Ex smokers - any tips?

[[FnG]magnolia]

I stopped 5 years ago by going cold turkey. The first couple of weeks were mentally tortuous but physically fine. Third and fourth week were much better. I don't even think about cigarettes now and I used to smoke 20-30 a day.

 

[Angilion]

taking nicotene (patches, gum, fake ciggies) to give up smoking (inhaling smoke to get nicotene) is like giving a heroin addict, heroin to come off heroin. It doesn't work and is a known scam by drugs companies to get money.

That is completely wrong.

The point is to stop smoking, not to stop taking nicotine. Those are two different things, which is the crux of the way in which you are wrong. You're treating them as the same thing and they clearly aren't.

There are two different addictions in play - the physical addiction to nicotine and the psychological addiction to smoking.

Taking nicotine in some other way allows the addict to address the two addictions seperately rather than having to address both together. That can make it easier to break the addictions, or at least the addiction to smoking (which is by far the worse of the two - nicotine is far less dangerous, doesn't make you smell and doesn't harm other people).

 

[Bald-Eagle22]

Champix , willpower and some larger size trousers .

 

[arknor]

i went cold turkey , i still craved ciggys for around 3weeks possibly longer.

i would say it took some 3-6months before i truly never though about smoking , the hardest part is not having something in your hand so invest in loads of lollypops!

ive put on about 2 stone since quitting which was probably 3-4 years ago now, im constantly struggling to maintain my weight lol! grr

 

[Ant C]

That is completely wrong.

The point is to stop smoking, not to stop taking nicotine. Those are two different things, which is the crux of the way in which you are wrong. You're treating them as the same thing and they clearly aren't.

There are two different addictions in play - the physical addiction to nicotine and the psychological addiction to smoking.

Taking nicotine in some other way allows the addict to address the two addictions seperately rather than having to address both together. That can make it easier to break the addictions, or at least the addiction to smoking (which is by far the worse of the two - nicotine is far less dangerous, doesn't make you smell and doesn't harm other people).

^ Worst advice ever.

Alans Carrs book explains why the above thinking is wrong better than I ever could.

Go and buy it tomorrow and thank me later.

 

[uv]

Go and buy it tomorrow and thank me later.

I've bought it, and I've just read up to the part where he says "..do not attempt to stop smoking before you have finished the whole book".

Bit late for that, Allen, I'm 29 hours clean already, fool! Why didn't it say that in the bloomin' intro, or on the back cover or something?

 

[quad]

lozenges and some will power worked for me seven years ago. Haven't touched a cig since and to be honest you totally forget about it until you read a post like this.

 

[Angilion]

^ Worst advice ever.

Alans Carrs book explains why the above thinking is wrong better than I ever could.

Go and buy it tomorrow and thank me later.

You expect me to pay for a book to support your argument on a forum when you disagree with me. Why on earth would I thank you for that?