HELP!!!!...I want to QUIT but how?

Yeah, I remembered that discussion. Hey, don't worry, it's really not that easy. I tend to sneak with a few sticks when I was trying to quit. First thing I do notice is the work environment. You're in a call center right? Please do correct me if I'm wrong. But the urge to smoke tends to be stronger when it is a "social" activity. I even had one time when I was trying to quit and one of my officemates asked me to go down and smoke. All it took was one question. "Gusto mo bumaba? yosi." (Wanna go down for a smoke?) It was hard especially when you usually smoke at least 10 sticks a day. I understand how it feels. The best way to handle it, which worked for me, is to tackle it psychologically. You can try it at least. . We smokers know the bad effects of it on us. Let's kick it up a notch. Think of its effect on your family, your friends and loved ones. Smoking can definitely kill. We don't want to leave them behind early. Think of your future as well as your boyfriends. You still have plans right? Sorry for the sarcasm but sometimes it could really help. But most important of all, whatever method you'd want to apply, always believe that you can quit. You know you can. Take care sis! Wish you all the best! You can do it.

are you really serious? i'm surprised you posted this discussion about quitting. well if you're really up to it. i'll support you all the way because i want to quit too. love you bee. mwah.

hi.....its easy to stop smoking but to stay stopped its tough ,i have been trying this method for a while and it worked,if you want to stop ...stop no reducing to few sticks then stopping it ,whenever we feel like stop smoking or drinking our tendency is to have it today and stop from tomorrow try the other way round im not going to smoke today may be i smoke tomorrow, you can also take it hour by hour .one day at a time or one hour at a time....:)

If you really wanted to quit you would do it with no problems - I firmly believe this. I am serious. Have a good old think about what you really want. try to apply logic even though smoking is not logical. Remember that wanting a cig is the most stressful thing so it is not relieving stress it is creating it. Do it alone and do it for yourself - avoid the smokers who like to laugh at you. If you want to do it you will. Think of it not as quitting but as taking up clean air and freshness. Eat a lot of fruit. There is some evidence for avoiding tomatoes in al your foodstuffs for the first week or so - try that too if you like.

You've taken the first positive step! Don't ever stop trying to quit smoking! I smoked for over 30 years, and I can identify with you on how hard it is to quit. How did I personally do it? I am a lab tech, and when I was in school I contracted pneumonia, I had to make a decision, quit smoking, or, lose out on all of my schooling. It's funny, because I quit cold turkey. I drank a lot of water, and I think that the moral to this story, is I decided that I really wanted to quit and stuck to it! When all of your friends smoke it's hard, mine did too. I had to distance myself when I was quiting smoking. Had to be a loner for awhile at school, and you know what? Because I chose to do this, my friends who did smoke actually respected me for it. I tried so many different times to quit, tried the patches, etc. My advice to you is to make a decision to quit and stick with it!!! Support systems are a must when you are trying to quit. I called my best friend on the phone everytime I wanted a smoke, and it worked, I didn't light up! You can do this!!!!

They should invent some place where you can go out into the wilderness (like Jesus did)where there aren't any cigs and stay there for a few days.

Wen my Mom and Step-dad wanted to smoke, they went on the patch. It worked for them because it was known that to moke while on the patch would be deadly. They didn't want to take that risk, so they never tried smoking while they were on the patch. They've been smoke-free for 11 years now.

good day.. I quit smoking for more than a year now and I didn't grave for it either but I did start late at the age of 26 during my internship. The most I smoked in a day and it seldom happened is around 6-7 sticks. Well, being in the medical field I just thought it's time. The complications later on isn't worth the puff and believe it really doesn't. Better quit now when your lungs are still healthy than later when they're not. I know it's hard specially when you started young but you've got to try. you can ask for prescription of nicotine patch and have your mind set. Will power is the key. Hope you do quit.