I'm still craving cigarettes. My quit date was 8/15 at midnight. I've had good days and bad days but today is especially tough. Have any of you sucessfully quit smoking? And, what natural remedies did you use to help with the urges. Thx in advance.
Hang in there Bro - Its been 6 years for me and I can tell ya it takes time to kick it for good. The mental cravings will last longer than the physical one's, and I can tell you from my experience I had a harder time with the mental side of it. You can do it!
I quit (again) on Sunday. But this time I quit smoking everything. Felt I needed to do it to really get my life back on track and to get healthy. I've only been smoking for the past year, off and on due to the stress of losing a job and getting out of a long-term relationship (I'm sure you guys know nothing about that). When I'm smoking, its a pack of day. I can't just have a couple here and there. Then I'll start to feel crappy about it so I'll quit for maybe 4-8 days and eventually something would stress me out and before I know it I'm sucking down all the ash I can. So today is Day 5 and for the most part I've been keeping myself so busy with school and masturbating feverishly that I can honestly say I haven't even had a craving I can pinpoint. As I told my therapist yesterday, all I want now is to smoke a big bowl of self-confidence and light up some healthy life habits.
congrats on quitting. You need to change your habits completely until you no longer have the urges. Find your triggers. Mine was coffee, after I ate and drinking. So early on, i stopped drinking coffee and went to tea. Didnt drink the first few weeks. Obviously couldnt stop eating, but after I ate i chewed gum. One of the hardest things was driving and not smoking. Again, gum seemed to help. good luck.
Mine started after I got off meds for depression 5 years ago. The cigarette is the only lingering effect from some really dark times for me. Sunflower seeds and straws coming up, and thx for sharing McMing.
Well I was suffering from a lot of depression and I didn't realize I had a condition. Getting help is the first step. I've made some pretty remarkable strides over the past couple months. Life is what you make it. I just didn't care for too long. Too much "whats the point" not enough "I want to get out of bed today and do something productive". Cost me everything I had in a lot of ways, but the future is there for the taking. Carpe Diem
Keep your chin up. Everyone has ups and downs. It is how you handle the downs of your life that you truly see what you are made of.
You gotta be patient. The craving will go away in time. Eventually, you'll get to a point where it's completely out of your system. At that point, if you take a drag of a cig, it will taste absolutely disgusting and you'll wonder why you ever took up smoking in the first place. DO NOT take more than a drag, though... you could get hooked again. In fact, forget that. Just don't ever smoke another cig!
Every time you get a craving, just make yourself get through it. Fight it and 10 minutes later it will be gone. If you can, find time to go to the gym every day. Just give it a couple more days and you will rarely if ever get another craving. Your post has inspired me to quit.
Many people have found success with anything that spices up the mouth, like hard candies, peppermints, cinnamon-flavored toothpicks, stuff like that. The mental part is the real b****, and that includes the routine itself of smoking so, finding something to do with your hands and mouth. Distraction is also key, so when you start to have a craving, finding something to occupy your mind is also key. nb4 that's what she said.
My grandfather quit cold turkey in a week after smoking for 42 years. He said he would take a shower when he was craving one.
Ok, so I've never smoked.. But a lot in my family have (grandparents, dad, older brother). And thankfully my dad and older brother have quit, thanks to a lot of lectures on my part :grin:. But seriously, I know this sounds dumb, but just think of it like this, everytime you inhale a pack of cigarettes thats one more day of your life taken away unnesecarily. I can't tell you how hard it is to lose a loved one to lung cancer. Just think about how everyone close to you loves you and you can find the will power to quit! You can do it!
