I need some help bad

well i havent been around for awhile i was sick for about 2 months and now i am back working on getting a date. but i still have the big problem of SMOKING and i cant seem to give them nasty things up can anyone give me some advice or tell me what to do dr will not give me a date until i have quit smoking PLEASE HELP ME SOMEONE

I smoked for 16 years and when I decided to quit (when I was finally ready) I went on the patch. Its been almost 5 years now and I havent had one ciggarette. Good luck!

I had to quit before surgery. I found that welbutirn did a good job. I was able to quit without any nicotine replacement.

Sorry, I cannot give you any personal help because of not smoking myself but I remember my neighbor telling me about when she was trying to quit. She said the drug therapy was very helpful with the physical cravings but she felt that you needed to have the physcological side of the smoking equation needed to be treated also. She felt that a person needed to see a therapist to really really get to the bottom of why you smoke. If you can afford this maybe this will help you. Just keep in mind that the nicotine is a drug, I equate it in my mind as a narcotic drug that gets ahold of you and your crave it and you slowly have to ween your body off of it. Just like the withdrawals from a legal or illegal drug it takes time to break the vicious cycle of your body craving it. I hope this all makes sense to you. By the way, my neighbor successfully quit smoking with the patch and visits to the therapist. Christine

Hello, I can surely relate!! I was also told I needed to quit at least 2 months before surgery. I quit Oct 21. Almost 4 weeks now. It has not been easy, but I keep telling myself I want to have this surgery way more than I need a smoke. I quit "cold turkey". I just work up one day and said to myself "lets see how long I can go without a cig today" well, I got online, took my cigs and coffe with me, and sat there for quite awhile, not lighting up, then I opened the pack, was going to have one, and said, "no, not right now" and layed them down. They sat with me all day unopened. And so it went... I still carry a pack with me whereever I go, but it is my choice whether or not to have one. And so far, not one puff. My DH on the other hand still smokes, and this makes it difficult, but it has to be his decision to quit. I want this surgery to become a more "healthier person". So giving up smoking, while not really wanting to, but knowing how important it is to do so, is just one step closer to becoming overall a more healthy person. I might also mention, that i'm a respiratory therapist, who smoked. If that isn't insanity, I don't know what is. So I know better than most how bad it truly is for us. My only advice on quitting... take it one day at a time, or for us, one minute at a time. And decide which you want, and which you need. good luck Kristi