Thread: Cigarettes
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Old 01-24-2004, 02:55 PM   #2
Larry_OHF
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Join Date: March 1, 2001
Location: Midlands, South Carolina
Age: 49
Posts: 14,759
Just like all druge, you cannot do it alone. You need:
1. A good reason that convinces you
2. A support group
3. A substitution for the cravings

I have helped people quit before, and can try with you, over the internet if you care to let me.

My dad always wanted to quit, but never had the strength to until the day he lost his mother to lung cancer. He, and others I have helped needed not only that strong reason to...but also needed at least one person there with them to stop them in times of weakness. You need to find a trusted friend or family member that will monitor you for two months. You also need stuff like cinnamon chewing gum or strong mints that will take the place of the feeling of the pleasure of smoke inhalation in your mouth, and you need to do something like carry a pencil in your fingers like you would a cigarette. That helps that motor response of wanting something there.

You have not been smoking for 40 years or anything close to that, so you will find it alot easier to quit than my dad did.

Your body will go through withdrawls, so you gotta have something in place to help you ignore them or something to cover them up with. It is a stimulant that is needed, so drink alot of Mountain Dew or something. [img]smile.gif[/img]


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