Quitting cigarettes (1st things 1st)

[LRStewart2028]

It’s been a struggle to find the motivation to quit smoking cigarettes, l’ve been in recovery for a while (over 20 years) but cigarettes wasn’t counted against my clean time so I always approached quitting half heartedly. I have been trying to quit for the past five years but haven’t been able to make my attempts stick. I know that it’s a process that’s not going to happen over night but also understand that non of the tools in recovery is going to work without the first part of the process - abstinence!! Which is a process within itself - taking it one second at a time, seconds turn to minutes… minutes turn to hours… hours turn to days and so on - THE KEY IS NOT TO USE, NO MATTER WHAT !! That being said let me reset this timer and get through my first 24. Much Love and Respect Recovering Community

[Dazercat]

Welcome to our community LaMont
Good luck with that.
This is what helped me quit.

Checking in daily to maintain focus #10

I got some tips if your interested. I smoked many years ago and my boss paid for us to do a stop smoking clinic. It worked. I didn’t just quit smoking. I STOPPED smoking. Anyway. The things that worked best for me were. First 2 weeks. No booze. U should have that down already I hope. No sugar No caffeine These things are all triggers. Drink lots of water. Seriously drink water like you’ve never drank it before. Helps flush out the nicotine. I got some worry beads to keep my hands busy. …

I’ve posted it before. It’s been awhile.

We got a thread for that too. Appropriately named

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I wish you well.

[Lovelyladybecca]

Nicotine patches ans gum are just another form of the same drug. They don’t help, they just perpetuate the addiction. It only takes 3 days for nicotine to completely leave the body so it’s best to just abstain.

[Lovelyladybecca]

Allan Carr’s book The Easy Way to Stop Smoking is an excellent resource. Really wanting to quit is the first step to success so you are half way there already.

[Lovelyladybecca]

Sorry but it doesn’t lower your nicotine levels, it gives you nicotine in another form. Hence, my original message sharing that it only takes 3 days for nicotine to leave the body. If you just abstain from smoking for 3 days then all the nicotine is gone and when you use patches and gum you are just continuing the cycle, making it take much longer than it needs to.

[Amy30]

I’m just gonna leave this here. It does actually lower nicotine consumption.

How Quit Smoking Medicines Work | Quit Smoking | Tips From Former Smokers | CDC

The idea that patches and gum are just as bad as smoking is preposterous and dangerous. It could simply give smokers the justification they need to continue.