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Originally Posted by frazod
Both the wife and I need to quit, and since we've tried to quit at the same time before, and THAT REALLY SUCKED, I took the plunge first.
Haven't had a cigarette since last night. I've quit several times in the past, sometimes for up to three months - quitting ain't the problem - it's staying quit that kicks my ass.
Any advice on non-smoking methods/products or encouragement would be appreciated.
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i must have quit twenty times, sometimes up to 6 months before starting up again...
while some remdies work better for some people, i finally quit after a year of using the nicotine gum...
i would take half of a piece of the gum, chew it like 5-10 bites (do NOT make the mistake of thinking that this stuff is like regular gum; do not chew it like gum - you will get sick to your stomach if you just pop one into your mouth and chew it like gum)...
start with half a piece and adjust so that your craving for smoking is minimized...
at first i was using the gum more than 10 times a day, but as the year wore on it took less and less gum to keep me from wanting to smoke...
the other big advantage to using the gum is that you can use it every time that the craving strikes (even a year or two after you've quit)...
i finally quit cigarettes (and pipe smoking - no, not that kind of pipe) in '87, but used the gum on occasion over the next year whenever the craving struck (like eating out, being in smoke filled bars, drinking heavily, watching chiefs games, etc.)...
good luck tim, just take it one day at a time...
p.s. just remember that the harder it is for you to quit, the easier it will be to stay quit..
that's what keeps me from even taking a single puff off a cigarette, it was just too hard to quit and i don't ever want to go through that again...