trying to quit smoking, all and any advice welcome

[Amelia]

Well, I bought a vaporizer with some very low nicotine. So far, I have been able to stay away from the hard smokes. I feel pretty good about it. The vape takes the edge off but doesn't really replace the addiction, so I think I'll be able to ditch that too.

Gassho, sat today

[Robaato]

Hi there,

I quit smoking a few years ago and I'm sober since then. I can easily say (for myself) that quitting smoking was the hardest thing to do. I tried several times, none of my attempts seemed to work. But I kept on trying and finally I quit (hopefully forever).

Back then quitting was easy because I haven't had many smokers as friends. Nowadays starting smoking is tempting because I got a lot of colleagues who smoke.

So my advice would be: Just quit (cold turkey). And if you fail, start over again (and probably fail again). There's even a book about by Pema Chodron about failing. Don't give up!

[Jishin]

the title says it all....i am trying to quit cold turkey, but ive tried a million times before...the thing is, besides getting winded walking up the stairs to my apt., i want to start running soon....i tried last night, or early this morning to be precise, and let myself down again this afternoon, after waking up at 1, basically a 12 hour nap, and called and bummed a fiver for a cheap pack of cigarettes...

I want to beat this addiction!!!

Gassho,

Richard

s@ 2day

I don't believe you.

Gassho, Jishin, ST

[Jishin]

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Gasho, Jishin, ST

[Aurkihnowe]

Hi all, I am still here, alive, and still trying to quit smoking....I must admit I am surprised to see this thread still blowing smoke (bad pun intended, of course)....At the very least it shows me that I'm not alone, as has been said. So I reset my quit clock, it's actually an Android app, but I will continue to struggle with this I know. I don't have the means of taking a retreat, but I can, and must, use that which I do have, which is willpower.

Gassho all,

Richard

s@ 2day

[Jishin]

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Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Katherine]

Besides the wonderful advice you have gotten here, I would like to add:

I quit cold turkey. One thing that got me over the hump was remembering what I was told by my doctor. Nicotine leaves the system after three days. After that I is all a mind game. One of the reasons people go back to smoking is that they get this "grass was greener on the other side" feeling about smoking and they forget just how miserable they were smoking. And they forget how hard it was to quit in the first place. Use the gum and patches if you need to. My husband quit and it took him gum, patches and pills to do it. So don't be embarrassed if that is what it takes. Exercise does help with cravings, keep at it.

Hope it helps!
Gassho!

[Jishin]

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https://youtu.be/9Hxwhd8cflg

Gassho, Jishin, ST

[Tai Shi]

Hi perhaps you might try mindset change. When I quit I needed to keep a journal about how my smoking had offended so many people. A year and a half before I quit ( 2 to 3 packs a day and coughing up blood ) my daughter ran home from school crying daddy please quit smoking. I still cry to think of what I did I still feel fully responsible. My daughter has respiratory problems to this day. What I did is very much like the Verse of Atonement in our Buddhist Practice only over a period of 6 months or more, finding every nook and cranny every place of blame which was all mine. Then the whole time I chewed thee gum, then I removed one cigarette a day until it was my daughter's birthday. You see I had lied to myself so long I had a lot of admissions to make. Tai. Shi, std Gassho


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[Tai Shi]

Keep your attainments in a notebook every day.


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[Kyousui]

12 step Buddhist

I quit July 4 2000 using the 12 steps. Might also want to read the book 12 Step Buddhist by Darren Littlejohn

[Jishin]

Go to prison. Smoking is no longer allowed. No cigarettes, no smoke.


Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Ryumon]

Late to the party, but I quit back in my early 20s - in a world with a parallel timeline to this one - cold turkey. The first time, I went back after about six months, because I worked with a lot of people who smoked. The second time it stuck, and I assisted myself by smoking other things instead...

As much as cigarettes are addictive, I think you need the proper mindset. These days, with gums and patches, it's probably a lot easier.

Gassho,

Kirk the ex-smoker

[gilles]

remember that your breathing is your best mate.
if it leaves you
you're done
sit & enjoy is sound coming out your nostrils

Peace
Gilles

[Meitou]

I quit on 11/11/2011 - an auspicious date as it turned out. I attended a meditation session ( not Buddhist) and when I got home I made a vow in front of my shrine to quit for good. I had tried many times, using all sorts of aids, none of which worked for me, ( that's not to say they wouldn't work for others) and this time I decided to go cold turkey. I knew that any other way would not break the physical addiction or the physicality of the habit - holding something in my hand, cigarette to mouth etc. As a veteran smoker,30 a day for 44 years, it's the one thing I still love to boast about. I'll be honest, I still miss smoking, but quitting was so painful I never want to go there again! And yes, if I can do it, anyone can.

Gassho,
Frankie

Sat with you all today.