I've quit smoking and quit drinking for quite some time now?
469136
There were still lots of temptations and evils preying around us so the best thing to do is to have a deeper relationship with God. This way no one and nothing can lead u astray and He will always guide you to righteous deeds.\nBest of luck buddy!
865720
I quit smoking back in February.  I smoked about a pack a day for years.  During the withdraw I had a headache for 3 days, and I was grouchy for about 2 weeks.  They say you have to replace one habbit with another.  What I did was started sucking on jolly ranchers and chewing bubble gum.  I also started exercising.  I have never felt better.  I noticed a difference in my breathing after only 2 weeks!!  Just hang in there, and the days will pass and you won't even think about it anymore.  It's also great to go someplace and not worry about being looked down on because of being a smoker.
173095
Thanks! That makes me feel great! I quit after 18 years of smoking, and wasn't cranky or shaky! That was two years ago...
1012647
MAybe try therapy.\nand quit drinking.
531479
Well you're gonna be cross, you're getting one mean monkey off your back!\nTry some relaxation excercises, or go to the store and buy some Celestial Seasons Tension Tamer tea and sip on that. Will help improve your mood and make you less tense.\nThe overall withdrawl symptoms will last around 2 weeks, so bear with it and keep up the good work! You may be a bit grumpy but you have MY admiration for having the balls to even try. \nIf someone says something to you, just make sure you let them all know that you are trying to quit smoking and apologize for your testy behavior. They will  understand and support you during this time......be patient with yourself and cut yourself a little slack because you will get past it!
243480
I smoked ages ago and quit cold turkey. Although I would crave a cigarette if I was around a smoker or drinking with friends, and sometime take just a puff or two. Eventually the cravings went away. I haven't smoked for 17 years!!
862015
What you are going through has to do with nicotine withdrawal. You can try nicotine replacement therapy in the form of nicotine gum or patches. But it will take awhile to get back to normal sleeping behavior by going cold turkey. And good luck i am also quitting I started by setting a date which is December first.
483714
It all depends on your dependency to the physical and mental aspects of smoking. I quit on January 1st. I ended up with a horrible flu and clinical depression. The flu is a "good" thing though. Your body has to repair the damage caused by the smoking. Flu-like symptoms are rare, but it is usually coughing, shivers, cold sweats. If you take Wellbutrin to help then you might have night terrors from the medication. The length depends on your social situation. If you have friends who smoke or like to go bar hopping (in states where indoor smoking isnt banned) then your cravings will last a long time. Become a hermit and youre fine, lol. But I don't recommend that. Part of the quitting process is learning to look cigarettes in the eye and not smoke them.
475143
I think some of the symptoms are headache, stomachache, crankiness. My doctor told me that the physical addiction is over 24 hours after you quit smoking. The hardest part is breaking the habit that you've grown used to.
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I have tried twice before and got 46 days the first time and 30 days the second time and used the nicotine gum to do it BUT the most important thing I did and forgot to keep doing therefore I started up again and that was to change people,places and things.\nIn the beginning I stayed away from people who smoked and stayed away from places where I was use to smoking  ie my favorite eating place.Drank water with my meals as I use to drink coffee with my meals and would smoke while drinking coffee before my meal came and after I had finished my meal.\nI avoided my usual smoking break time outside with other employees.\nI tend to be a realy high wired person so as I started out with my efforts to quit smoking I made up my mind to run in low gear and to quit putting pressure on myself and to quit letting others laziness and imperfections bother me and to take it all in stride.\nThe only thing I can figure I did wrong was I got too comfortable with my efforts of not smoking and in doing so I forgot to keep up the work of avoiding familar people,places and things that encouraged my desire to smoke.\nI didn't want to gain the weight that most people say you will do when you quit smoking since we tend to exchange one habit for another so I made sure that I had plenty of fresh fruits and veggies on hand.\nI also made sure that I had plenty of my favorite gum on hand to help me get through those tough moments when the nicotine gum did not seem appealing or when it was too soon to have another piece.\nMy family,friends,employer and fellow employees were very supportive in my efforts.\nMy clothes,my house ,my car started to smell so much and my mouth was losing that bottom of the ashtray taste during my efforts to quit and I intend to quit again. .  . and this time FOREVER!\nPeople will certainly climb your backside for smoking and will rag on you forever but when you quit smoking they rarely give you as much credit or praise. . most of them do not really realize just how hard it is to give up smoking. . they say it is as hard as getting off of heroine so be sure to not let this discourage you. \nOne of the most important things to remember is that you want to quit smoking more than you want to smoke.\n\nThey say that the first 72hours of not smoking is when the nicotine leaves your body so the next time I quit smoking it is going to be cold turkey as I can't afford the gum or the patches for months on end and thusly dragging out the quitting smoking process and I will reminding myself that I want to quit smoking more than I want to smoke.\nI also want to set a good example for my grandchildren who are under the age of 4.(It is extremely hard to explain to my grandchildren why their Grammie smokes.)\n\nGood Luck \n\n\n\nP.S. IF you want some extra support,you can email me.
