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How does someone quit smoking?

How to help someone quit smoking?

  • My nan has been smoking since she was around 30 and is now 61. She is an addict and will smoke about 5 cigarettes everyday. This has already caused her mild case of asthma to grow serious. We are all worried that she will get a very early death, maybe dying in just a few years. She doesn't seem to care, and we all want her to stop smoking, but none of us have the nerve to stand-up to her and tell her our worries. She doesn't care that she might die early and we know that because apparently my uncle (her son) when he was about 17 asked her to stop and she shouted at him saying she didn't care about what age she died as even if she was just 40. But now HE smokes but not as much. We need her to stop smoking! Help?

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    How To Quit Smoking - Change Your Self Talk In order to clearly discover how to quit smoking you will need to change your self talk. If this doesn't make sense then just think about how you think about smoking. I'll bet your mind is full of conflict. I need to quit smoking, but it's so hard. I've tried and failed before, everyone says it's hard and that I need to keep trying. One of the drivers for your self talk is all the beliefs you have accumulated about smoking. Quitting smoking is harder than quitting heroin. Wrong. You will need to quit up to 7 times before you succeed - wrong. Smoking relieves stress - wrong. These are just a few examples. And these thoughts run around your head and importantly they become excuses for not quitting. Maybe you argue that not all smokers get lung cancer. True but all smokers suffer health problems some will kill you and some will just make your life miserable. These thought become your reality, so it's not surprising that you will struggle when you have been driving that exact message relentlessly into your thinking. An important step towards learning how to quit smoking is to change your self talk. Firstly you need to recognise your thought patterns. Write down every thing you believe about quitting smoking and start to question your beliefs. Next change your thinking. e.g. It will take me seven times to quit. Who says so, the drug company that sells patches? Who else says so, the smoker who tries cold turkey with no planning? If you change your thinking to: I can quit smoking, I will quit smoking, I'll soon be a non smoker. Cigarettes cause me stress not relaxation etc. So start to bad mouth smoking. Every smoke you have talk it down. Say out loud how much it stinks, how bad it tastes, say out loud this poisonous smoke is entering my lungs and blood stream, now it going to my heart and my brain. Obviously you don't want to go on for years with this process, but if you start seven days prior to quitting then you will be mentally in the right place to quit. From the moment you have quit then take frequent deep breaths, and let your self talk run to words like: I love being a non smoker, I love breathing fresh clean air. I feel so good, my lungs and heart feel fantastic. Keep this positive self talk up forever. In the future every time you see a smoker remind yourself with strong positive self talk that you are a non smoker for life.

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How To Quit Smoking - Change Your Self Talk In order to clearly discover how to quit smoking you will need to change your self talk. If this doesn't make sense then just think about how you think about smoking. I'll bet your mind is full of conflict. I need to quit smoking, but it's so hard. I've tried and failed before, everyone says it's hard and that I need to keep trying. One of the drivers for your self talk is all the beliefs you have accumulated about smoking. Quitting smoking is harder than quitting heroin. Wrong. You will need to quit up to 7 times before you succeed - wrong. Smoking relieves stress - wrong. These are just a few examples. And these thoughts run around your head and importantly they become excuses for not quitting. Maybe you argue that not all smokers get lung cancer. True but all smokers suffer health problems some will kill you and some will just make your life miserable. These thought become your reality, so it's not surprising that you will struggle when you have been driving that exact message relentlessly into your thinking. An important step towards learning how to quit smoking is to change your self talk. Firstly you need to recognise your thought patterns. Write down every thing you believe about quitting smoking and start to question your beliefs. Next change your thinking. e.g. It will take me seven times to quit. Who says so, the drug company that sells patches? Who else says so, the smoker who tries cold turkey with no planning? If you change your thinking to: I can quit smoking, I will quit smoking, I'll soon be a non smoker. Cigarettes cause me stress not relaxation etc. So start to bad mouth smoking. Every smoke you have talk it down. Say out loud how much it stinks, how bad it tastes, say out loud this poisonous smoke is entering my lungs and blood stream, now it going to my heart and my brain. Obviously you don't want to go on for years with this process, but if you start seven days prior to quitting then you will be mentally in the right place to quit. From the moment you have quit then take frequent deep breaths, and let your self talk run to words like: I love being a non smoker, I love breathing fresh clean air. I feel so good, my lungs and heart feel fantastic. Keep this positive self talk up forever. In the future every time you see a smoker remind yourself with strong positive self talk that you are a non smoker for life.

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5 cigs a day isnt that much. let her do what she wants to do, she's 61.

gramba26

Take all of their money away and then they can't buy them

Ash

The reality of nicotine addiction, or any kind of addiction, is that the person concerned must want to stop. No amount of pressure, arguing, shouting or begging will make a difference and as for taking her money away, that's just insulting. I fully appreciate that you all love her and want to protect her, even from herself, but you can't live her life for her. I know this isn't the answer you want or need, but addiction to anything can't be broken by anyone else except the addict. I hope that she understands you're doing this out of love and worry and that one day, she might feel like it's time for her to quit.

STEVE C

The reality of nicotine addiction, or any kind of addiction, is that the person concerned must want to stop. No amount of pressure, arguing, shouting or begging will make a difference and as for taking her money away, that's just insulting. I fully appreciate that you all love her and want to protect her, even from herself, but you can't live her life for her. I know this isn't the answer you want or need, but addiction to anything can't be broken by anyone else except the addict. I hope that she understands you're doing this out of love and worry and that one day, she might feel like it's time for her to quit.

STEVE C

Take all of their money away and then they can't buy them

Ash

5 cigs a day isnt that much. let her do what she wants to do, she's 61.

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