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John (Gold)	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !		Lead	[-]
02/17/01 10:16	Tags : None Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips! Each of us have used our own little methods of passing the time during a crave. You may think that your tip, trick or method isn't worth mentioning but it worked for you and it just might work for someone reading this thread. Let's make this thread a shopping cart full of the world's best coping techniques for our Newibes both now and future! Who knows, years from now this thread may be pulled up and your below tip may help save a quit and possibly even a life! Imagine that! I'll start us off with an easy and obvious one .... *The Shower* Whether hot or cold, it's pretty hard to smoke while water is hitting you in the face. It can be pretty soothing during the less than five minutes that the average crave lasts. If all else fails, head for the shower! Last Edited By: JohnPolito 03/16/09 04:14. Edited 1 time.
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boatnmomma Gold	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#1	[url]	[-]
02/17/01 10:25	GREAT IDEA! WHAT WORKED FOR ME WAS A RUBBER BAND . I KEPT ONE AND STILL DO ON MY WRIST AND WHEN I WOULD GET INTO A SITUATION THAT WOULD START A TRIGGER OR CRAVE I WOULD WRAP IT AROUND AND THROUGH MY FINGERS, IT REALLY HELPS NOW MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY LAUGH WHEN THEY SEE ME PLAYING WITH MY NEW TOY, BUT IT KEEPS ME FROM SMOKING NEVER WILL I TAKE ANOTHER PUFF 1 MONTH 4 DAYS 10 HOURS 1134 NOT SMOKED SAVING ME 175. AND MY LIFE 3 DAYS 22 HOURS
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BlueFlame	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#2	[url]	[-]
02/18/01 12:34	This might sound crazy but it sure helped me....when a craving hits I close my eyes and go through the alphabet, thinking of a food for each letter. (A=apple, b=banana, etc.) I first was encouraged to do this by my doctor to help me relieve my migraines without drugs and have found that it also helps distract me from those pesky cravings. The more detail you can think up for each food, the longer this little exercise takes and the more likely you are to be fully distracted from your craving....and if anybody can tell me a food which begins with X I'd be really grateful! :^) --BlueFlame (!M,1W,5D,21H)
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Hal(Gold)	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#3	[url]	[-]
02/18/01 12:59	I found a great article on cravings that I printed out and have it on the side of my computer: CRAVINGS Smokers and exsmokers both have cravings. The smoker smokes to push the cravings away temporarily The exsmoker accepts the minor discomfort of craving to get the reward of not smoking. One trades short term relief for long term memory. The other accepts short term discomfort for long term freedom. Im glad I am making the latter choice. NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF Hal 2M 2W 6D Last Edited By: JohnPolito 03/16/09 04:14. Edited 1 time.
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JanieB Staff 1	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#4	[url]	[-]
02/18/01 01:20	Hey Zep, I assume you mean crave coping without food...huh?...LOL My best technique was to take slow deep breaths while I focused on my reasons for quitting, and my disgust with my addiction. Janice P.S. for Blueflame how bout x-tra sauce? or x-tra rare prime rib? or..... Last Edited By: JohnPolito 03/16/09 04:17. Edited 1 time.
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mirigirl (silver)	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#5	[url]	[-]
02/18/01 02:25	Well if you are talking about the first 72 hours...you know what I did?? I almost LIVED at this Freedom notice board... breakfast lunch and tea...and in the middle of the night... and on my way to the bathroom!! Just readin, reading, reading, don't know that i did a lot of posting... but I remember printing off a lot of the threads or posts from Joels Library or ZepS Why Quit Com.....and so when I wasn't actually AT the computer I was reading anyway..... I became determined NOT to make the same mistake I had been making for years..... many many many failed "Quits"....heartbreaking, no more.... All the time thinking ...please God..help me to NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!! (EVERY little bit of Freedom helps! Finally realising that I could actually Quit! I could do it..and I am!! How amazing!) YQS Maz Four weeks, 9 hours, 27 minutes and 6 seconds NICOTINE FREE!! 709 cigarettes not smoked, saving $227.15. Life saved: 2 days, 11 hours, 5 minutes.
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Nora (Gold)	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#6	[url]	[-]
02/18/01 04:11	Hi Zep....Outside of pitching my tent at Freedom's door, my best tip: Hard cinnamon candy. It had just enough bite to satisfy the oral part of a crave. I still have some left in the candy bowl that I haven't touched in about 3 months. I know someone made light of my tip once, but it worked for me. Hope it helps someone else.
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freeflight silver	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#7	[url]	[-]
02/18/01 04:17	My best food tip is one I learned in an article about a year ago. When my fav fattening, not very good for my health foods come to mind, I try to picture them in dull shades of grey. Then I try to picture a substitute food that is healthy in glowing, radiant colors. Then I try to experience the healthy food by taste, sound..is it crunchy, smell and before long I'm reaching for the healthy choice instead of the unhealthy one and I feel better about myself. For example, Zep if you were to picture, smell, taste,hear(so okay you can't hear sorbet...lol) sorbet or sherbet instead, then your choice would not only be healthier but you would have put more time into expecting it, and so you senses would be more satisfied. Sometimes this even causes me to not want to think of the fattening food because it now seems too much. Just a thought that has helped me. Example for me is when I had my eye on lots of chocolate for valentine's day..I made myself think more about raspberries and what happened was that I ate mostly berries..a little cool whip with chocolate shavings. Cutting downonthe calories, but still being satisfied. Last Edited By: JohnPolito 03/16/09 04:21. Edited 1 time.
