Anybody out there have any tips on quitting smoking? I am a die hard smoker of 35yrs.?

Question

I was advised by my neurologist that I need to quit smoking in order for my disc degeneration to slow down. I am not a candidate for surgery and am seeing a pain management doctor. The more I think about quitting... the more I smoke! Someone please help!

Answer 1

I'm planning on quiting - I plan on getting unfiltered and smoking the entire pack in one sitting.  Worked before; should now....   :(

Answer 2

My husband quit after many years of heavy smoking because he was diagnosed with emphysema. With the scare of that diagnosis & the nicotine patch he was able to quit right away. There was no doubt in his mind that not smoking anymore would extend his life so he was successful in never going back to smoking again. Although he always loved the smell if he would walk by someone smoking.

Try hard...I wish you well.

Answer 3

try finding different hobbies to keep your mind off it such as easy sports or video games

Answer 4

my wife is just getting over a bout of pnumonia and has been advised to quit...she has been a smoker for 30 some years also...so far ,so good ...but she is irritable and says it is hard...i keep telling her how important it is for her to see her grandkids grow up and for her and i to spend a lot more years together...its only been a week but i'm hoping she can do it...i quit smoking and chewing and havent been drunk for 14 years... if i can do it so can she...i wish you all the luck in the world ....

Answer 5

well if you have family then you should ask them to help by mayb giving you rewards the less you smoke or something

Answer 6

it has to be dealt on two levels

1) psychological: repeat daily that you have no interest in smoking & you are not a smoker with a imagination like you have cigarette in front of you & you don't want it . This techniques is called manifestation & it will program your mind that you will develop a habit to

2) you can find nicotine patches available in market they can  help

Answer 7

You are obviously worried about the quitting process. Trust me when I say that quitting will not be as tough as you think. Quitting should be a joyful experience not a stressful one. After all there are many positive aspects to quitting and few (if any) negatives.

Smoking is more of a psychological addiction than a physical one. If you really want to quit you must discover the reasons why you smoke and then eliminate or change these thought processes.

Once you deal with the psychological side of smoking it makes the quitting process easy, no matter your level of addiction.

Quitting smoking does not require any patches, gums, hypnosis or anything like that. These methods are expensive, time consuming and simply do not work. All that is required is a bit of motivation (disc degeneration), self belief and determination.

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Good Luck and Good Quitting

Answer 8

My father was a physician and many years ago when one of his patients would wan to stop smoking, he would tell them to quit cold turkey.  He would then give them valium to relax them while the nicotene was getting out of theri system.  

Talk to your doctor about this idea.

Answer 9

,i smoked from the age of 9, till i was 36, on a minimum of 40 a day from i was 16, tried every trick i could think of to stop even smoked all through being pregnant, much to my shame. a friend gave me the book ALLEN CARR`s easy way to stop smoking. i have to admit i was VERY skeptical, but i stopped the day i finished the book, and never wanted another ciggy, in-fact pity people who still have to smoke, i have been a non smoker for 12 years now, good luck