Today is the 1st day that my DH has tried to quit smoking, and he's being such a moody jerk!!!. I want him to quit SO SO bad but I can't take one more minute of this crap. I almost want him to smoke so he would just be a normal person again. Does anyone have any helpful hints on quitting smoking. He got the gum and he's taking wellburtin. There's got to be something he can do to help cut the cravings. OR.... What can I take to get through this????? haha
StreetDoc6531
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Re: Having a horrible day. DH is quitting smoking
Just be patient sweetie. The first few days are the worst but I promise, it does get better.
After 26 years (i'm 37-you do the math) I quit smoking Jan 1st. The first 3 days are the easiest bc the nicotine is still in your body. Come day 4 there is no more and your body craves it badly. I just kept thinking of my cancer patients spewing phlegm through the trach tube in thier throat.
These are a few things that helped me quit.
Tell DH that when he is driving to bring apples with him. Oranges are better bc the body is depleated of vitamin B and oranges have lots of that but too messy to eat and drive. So now he has the mouth/hand addiction pacified.
While on the phone I played Tetris on my gameboy. You don't really need concentration to fit pieces together so you can listen to the conversation and it keeps your hands busy.
Drink lots of water!!
Start walking or do sit ups. Walk around the corner, on a treadmill, do some sort of mild aerobic activity everytime you fell the urge to smoke. This way you can feel yourself breath!
Most importantly, talk yourself out of it. Tell yourself the different ways you could spend $150.00 a month. Think of the children you will have. And if two weeks goes by and you give in- don't beat yourself up. But it dosen't mean that you can start smoking again. Forgive yourself and move on. I also used to curse at myself and call myself names. I would totally scold myself. Example: Oh, so you feel like smoking? OK LOOSER! What an $%^& moron you are for smoking anyway! Why do you want to give these people your money? They don't give a $hit about you or if you get cancer and die!!! Stuff like that.
DON'T BE CRABBY TO OTHERS!!! You are the @ss that started smoking in the first place!
Good Luck- Hang in there! I forget that I even smoked until someone mentions it!
Hmmm - either kill him now, or let him die slowly and painfully of lung cancer... its your call! (I said the same thing to my best man and his partner when they decided to quit smoking together! That was a treat - nothing like 2 catty men to go thru it together!)
CLMon7906
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Re: Having a horrible day. DH is quitting smoking
Posted by Jen&Chris06
. There's got to be something he can do to help cut the cravings.
hmm....maybe a little frisky interaction to take his mind off of it?
