How to Quit Smoking
Author: Ashlie
Are you looking to quit smoking? There are many tips and products available and support groups. There is one very powerful smoking tip that enables you to quit and this is because it can make the difference between your staying clear of cigarettes or failure to stop. Would you like to know what it is? Just a few more paragraphs and you will be enlightened.
Smoking is bad for your health.
Alright, so you've probably been told this over and over again by your friends and family who want you to quit smoking--so what's the point in going over it again? Because apparently it needs to be pounded into your head. Smoking is the leading cause of numerous health issues, including a myriad of cancers and emphysema. Would you rather give up smoking or shave ten or twenty years from your life expectancy? It seems like a simple choice.
Being addicted to nicotine, is just a small part of quitting, the addiction to the habit is a lot worse, and many people just can't manage to get rid of the cigarettes, just for that reason alone. Through the years as a smoker, you have gotten in to a lot of different habits, habits that almost by automation has lead to smoking. Breaking the patterns from years of smoking, is one of your biggest challenges in quitting smoking.
To quit smoking you have to make up your mind that you are never going to touch a cigarette , now some people i have noticed what they do is they will smoke 10 cigarettes in a day while trying to quit smoking citing the reason that its their last one, its really humorous or ironical in the sense that they want to leave it but they fall heads down to the temptation.
Pills, Hypnosis & The Laser
These methods are different. They are all intended so that you can lower your cravings and therefore you don't need to use willpower. The immediate quit success rates are very high - around 90%. But remember the problem of the smoker who quits and actually resists the cravings? They are still susceptible to starting again a few months or years down the road.
And that's the problem with these particular methods. They cut the cravings temporarily but they don't cure you of your addiction. You are still an addict and will be for the rest of your life.
There is really only one way to quit and never, ever smoke again and that is called CBT. Cognitive behavioural therapy is used to help people with irrational fears. For instance, they might believe that flying is too dangerous, even though it is one of the safest modes of transport.
This therapy also works for smokers. Ask yourself, when you see a heroin junkie, do you believe that he is 100% ration and using logic when it comes to his addiction? I sure don't. Well, the same is happening to you. I know this because I've been there myself and, after I had CBT, I was able to see my addiction for what it really was.
In the long term, the success rates of CBT are way over 80%. And I would hazard a guess that the unsuccessful 20% were simply too stubborn. Too bad for them, I say. Is their stubbornness and their inflated ego really worth those average 15 less years of their life due to smoking? I think not.
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quitting marijuana?
I want to join the marines and that of course means stopping to smoke marijuana.does anyone have any advice and does anyone know any online forums or support groups for quitting smoking weed?I smoke up 3 or 4 times a day for the last 5 years so it will be a challange either way i am just looking for advice from others who have done it.
thanks for the prompt answers.i looked on the marijuana anonymous site and could’nt find any forum or anything really.i did quit smoking cigaretts and that was hard also.i have stopped chilling with my pot head buddies but still find it hard. its not like i get the shakes and cold sweats i know it is all in my mind and that is the tough part.i have also stopped drinking alcohol and started going to the gym.
Marijuana Anonymous. They even have an online group. Good luck.
young political activists have yet to grow up?
anyone ever notice these little college hippies sitting on these forums talking about how theyre going to change the world and end poverty and promote world peace and all this cheesy crap? sounds like they either need to grow up and learn the harsh realities of reality, or they need to quit smoking so much weed and get back to reality.
its just funny how theyre so naive and optimistic when theyre 20, then when they become 40 the cliche’s dont mean anything anymore because they realize that its incredibly difficult to help someone who wont help themselves.
age really seems to make a difference in party affiliation.
usama, the left has the majority of young people, while the GOP is barely managing with them. why do you think virtually all universities are leftist? GOP members are usually older. apparenty you havent noticed.
Hmmm I am 15.. where do you stand on me? I am a 15 year old conservative (yes i actually know what that means, i’m not an idiot) , so I guess that doesnt apply to me.
Oh Usama…. what good are we doing for those people giving them handouts??? Creating a vicious cycle that wont be stopped anytime soon. Telling people they dont have to find work. So, no, making people dependant on the govt. is not Christ-like.
