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1 day ago
I have narrowed it down to only two days a week! So none at work or on my own. :)
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How to stop smoking
It made me
Free as a biiiiiird!
 "Stopping smoking using the Allan Carr method was easy, immediate, stressless, joyful and life changing."
How I did it: I read a book called Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking, which changed the way I felt about smoking. It removed the social brainwashing that encourages smoking and makes smokers feel that it's difficult to stop. Once I'd read it I felt like a huge burden had been lifted from me, like I'd been cured of a horrible, fatal, antisocial disease. I stopped immediately, enjoyed a minimal withdrawal process - yes, enjoyed, because it meant that I was freeing myself of an addiction - and have never wanted to smoke since. Lessons & tips: Note: this is not "What would you do differently?", which is how it's appearing in some feeds. When I wrote it, the heading was "What lessons and tips can you provide?" So nur.
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It made me
very happy
How I did it: i threw away all lighters ash trays banned my friends and family from smoking in my house i chewed gum and sucked on lollies to stop me craving kept my self busy as much as i could to stop me from thinking about it. I asked the assistant in the shop that under no circumstances not to sell me fags no matter how much ask for them. Read how I did it…
It made me
Great!
How I did it: I weaned myself off and eventually stopped buying cigarettes then stopped hanging out with people that smoked so I wouldn't be around them. Although every once in a while I would crave a cigarette, been a good 18 months since i've smoked one....Out of sight, out of mind... Read how I did it…
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It made me
Happy.
How I did it: I had 5 days off from work and it made it easier. I drank water instead of smoking. I started going to the gym and thinking how much longer I could run. I thought of my son and how I want to be around for him as long as possible. Read how I did it…
smalltiger is slowly cleaning out his study...
It made me
proud of myself
How I did it: A shift in perspective did it: I had to make peace with the fact that I had enjoyed being a smoker, and that cigarettes had been my constant companions through important times in my life. But now I actually wanted to quit. I realised that it would involve saying "goodbye", as corny as that might sound, and that I would only succeed if I actually wanted to stop, move on as it were, without guilt and self-loathing Previous attempts had fail… Read how I did it…
galxygrl is dreaming up a storm!!
It made me
feel fantastic!!
How I did it: It's all mind over matter!...I just did it....tried my best not to dwell on the fact that I would be without it...or how I feel when I'm without it!I just tried to be tough...drill sergeant...boot camp it out of me! Read how I did it…
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Failure
3 days ago
Went out with some friends and after a couple of cold ones I couldn’t help myself.
This will be the first part...
3 days ago
... of my “live changing program”. On 17th of July I got a two and a half month semester break and I want to change my life completly. Stop smoking comes first.
I´m smoking since I´m twelve, that´s for 16 years now and truly it´s enough! I tried it three times, but always failed. The best I reached was one poor week.
Lets see how I´ll start this one in about two weeks ;)
matt2point0 is becoming very serious about his goals!
Harder than I thought
4 days ago
I tried to quit, but the day I tried to quit coincided with me starting my new job. With all the times I’ve tried to quit I’ve went from a pack every day and a half to a pack every three days. Progress is being made. :)
Jeremy is trying to get his office organized
Lately
1 week ago
I zhould really get moving on this since the Fall semester is going to be so stressful.
INeedAHero in England is so ill!
I don’t want to smoke anymore. But I’m not addicted, I can so days and weeks without wanting one, but put in a social situation and I’ll start puffing away. Going out to nightclubs is the worse.
The fact that I’m not addicted and just a social smoker annoys me the most, it’s like giving in to peer preasure.
I have to stop!
I’m going out this weekend so it’ll be interesting to see how I do :/
Katie_CupCake Is trying to get in a good state of mind :]
Deadly habits
2 weeks ago
I Stopped 4 months ago.
I decided that i wasn’t going to die from lung cancer.
One time i was sitting infront of a video store smoking a cig. An old lady came up to me and the person i with and told us how she just got back from her sons funeral, he died of lung cancer after smoking for 30 years. She looked really hurt. Imagine, her son dying before her. Now that i think about it i don’t know why i didn’t listen to here a year ago when she said it. But now it makes me realize that life is too short to have deadly habits. Lately i have had dreams about smoking. Maybe its my mind saying “Hmm i miss it” but i don’t care. I have and wont smoke ever again.
I’ll be tempted in the future when i’m with friends or at a party.
But i’ll be strong. :]
Get sick....I got the flu and quit cold turkey.
4 weeks ago
To say I quit in one day isn’t quite fair, I tried to quit a few times over the 14 years that I smoked. This past January I got the flu on a Thursday, smoked all weekend while I had the flu, (feverish and wrapped in a blanket standing outside in the snow because my roommates would not let me smoke in our house). That Monday I felt like I couldn’t breathe and could feel the beginnings of bronchitis. I knew if I didn’t smoke that day, I could probably stave off the bronchitis. I didn’t smoke that day, or the next. By that Thursday I realized I hadn’t smoked all week and my incessant coughing/hacking was beginning to subside. After 8 days, I started to truly feel like a non-smoker. Its only been 5 months, and I’ve cheated (smoked 3 cigarettes and taken 4 draws off a cigarette), but I know without a shadow of a doubt that I will never be a smoker again. I feel better, I smell better and I have more money to spend. Quitting cold turkey isn’t for everyone and I still have a lot of moments when I want to smoke (especially in the car at stoplights, I get bored). I will say though, the next time you get sick and are thinking about smoking anyways, don’t do it. You will feel so much better and you won’t get bronchitis.
This is tricky. I thought I was done with this.
4 weeks ago
I stopped smoking for four weeks. I thought I had kicked the habit. But then, lo and behold, I started up again two weeks ago, and now I’m right back where I started.
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redbandita asks,
“Have you quit using the Allen Carr method(s)? If so, could you please comment here: http://www.43things.com/things/view/1306933/promote-allen-carrs-easyway-to-other-43ers-who-want-to-stop-smoking”
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Common $ense asks,
“I am going to make this my personal deadline goal. What is a good punishment if I do not quit by the deadline? *EDIT* I just quit instead.”
— 20 months ago |
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fifili asks,
“I wonder if its normal to get ill after quitting. Its now 2 wks since I last smoked and my chest is so heavy, I am coughing up yukky stuff and I am convinced this is related. Is my body getting rid of all the toxins? Surely this is a good sign...”
— 2 years ago |
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Indiequeen asks,
“I need to quit smoking. It costs too much and it's horrible. What's the best way to stop?”
— 2 years ago |
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el_marsheil asks,
“Somebody pls help me... this my 3rd day since i stop smoking. and i think i cant stop smoke, this really hard to do :(”
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