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trying to quit smoking any advice?
0311marine
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trying to quit smoking any advice?ive tried the patch it didnt work,i tried cold turkey it only made me agitated and nervous,so anybody have any advice?
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Setting aside the same amount of cash you normally spend on smokes every day and having a goal is supposed to help. I bought a La-Z Boy recliner, I'd always wanted one.
Something to do with your hands is good too, a yo-yo, a pair of worry stones, a pocket electronic game, anything to keep them busy. Gum or mints or something to stick in your mouth because you don't smoke while eating.
Good luck.
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Remember Ruby Ridge.
Experience is the best teacher and usually charges accordingly.
I quit for a year one time. I took a walk every time I wanted a smoke also. I started smoking again because I ended up sitting at my desk all the time and was the only one not socializing. I guess the Military will do that to you.
You get out of life what you put into it. If you put nothing, you get nothing.
"the difference between the almost right word and the right word is like the difference between a lightning bug and a lightning bolt" - Mark Twain.
Remember, would you want to put food to you mouth that you knew was done like this. My chickens didn't do this, but I knew a lot of others that do.
Got married in '91 and my wife is an NP (similar type of practice as GP) and she's in the Public Health sector, and as such she sees a number of "psych" patients from a number of surrounding facilities that use her clinic. Anyway, she started noticing that many of the patients on a drug called Wellbutrin were no longer smoking and many of these folks are/were very heavy smokers. As she checked further she finds out that the drug is basically the same as one called Zyban that is marketed for somking cestation at about twice what Wellbutrin is and guess what ... same company makes it. Seems that the drug company noticed the side effect, dinked around some, changed the name and submitted it to FDA who approved it. Essentiall the same drug with 2 names and very different costs. Also, many insurance companies won't pay for Zyban but they don't even blink at Wellbutrin.
So after that ramble to give you and others reading the background, my advice is that if you have problems quitting, don't go with stuff that puts nicotine in your system, or other gimmicks. Go to base doctor or your private doctor and talk to them about what your trying to do and the big $$$ diff. in the drugs. Many don't know that there is such a big jump in price and when they find out they are good with writing a script for Wellbutrin.
For me and many others I've talked with that have used the drug we stopped within less than a month. When I got the drug through an associate of my wife I was told to just keep smoking for the next 2-3 weeks, but to set a date at say 3 weeks that I would quit. I never made it to the date circled on the calendar, totally lost interest. That was almost 6 years ago. Do I still get a craving once in a while, yes ... but a deep breath or two and it passes.
Anyone interested ... call a couple drug stores, on one call ask them for their prices on a 30 day supply of Wellbutrin. Day or so later call again and ask for prices on Zyban. That way you will have current info. on price differences ... which I suspect are still significant and Zyban is probably still not covered by many insurance plans.
Most doctors/NP's will work with patients trying to quit smoking.
Regardles of the method you (or anyone else reading this) use, I wish you success!!!
If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!
If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!
The only drawback of it was a metallic taste in my mouth but nothing you cant live with, and best of all?...NO CRAVINGS...NONE, ZIP, NIL..
After you go off Welbutrin, you do get the rare...and yes its rare craving for a cig, but its easy to deal with...
There is also something available to the military free...friend of mine had it done...let me see if I can find it....I do know you are given injections (2) into the carotid artery and you are finished smoking....thats it....
I cant find it right now, but they are doing commercials on the radio for it ...you go into the office in the evening, are given a mild sedative, given an injection into both carotid arteries, and you go home...the cravings are gone and there is no desire to smoke..I know its available in Tampa to the military and the public now...I just cannot remember the name of the stupid thing...I do know she paid 475.00 for the injections but the military was getting it free....
THat annoys me when I cannot remember...grrrrrrrrr
Lil' Stinker's Opinion
another habit. It also takes 30 days to change or start a habit.
Find something better than smoking for your health and use that as
your new habit, peanuts, gum, spitz,use your imagination.
Cold turkey is best. But before you can have any measure of success
you must want to quit more than you want to smoke.
I have quite for many years. The fist few days will be the hardest
but as time passes the urge to light up will lesson as each week
goes buy. From say a few minutes to a few seconds until you no longer
have the urge at all. Good luck. You can succeed if you give it a
good effort. Its all in your mind.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not,
and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
Had a doctor tell me quiting was one of the easyest things he had ever done he said he had done it thousands of times
The good doctor was quoting Mark Twain.
Semper Fi
Remember Ruby Ridge.
Experience is the best teacher and usually charges accordingly.
Be successful. QUIT!!!!
It was the best move I ever made [besides getting married to QB]
I smoked 3-3 1/2 packs a day. I quit by going on the patch, eating alot of junk food and replacing my cravings with other stuff that wasn't habit forming.
The money I saved was directed towards more guns.
I lost the desire for coffee and beer, too. The total monthly savings was approx. $500-$700 per month. I smoked alot and drank alot of beer!
Now, 4 years later, my sense of smell has returned, I got plenty of spare change, and, I don't stink like a trash pile!!!!!
YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU WANT TO!
Tideman [Smoke Free in TEXAS]
"Don't shoot to stop 'em, Shoot to Destroy 'em!"
