First thing is I started smoking outside and not associate smoking with anything ,I did not smoke and drink coffe or anything else.
You are going to want to smoke, admit it, and just go on from there. I had a pack of those little straws with the coolade stuff in them and those helped with the hand mouth movement. Drink lots of water and lots of orange juice, the water flushes toxins from your body and so does the orange juice and the orange juice starts replacing vitamin c that smoking leeches from the body.
When you want a cigarette then you have to do something else to get your mind off of it. The craving does not last but about 3 minutes then it leaves. It will come back but again it does not last but about 3 minutes. And the cravings get farther and farther apart.
Find something to do with your hands, like crochet, needlepoint, gameboy, anything that is different from what you have been doing. Try to pinpoint your trigger points and then try to change them.
My worst time was after eating . So after meals I would get a bottle of water and go for a short walk around my house . Then I started coming to the computer and playing at pogo. Just anything to break the habits.
When I told my dh I was quitting he never smoked in the house again. And it is only in the last couple of weeks that he will smoke in the truck if we are going somewhere. Then he puts the window down a bit, but it no longer entices me, I don't pay it any attention.
When I want a cigarette, I tell myself sharply NO-I DON'T SMOKE ANY MORE. I know that sounds stupid but the sound of my voice out loud kinda reinforces me.
Also I had read that the hand to mouth hand movement is a hard habit to break and the person said to make your smoking hand into a fist. And at the place where your thumb curls around place your mouth and inhale , hold the breath and then exhale. And that would relieve some of the urge. I thought the only thing this would do would be to make me look stupid, but I was willing to give it a chance so, I did it and it does help a little.
When I quit smoking I had already cut back a little and had already started to drink water and Orange juice, and had started smoking outside,then I got up on May 7 and never smoked at all.
Oh another thing that helped for about 3 months DH gave me the cigarette money. And I kept it and I would look at it when the urge would get bad. It was a visual indication of what I was doing for myself.
I know this is long but one more thing, I have read that people that exercise have a higer chance of quitting smoking than those that do not exercise.
I think 3 to 6 days is all it takes for the nicotine to get out of your body, and after that it is just habit that makes you want a cigarette. So you need to figure out what you can do to break the habits.
I can't think of anything else. I hope some of this helped you, if you need to ask me anything or just talk then just pm me I check in here several times a day.
You are going to want to smoke, admit it, and just go on from there. I had a pack of those little straws with the coolade stuff in them and those helped with the hand mouth movement. Drink lots of water and lots of orange juice, the water flushes toxins from your body and so does the orange juice and the orange juice starts replacing vitamin c that smoking leeches from the body.
When you want a cigarette then you have to do something else to get your mind off of it. The craving does not last but about 3 minutes then it leaves. It will come back but again it does not last but about 3 minutes. And the cravings get farther and farther apart.
Find something to do with your hands, like crochet, needlepoint, gameboy, anything that is different from what you have been doing. Try to pinpoint your trigger points and then try to change them.
My worst time was after eating . So after meals I would get a bottle of water and go for a short walk around my house . Then I started coming to the computer and playing at pogo. Just anything to break the habits.
When I told my dh I was quitting he never smoked in the house again. And it is only in the last couple of weeks that he will smoke in the truck if we are going somewhere. Then he puts the window down a bit, but it no longer entices me, I don't pay it any attention.
When I want a cigarette, I tell myself sharply NO-I DON'T SMOKE ANY MORE. I know that sounds stupid but the sound of my voice out loud kinda reinforces me.
Also I had read that the hand to mouth hand movement is a hard habit to break and the person said to make your smoking hand into a fist. And at the place where your thumb curls around place your mouth and inhale , hold the breath and then exhale. And that would relieve some of the urge. I thought the only thing this would do would be to make me look stupid, but I was willing to give it a chance so, I did it and it does help a little.
When I quit smoking I had already cut back a little and had already started to drink water and Orange juice, and had started smoking outside,then I got up on May 7 and never smoked at all.
Oh another thing that helped for about 3 months DH gave me the cigarette money. And I kept it and I would look at it when the urge would get bad. It was a visual indication of what I was doing for myself.
I know this is long but one more thing, I have read that people that exercise have a higer chance of quitting smoking than those that do not exercise.
I think 3 to 6 days is all it takes for the nicotine to get out of your body, and after that it is just habit that makes you want a cigarette. So you need to figure out what you can do to break the habits.
I can't think of anything else. I hope some of this helped you, if you need to ask me anything or just talk then just pm me I check in here several times a day.
How long does it take for your body to start repairing itself once you stop smoking?????????
- In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.
- In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal.
- In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.
- In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.
- In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks.
- In 3 to 9 months coughing, wheezing, and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improves by 10%.
- In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half.
- In 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of a non-smoker.
- In 10 years your risk of lung cancer will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
- In 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
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