i can't stop smoking

[Dylan_Chica]

i'm 22 and i suffer from depression and a few years ago i started smoking with a friend just to have something to do (even though i knew it was stupid), i've tried quitting several times but i can't, i wanted to stop on new years but it was hopeless, several of my friends smoke but my family hates my smoking i just don't know what to do... can anyone help

 

[setzie]

Well, there is no specific way to help you.

You may try one of the following things:
- Read a book how to quit it ( the one by Allen Carr worked for me )
- Do some exercise, the physical activity may ease your urge to smoke
- Reduce the amount of alkohol you drink or don't drink at all why you're trying to quit smoking
- Find a person who may help you with this issue
- Do something that will distract you from smoking
- Avoid locations where people do smoke
- You can bet with someone that you will stop smoking, of course you'll have to mean it seriously then

 

[edward19860126]

i'm 22 and i suffer from depression and a few years ago i started smoking with a friend just to have something to do (even though i knew it was stupid), i've tried quitting several times but i can't, i wanted to stop on new years but it was hopeless, several of my friends smoke but my family hates my smoking i just don't know what to do... can anyone help

i am in the same situation as yours....

 

[Kahalachan]

People swear that cold turkey is the best way, but for me I was only successful by gradually weaning myself off cigarettes.

If you feel quitting is hopeless try cutting down.

Procrastinate your next cigarette as much as possible. When you get yourself down to 1 cig a day, quitting becomes super easy.

 

[setzie]

People swear that cold turkey is the best way, but for me I was only successful by gradually weaning myself off cigarettes.

If you feel quitting is hopeless try cutting down.

Procrastinate your next cigarette as much as possible. When you get yourself down to 1 cig a day, quitting becomes super easy.

Personally it didn't work for me. I also think that cold turkey is the best way. But I do allow myself to smoke 2 cigarettes a day, though I have made use of that option only once, thus far. .

 

[Little_Angel_of_Yahweh]

I'm sure it's very hard to quit.....
Start thinking about what it could
do to you and maybe even your family...
find a new hobby beside smoking like...
Anything you like to do!!

Spend more time with your family!
like go out to a movie togather!!

Take care!

**Chelsea**

 

[If Not For Grace]

You can do it!! Try, if you light up later try again--

A man falleth 7 times but..

It gets easier each time, don't beat yourself up, that's how the enemy traps you---guilt, let that go and keep after it. You will get there..

 

[mellem]

I have only been successful at quitting when I use the nicotine patch. It keeps me on the ball mentally while I tackle the psychological addiction. I've tried cold-turkey, but my mind plays nasty tricks on me and I fall out of my element - I'm not myself. With the patch, I am still myself, not mentally battling that urge to smoke.

The other thing is - avoid any and all situations that cause you to smoke:

1. Get a new job if you can, and don't smoke there, starting day one.

2. Meet new people. Don't smoke around them or tell them you smoke. Trying out a new church or Bible study is ideal, because you'll be in a new, non-smoking environment with non-smokers. Being a Christian made it really hard to admit to people that I smoked. I had to really hide it, and it put me further from God. But when I started hanging out with non-smoking Christians, it was easy to be relaxed and without a smoke, even temporarily. I felt better when surrounded by Christians, and it was extra motivation to quit. These people were my friends, and I was lying to them in order to keep smoking (not to mention lying to God). I knew I had to quit if I was going to make myself righteous in God eyes and my church's eyes.

3. Take up a new hobby. A non-smoking one. Do something you've never done or never associated with smoking. Walking, biking, reading, yoga (any kind of physical activity is good), join a knitter's circle, volunteer at the local pet shelter. Anything new and non-smoking is good. The trick to quitting is to disassociate certain things with smoking (after eating, when going out for drinks or coffee, on breaks at work, when you first wake up) and to associate new things with not smoking (this is where picking up a new hobby is great).

We all learned how to smoke - it wasn't something we were born to do. We train ourselves how to inhale, how to exhale, how to hold the cigarette - and we can all learn how to not smoke.

I know the ups and downs of quitting. One minute you feel so proud to have made it so far (years, months, days, or even just sitting through a meal without lighting up) only to be completely depressed the next moment. I often feel like life won't go on if I don't smoke. That I'll never be myself again, that the problem will not seem so bad after I have a smoke. But it's all a lie. We can learn to live smoke-free. It's oh so hard, but it can be done.

With success comes failures, so don't think it's the end if you slip up. I quit for some time, then slipped and smoked several cigarettes. I figured if I was going to smoke one, I should just start smoking again. But it's all a lie. I reminded myself that the cigarettes were controlling me, and all I had to do was decided not to smoke. That was it. No cigarette was ever going to make decisions for me again.

And think of all the freedom you'll have. You'll be able to go places you've avoided because you can't smoke there, like movies, certain restaurants, amusement parks, the zoo, or your neighbor's bar-b-que parties.

I know you can do it. It takes determination and faith in yourself. And never, ever forget to rely on God for strength when you feel weak. When you get the urge to smoke, open up your Bible instead. Pray for strength or distraction, and find motivation through the word.

I'll be praying for you, and best of luck!

 

[RichardE]

No matter how many times you fall my friend, remeaber god will be there to pick you up, and keep helping you untill you achive you're goal. On a practical basis, I belive that finidng a small hobby may help, doing a little bit of a constructive hobby could start taking you're focus away from the habit.

Richard.

 

[Orbitary]

I originally got saved in the year 2000. Ever since then, Ive been in various Bible Studies & church groups & always have this thorn in my side that is smoking...A majority of my friends dont even know that I smoke, I wash my hands & arms thoroughly before seeing them. If I go on a weekend retreat or something like that, I bring nicotine gum with me.
Every time I try to quit, I'll get down to like 1 cigarette per day, but I cant seem to cut off that last 1 per day. That one per day turns into two, then three, then so on..
I hate seeing the little 16 year olds do it, they dont even know what they are getting themselves into.
I think that I am going to try again soon, we'll see...

 

[edward19860126]

I originally got saved in the year 2000. Ever since then, Ive been in various Bible Studies & church groups & always have this thorn in my side that is smoking...A majority of my friends dont even know that I smoke, I wash my hands & arms thoroughly before seeing them. If I go on a weekend retreat or something like that, I bring nicotine gum with me.
Every time I try to quit, I'll get down to like 1 cigarette per day, but I cant seem to cut off that last 1 per day. That one per day turns into two, then three, then so on..
I hate seeing the little 16 year olds do it, they dont even know what they are getting themselves into.
I think that I am going to try again soon, we'll see...

HEY,Bro,
Your situation just like mine,that's really hard to quit.
One of my friends who is a very faithful guy hate cigarette,I also need to wash my hands when I meet him,and he doesn't know that I am a smoker.I've try to quit it many times,but I failed.Hope we could get the good method to quit it.
edi