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shivermetimbers -> RE: -=Best method for ‘everhope’ to quit smoking=- (11/26/2010 4:19:13 AM)
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Just another in the myriad of suggestions. Being one who is not a proponent of nicotine replacement therapy or the use of antidepressants, my suggestion is semi-cold turkey. You quit smoking in places, e.g. stop smoking in the bathroom, then stop smoking in the car, than stop smoking in a restaurant, etc. etc.
I quit using that method. First I quit smoking at work, it was easiest because thought that one or two cigs I was able to get in on a rare break really meant a lot, they were only a couple cigs. Then I quit smoking in my kitchen, again, because I didn't spend too much time in there other than cooking. Next was my living room, which was down stairs, and required me to climb up the stairs to the bedroom, or go outside. Then the bathroom. Then the car. Finally the house in total.
By that time, I had weaned much of the time I smoked, but even more so, I weaned the TRIGGERS that induced lighting up, which are the things that make quitting the hardest. Anyone can go cold turkey and get over the true withdrawals. It's the triggers you have to deal with. I knew that at work, it was easiest because I smoked so little, and also they were instituting a no tobacco policy on campus for everyone. So it was sensical to start there. The kitchen, I would always smoke a cig or two to get ready to cook. So taking out that trigger was fairly easy too, but important. The living room, I didn't spend much time in, and the room always was spotless for anytime guests came over. Having it smell nice and clean was an added bonus. The bathroom was another one that I didn't smoke in much, but it was a strong trigger, and a hard one to stop. The car was next because that was becoming a bit of a smoking lifeboat. Again, not many cigs, but a strong trigger to overcome.
By that time, which was quite a while, I noticed a better increase in my health due to fewer cigs smoked. I noticed a difference in the pocket book. I noticed I had control over smoking in the places I had eliminated, so going for the final elimination totally was so much easier. It also kept backsliding to a minimum, because I would smoke the occaisional butt at the club, but I didn't go full bore smoking again, I was able to contain it to that situation, and no problem getting back to staying smoke free.
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