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**Cyzkrahu** · 01-27-2010, 01:15 PM

Hi Jin Zen,

I used to be a smoker. The only advice I can give is to say that you really have to firmly decide "I can do this -easy peasy !"

I used to think about giving up but never actually made the determined effort to try. Eventually with determination,I cut down to 3 cigarettes each day - one after breakfast, one after lunch and one after my evening meal. Next I stopped completely and if I felt a craving I sucked in deep breaths of air in the same way that I would inhale a cigarette. However I did become addicted to sugar-free chewing gum as a substitute for a little while - but then I gave that up eventually too .

In the course of my life I've seen people get addicted to one thing or another - from compulsive clothes shopping to drugs and alcohol. I think its easy to have cravings for just about anything. The key to giving up is determination, and the conviction that it can be done.

Meditation is of course, very helpful in general. There's a series of several excellent meditation videos on YouTube. Here's the introduction - Buddhist Meditation (1)

01-27-2010, 01:15 PM	#3
Cyzkrahu Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 477 Senior Member	Hi Jin Zen, I used to be a smoker. The only advice I can give is to say that you really have to firmly decide "I can do this -easy peasy !" I used to think about giving up but never actually made the determined effort to try. Eventually with determination,I cut down to 3 cigarettes each day - one after breakfast, one after lunch and one after my evening meal. Next I stopped completely and if I felt a craving I sucked in deep breaths of air in the same way that I would inhale a cigarette. However I did become addicted to sugar-free chewing gum as a substitute for a little while - but then I gave that up eventually too . In the course of my life I've seen people get addicted to one thing or another - from compulsive clothes shopping to drugs and alcohol. I think its easy to have cravings for just about anything. The key to giving up is determination, and the conviction that it can be done. Meditation is of course, very helpful in general. There's a series of several excellent meditation videos on YouTube. Here's the introduction - Buddhist Meditation (1)
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