I smoked 60+ cigarettes a day for over 30 years and had tried many times to give up, but just couldn't stay off them. Finally I found a strategy that worked and I have now been smoke-free for 18 years. What I did was: 1. Set my intention to give up as soon as I felt I could. I reinforced this by thinking about how things would be better if I did. More money. Less smelly. Better health. No hassl...

Go for a walk when a craving hits

I think drinking more water helps by flushing out the toxins and keeps me busy enough,by extra trips to the bathroom thatby the timeI do all that I dont have the urge to go outside and have a smoke

I came across some herbal remedies and was curious if anyone has ever tried any? I was hoping to find something like Champix that helped block the dopamine sensors, and took the enjoyment out of smoking for the 3 days cold turkey, but only after successfully altering the psychological and behavioral habits (90%) first. Lobellia, or Indian Tobacco sounds promising, but unstudied . I don't see ...

I just found a site that deals with the psychological aspect for those having difficulties with that part of the journey. I just signed up for this free course to see what it was about and they sent me the first lesson which was to simply see when i smoked and under what circumstances. I guess they will send me another lesson tomorrow. I will follow it and learn what i can although i am n...

I'm on day 6 of my journey and am finding that I am constantly hungry. When I feel start to feel hungry I drink water, my water intake had tripled, but I'm not thirsty, I'm starving. Does this stop? I'm trying to eat fruit and other healthy stuff but the volume will catch up very soon. Advice please.

Hi All, so many new people on here, which is great. It made me realise that with the cost going up, many more people are being trendy and quitting the smokes. To be a non smoker is very trendy these days which is so great. Take it one day at a time, there is no fast track, just one day at a time. Deal with each challenge as it arises...you will do your head in if you try to predict too far ahead....

No matter what method your choose. The biggest factor is the Want to quit smoking. The American Cancer Society and Verywell both claim that NRT's do work but have significantly better chances of success and keeping quit if used in conjunction with counselling. It also realizes that it does not address the psychological aspect of quitting. (This also applies to Champix, although not nicotine base...

Great reviews for the book. One review does say the printing is small. (He has added a few points to his first book "Easy Way"which is excellent as well.Read the reviews. I have posted both. If you are having difficulties, need re-inforcement or heck reward yourself early for taking the effort to even learn about the steps to quit. i.e. coming to this help group. Spend less than a weeks wor...

Nicotine dependency recovery can be our greatest personal awakening ever. Imagine destroying needless quitting fears by understanding them, and thus being able to better notice and savor the beauty about to unfold before you. No longer afraid, imagine noticing your breathing improve and the richness sensed by rapidly healing taste-buds. Imagine discovering that white flour and rain drops have ...