How to Stop Smoking

So you are ready to quit smoking? There are so many ways to quit smoking and I really think that one has to try many of them to find the best way to quit. One method that worked for me may sound a bit absurd, but it worked for me and may work for you.

I smoked for many years before quitting. One day I decided my health was more important than that stick that I craved so badly, so I went out and bought the patch. After a month of using this patch and still craving a cigarette, I decided to try the gum. This helped a bit, but still I found myself smoking in between chewing the gum. I was getting very frustrated at trying all of the expensive products so decided to take a different approach.

I went out and bought a pack of the strongest cigarettes that I could find and a pack of the weakest ones as well. I would wait and wait until I could not bear the craving any longer and I would light a weak cigarette and smoke just a little of it to take the edge off of my craving. Then I would play the waiting game again, until the incessant craving started again-at this point I would light one of the strong cigarettes and smoke the whole thing as fast as I could.

Eventually this started to make me feel sick and soon I associated smoking with feeling ill and was able to quit. After all, who wants to inhale something that you know is going to make you feel like vomiting. Many people try to get rid of the craving by giving themselves nicotine through other products and for a lot of people this is unsuccessful. This method actually makes you sick of the nicotine and I believe this will help kick the habit for good. This worked quite well for me and I hope this will help you as well.