It's MY time to stop smoking!!!!!

u can have chewing gum as an alternative. my hubby is also trying to quit smoking but its really hard job. I would also follow this discussion if i could get a better idea

I have no suggestions :( I tried to quit once and ended up divorced! You can do this tho. Good luck and use each other for support. Do not sneak, and be honest!

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You have a lot of suggestions, so all I can do is tell you how I quit. I used the nicorette gum and alternately used it with chewing gum, (this was before they decided to poison us with aspartame in every chewing gum there is..), and I starting dancing to get in shape at the same time. I also have heard eating carrots, especially raw, helps to remove the toxins in your system..Also I prayed a lot, knowing only God can help me in the long run..I hope this helps, it has been 7 plus years and I no longer cough and run out of breath as easily, plus I don't feel nearly as old as I am..

I think you should stop smoking because that is really a danger for health. Have a little discipline with yourself to stop smoking but if don't have that I don't you can stop smoking. Because if you have discipline with yourself you can stop smoking...Because you can suppress yourself when you see someone smoke...Do it my friend not just a promise

Good decision, thats a very nice things i heard this day, keep on the run to go on changing your daily habit, you gain nothing about smoking but only illness and promoting bad breath, lol, have a nice day, happy mylotting..

Well, I have decided do many times to quit . But never got success ... You stop it for six month and then please post another discussion about that ...I think that will help me too much in believing myself ... Thanks ... :)

I probably should give up smoking. I have tried a couple of times in the past. Once, was when my first husband was terminally ill and I gave up smoking. I used the nicobate patches. It lasted 6 months. After that it got so stressful with his illness, that I took up smoking again. Over the last 2.5 years, my smoking became much worse, due to the domestic violence at home. i Finbally got my husband to leave, but of course now he is trying to get a share of my asetts. So my smoking continues. Good luck with your efforts to give up.

As a therapist I have counselled many people and helped them to quit smoking. The most powerful technique you can use is with the imagination. For instance..,.. Imagine every day as often as you can, how much healthier you are going to get from quitting. Follow that up with taking some regular exercise and watch as your health improves. Share with others how much healthier you are going to become. And how much wealthier you will become. Imagine what you can do with a month's worth of money you usually spend on smoking. Good luck. I am sure you will be able to quite OK. The more you share, the more real it becomes and the more likely you are to be successful.. - Derek

Way to go. I'm sure you will be able to keep the promise to yourself 100%. I read somewhere that there are 2 methods, really. To go slow or totally go cold turkey. I think a journal to record your smoking activity is definitely good and it's better to start at something than just doing nothing about it. I'm all up for it; good luck to you.

Hi Rosepedal, I going to stop your smoking habit ? That's good idea, I have stopped that around 3 years ago, even a got relaps sometimes. Why you wait for next Jan 1st, why don't you stop it right know, I'm sure you will postpone or even cancel your will.Because you will think there are anotherday to quit !! It was happening to me too. My advice is stop it right know, stay away from ciggarete !!

Hello rose, I just quit smoking back in July..it was something I had to do for my own health issues. I am a severe diabetic and was told by my doctor when I was 24 that if I didn't quit smoking I wouldn't have 6 years so I knew I had to do it. It took a few different tries within the past three years but I finally was able to quit a few months ago. First thing is you have to be sure that both you and hubby quit because it will make it so much harder on the other if they are still smoking. Second there is no real secret you have to just want to do it, it is more about the will power than the actually doing, if that makes sense. You have to consider things like your health, your kids health, and your check book. i didn't realize the real effects until I quit and was away from it for awhile and now i can't believe that myself and my children smelled like that every day. When I am near someone that smokes now the stink almost takes my breath away and makes me want to hurl. Now of course there are those times when the smoke still smells good and there were the times when there were so many cravings but there came and went and after you pass through them you get that almost achievement feeling and it make sit so much easier for the next time and then after the first few weeks you start feeling so much better that you just don't want to go back. You can do this rosepedal you just have to put your mind to it and put your heart into it. Best of luck to you both.

I stopped at 40, 17 years ago; used a patch for about a week then 'cold turkey'. Every once in a while I still crave one.

Good Luck with your adventure. I know it will be hard but with your mindset you will be able to do it. Think how much money you are going to save every month from not smoking. It really helps that your husband is going to be supportive and trying this decision with you. Look at all the people that lose more weight when they have others doing with them then by theirselves.

I will tell you the best way to do this thing...it is truly easy. Get hold of the book "The Easy Way To Stop Smoking" by Allen Carr and read it. I promise you, you will stop. I have told several people about this book and they have stopped smoking. You will too.

Personally, I do feel it is not advisable to come to an abrupt stop as of a certain date. From what I know, it is better to be progressive. Try reduce the number of sticks by one or two per day for a week before doubling the reduction the next week or possibly a fortnight. This is to overcome any withdrawal syndrome which makes quitting difficult. Occasional puff is fine after one has successfully quit the smoking habit.

Hi Rosepedal64, I have now been quit for 4 months, and what worked for me was when I got saved, and made Christ Jesus my Lord and savior, prior to that I've tried several times with no success. And I thank GOD every day for it. Before this I have smoked for over 30 years! Good Luck to you and your hubby I will keep you in my Prayers. Happy Holidays to you and Yours!?

Well the way I did it was: I was my own head shrinker, I had been trying for some years and you know how people scare, well one day I was driving and came very close to getting into an accident in the rain after I came out OK I was going to lite up... don't forget I had been smoking for about 35 years! so that's when it happen, I was alone and I said to myself you going to lite up? go ahead you deserve it! no I'm not and again go ahead no I don't need to and so forth and I never smoked again I just suffered for a year and a half after that no problem. For me smoking never did bother me I didn't feel any better I could run taste smell just as I do now but was starting to get expensive! I haven't smoke for 14 years and don't forget I didn't have any will power it was a little trick from the Brain!

Good luck to you and your husband. Since you are both going to quit maybe it'll be easier. I have never smoked so I can't give you any advice. I know it's hard for most people. Some people just decide to quit and that's it. It seems now days that it would be easier to quit than to keep on smoking. There are so many places you can't smoke and it is so expensive. I think I would quit the first time I had to go outside in cold and rainy weather. A friend of mine has cancer and she refuses to quit. She had to quit before and after she had surgery. My reasoning was if you can quit for 4 weeks, then why start again?

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