I just ran a Google search for the term “help me quit smoking” (I run searches on terms that I would use to search for information on how to quit smoking, just to keep up with what Google is showing people who are searching for those terms).
Category Archives: Help Me Quit Smoking
Choosing Your Pain
Somebody reminded me recently of a post that I wrote way back when I first quit smoking titled, “choose your pain.” In it, I talked about how smokers have to choose between the pain of change and the pain of regret, and cautioned that,
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Can E-cigarettes Help Me Quit Smoking?
Are you wondering whether electronic cigarettes can help you quit smoking? In my opinion, no, they can’t. In fact, in my opinion, not only will they not help you quit smoking, they’ll actually make it harder for you to quit and more likely that you’ll relapse, plus, they pose significant health risks of their own.
Why do I say that?
When Will They Stop?
Have you been quit for a few weeks or a month? Are you starting to wonder how long you’re going to continue to have these cravings? Does it seem like the nicotine has got to be long gone, but you’re still having these craves? And do you still seem to think about smoking (or not smoking, as the case may be) all the time (or a lot of the time)? Do you wonder when that will stop?
What Have You Got to Lose?
For me, it was music.