Oh and love your neighbor doesnt have anything to do with “pay for your neighbor”
Is there a good Chat Forum for Girl Problems?
I am a 21 year old male, & I have a very unique case. I dont know what to do.
I was born this beautiful boy, I had tons of girlfriends I was the coolest kid in school. Even guys liked me..
Anyway, when I was 15, I got terrible ACNE & I smoked a lot of weed. I eventually got home school & never really left the house, I stayed home & smoked weed all the time. All my friends were guys, I never faced reality, & tryed to deal with my problems (tryed to fix my acne, & meet girls) so I continued this for years. I had bad acne, and a smoking weed problem. My face cleared when I was about 19, I am left with acne scars, I just quit smoking weed 11 months ago, almost 1 year for the first time. And now finally I want to meet girls & have a girlfriend etc…
anyway, I am 21, the last time I had a girlfriend I was 14. The last time I had sex I was 17 years old, almost 5 years ago. Emotionally I am scarred because of my experiences. I need to get back out there, any help? Please tell me somethin
Get over it
That’s hardly a unique case
Derealization,Depersonalization..?
Derealization and Depersonalization..will i see the reality again?
i started having DP/DR 14 months ago. I did experience a different version of it while i was high on weed and ecstasy. I remember one time when i did ecstasy i got a panic attack thinking i was going to die. I spent two hours on bed just waiting for my hear to stop pounding. Well obviously it never happened but that was the very time i experienced something like DP/DR. I woke up the day after and it just went away. I also used to get this weird feeling very similar to DP/DR when i smoked weed. It wouldn’t happen when i first started but the more i smoke the more i got the dreamy feeling in my high from the pot. It all became chronic about 11 months ago when i got a panic attack out of no where. It was a year after i quit doing ecstasy and smoking weed. So it was kind of weird and when i got a panic attack for no reason. I remember when i first got it i felt really bad for a month and started to feel better for a week or so and after that bang it just came back until today. I can’t recall having a day and feeling normal. This has been really bothering me in the past few months. I feel like im kind of losing it. I can’t have a normal relationship with my girlfriend. I can’t go out with friends, because i just dont enjoy being out and feeling like im dreaming. I have read a lot of posts both on here and other forums on people having it for years and sometimes for their whole lives and thinking about that just makes me lose it. I want to feel normal and feel the real world again. I just dont know what to do. I just wanted to post this because i was really having a bad night and wanted to let it all out.
Is there anyone in here that got DP/DR 24/7 for a year and got cured?
Sometimes i think maybe if i change my lifestyle it would make things better but every time i start doing so something happens. Well to be honest i dont have a regular sleep pattern. Most the time i go to bed at 3-5 am and wake up around 1pm. I wake up eat a bowl of cereal and i wont have anything to eat until 5-6pm. Most of the time i spend my time sitting behind the computer and if i go out i usually go to see my girlfriend for 3-4 hours but as you can guess i just feel like sh*t because i feel like shes not even real nor am i. I also dont exercise and im kind of underweight for my age and height. I tried fixing my lifestyle for a week like started exercising, eating 3-4 meals a day, eating vegetables lots of water and it didnt help. To be honest it just made it even worse. I just feel like this is not the reason im stuck in this DP/DR. When i had school my schedule was kind of better. i used to eat better and sleep better but i still had the DP/DR constantly.
It does seem like i suffer from anxiety. Because i do get a lot of muscle twitches and sharp pain in my body. I sometimes think i have some sort of other problems like MS, stomach cancer and other deadly diseases. I guess i have a severe health anxiety as well. Well my university is going to start in 3 weeks and i just feel like i can’t do it like this. Im seeing a psychiatrist in two weeks but i dont really want to go on medications.
I sometimes even think what i have is not DP/DR. Like its so hard for me to explain and sometimes i can’t find any posts that exactly describe how i feel. I feel like im alone on this. I go out and im driving and i feel like all these cars passing by are pictures, and people feel solid, trees feel like a painting, when i look at my girlfriend i feel like shes empty, solid, doll. I also noticed if i dont wear my sun glasses my DP/DR is 100 times worse. Drinking doesnt help with my symptoms as well. In the past year i have only drank two times and both time my DP/DR got worse. Nothing helps.
