Hypnotherapy, gum, patches, champix ..... try & stay away from smokers, stay away from joints (I relapsed a few times that way, now I eat it instead), stay away from alcohol for a while if possible, try and do it at a time when you're not in your usual routine, eg away on a holiday somewhere new, read Allan Carr's books and see if you can find a group based on them. TRY EVERYTHING!
In my experience stopping wasn't the issue, it was not starting again ... what stopped me from ever smoking again was learning that in countries where tobacco is grown child slave labour is used and kids who don't meet the quotas are raped .... How could I possibly ever again contribute to such a disgusting industry?
I stopped far too late because I believed the government propoganda that your lungs return to normal after a certain time off the smokes ..... well, not always, not for some of us if we've smoked for a long time, in my case more than 40 years. After stopping I had a heart attack and was then diagnosed with emphysema related COPD about a year later: THE SOONER YOU STOP THE LESS LIKELY YOU ARE TO DEVELOP COPD OR LUNG CANCER OR ANY OF THE OTHER CANCERS CAUSED BY SMOKING.
Don't see it as something negative, turn it around to wanting to live a healthy life for as long as you can: do it so you can see your kids or grandkids grow up ....... whatever works for you. Think of how much money you'll save, forget about what you've wasted on smokes in the past, that can't be changed, but you can change your future.
Be prepared for the withdrawal cold/flu symptoms and see them as positive, it means your lungs are starting to work again after keeping all that muck in there for years.
I know it's normal to want to quit but......
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Hypnotherapy, gum, patches, champix ..... try & stay away from smokers, stay away from joints (I relapsed a few times that way, now I eat it instead), stay away from alcohol for a while if possible, try and do it at a time when you're not in your usual routine, eg away on a holiday somewhere new, read Allan Carr's books and see if you can find a group based on them. TRY EVERYTHING!
In my experience stopping wasn't the issue, it was not starting again ... what stopped me from ever smoking again was learning that in countries where tobacco is grown child slave labour is used and kids who don't meet the quotas are raped .... How could I possibly ever again contribute to such a disgusting industry?
I stopped far too late because I believed the government propoganda that your lungs return to normal after a certain time off the smokes ..... well, not always, not for some of us if we've smoked for a long time, in my case more than 40 years. After stopping I had a heart attack and was then diagnosed with emphysema related COPD about a year later: THE SOONER YOU STOP THE LESS LIKELY YOU ARE TO DEVELOP COPD OR LUNG CANCER OR ANY OF THE OTHER CANCERS CAUSED BY SMOKING.
Don't see it as something negative, turn it around to wanting to live a healthy life for as long as you can: do it so you can see your kids or grandkids grow up ....... whatever works for you. Think of how much money you'll save, forget about what you've wasted on smokes in the past, that can't be changed, but you can change your future.
Be prepared for the withdrawal cold/flu symptoms and see them as positive, it means your lungs are starting to work again after keeping all that muck in there for years.
Good luck, good luck, good luck!