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Deepak Chopra on Quitting Smoking
How can you quit smoking? Deepak Chopra details step-by-step instructions for curbing smoking habits in the long-term, which include feeling the adverse sensations of smoking and listening to your body as it rejects those sensations.
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#2 written by porgpie 2 years ago
Markus, Deepak isnt very helpful in this vid. I started smoking when I was 18, and I quit first for a week, then for three months, then I quit for good. I havent smoked since August 2006. For me the first adjustment was giving up that morning smoke with coffee, which meant I got constipated. But if yu can pull through through the withdrawal sickness(take a week off if necessary) I just writhed in bed for abut a week, the I had a BM. Non-smoker ever since. Yu can do it. If I can do it, so can u,
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#3 written by Mirry57 2 years ago
I smoked over 20 a day for almost thirty years before I quit last December.
I’d failed to stop many times in the past because I actually liked smoking, but the reason I’ve managed to stop now is that I got sick of the whole business – the expense, the smell, the embarrassment etc.
A friend gave me four days’ worth of nicorette microtabs for emergencies, but I’ve only needed one day’s worth.
By giving up, I’ve saved about £350 – £400 so far. I’ve been set free, and I feel great!
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#4 written by eltonjam 2 years ago
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#5 written by lexusnoir 2 years ago
The problem I’ve found with patches and gum is the action seems totally unrelated. I’ve tried the nicorette inhilator which worked while it was new and seemed novelty but then I went back to smoking when I got bored with it. Best way I’m finding is to just keep try and keep away from places that sell them and avoid other smokers while they’re smoking like you have odd days where you fail but just count it as a day off an don’t be hard on yourself about it.
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#15 written by egasserd8888 2 years ago
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#17 written by crazymothefucke 2 years ago
you all fucking idiots hahahah u not even aware of ur surroundings how can u be aware of ur body reactions .. hahahah keep it up any way ur cancerous death will give me some more time alive .. your death will give us the oxygen u been steeling from us all these years .. so keep smoking and i really wish u all a great life ….
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#18 written by ktelwaissbluth 2 years ago
I’m reading everyone’s comments below and amazed at the negativity and language. I’m also intrigued and happy that apparently very angry people are seeking out help through The Chopra Center. Try the Kaizen Principle for quitting smoking. It’s a more detailed explanation of Dr. Chopra’s advice. It takes time, but withdrawal will be gentle. Peace
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#19 written by ipublica 2 years ago
Yes, I am seeing the same. The resistance is the signal that the ideas are correct. This is a fact that pervades human history. The comments that Chopra gets are vey similar to the ones I get, they are even worse. I never got a comment to have got suck my dick:) Youtube if fun, not sun. But I welcome it anyway because otherwise I would perhaps never see him talk because I have NO TV since 30 years. Not stop smoking is my advice, but smoke differently.
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#21 written by amazingblur 2 years ago
Cool Ive noticed this since I started the practice of transcendental meditation, I still smoke, less now, but quitting is just around the corner for me. I dont know why i started, but now I smoke for two reasons, to calm my nerves
(damn addiction) and to show edge to those “gangsta” types who intimidate those who appear innocent in nature. I will not show judgmental(looks) to show edge because it further intimidates those who are even more meek and innocent than me -
#23 written by red5media 2 years ago
put cigarettes in hard to get to spot. make them inconvenient to get to. hold cigarette in mouth for a while without lighting it, just kind of pretend to smoke it and hold off. buy a pack of herbal no nicotine cigarettes as well and alternate between them. yoga. meditate, deep breathing. ask your girlfriend to take her clothes off (distraction therapy)….
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#24 written by Triple5soul18 2 years ago
I personally think (and this is just an opinion) that in order to give advice in regards to quitting smoking (or any other addiction for that matter) one would have to be a successful champion over said addiction themselves. All these non-smokers attempting to give advice to someone about quitting smoking generally do not understand the psychology of the addiction on a personal level. Also, everyone is prone to quitting subjectively, there is no objective way to quit smoking… good luck!!
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#25 written by Triple5soul18 2 years ago
Oh… and one more thing. This is how I quit smoking. I used to smoke about 7-10 cigs a day (by no means a heavy addiction, but an addiction none the less).. I took up jogging, which was difficult as hell at first, but then again the high I got after a run was so intense that I didn’t even need a smoke to get my heart rate up..it was already there, and if anything, a smoke would fuck up the natural high. I also got some 1mg nicotine lozenges..they helped a lot with the separation anxiety. GL!
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I have stopped and started many times in my life, I was a social smoker. One day I picked up a book on yoga – started an exercise plan and just quit like that! No addiction-nothing-it’s purely a mental thing! Once you stop the body’s dependency on nicotine is reduced by 80% in 24 hours. It’s a bit like sugar in your tea or butter on your bread – you do it out of habit. When u get down to it – it is a mental thing and once you see that then it is pretty easy to quit-for good!regards & good luck