quitting smoking

[chef]

Get your head round the idea of the habitual part of smoking - specifically the triggers - after meals, waiting for transport etc. Gotta prepare for them, and either avoid them or figure out a strategy.

I still fall down 5 years later with beer, I can go a night at home and have a few beers and no worries. But if I go out, and the missus isn't around to give me a hard time I always end up smoking. Never ever do it without beer involved now, so sort of beat it but fall by the wayside now and then.

Good luck chef, it's a biatch!

yeah your right, i find it easy to simply say "thats it" and i stick to it as long as im busy doing things, meals isnt a problem, i'd prefer to stay sat, chat and have another glass of wine but i always fall down on the beer/pub side of things especially when gf chef isnt around or when im just hanging around waiting for something..

it sounds stupid but i never actually thought of planning for such a thing and finding an alternate solution, sounds so simple now, that's probably the best advice (other than stu's "dont pick them up off the street" i've had.. cheers snaw

[BrilloPad]

try and cut down on your drinking
do some excercise
get some proper sleep

Is that to chef or to everyone?

I quit 22 DEc 1989. I still miss it.

Trick was realizing I could not have 1 cigarette....

[SizeZero]

The best advice I was given was to tell myself (when the pangs hit) 'I won't have this one, maybe the next one'. The next one never happens, but your brain stops nagging you.

On a practical level, I had a nicotine inhaler - yes they taste bloody awful, but eventually I used it without a cartridge. Actually, I used it for 2 months in the same way a baby uses a dummy but I tole myself 'at least it's not killing me'. I only quit when I lost it You have two habits to get over: the physical and the mental.

[Bagpuss]

I read Alan Carrs book and it didn't work for me

I was sceptical but Paul Mckenna's book worked for me. Didn't even crave them the CD was the most usefull part

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Smoking-Toda...d_i=B0001P1BBG

The reviews are acurate

[Cliphead]

I've been struggling with the giving up smoking thing for the past year. The key for me is to stay off alcohol in the house and avoiding pubs despite the smoking ban. Bit of a tough one giving up both at the same time but I can keep the will power going as long as no alcohol is involved.

Upside is I'm doing more exercise and getting fitter and feeling less like drinking anyway.

[Bagpuss]

I found I could go to the pub straight away with that CD, infact the book encourages you not to change what you do other then the smoking. If you stop listening though you start craving again.

[Cliphead]

I found I could go to the pub straight away with that CD, infact the book encourages you not to change what you do other then the smoking. If you stop listening though you start craving again.

Nice one BP, I'll order it.

[cupidstunt]

The best advice I was given was to tell myself (when the pangs hit) 'I won't have this one, maybe the next one'. The next one never happens, but your brain stops nagging you.

On a practical level, I had a nicotine inhaler - yes they taste bloody awful, but eventually I used it without a cartridge. Actually, I used it for 2 months in the same way a baby uses a dummy but I tole myself 'at least it's not killing me'. I only quit when I lost it You have two habits to get over: the physical and the mental.

This is kind of the strategy I used except I used the nicotine gum instead of an inhaler.

[Bagpuss]

It's quite clever really, it's brainwashing, but not patronising. I found the Alan Carr book to be repetitive and very patronising, repeating the same tennents over and over i.e. smokers are sad. The McKenna book was more about taking control cravings and subconscious control rather than trying to turn you into a anti smoking hitler. I found I could stand with my smoking friends and not want one within a matter of days. There are similar CDs but the McKenna one is one of the best. I must admit I didn't particulary like the guy or believe him before, but it does work and it's very relaxing, that's probably the best part, remove the triggers remove the craving!


<edit> i used the gum method and it can work for a while, but it's nowhere near as good as the hypnosis, and more expensive

[cupidstunt]

It's quite clever really, it's brainwashing, but not patronising. I found the Alan Carr book to be repetitive and very patronising, repeating the same tennents over and over i.e. smokers are sad. The McKenna book was more about taking control cravings and subconscious control rather than trying to turn you into a anti smoking hitler. I found I could stand with my smoking friends and not want one within a matter of days. There are similar CDs but the McKenna one is one of the best. I must admit I didn't particulary like the guy or believe him before, but it does work and it's very relaxing, that's probably the best part, remove the triggers remove the craving!


<edit> i used the gum method and it can work for a while, but it's nowhere near as good as the hypnosis, and more expensive

FFS, a contractor moaning about the price of gum. We're all doomed