Author Topic: Stopping Smoking (Read 72607 times)

Mr Mojo Risin' · « **Reply #120 on:** March 18, 2009, 06:46:32 pm »

my heal;ths got a little bit friggin WORSE!!! due to putting on 2 1/2 stone i think.

djphal · « **Reply #121 on:** March 18, 2009, 06:59:01 pm »

i have quit now, although when i go out i smoke coz i like it with a beer, i havent smoked without being out at a weekend for about 2 months, all you need to do is wait until you are ill then stop!

people say i am still a smoker but i dont care

Red Viper · « **Reply #122 on:** March 18, 2009, 07:32:21 pm »

Quote from: djphal on March 18, 2009, 06:59:01 pm

people say i am still a smoker but i dont care

That's probably due to the smoking.

djphal · « **Reply #123 on:** March 19, 2009, 10:54:05 am »

Quote from: fordy87 on March 18, 2009, 07:32:21 pm

That's probably due to the smoking.

True!

I see it as before i was buying 10-20 a day, now ill only buy 10 at the weekend!

if I have some left over they sit there until I next go out, im not even tempted to have on

Ben J · « **Reply #124 on:** March 24, 2009, 05:30:24 am »

D-Day for me tomorrow, decided enough is enough. I'm 21 now and been off and on (mostly on these last 3 years) since I was 15/16.

No patches, pills or anything like that, just straight up willpower (and a bit of Allen Carr's writing I read on Wiki). Worst part is I only bought a fresh pouch of baccy today, guess I'll be giving that to my mate.

zero zero · « **Reply #125 on:** March 24, 2009, 06:25:18 am »

Quote from: Ben J on March 24, 2009, 05:30:24 am

D-Day for me tomorrow, decided enough is enough.

Three tips that worked for me, I hope they help:

1. Just tell yourself that you won't smoke tomorrow. 'Forever' is a too big a concept.

2. Refer to yourself/think of yourself as a non smoker. When someone offers you a cig, as they will, try and say - I don't smoke (instead of I've given up)

3. Stop putting cigs in your mouth - Seriously, it's amazing the way we can rationalise having a smoke. Stressed? Have a cig. Relaxed? Have a cig. Depressed. Have a cig. A need to celebrate. Have a cig.

What always happened to me was that I'd think - Shit I've gotta give up. I'd stop for a while. Then somewhere along the way I'd find some excuse to have one. Once I'd have the first one, it didn't matter anymore and I'd have another. I'd slowly start upping my intake until I was back to where I'd started. After a couple of months of that I'd think - Shit I've gotta give up...

Good luck, mate. It's well worth it.

LFCsnoopz · « **Reply #126 on:** March 24, 2009, 06:43:22 am »

Quote from: Ben J on March 24, 2009, 05:30:24 am

D-Day for me tomorrow, decided enough is enough. I'm 21 now and been off and on (mostly on these last 3 years) since I was 15/16.

No patches, pills or anything like that, just straight up willpower (and a bit of Allen Carr's writing I read on Wiki). Worst part is I only bought a fresh pouch of baccy today, guess I'll be giving that to my mate.

or go through the "i'll give up once this is finished" phase, then you end up buying more

Zlen · « **Reply #127 on:** March 24, 2009, 07:36:56 am »

Testimonials ha?

Well, I quit on New year (not as a NY resolution whatever crap, but because I smoked so much it made me sick) and haven't touched tobacco afterwards. Have been smoking since I was 15 (am now 29). Best (if not the only) advice I can give is to really take it ONE day at a time. Sometimes even one minute at a time. I struggled for the first month (as that was my short term plan) and every day was as hard as the one before, but after about 40 days grip released and I felt much better and more confident. Now it's relatively easy to keep this going and I'm looking forward to my new goal, half year without smoking...

Marcus6 · « **Reply #128 on:** March 24, 2009, 09:53:28 am »

Quote from: Mr Mojo Risin' on March 18, 2009, 06:46:32 pm

due to putting on 2 1/2 stone i think.

How amusing, that's how much I've LOST since I quit and got healthy

AJ · « **Reply #129 on:** March 24, 2009, 09:58:49 am »

I know it's usually a case of 'heard it all before' with me, but this time it's for real - I've given up. It's been 2 weeks today and I'm dealing with it very well. I'm usually fine doing it when I'm sober, but when drinking it goes tits up - not this time.

I think the difference is that this time it's actually the right time for me, I'm doing it because I really want to. I'm taking polos out with me and having one whenever I have a craving and it's working really well. I've had some heavy nights out and not given in to the temptation, and I was pissed for the whole of the last weekend and surrounded by people smoking, offering me ciggies, blowing smoke in my face etc etc and didn't give in - didn't even feel close to giving in, either.

