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I have no choice,I have to stop smoking!

Guest_128 — Mon, 15 May 2017 10:09:15 GMT

Hi all,

This is going to be a huge thing for me and I need to get all the strength I can.

I am have an operation on Friday and they are all saying I have to STOP smoking.

This has been my life long friend for more than 30 years. I have had countless professional tell me that they would rather me have this vice over other medication.

I know it's a filthy habit,extremely bad for my health.

But oh how it has saved me over the years.

what I would like you to help me with is what you were able to take with meds,(I did try but it had major affects) a few years ago.

Any help would be appreciated as this is going to be a huge trigger for me.

Later

I have no choice,I have to stop smoking!

Guest_128 — Tue, 16 May 2017 10:05:21 GMT

Anyone had hypnosis???

I have no choice,I have to stop smoking!

SubduedBlues — Tue, 16 May 2017 10:37:20 GMT

Hi Nines

There is no easy way to quit. Took me many attempts, I tried all the gimmick methods: patches, gums, tablets, etc. Nothing seemed to work.

In my desire to find a sure fire method to quit, I studied my habit and the habit of friends. And I eventually found the secret to quitting, and I quit. It wasn't easy, and it wasn't fast. Took me two years to achieve it, but I did achieve it.

This method requires self commitment, and the willpower to abstain as long as you did yesterday. Then you can smoke as much as you want for the rest of the day. And it only has 2 rules.

The first cig you have after you wake-up, must be at the same time or later in the day as your first one yesterday.
Your day starts from the time you normally wake up, not midnight (as this is often part of the night before)

Applying the rules.

Say I wakeup most days at 7am.
We start our program on Monday
This means my first cig cannot be before 7:00am on Monday.
But I shower and dress before I go out to have a smoke, the time is 7:51am
Now I cannot have my first smoke on Tuesday until 7:51am.
At 7:45am Tuesday I am ready to smoke, but I have to wait until 7:51am
I can wait 6 minutes to have a smoke
But I waited 8 minutes, it's now 7:53am
So on the next day, the first smoke cannot be before 7:53am; which I do
Then again at 7:53, and again and again
And then I overslept. I didn't wake until 9am, then spent 26 minutes rushing to get ready. First smoke is at 9:26
Next day, I cannot have a smoke until 9:26am
and so on.

Eventually you are going to run out of daytime ... and my first smoke of the day was nearing dinner time. At that point, I was quite happy to go through the whole day without smoking, and just stopped. Sure the cravings persisted for awhile, but they too soon passed away into memories forgotten.

Good luck.

I have no choice,I have to stop smoking!

Guest_128 — Wed, 17 May 2017 08:27:16 GMT

Hi SB

thanks for posting

your post did my head in as it Can not follow all the rules.

but thankyou

Later🤕

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blondguy — Wed, 17 May 2017 09:06:30 GMT

Hey 9names!

Always great to see you 🙂

I smoke and I dont want to like yourself.

Just my humble opinion....If a person is going through a really stressful time I think its counter productive to kick the habit until they have some basic level of peace in their lives so they have the strength to stop.

Hypnosis? Ive heard it works but Id rather go cold turkey if I had the guts

Good post 9names

my kindest

Paul

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Just Sara — Wed, 17 May 2017 09:24:43 GMT

Just a quick one 9nl;

My psychiatrist once commented to me; (I'd rather have you smoking than hooked on medication, climbing the walls or worse) This btw is not medical advice!

We've got to be ready, end of story. When you've got the sh**s with it, it's time.

Cheers and exhale...ahh that's better

Sara (tongue in cheek) My 2 bob's worth

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Guest_128 — Wed, 17 May 2017 09:34:33 GMT

Hey Paul,Sara,and all.

as I sit out the back with me myself and I ,we hear you loud and clear.😩😤😷

my shrink said the same to me.

1yr ago I had all teeth removed in Vietnam (cost)

Friday I am have three of the five top arch implants removed due to them not intergrating with the bone.

I have major gum disease that also eats your bone. Major cause smoking.😱

Im bugged if I can do it.

Later

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Croix — Wed, 17 May 2017 10:47:45 GMT

Dear Later~

I could not do it for myself - ever.

I did do it, but that was for someone else I loved. Do you have someone else to do it for, someone that needs you to do it even if they say nothing?

Croix

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Coffeebean — Wed, 17 May 2017 10:59:03 GMT

Don't quit. Not yet anyway. Get some nicotine patches, and use them to get you through the operation and the healing. Then once you've recovered physically, you can decide if you want to quit. (Did you know you can get patches on a pbs script from your GP?)

Good luck.

I have no choice,I have to stop smoking!

Guest_128 — Wed, 17 May 2017 11:10:06 GMT

Hey thanks,

you made me laugh 😂

l ph my shrink today and he said I can only have patches and gum.

For a minute I thought I wrote the post back to myself.

Later

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Coffeebean — Tue, 23 May 2017 09:46:38 GMT

Later, how did you go with quitting? Or with not-quitting?

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Just Sara — Wed, 24 May 2017 02:37:06 GMT

Hey 9nl;

It's just an afterthought, but I read you have gum disease; this is an old fashioned resolve, so take it as it comes ok?

Rinsing your mouth with salt water (after a smoke) is a great way to clean out and minimise bacteria, it only takes a couple of days to see results. Also, when I brush my teeth, I brush the whole mouth including under the tongue, back of the tongue, roof of my mouth and between lips/gums. I've also done this with salty water.

Good luck and kudos for giving it a go...

Sara x

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Guest_128 — Wed, 24 May 2017 03:08:26 GMT

Hi all this totally sux!

atm I have no top teeth.

but I think I'm going ok,got patches on and am down to about 8 a day. Then like you said Sara, I use mouth wash salt bleach(kidding) and am trying not to do it when family are about.

I have always been very strong about pain and well being but I now feel like I need to book into a nursing home.!

later

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Coffeebean — Thu, 25 May 2017 08:12:26 GMT

8 a day...not bad!

hope you're feeling better today.

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Guest_128 — Thu, 25 May 2017 08:31:45 GMT

Thanks for thinking of me,

I am having a shocker today.

Later

I have no choice,I have to stop smoking!

Just Sara — Fri, 26 May 2017 01:40:28 GMT

Chin up kiddo! 8 a day is bloody miraculous!

I'm sucking on one right now washing it down with my mid morning cuppa Jo. It's a brilliant day outside so I'm heading off into the garden to finish a project I nearly completed yesterday.

What I'm getting at, is that activity lessons the urge to purge if you know what I mean.

I feel for you with your situation; I hope things are resolved asap.

In your corner 9nl!

Sara x