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Too funny, I just wrote this out for someone else in a PM so here it is, Musclemom's patented cold turkey quit smoking approach. The keys are:aaron_everette said:
1. Cut back
2. 3 Stree Free Days.
3. Avoid triggers.
4. Detox and aversion.
I started smoking when I was 17. I was, within a week, up to a pack plus a day and smoked that until my first quit, when I was 27. I took to smoking like a duck to water, and was seriously addicted to nicotine. Nicotine calmed me down, killed my appetite and I REALLY liked smoking, which is why I rolled out of bed and lit one up ...
I quit the first time because I had double pneumonia (let me tell you, though, if I could have breathed I would have been smoking, because I tried). I was hospitalized for a week, and ended up quitting because I'd always sworn to myself if I was off them for a week, I'd stay off. Well, I managed to stay off three years.
Started smoking again when my first marriage was falling apart. Picked up a cigarette and within a week I was back up to a pack plus. Kept smoking for about three years that time. What got me to quit then was I couldn't lie on my left side to sleep anymore, I literally couldn't breath, and when I laid on my back I had this deep constant ache in the middle of my chest. Went cold turkey over a three day weekend.
Stayed quit THAT time until my mother died in 2004. I had picked them up for about six months before the ache in my chest and the pain when I laid on my left side started again. Quitting was a relief that time.
I've smoked twice since 2004. It's always the same, the aching in my chest starts sooner and sooner and I'm actually relieved to quit by the time I do. This year I'm not bothering (smoking) not worth it. I've had momentary flashes when I want one, then I think about how fucking much they cost and how rank they make your breath stink, and it's like, screw that shit. Fuck me if I'm paying Marlboro for the privelege of screwing up my health. Plus they give me splitting headaches.
Quitting's easy, there's a trick to it: You pick three days when you know you'll be relatively stress free (no visitors, not have to deal with family or friends, etc., no work). Take a couple of months if you need to prepare. Start paying attention to how many cigarettes a day you smoke now and start cutting back by one a day or every other day. Your goal is to be down to at least half the amount you normally smoke by your "quit weekend," if you're really hooked, you want to be under 10 a day by then.
Now, this whole time you've been preparing for quitting by saving your ashtray dumps into a BIG tightly lidded jar ... remember this.
If smoking calms you, get your doctor to write you a prescriptoin for a short acting tranquilizer, like valium or Xanax. If they won't, go get yourself a bottle of Kava or valerian or Happy Campers (I LOOOOOVE Happy Campers) at the health food store, but Xanax is the best, seriously.
Okay, the DAY before your quit weekend, plan to go to bed a pinch earlier than usual. Before you go to bed, remove ALL evidence of smoking. Have NO cigarettes in the house, (ideally, no way to buy smokes handy, either). Wash all astrays and hide them, along with all the matches and lighters. Take a shower, wash your hair, brush the hell out of your teeth. Start tomorrow off as a non smoker. Don't follow your normal morning routine. If you normally get up and have a cup of tea or something in a certain room with a smoke, drink your tea in bed or something. When you start jonesing for a cigarette, go find that lidded jar, unscrew the lid, take a deep whiff, gag, go have a glass of water, take a tranquilizer if you're due for one. Stay busy, but not stressed. The first 24 hours are the roughest, be nice to yourself, drink a lot of water avoid alcohol. If you made it three days, you've made it, seriously.
I've tried the nicotine replacement, I think cold turkey is much easier. You can't FORGET about the fucking things when you use the replacement.
