IT IS HARD to quit... Everything revolves around smoking for a smoker. You have a smoke "to get ready to start something" you take a break to have a smoke. When you are done you have a smoke to "reward yourself" Over and over again all through the day
I find that the biggest problem is BORDOM... You need to keep busy. I had cut WAY DOWN before I lost my job...But with not much to do.....started to smoke again. The E-Cigs have helped me but they are not really quitting. You are still getting nicotine. TO help her you guys need to do is CLEAN EVERYTHING...get rid of the smell. She may not notice it that much now but when you quit it smells like cookies in the oven to a smoker quitting Chose a date that she is going to quit and before that date get rid of every ash tray. Clean the ash tray in your car and take it to the car wash and have them clean out the inside and use that pretty smelling stuff to get rid of the odor in the car. I can tell you when you quit smoking… when the wind blows right you can smell someone having a cig in the next town 20 miles away… Also make sure there are NO BUTTS around the house. When you empty the ash trays (or throw them away) take out the trash… It sound discussing to non smokers but we will look through stuff to find a butt... (That is cigarette butt). Work with her giving her small rewards… After the first three days maybe a sweater...ok winter is over maybe a blouse… after a week dinner...or every Friday go out to dinner as a reward for not smoking that week... After a month ya gotta do something big because that is the turning point… Buy her a bag of sugarless suckers… it keeps your hands busy and gives her something to reach for when you want a smoke. Another thing you can do is keep a chart or write on the calendar every day the amount of money she would have spent on smokes...and with that money she should spend it on something she wants besides smokes… It adds up pretty fast…. One last thing…. If she slips and has one… That is ok (Do not tell her it’s ok before she does slip) she did not fail just needs to start again... Quitting that is…..If however she says to you or asks “I will just have one” tell her there is no such thing as having one. But please give her space, put up with her irritability... (Like you already don’t) and try to keep her busy... Like I said I have cut way down but as soon as I start school... (No word yet on the grant) I am going to quit again.
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