Attention Ex-Smokers! What quitting technique worked best for you?

Attention Ex-Smokers! What quitting technique worked best for you?Does anyone know of any natural ways of fighting the urge to smoke? I know what is available, I would just like to know what is actually working out there.

waitingxx
You don't have to light up,it's the same with booze, take one and you have reinfected yourself.

thinkaspell
I did it with hypnosis and the patch, as a combined effort. But I was extremely addicted to cigarettes. Carrot sticks are supposed to be good, but I had no luck using that method. Exercise helps keep the urge away, and you'll find that the more you are not smoking, the better you can do at exercising, singing, etc.

Savanna A
You know what I did?

!!!! I STOPPED SMOKING !!!!

No methods, pills, patches, you just do it!

Be mentally strong about it.

stephieL
i had smoked and once i got really sick with a bad cough, it was awful! I just told myself that when i wake up tomarrow just dont smoke and i found little ways to replace the urge like having a cup of water instead, sipping down for a couple minutes and moving on to a chore or some kind of activity that i forgot about my cigarette, everytime you have a extra space of time that you smoke you gotta come up with something alternitive to fill it in, havin a candy, cup of water (which is a good way to drink more water!) have some ice, something to do that satifies the urge and makes you forget about that smoke

sheramcgyver
I don't know about natural methods, I went straight for the gum. I chewed per the directions for the first week, then gradually began weaning myself. I chewed longer than recommended, but was only chewing a piece every few days by then.

I liked the gum because it put me in control of when I got a nicotine boost, just like smoking. Then, as situations arose to which I had previously responded by smoking, I could chew a piece of gum, or choose not to chew and respond by just dealing with it.

The gum was invaluable. Even now when things get really hairy I kind of wish they could sell the gum in packs of 4 or 5 pieces just to get through the roughest times. I think a lot of relapses could be prevented by making the gum just a little more accessible.

Smoke free 2 yrs!

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