I haven't smoked for almost 2 years now! Still trying to put down the Skoal, though. [:(]
G36
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Anyway I quit smoking at what I think was one of the toughest times in the world to quit. In 1970 there were no stop smoking aids and everywhere you went you were surrounded by smokers. My advice, if you want it, is to decide to quit and from that moment on DO NOT SO MUCH AS TAKE EVEN ONE PUFF. Because if you do, then you haven't actually quit smoking as you are just reminding your body how much you love that nicotine. If you can go about 2 weeks totally without smoking you shouldlose a lot of your desire for nicotine. Use mints and gum to keep your mind off wanting to have a cigarette. When you want one real bad, take a huge breath of air in, and hold it for as long as you possible can. When you are finally forced to let that air out, you will just want to breath fresh air so badly you won't even think of wanting to pollute your lungs with tobacco. JMHO.
Quote "When guns were invented everything changed. For the first time in the history of the world a frail woman had a chance to sucessfully defend herself and home. My dream is that one of the anti-gun nuts will need a gun for defense and be unable to have one because of their own actions."
Good Luck, It can be done, but it will take months to be happy with your decision.
A Friend,
Ben
NSDQ!
"Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may lose hers; but if she shall, be it my proudest plume, not that I was the last to desert; but that I never deserted her." -President Abraham Lincoln
Greg
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USMC
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My advice is to go to your Primary Care Manager (PCM) and get some Wellbutrin. It is an antidepressant that works great for smoking cessation (it was mentioned in a prior thread). What you do is you take the wellbutrin and cut back on cigarettes, one less cigarette a week. It makes quitting easy for most.
Frog
BTW, how's Oregon treating you? Are you there yet? How was your move?
GO NAVY, BEAT ARMY
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"There is nothing lower than the human race - except the French." (Mark Twain)
"Right is Right, even is everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it"
So after quitting once and getting back on the stuff after a break, I decided I'd have to put myself out by any means necessary to stay off. Here's what I did: First, I quit on a weekend so I'd have a couple days to get into the new routine. Whenever I got nervous like you did, I laid down and took a nap, regardless of time of day. I took a lot of naps... [:D] If I had a weak moment and bought a pack or even a carton, I'd waste them ASAP at the first strong moment by smashing and destroying all those perfectly good cigarets -- a few bucks is a cheap price to pay while trying to quit smoking. After crunching up a few, I finally taught my "dark side" that it was not worth spending the money. And finally, I disrupted my living space so that I would not, could not forget what I was trying to do while kicking back on the phone or watching TV -- by hanging three (3) huge painted signs from the draperies, that stretched around the living room and right above the TV set, The three signs read: CANCER ... YOU ... IDIOT. It worked. Haven't had one since 1984.
I don't know what will work for someone else, but I'm sure a person can be most successful by learning to blow the whistle on himself in the weak times, as I did. Put things in place to trip yourself up at the times when you smoke without thinking. Maybe a sign on the visor in the car, several in the house, by the telephone. People light up without thinking about it, just like they bite their nails without thinking, so the key is to jog your head during all those times when your hands are moving and you don't even realize it. Avoid stress, because smokers always light up when stressed, even by conversation. That's why the naps. And just hearing about quitting smoking will make smokers light up AT ONCE, so it will help if people don't talk about it no matter how you are doing. There are probably smokers reading this thread who are lighting up right now. P.S. -- all the funny looking big signs can come down AFTER you quit. If you get a ribbing about them in the meantime, so what?
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Whatever method you use, you gotta want it.
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Remember Ruby Ridge.
Experience is the best teacher and usually charges accordingly.
This topic made me "Quit" yesterday,,, well,,, I had a few to finish off,, went to sleep,, not one cig. the entire night. Plus it was cold out and I'm not allowed to smoke in the house.
Morning: Needed a SMOKE,,, brushed my teeth for 3 minutes.
Still needed a SMOKE,,,, Found something to do with my hands,, doubt I'll go blind.
Ah/Ha a cold shower would help,, after one second this was upgraded to "warm".
Made coffee,, big mistake,, thinking just one little "toke", found something distracting,, but she didn't want to be distracted Saturday morning.
Remembered there were probably a few "long ones" in the trash. Garbage in two days,, of course this would be an "emergency".
Thinking smoke,,, Made breakfast, determined chive onions look like cigarettes when you cut off the green stuff.
Drank more coffee,,, tried another distraction,, bad,, found myself doing a search for Zippo on fleabay.
Decided a nap was the answer, couldn't sleep.
Started thinking of all the money I'd save,, over $100.00 per month,, $1,200 per year,, WOW,,, I could buy at least 4 table dances a month and still have the same amount of money if I could just quit. Personally, I believe this activity should be considered "Therapy",,, I'll check later if this quitting is successful. Some real incentive.
Posting this on Gunbrokers,, gives me something new to do with my hands.
Whew,, Noon all ready.
droptop
James
Whats next? A ban on automatic transmissions?
Some people say that you would quit if you didn't feel any kind of withdrawl or addiciton symptoms. I don't think that would be the case. I really do enjoy that first cigarette with coffee in the morning. I guess I have way too many good memories associated with the smell of a lit cigarette and the taste of that smoke rolling across my tastebuds. That burst of pleasure combined with a strong cup of deliciously-brewed coffee. I enjoy it too much.
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