I heard that baking soda if mixed with
water and had with meals is an effective
remedy to quit smoking. Is that true ?
If yes what should be the dozing and for
how long it should be taken?
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SuziON
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 25 Location: Welland
Never Heard of It Posted: 09-08-05 12:14pm
Sounds strange to me but i've heard
stranger things that work. Smoking is a
hard habit to kick, I think your best bet
would be to either quit cold turkey or to
try to ween yourself off keeping track of
how much and when you smoke. Ex. 1:00 -
cig, 2:00 whole cig ect.. The next day
you can maybe try smoking half a cig at
1:00 and put off having your next cig
until 2:30? Then smoke less and less
with further time between. Always smoke
outside, you tend to smoke less especially
in the winter time and leave your
cigerettes at home when going out. It's
not easy so you'll have to be strict with
yourself. I wish you the best of health
and luck with quitting.
Smoking is a horrible stinky habit, I
quit last march pretty much the same way
as above smoking less and less until I
only had 3 puffs a day then quit.
If I could do it, anyone could do it!
Good luck!
Suzi
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bealine
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 9 Location: Gatwick Airport United Kingdom
Posted: 11-21-05 04:18am
It took me 12 years and 25 attempts to
quit - and I have now been free of the
weed for 6 years. Good luck - stopping
is painful but worth every bit of the
agony if you can just manage it!!!
Plan your approach - don't just say "i'll
stop now!" or, worse still, don't be one
of those new years day quitters - most
have a cigarette alight well before
january 6th - usually when they return to
work after the break! Plan a date to
stop somewhere between 7 and 10 days from
now and plan how you're going to stop -
are you going to have a last ritual
cigarette in celebration just before you
stop or are you going to wake up clean and
fresh as a non-smoker?
Watch your habits closely - get in the
habit of carrying a notebook. Jot down
the time of day and why you think you
wanted a ciggie - what triggered you to
light up??? Now, underneath, think
hard and jot down what you would do
instead in the same circumstances next
week! (you could choose between taking
fifteen deep, slow controlled breaths -
take a glass of water - spend two minutes
doodling/drawing - use a low-dosage
nicotine inhalator (plastic cigarette type
thing but be careful - you have to stop
using this within a few weeks - however
the positive benefit is that you can
socialise with smokers without smoking and
without feeling like an outcast!) - or
devise something yourself that you can
do.
Put the money you would have spent on
ciggies into a money box or jam jar every
day. Buy a treat at the end of each
week with the money - something you
wouldn't normally have - until you feel
safe just watching the money accumulate!
You wouldn't believe it possible how much
those little white sticks were costing
you!
I was very lucky in getting support from a
medical student in his early twenties (st
george's hospital medical school in
tooting, london has on-going research into
nicotine addiction). The one piece of
advice he gave which really stands out and
really worked was this........
"when you're at
the end of your tether and you're about to
walk into suckers and buy a pack of
cigarettes or you're in a pub and about to
ask a friend to give you a human, wait!!!
Say to yourself "i'll see how I feel in
twenty minutes!"
believe it or not, the strong cravings
have usually subsided well before the
twenty minutes is up!!! Your mind
becomes stronger and you think to yourself
"i've lasted x (hours) or (days), do I
really want to waste all the effort and
have to start this all over again!" the
brain really can win!!!
Remember - if you do give in and take up
the coffin nails again, try to think about
what went wrong and what you would do
differently next time. Then, plan to
stop again!!!
You can do it!!! Good luck!!!
Ps - if you are a regular smoker - 10 a
day or more - be prepared for some
nasties. As your body rids itself of
the poisons (usually 7 - 10 days after
quitting) you will probably develop some
of the following - a cough, wheezing,
flu-like lethargic feelings, headache etc
- oh, and maybe even spots! Your brain
(cos nicotine is very clever) will try to
tell you that you feel dreadful and you'll
feel better if only you smoke again!
Remember - this is a temporary phase that
only lasts between 5 and 7 days and once
you're over this hurdle, you will really
start noticing your senses of smell and
taste returning!
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midwest
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 96 Location: ,
Quit Smokn Posted: 11-22-05 22:41pm
I recommend not just quiting all at one
time in one day. It wont happen that
easy..
Take it in steps..
Just cut down slowly..
Example" if you smoke a pack a day then
try smoking half a pack.
And so on
keep smoking less and less and eventually
hopefully youll kick the habit.
It worked for my sister and she was hard
smoker..
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dleonard
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 4 Location: canada
Posted: 04-05-06 14:38pm
Hello: I quit smoking 5 days ago with the
patch and hypnosis cd. I tried so many
times before. I cut down to 8 cigarettes
per day for 2 months and then quit, put
the patch on and do my cd's every day.
It's working pretty good so far. :wink:
hope this helps.
Chelsie
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dansmeek
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 8
Posted: 04-06-06 00:29am
I think the hardest part about quitting
smoking is that you want to eat
constantly. Plus, you have low energy
and are irratable. If you have a puff
of nicotine, it all goes away. But
slowly , it goes away. And then u dont
have to conform to constantly having
cigarettes. Its worth it.
Quit cold turkey. If u cant, wait a few
weeks and try again. If that doesnt
work, wait until your ready, and try
again. Keep trying, over and over and
over again, and eventually, u'll kick the
habit, and be much happier.
I've quit twice, once from 2-3 packs a day
(at 18). Then again, 6 years later, was
stressed and restarted (mostly to suprress
appetite...) and then quit at 1/2 pack a
day.
But... Quit now, the more u smoke, the
harder, and the more tries u will need to
quit. But if u want to quit, there is
nothing that can stop you. Be
persistent
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Jen7188
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Posts: 6 Location: alabama
Or Go to Your Doctor And Get.............. Posted: 06-10-06 23:11pm
.......Get bupropion...Aka. Wellbutrin or
zyban .... Like just do it.... Nike, and
start running.
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