AJ · « **Reply #130 on:** March 24, 2009, 10:50:34 am »

It's part of an all-round change in my life really. I'm not happy with the state of my body so I'm starting to sort it out; eating healthier, doing more exercise and, of course, cutting out the smoking.

In some strange kind of way, I'm actually enjoying it. Every time I go out and don't smoke, or say no to a ciggie, I get a buzz off it, far better than the one I'd get from smoking. It's great.

Marcus6 · « **Reply #131 on:** March 24, 2009, 11:29:27 am »

Quote from: blurred, please on March 24, 2009, 10:59:46 am

True that.

Seconded.

jooneyisdagod · « **Reply #132 on:** March 24, 2009, 11:45:35 am »

Quote from: AJ on March 24, 2009, 09:58:49 am

I know it's usually a case of 'heard it all before' with me, but this time it's for real - I've given up. It's been 2 weeks today and I'm dealing with it very well. I'm usually fine doing it when I'm sober, but when drinking it goes tits up - not this time.

I think the difference is that this time it's actually the right time for me, I'm doing it because I really want to. I'm taking polos out with me and having one whenever I have a craving and it's working really well. I've had some heavy nights out and not given in to the temptation, and I was pissed for the whole of the last weekend and surrounded by people smoking, offering me ciggies, blowing smoke in my face etc etc and didn't give in - didn't even feel close to giving in, either.

Good work mate. I cannot even fathom how difficult that must be because I'm still at a stage where I'm recognizing that there is indeed a problem.

qwerty_in_advance · « **Reply #133 on:** March 24, 2009, 09:51:28 pm »

I tried to quit some time ago but it didnt work out. I'm trying again havent had one in 2days now, but all of a sudden i feel i just need one

i really want to stop, the coughing and wheezin is gettin really bad an im only 24 ! should i just stop or should i cut down first ?? plz help

also..im on nicotine patches, as anyone else used these ? ive put them on and when i get to take them off i have really red skin around where the patch as been, is this normal? me arms not gonna fall off or nuthin is it ? lol

Rusty · « **Reply #134 on:** March 25, 2009, 04:36:09 am »

Quote from: qwerty_owen on March 24, 2009, 09:51:28 pm

I tried to quit some time ago but it didnt work out. I'm trying again havent had one in 2days now, but all of a sudden i feel i just need one i really want to stop, the coughing and wheezin is gettin really bad an im only 24 ! should i just stop or should i cut down first ?? plz help

I quit like someone earlier in the thread, basically stopped smoking during the week and would only ever have smokes on the weekends while out drinking... I was like that for a few years thinking to myself "oh yeah it can't be that bad, I can probably quit whenever".

I actually found it much harder to take the final smaller step of quitting completely which I did about 10 months ago, so it may actually be easier to do the whole thing all at once.

One thing's for sure, quitting has been one of the best things I've ever done, every day I have this really low level feeling of happiness like a burden has been lifted off my back. Hard to explain until you have been through it.

AJ · « **Reply #135 on:** March 31, 2009, 12:05:56 pm »

3 weeks today.

hooded claw · « **Reply #136 on:** March 31, 2009, 12:26:25 pm »

Quote from: AJ on March 31, 2009, 12:05:56 pm

3 weeks today.

Well done, you're well on the way to breaking the back of it.

A wise man (well it was Garreth, but you'll excuse the poetic license

)once said to me - 'Soon, you'll measure the time since your last cigarette in days, weeks, then months.' It's amazing how quickly the timescales recalibrate themselves- what once had to happen every hour or two of waking time becomes something increasingly distant and actually bizarre.

Three years plus now, and though I still bear the marks of having smoked for 19 years, I never regret that moment of absolute clarity and realising what a cretinous activity it was for a reasonably bright man, winding down the car window and binning that last half-smoked Marlboro.

Mr Mojo Risin' · « **Reply #137 on:** March 31, 2009, 12:35:49 pm »

Quote from: AJ on March 31, 2009, 12:05:56 pm

3 weeks today.

keep going. well worth it in the end.

Marcus6 · « **Reply #138 on:** March 31, 2009, 01:07:44 pm »

Quote from: AJ on March 31, 2009, 12:05:56 pm

3 weeks today.

Well done.

5 months sunday just gone

bradigor · « **Reply #139 on:** March 31, 2009, 01:15:40 pm »

Quote from: hooded claw on March 31, 2009, 12:26:25 pm

Well done, you're well on the way to breaking the back of it.

