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smoking
ok things have gotten really stressfull in my life right now and i need soem help. the only way i have found to handle my stress is smoking. i have smoked for 4 years offa nd on. but never as much as i smoke now. about a year ago a pack would last me almost a week. now it barely lasts me over a day! i want to slow down, but i tend to get grumpy and really super stressed when i do. any ways i can either cut down with out freakign out or just take away some of my stress? i know smoking so much is only harming my body not helping, but i dont know any other ways to handle my stress
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You stated your problem right there. You use smoking to "deal" with your problems. It's no different than someone drinking to avoid their problems.
Don't run from your problems. Deal with them head-on. Recognize WHY you get stressed. Write it out, talk to something, anyway. I tend to make mountains out of molehills, I can only fathom what your stress is like.
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Well the best way to quit is to not start. The best way to quit is maybe going to a support group where there's kids your own age who suffer from wanting to quit smoking. Hope I helped!
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When you get grumpy and stressed, this is the first sign of your withdrawl.
Though I understand that you are extremely stressed at the moment, smoking is not the way to cope with it. If you are serious about giving up smoking (there is no such thing as cutting down) then I suggest that you do it now, stress or no stress, because if you put it off it will never happen.
If you want to quit entirely on will-power alone it will be hard but it is possible if you are strong enough. Next time you want a cigarrette, find something that will occupy your hands and your mind. Break old patterns which lead to smoking, ie. instead of your morning cup of coffee and cigarette, get straight into the shower or take out the bins or read a book for fifteen minutes. Remember that it will get easier as time goes by and you will find that your stress levels go down drastically.
If you want to make quitting easier, buy some nicotene patches or nicotene gum or take yourself to the doctor and have them prescribe you some medication which will help you.
This is as much advice as I can give you- the only person who can stop you smoking is you.
UrsulaX
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Writing (/blogging) is a good way to handle stress... complain, curse, whatever... its much much less harmful than deteriorating your health with cigs.
Smoking is something you cant exactly just quit off the bat. It has to be gradual. At first, try to get back to a pack a week, and the limit yourself to 5 cigs a week, and cutting down from there. When you're ready, try the gum/ patches.
Goodluck. Gaining freedom from the urge to smoke is really worth it in the end.
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Here is a site that may help you in dealing with your stress. Hope you find something useful in here somewhere! :)
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you can try other ways to relieve stress. smoking is a really bad habit & i know it's difficult to smoke, because my uncle & my cousin have tried a few times. here's a website-
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i think that site has a lot of good information.
good luck!♥
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Different things work for different people, but I can tell you how we got my uncle to stop smoking. My aunt and my mother made a bank account for him and every week he didn't smoke they each put $20 into the account. He would get all of the money after three consecutive months without smoking a single cigarette. He had to be honest and fess up when he did smoke, which he did, but he usually got caught anyways. Basically they paid him to stop smoking and it worked like you can't believe. He started chewing gum because the idea of not having anything in his mouth was a lot of what the problem was. His addiction to cigarettes, became an addiction to gum, just plain old gum. He ended up giving the money back to my aunt and my mother because he was so grateful to them for helping him quit. I don't know if the money thing would work for you or if you can find anybody to do it, but chewing gum, whether it be Nicorette or Juicy Fruit should help. Good luck! There are lots of different ways to relieve stress because again, different things work for different people. Physical activity was always what worked for me...when I got oober stressed I'd just go for a jog or something to clear my mind. Try different things until you find something that works!
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