Thick
09-28-2008, 08:12 PM
I just posted this on another thread and thought it might be helpful for someone else considering quitting.
I quit smoking 3 weeks ago and I have some really fresh, good advice. Get yourself a cinamon stick and inhale through it liek a cigarette--it gives you flavored air and something to hold. Smelling a sprig of rosemary was really useful to me also-- same flavored air reason--but was a nice change to alternate the two. These were especially helpful in the car for me.
The other thing that helped the most was really realizing that you are a drug addict-oh, you'll know soon enough--what if you were kidnapped and forced to become addicted to heroine or cocaine etc--would you just stay addicted the rest of your life? It is very, very hard. But after the third day, it gets easier. Not only is the nicotine out of your body at that point--but you are beyond the "ill quit some other time, its too hard right now because ____ "or any other ingenious idea your brain comes up with for staying addicted. After the first day, you can tel yourself that you never ever want to feel that way again , so you either have to start smoking again and never quit (imagine lung cancer patient smoking outside in hospital smoking area here) or just never backslide and know that it does get easier! I promise, it does.
Also remember that nicotine does not relax you. That relaxed state you are looking for is every non-smokers normal feeling all the time. Including mine, now!
They add things to cigarettes to make them more addictive. Like ammonia to make the nicotine hit you stronger and be more addictive.
Look at this link-- http://whyquit.com/joel/Joel_03_21_blood_sugar.html basically if i remember correctly, when you have a cigarette it makes your blood sugar rise--so you are not only addicted to the nicotine, but majorly addicted to the blood sugar release--which is why you can have a cigarette instead of breakfast...and why you feel lightheaded, grouchy and desperate when fiending for a cigarette--its blood sugar related.
But mostly, don't be a pathetic drug addict that would dig through garbage cans or lie and scheme to get your drug. Do you have someone who is an oxygen breather who can stay with you for 3 days?
As soon as a plan comes into your mind--be honest with your oxygen breather right away." I was just thinking about going to the store and getting some cigarettes, don't let me go alone anywhere!" " There's a pack of cigarettes in the garage, please get rid of them for me" etc.
Please pm me if you want to talk about it--whoa have I been there. Crying on the bathroom floor, screaming in bed with my covers over my head how unfair it was..sigh I am so glad its over-and I will never, ever go back!
I quit smoking 3 weeks ago and I have some really fresh, good advice. Get yourself a cinamon stick and inhale through it liek a cigarette--it gives you flavored air and something to hold. Smelling a sprig of rosemary was really useful to me also-- same flavored air reason--but was a nice change to alternate the two. These were especially helpful in the car for me.
The other thing that helped the most was really realizing that you are a drug addict-oh, you'll know soon enough--what if you were kidnapped and forced to become addicted to heroine or cocaine etc--would you just stay addicted the rest of your life? It is very, very hard. But after the third day, it gets easier. Not only is the nicotine out of your body at that point--but you are beyond the "ill quit some other time, its too hard right now because ____ "or any other ingenious idea your brain comes up with for staying addicted. After the first day, you can tel yourself that you never ever want to feel that way again , so you either have to start smoking again and never quit (imagine lung cancer patient smoking outside in hospital smoking area here) or just never backslide and know that it does get easier! I promise, it does.
Also remember that nicotine does not relax you. That relaxed state you are looking for is every non-smokers normal feeling all the time. Including mine, now!
They add things to cigarettes to make them more addictive. Like ammonia to make the nicotine hit you stronger and be more addictive.
Look at this link-- http://whyquit.com/joel/Joel_03_21_blood_sugar.html basically if i remember correctly, when you have a cigarette it makes your blood sugar rise--so you are not only addicted to the nicotine, but majorly addicted to the blood sugar release--which is why you can have a cigarette instead of breakfast...and why you feel lightheaded, grouchy and desperate when fiending for a cigarette--its blood sugar related.
But mostly, don't be a pathetic drug addict that would dig through garbage cans or lie and scheme to get your drug. Do you have someone who is an oxygen breather who can stay with you for 3 days?
As soon as a plan comes into your mind--be honest with your oxygen breather right away." I was just thinking about going to the store and getting some cigarettes, don't let me go alone anywhere!" " There's a pack of cigarettes in the garage, please get rid of them for me" etc.
Please pm me if you want to talk about it--whoa have I been there. Crying on the bathroom floor, screaming in bed with my covers over my head how unfair it was..sigh I am so glad its over-and I will never, ever go back!