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<blockquote data-quote="carry guy" data-source="post: 1859264" data-attributes="member: 2340"><p>If your resolve is really there, you can do it. I did after smoking more than a pack a day for over forty years.</p><p></p><p>Most of smoking cigarettes is just habitual. I used to light up answering a phone call, with morning coffee, after a meal, when I got in a car to drive, and so on. The real physical urges only last a couple of minutes when they come up, and they lessen greatly after three to four days. After a couple of weeks they are non-existent physically and only exist psychologically. I'd recommend trying to do something physical when the urge hits you if you can.</p><p></p><p>There's also a book I'd recommend called <u>The Easy Way to Stop Smoking</u>, by Allen Carr. The guy smoked beyond belief. It's a humorous read that deals with his experiences and really was a help to me. He emphasizes that thinking of smoking as a physical addiction is overblown --- that we don't wake up in the middle of the night just to feed our bodies nicotine. He doesn't recommend nicotine gum or patches, as he thinks those things just condition your mind to think of quitting as more of a challenge than it really is.</p><p></p><p>That said, whatever works for you is fine. Don't get discouraged if you slip up and smoke again. The next time you try to quit may be the time it works.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="carry guy, post: 1859264, member: 2340"] If your resolve is really there, you can do it. I did after smoking more than a pack a day for over forty years. Most of smoking cigarettes is just habitual. I used to light up answering a phone call, with morning coffee, after a meal, when I got in a car to drive, and so on. The real physical urges only last a couple of minutes when they come up, and they lessen greatly after three to four days. After a couple of weeks they are non-existent physically and only exist psychologically. I'd recommend trying to do something physical when the urge hits you if you can. There's also a book I'd recommend called [U]The Easy Way to Stop Smoking[/U], by Allen Carr. The guy smoked beyond belief. It's a humorous read that deals with his experiences and really was a help to me. He emphasizes that thinking of smoking as a physical addiction is overblown --- that we don't wake up in the middle of the night just to feed our bodies nicotine. He doesn't recommend nicotine gum or patches, as he thinks those things just condition your mind to think of quitting as more of a challenge than it really is. That said, whatever works for you is fine. Don't get discouraged if you slip up and smoke again. The next time you try to quit may be the time it works. [/QUOTE]
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