Some of the symptoms you are describing sound like one of the ‘new’ disorders that people experience if they spend too much time on the computer looking at what it basically a one dimensional screen. If you are spending a considerable amount of time in front of your computer, your eyes are adjusting to actual life movements. I have heard it said that the experience is like looking at everything in either slow motion or like if they put their hand out, their hand would seem more real than the tree, or whatever it was they were looking at.
Also, it sounds like you are expriencing anxiety symptoms. This could be from something that is going on in your life, or your extended isolation (computer time) and lack of a regular schedule. You said you did better in school when you had a schedule, and without it your body is confused and doesn’t know how to function.
Our bodies have memories, they call it the body clock, and once it becomes used to something and that something gets disrupted or changed, it takes a little while to get back on track. But, if you don’t give it another track to follow, it will be like the Sims – it will just go haywire and do whatever it wants.
When you tried to get back on track, even just for that short time, your body was bound to feel worse before it got better. If you had stuck it out a little longer you may have found that you would have felt better. Not shaming you, but it does take a bit to get our bodies to match our schedules – and when you are at school you may not have noticed the effects during its change because you were so busy, but when you are not busy, you tend to notice more things.
Derealization and Depersonalization are also common symptoms of depression or trauma related conditions, as well as anxiety or other mental illness disorders. You may have experienced those symptoms when you took the X and smoked because that is how you react to that certain drug, or whatever it was mixed with, or laced with. If you had a bad reaction, so much time has passed, that I’m guessing it is not what the problem is.
If you have an idea of what your new schedule will be at school, try to use the time you have before shcool to be on that schedule now. Cut down your computer time, eat when they serve food at the cafe and eat healthier, go to bed at a reasonable hour like you would at school on a regular night, and try to be around other people more, even if it is using your computer time at your local library. We are social creatures and isolation is not a good thing for us mentally, as well as physically.
If your symptoms do not improve within a month, consider seeing a therapist. And, if you keep track of when you feel the DP/DR, you and your therapist may find a pattern of behavior or stimulation that is going on around you when it occurs.
For the experienced pot and hash smokers, help with anxiety problem when smoking pot?
Hey i am 17 and i have smoked weed like 8-10 times now and the last 4 times have been bad for me because i keep gettin anxiety when i smoke like a racing heart beat which scares me and i cant stop thinking about it,one time my mate brought some albanian weed or blue cheese and it was some strong shit and since i am not a experienced pot smoker, i had a bad trip/high because my heart was beating so fast and i was falling asleep when walking in the high street which both made me scared that i thought i was goin 2 die.
i dont really want to quit because i like it alot and i want to know should i keep smoking weed to try and build a tolerance to it or should i switch to hash even though i have never tried it before or will it make me have a powerful anxiety attack? i heard in some forums that people do not get anxiety attacks when smoking on their own because they only got it cause they were uncomfortable smoking with friends, when i am given a joint to smoke and im with my college mates who i have known for 5-6 months i get a freeze in my body and my hands start 2 shake a little, does that mean that my mind and body is uncomfortable with smoking with them? maybe it because i dont really know them that well? thanks
wuz up Bro! everybody is diff weed has diff reactions on diff people i wuz smoking weed for bout 2 years straight none stop i would smoke everyday but i started gaining weight by getting high and eatin alot then i decided to stop so i got on a diet and stopped smoking completely and i wuz good without it till this day! so i would reccomend you to smoke by yourself if you aint conf smoking with yo boys and take it slow bro inhale slowly try to hold it the longest you can and just relax just chill thats the point of getting high to relax just learn how to control it and chill out and try not to mix it with beer alot i mean you can but you gonna get a nasty high you will get real dizzy and prob throw up and with coke dont do that shit i almost died doing that cuz weed slows your heart down and coke speeds it up comprende?? just take it easy homie hope this helps later..