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Quit smoking without using any medication
elexsmith- Last Online: Mar 03 2009
Quit smoking without using any medication
Is it possible to quit smoking through natural methods, I mean without using those nicotine patch or medications. I don’t have much faith in medications.
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Yes it is possible to quit smoking through natural methods, only it requires a good effort from your side and also a suitable plan to stick to, because lack of a plan is likely accountable for almost 90% of the failed attempts to quit smoking. You can get useful tips at http://www.stop-smoking-guru.com , a site completely dedicated to help people to quit smoking.
No need to go to a site to find a way to quit smoking naturally. This has worked for many - and it's aseasy to do as lighting up a smoke..
Decide that you really want to quit, rather than thinking you should because others think so.
State every reason you have for wanting to quit.
Pick a date to quit that is significant and meaningful to you.
Now smoke as much as want, but make one tiny change to your habit: every time you light up, repeat to yourself every reason you have decided you want to quit.
You might find that you no longer have the desire to smoke before the date you set arrives. Don't panic. It just means you are done. Some call this process self hypnosis. The reason it works is that by reminding yourself of the reasons you want to quit, you are actually reprogramming your own brain.
There is an amazing book by Alan Carr that helped many people quit. "Stop Smoking" is the title I believe. My husband read it and it worked well..he did slip eventually and now he seems to have truly quit after 15 years of threatening to do so!!
He used Champix and it really helped. I know you don't like medication but when you consider the filth that cigarettes are loaded with and the damage they do, I would think a prescription is a MUCH lesser evil! Kind of a contradiction don't you think...not to point out the obvious!
Is one drug better than another? I'm not so sure. Every time I hear of one drug being used to treat another drug, I think of the drug company czars licking their chops after savoring another victory. I also think of thousands who become incredibly ill or die due to long-term side-effects from wonder drugs.
True, but in the case of using Champix it was short term...3 months...to beat a 25 yr addiction. This is not the case of a medication that he would need for the rest of his life so I don't think the pharma company is getting rich off of him. Now if he had not stopped smoking, I am sure he would need heart medication, chemo therapy at some point, expensive therapy for COPD etc etc. I am grateful that he finally found something to help overcome this incredible battle I have seen him struggle with for 15 years.
All medicines should be used for the shortest period of time to the maximum health benefit. They are developed to help at the basic level. Of course pharma will profit in the food chain somewhere but I prefer it to be at this timerather then down the road when his quality of life is destroyed by the effects of smoking.
There are several really interesting ideas about how to quit smoking. When I was doing homecare and would talk to people about quitting. They had success with many different methods. Hypnosis, one on one with reinforcement tapes seemed to be quite successful. The major factor was that the people wanted to quit. Another successful method was acupressure or acupuncture. I believe that helped with the withdrawl symptoms.
I also have met a person who does lasar treatments for quitting. The testemonial were good and the science was behind it, however all the research came out of England and Europe.
I peronally did it the old fashion way, cold turkey. The first two weeks were hard. Then after being off cigarettes for one month expect to start coughing. That is your lungs cleaning system working. It will clean out all the old tar in the lower lungs.
Good luck on your journey.
Perhaps this would be the catalyst for digging deep and doing what ever you need be it hypnosis, a prescription, cold turkey, laser, whatever, to beat this addiction.
There are clearly hundreds of solutions. The Native Americans, who gave us tobacco, used a formula that resulted in success almost every time. It was called Yagottawanna. If it didn't work, they employed a stronger mixture. It was known as Yagottareeliwanna.
It isn't available in stores. It is completely free and readily available. Everyone has access to it. It has been used for centuries as part of the cure to many other ailments. Not only that, it is nearly indispensible as part of the formula for success in many other endeavors.