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freeflight silver	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#8	[url]	[-]
02/18/01 04:27	This also applies to our quits as well. The more I picture the good checkup results, hear praises from my quit friends, smell the freshness of the clear crisp air and taste the foods I couldn,t before...the less I want to think about hacking up after lighting a stinking illnees producing sickerette...lol
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freeflight silver	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#9	[url]	[-]
02/18/01 04:34	What I'm trying to say in a very round about way, I guess is.... *Experience the positives of your quit to the MAX and using all your senses!!!! Make it REAL!* Last Edited By: JohnPolito 03/16/09 04:21. Edited 1 time.
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Shelley	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#10	[url]	[-]
02/19/01 01:37	I sucked Jolly Ranchers, ate carrots, ate pretzels, drank water, cranberry juice, crocheted and the first 72 hours, I spent a couple of hours cutting up onions to put in bags in the freezer for use later...kept me busy and the crying was comforting somehow... somehow I made it through all the cravings and now I just butt heads with each "psychological" trigger as it comes up--I am doing fine now and it helped to have a "book" of printouts from the message board and Joel's library to browse through when I had time to kill... Last Edited By: JohnPolito 03/16/09 04:22. Edited 1 time.
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wilma nc (GOLD)	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#11	[url]	[-]
02/19/01 03:55	Hate to say it, but I slept the first 2 days away!! lol. Then went to bed at 7pm just to get the day overwith. But it got me through. Wilma_nc
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Roswitha	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#12	[url]	[-]
02/19/01 07:34	Hi! My best friend in the first two weeks,was water I don`t know how I would have made it without it,I still have a bottle of water with me were ever I go,I feel lost without it,I gess it is like my cigaretts used to be.And then there was freedom almost 24 hours a day.When it got real bad,I thould my self not now I will not smoke now maybe later,the one moment at a time helped me a lot .And like every body, food all kinds of food. Love you all! your quit sis Roswitha
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Joel	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#13	[url]	[-]
02/19/01 03:05	My best crave coping tip? It is to never take another puff! It may not get rid of a specific crave at the time, but for a person who used to be pack a day smoker, it will prevent close to 7,300 craves per year from ever happening again. I think that makes it a pretty powerful tip. Joel
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hannes (gold)	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#14	[url]	[-]
02/19/01 03:23	My best crave coping tip - was to go to the whyquit.com site & witness the personal horrors of smoking - it stopped my crave in zero time. However, when I am not near a computer or am at work - a hunk of peanut butter on a spoon eased the crave.
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terri96019 ( SILVER )	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#15	[url]	[-]
02/19/01 07:09	The long,long,long hot bath was what help me the best.I would lay in there until I could feel myself relax.Also keeping busy everytime you get a crave.Keep moving around doing things.Terri
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John (Gold)	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#16	[url]	[-]
02/24/01 08:34	Replacing Crutches Be careful that your crave coping tool is something you can do all the time without creating additional problems. The last thing any of us need is to develop a crutch that creates new problems in our lives. Be sure to read Joel's above article about crutches. Last Edited By: JohnPolito 03/16/09 04:28. Edited 1 time.
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improud (golder)	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#17	[url]	[-]
02/27/01 12:26	My craving buster is NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF and I DON"T DO THAT ANYMORE besides being on this site every minute that I can. Last Edited By: JohnPolito 03/16/09 04:30. Edited 1 time.
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maid n oz (Gold)	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#18	[url]	[-]
03/09/01 06:08	A great tip for beating those cravings is having a few 'really graphic' photos at hand or quick reference on your computer of a cancerous lung, mouth and throat. Cancers caused by cigarette smoking. And/or maybe someone with a form of Circulatory Disease. That's really attractive. While you're at it, if you can find actual tape of a patient with emphysema, especially, a young patient with emphysema, I guarantee it will kill the strongest craving. These people are dying slowly and in absolute agony. Works for me. Kelli Last Edited By: JohnPolito 03/16/09 04:39. Edited 1 time.
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maid n oz (Gold)	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#19	[url]	[-]
03/09/01 06:17	I've got another good one. If you have a dirty ashtray handy whether it be in your car or home, put your nose in it and breathe it in. It's disgusting but it actually works.
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Cyndie	Freedom's Best Crave Coping Tips !	#20	[url]	[-]
03/10/01 03:29	Hi all, My hardest time seems to be after work when I am too tired to keep busy but not tired enuf to go to bed. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I discovered popcorn. If you are worried about weight you can get Orville's low cal....its good for you and keeps hands and mouth busy. If you are feeling really naughty you can get the cheese popcorn....more calories so be careful with it. YQS Cyndie 1 month 2 weeks, 3 days 24 hours and going strong
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