Need REAL Tips to Quit Smoking?
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Sometimes I feel like the people who put together packets and info on quitting smoking have never themselves been smokers. No one really seems to address ways to deal with the fact that more than nine months later, the psychological cravings for a cigarette can be as strong as they were the day you quit. And what kind of way is that to live – freaking out for a cigarette every hour of every day for months after quitting, reaching for a pack of smokes in your front pocket that aren’t there simply because you spent 19 years doing that very same thing.
It’s because of this that the nine month period in which I speak of was the longest time I’ve gone without smoking in 19 years…and that was in 2005. So I need help from REAL people. Smokers, ex-smokers, etc. And here’s what I’m NOT looking for:
-Chew gum
-Exercise when you want to smoke
-Talk to someone for support
-“Don’t worry, the craving will pass.” (I know that, but it’s really no consolation when I know the craving will return over and over)
I want solutions, if there are any…
Am I the only one who has this problem of a never-ending psychological addiction to smoking? Does anyone else who had quit go through this know what I’m talking about? How do you cope with it and stop it from happening? What did you do to finally kick the habit once and for all? Is it just a lost cause to think that if I quit smoking that I’ll ever live a day without wanting one?
They say the physical addiction is terrible and so difficult to quit. I call BS on that, at least in terms of its relation to the psychological hold it puts on a person. Never been hard. But my brain just won’t let the desire go.
Best answer:
Answer by Sean
Not a smoker myself so apologies if my answer doesn’t address the question.. but I learnt somewhere (must of been in University) that when giving up smoking to do some deep breathing, to replicate that of smoking. Costal Breathing maybe? It gets rid of the anxiety and stress that your going through to…
Hope this helps
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