it, add some water..
Every time you want a smoke, take of the lid and take a few deep breaths over it...
 
@ebaker
If you almost die from CHF and COPD then have to take meds regularly....you will quit.
Trust me- unless your ready to go..
I was not. I can tell you it is the most liberating feeling not being addicted to anything! My husband has recently quit also.
Don't stop trying. I also used a red rubber band around my wrist...
Popped myself when prone to reach for them.šŸ˜
 
i started smoking at 14....then gave up aged 32 , cold turkey, my doctor went mad , he said i could of done more harm than good...anyway, i did it, but was blxxdy hard........But felt so much better.......
then my mum gave up smok8ng ,she was 62, but since she gave up, she was permanently ill, she put on weight , and wished ,she had never stopped......saying that , shes now 94, .....
 
Remind yourself the craving will pass. It does.
Then it comes back. Remind yourself it will pass. It does.

After a few days, the length of time between the craving and it's passing, becomes longer and longer.

In time, the craving stops altogether.

Keep your hands busy. Make something, clean something, try to keep your hands doing something.

Think of the big pile of money you'll be saving, but most importantly, your health and pride in yourself.

Best wishes for your success!
 
There are some scientific studies that indicate nicotine may be as addictive as heroin, so no wonder many people have so much trouble quitting....I sure did. As with any addiction, relapse is frequently part of the recovery process, so don't give up if you quit then start up again. I did, three times before I finally quit, hopefully for good this time, back in 2008.

I tried tapering off, and that just did NOT work. I tried hypnosis, and that bombed too. I tried gum, and candy, and the patch, and none of that worked either. What finally did it for me was nicotine lozenges. I started with the 4 mg lozenge for a couple months, then moved to the 2 mg one for a couple months, and then snapped those in half and used them that way for another few months, using less and less till one day I realized that I hadn't popped one in my mouth all day! That's when I threw the remainder away, and knew that I was now an ex-smoker!
 
I was very motivated...I had a newborn preemie grandson, 1 1/2 lbs, that I couldn't go near with the odor of nicotine on me. It's too harsh for babies, especially preemies. I went on the patch and that, along with determination, helped me quit. Aunt Bea is right, you have to want to quit, it won't work otherwise. I also changed habits that were associated with smoking, like having a cup of coffee with a cigarette. I would drink juice, or even a soda instead. During break at work, I'd eat a piece of fruit instead of having a cigarette, just little things like that. I'd still have cravings, but they would fly right out of my mind just as fast as they came in. That was 24 years ago. Now, if I could just do that with my weight, it'd all be good! šŸ˜©šŸ˜© Anyway, congratulations to everyone that won the battle, it's not easy to do. šŸ‘šŸ‘
 
At 30, DH and I wanted to have a baby. There was strong evidence that smoking during pregnancy was dangerous to the child so we both quit six months before I attempting to conceive. I'd been smoking 13 years by then so the addiction was strong, but my determination to finally get that monkey off our backs was stronger still.

With the blessings and oversight of my GP we went to a stop-smoking doctor who prescribed meds that really helped with the cravings, and have been cigarette free ever since.

There's plenty of good advice above. I'll add these thoughts:
  1. Put a big sign up on your refrigerator or other place that says "I AM A NON SMOKER!"
  2. See a doctor - there's plenty of help available of this.
  3. Change up smoking-related patterns (if you usually have a cup of coffee and internet time with your first cigarette, consider putting the coffee in a travel mug and going for a quick walk around the block instead)
  4. NO ALCOHOL for at least 30 days. It's so easy to backslide when slightly lubricated - plus cigarettes & alcohol go together like mac and cheese.
  5. Pick up a habit to keep your hands busy.
  6. Don't stress about managing the little crutches that will help you through. Snacks, candy, gum, whatever. When you're clean of nicotine for a few months you can address weaning yourself off of them.
  7. Tell everyone that you've quit. Friends, family, your UPS driver, strangers in a grocery store. All will give you kudos, support, and help you stay on the straight and narrow.
Wishing you much success. Please do keep us posted on your progress.
Maybe this will help, too.
https://www.verywellmind.com/things-to-do-instead-of-smoking-2824746
 
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My father was a lifetime chain-smoker, two packs a day guy. One day in his early 60's he went to the doctor and the doctor saw white spots in the back of his throat. My father quit cold-turkey. I guess the fear of getting throat cancer was stronger than his addiction. He lived to 82. If he could do it, so can you. Smoking is a nervous habit, replace it with a more benign nervous habit and that might help, #5 and number #6 in @StarSong's post above.