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Depends on how much you drink daily. I know where I live there are outpatient therapies. And do not listen to whoever said that it is not an addiction, it most certainly is. If you are a heavy drinker, then you will need medical supervision to help with the effects of coming off the alcohol. I applaud you for wanting to quit. It is very hard, but definitely do-able.  Good luck to you.
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I was in a similar situation and stopped drinking last September.  These are the things I did that helped me:\n\n1. Get rid of all alcohol in your household.  Don't wait to drink it all; pour it all out!\n\n2.  Keep a routine.  I kept my routine of going to the store after work and buying beverages.  Instead of buying bottled beer, I bought bottled carbonated water.  When I got home I popped opened a water and drank.  I went thru a lot of water in the beginning.  I eventually moved on to Diet Caffiene-Free Pepsi (caffiene actually makes me so anxious that I used to drink just to calm my nerves).\n  \n3.  I had to envision myself coming home from work and not having a drink.  I started first thing in the morning.  I saw myself doing my new routine instead.  I also reminded myself of the benefits of not drinking (living longer, feeling better, not being embarassed, happier family, the money I would save).\n\n4.  In the beginning, I had to decline/stay away from social events where I could see myself saying yes to having a drink (friend's BBQ, trips to Las Vegas).  Having friends that drink really does not help and it is best to avoid them in social situaitons where you might be tempted.  Despite how far you come along, it is those social situations where you might be tempted the most.  \n\n5.  When you do run across someone in public that has been drinking, remember what they look like, how they smell, how stupid they act/look.  That is how you look to others when you are drinking.  \n\nI found the first three days hard, then it was the second week, then the forth and fifth.  After the sixth week, it was pretty easy.  My wife, who had an occasional drink one a week, stopped as well to help me out.  \n\nI feel a lot better and I do not worry about smelling like a brewery in the morning.  I can also do alot more in the evening as I don't have to worry about drinking and driving.  I actually sleep a lot better.  Which is ironic because that was the reason I started to begin with.  Like a lot of people, I used alcohol to control my anxieties and OCD.  Good luck.
1177862
I quit 6 months ago after about 30 yrs.!  I'm so happy to have the extra money, not worry about do I have enough, oops forgot them, does my breath stink?  What a relief to finally be free of them!  I used the patch and then told myself you can have one in  a minute when I got a craving.  Then in a minute, tell yourself you can have one in a minute.  If you keep doing that and get busy with something else, you get past the craving.  GOOD LUCK
522267
It is good that you have made the admission that you have a drinking problem.  That is the first and most important step.  Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like you are truly ready to quit.  You will never be able to drink again or you will end up in poorer condition as it usually happens that people start drinking more after quitting for awhile.  If you were truly ready to quit, you would be willing to do ANYTHING to get over your problem...this would include following through with an AA group or such.  There are places available, for lots of money, that will detox you and give you a program to follow, but they usually end up telling you to go to an AA type of group.  Since you have little money, go to some AA groups, find out what you could be looking at in the future if you don't quit...its free!  It will also occupy time that you would be normally drinking.  Congrats on 5 days sober, you need to live it one day at a time and just thank God that you got through today and pray that you can get through tomorrow.  That is the basic premise of AA, but you need the support and encouragement!  Good luck though, whatever you decide to do.
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thats great\nim in the process of tryin to quit\ni did the gum for a while but i found i needed a smoke more then ever so when i get back from my holiday i try cold turkey\ni found the hardest situation is socializing\neww beer and smokes just go together for some reason
1146519
the question is How addicted are you? I gave up by reading the book How to stop smoking and stay stopped for good by Gillian Riley. I went to the smoking cessation clinic who prescribed me patches and lozenges. It was hard, i know someone who could stop for days at a time yet couldnt completely give up! It is hard yet its well worth it and four years down the line i can have a fag every 6 months yet its just not the same, yet im £1000 a year better off and i dont cough and wheeze in the morning and the numb feeling in my toes has come back. My ex is looking at having his legs amputated as the blood flow and oxygen dosnt reach his toes, still he smokes. the sooner you give up the better. if i can do it you can too!
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First, I cut down to about 6 per day. Then I just stopped cold turkey. I didn't tell anyone I was quitting until weeks after my last cigarette. That way, I wasn't constantly reminded of it. I worked in restaurants, so I acted really busy when the other people in the kitchen went out for smoke breaks. No one asked me about it for three weeks. Quitting was so much easier than I ever thought it would be. It's been two years. I haven't cheated, and I don't want to. I get sick much less often now, and when I do get a cold, it just lasts a couple days. I really support the cold turkey method, but you have to find a way to get cigarettes off your mind while you're quitting. Good luck. Someday soon, you'll be happy to know you're a nonsmoker.