cant use help from patches, gum etc.

[brandnewmommy]

Cant use quit smoking items like patches or gum.  Im breast feeding and the amount of nicotine in these products are higher than the amount in my system just from smoking...anyone have any thoughts on what can help? Has anyone ever used the "smoke assassin"? (the cigarette thats not a cigarette).  I want to be a smoke free mommy.

[jackie6]

hello and welcome first things first congrats on your new baby they are a gift from god it sounds like you may have to go cold turkey can i suggest you arm yourself with information i truly believe information/education is key to successful quit whyquit is a great source for info its a hard core cold turkey site it may have info you can use i was a 2 1/2 packs aday for over 35 yrs smoker and whyquit saved my life what ever method you choose you must get thru withdrawl first then work on the rest all i did the first 2 weeks was READ READ READ reading/posting can be very helpful so i say put your plan in place read here and at whyquit (lots of other sites also that alot of peolpe recomend) quitting is tough but doable give a shout when you need help and good luck on your wonderful journey to your FREEDOM i will save you a seat on the FREEDOM TRAIN the ride is free all you have to do is SIMPLY CHOOSE TO NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...................I have been quit for 2 Years, 6 Months, 48 minutes and 1 second (915 days). I have saved $9,562.09 by not smoking 50,326 cigarettes. I have saved 5 Months, 3 Weeks, 17 hours and 50 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 8/21/2007 7:58 AM

[hwc]

Not only do you not need to use patches or gum, but 90% of all ex-smokers in the United States quit without pharmaceutical nicotine. Many of us believe that it is, overall, easier to quit cold turkey because:

a) the fundamental cause of smoking is nicotine drug addicition and stopping the use of the drug is an essential step in beating the addiction

b) Without the drug withdrawal driving craves after the first week or two, it is easier to go through the several months of retraining yourself to associate activities with not smoking instead of smoking

c) it is extremely empowering to beat the nicotine drug addiction. Taking control of your life like that and knowing that YOU are doing it has some motivational benefits. Positive motivation is so much stronger than forcing yourself to "give up something". Even the  thought that you have to "replace"  smoking with the drug you are addicted to in some other form is self-defeating in an insidious psychological way. It's conceding defeat at the hands of the drug addiction before you even start, when we know that nearly 50 million Americans have walked away from nicotine addiction and, in fact, it's often nowhere near as difficult as we are led to believe.

I 100% endorse Jackie's recommendation of www.whyquit.com. I discovered the site on my first day two years ago and the educational materials there powered me through my entire quit (cold turkey, my first quit attempt in over 30 years). If you click the lobster and go to my profile, I've got a number of links to key articles and audio/video lessons there. Much of it is grouped by day to listen to on Day One of your quit, Day Two, etc. -- with the same structure as a 2 week support seminar group. I've also got links to some Alan Carr stuff. He was a a British stop-smoking seminar guy who does a marvelous job of blowing a hole in the lies of nicotine addicition. His stuff is terrific at taking you to the point where you are ready to quit. www.whyquit.com is terrific at taking your hand from the moment you quit for the next few months of becoming a comfortable ex-smoker. Both are based on a brutally honest presentation of nicotine drug addicition.

[onelasttime]

The post above I will agree with. I think the strongest motivation is that lil life you have just brought into this world don't you want to stick around and watch your new baby grow and develop into a productive adult. You want to be around for graduations weddings grandbaby's? I think my grandbaby is the one that motivated me after 34 plus years to quit. just imagining leaving him for these bad choice I have made. I hope I didn't wait to long. Just look into that babys eyes and let youself wonder is it worth it? Plus I have been reading alot about second and third hand smoke please learn all you can and just do it for yourself and your baby your family friends and most of all your health. My thought and prayers are with you may you enjoy that new baby for many years.