Disclaimer: I only had ONE puff at age 11 and never smoked again, I'm very grateful for that. I feel sorry for people having to fight ANY addiction.
 
StarSong said:
At 30, DH and I wanted to have a baby. There was strong evidence that smoking during pregnancy was dangerous to the child so we both quit six months before I attempting to conceive. I'd been smoking 13 years by then so the addiction was strong, but my determination to finally get that monkey off our backs was stronger still.

With the blessings and oversight of my GP we went to a stop-smoking doctor who prescribed meds that really helped with the cravings, and have been cigarette free ever since.

There's plenty of good advice above. I'll add these thoughts:
  1. Put a big sign up on your refrigerator or other place that says "I AM A NON SMOKER!"
  2. See a doctor - there's plenty of help available of this.
  3. Change up smoking-related patterns (if you usually have a cup of coffee and internet time with your first cigarette, consider putting the coffee in a travel mug and going for a quick walk around the block instead)
  4. NO ALCOHOL for at least 30 days. It's so easy to backslide when slightly lubricated - plus cigarettes & alcohol go together like mac and cheese.
  5. Pick up a habit to keep your hands busy.
  6. Don't stress about managing the little crutches that will help you through. Snacks, candy, gum, whatever. When you're clean of nicotine for a few months you can address weaning yourself off of them.
  7. Tell everyone that you've quit. Friends, family, your UPS driver, strangers in a grocery store. All will give you kudos, support, and help you stay on the straight and narrow.
Wishing you much success. Please do keep us posted on your progress.
Maybe this will help, too.
https://www.verywellmind.com/things-to-do-instead-of-smoking-2824746
Click to expand...
 
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i use to smoke a pack a day--i decided to try an e cigarette----very little nicotine in them --not the vapor kind but the daily kind and i havent had a cigarette in 2 years
 
How often do you clean something and see the color brown? Swipe your TV screen. Is the cloth Brown? Any brown you see is second hand smoke now think what your lungs look like. Dying with tubes in your head to deliver and expel oxygen is a horrible sight. You would not choke yourself to death with both your hands yet you are doing exactly that with only one hand as you move that cigarette in to your mouth over and over and over. What other filthy poisons do you put in your mouth?
 
Remember, things that are easy are usually not worthwhile.
I smoked for 10 years. I quit 37 years ago. It took three attempts & it was the hardest thing I've ever done. No sleep for 3 days, felt like bugs on my skin, lightheadedness, etc. It took all the stubbornness I have & I have a lot.
I had four friends my age who didn't quit. They're all gone - COPD, lung cancer, emphysema.
 
I told the nurse at my Doctor's surgery that I would stop
and that I wouldn't let her down, I stopped after I finished
the ones that I had at home and never smoked since.

After smoking for more than 60 years I had no trouble.

If you want a really good reason, take the cost fo your daily
cigarettes, multiply by 365 days, then think about piling that
amount of money in your back yard and setting fire to it, that
really is what you are doing.

Good Luck.

Mike.
 
I came close to dying of pneumonia at the age of 30, I quit during that close call, a friend of mine was just diagnosed with leukemia caused most likely per her doctor by smoking, she no longer smokes and has gone into remission. Quit now and live!!!!! You can do it!!!!!
 
My father was a chain smoker from teenager to early 60's, then quit cold turkey. At 82 he died of stomach cancer. When I asked doctor how come he didn't die of lung cancer, she said cancer attacks the weakest organs. I guess his stomach was his weakest organ.

Smoking causes cancers of the lung, esophagus, larynx, mouth, throat, kidney, bladder, liver, pancreas, stomach, cervix, colon, and rectum, as well as acute myeloid leukemia
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/tobacco/cessation-fact-sheet
 

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