A wise man (well it was Garreth, but you'll excuse the poetic license )once said to me - 'Soon, you'll measure the time since your last cigarette in days, weeks, then months.' It's amazing how quickly the timescales recalibrate themselves- what once had to happen every hour or two of waking time becomes something increasingly distant and actually bizarre.

Three years plus now, and though I still bear the marks of having smoked for 19 years, I never regret that moment of absolute clarity and realising what a cretinous activity it was for a reasonably bright man, winding down the car window and binning that last half-smoked Marlboro.

July 2006 for me, so approaching 3 years.

Effes · « **Reply #140 on:** March 31, 2009, 06:00:50 pm »

Went cold Turkey last Monday - still holding out.

What made me stop was heart spasms I was getting, had me very concerned.

At the same time, Ive started eating healthier and riding bike to work.

Feel ten times better already.

AJ · « **Reply #141 on:** April 11, 2009, 02:21:20 am »

Christ, when it's actually what you want, this is genuinely easy.

Had one in my hand on Wednesday night, lit, holding it for a mate while he went in the shop and I had no desire whatsoever to even think about smoking it. I was twatted, too.

Life is good.

5 weeks on Tuesday.

Red Viper · « **Reply #142 on:** April 11, 2009, 03:33:44 am »

Nearly 14 weeks for me now.

LFCsnoopz · « **Reply #143 on:** April 11, 2009, 05:48:59 am »

6 months for me, the time has flown by

Ben J · « **Reply #144 on:** April 12, 2009, 12:38:57 am »

2 weeks on tuesday for me, not even been tempted. Agree that it's something you have to want to do in order to have a decent crack at it. I've been totally cold turkey and havent really wanted to smoke all that much. Read a bit of Allan Carr's book on the web which helped sort my head out though.

lawrie · « **Reply #145 on:** April 12, 2009, 09:24:51 pm »

Nine years for me now, suppose its about time I started working on the weight I put on during the process

suffolkrafa · « **Reply #146 on:** April 12, 2009, 10:27:06 pm »

Not had one since the 23rd Dec, when I had to go to the Hospital for a life saving operation to remove a Cancerous Tumour in my Bowel, which I never knew I had.

So far so good on the smoking I do miss it, but I dont have much choice. So far so good on the Cancer thing i think, have just completed my 3 lot of chemo.

Keep going to you all that have given up.

MarkG_LFC · « **Reply #147 on:** April 12, 2009, 11:08:54 pm »

Quote from: LFCsnoopz on April 11, 2009, 05:48:59 am

6 months for me, the time has flown by

top stuff mate

Waterloo Phil · « **Reply #148 on:** May 10, 2009, 05:03:10 pm »

My Grandad died last week, double lung cancer, 86 he was smoked all his life so i decided to give up after his funeral

It was on Friday and i last had a smoke then , gone cold turkey yesterday , felt like i really wanted one yesterday but todays been pretty good not really wanted one.

not quite 2 days but we all gotta start somewhere

safhossain03 · « **Reply #149 on:** May 11, 2009, 11:23:43 pm »

For some reason I can just stop at any time and go months without smoking if I so choose. Is it because I only smoke 3-4 a day or am I not doing it right?

AJ · « **Reply #150 on:** May 11, 2009, 11:24:22 pm »

9 weeks tomorrow

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El Rey, por favor · « **Reply #151 on:** May 11, 2009, 11:26:17 pm »

Keep it up everyone who is going good so far.. it'll be worth it in the end. For all those back on it, you should be ashamed

Johnnyboy1973 · « **Reply #152 on:** May 12, 2009, 01:00:29 am »

Eleven months now and my old man is beginning to resemble the man he looked like before being diagnosed with throat cancer and having his voice box whipped out.

Incidentally that was eleven months ago.

Red Viper · « **Reply #153 on:** May 12, 2009, 01:20:20 am »

18 weeks today

TomG · « **Reply #154 on:** May 12, 2009, 03:56:04 am »

Fucking hell.

I lasted almost 3 months but was out on the piss the other night and thought I'd have a cheeky one. Now I'm back on the fucking things again...

rutlandred · « **Reply #155 on:** May 12, 2009, 10:10:55 am »

Quote from: TomG on May 12, 2009, 03:56:04 am

Fucking hell.

I lasted almost 3 months but was out on the piss the other night and thought I'd have a cheeky one. Now I'm back on the fucking things again...

Don't panic....

Stay calm....

You did it for nearly 3 months...just plan a new date, probably a date after your next planned night out and go again.

I speak from experience, took me several attempts to give up

Mr Mojo Risin' · « **Reply #156 on:** May 12, 2009, 02:54:15 pm »

Stick with it, it's worth it in the long run. 9 months signing in...

Waterloo Phil · « **Reply #157 on:** May 12, 2009, 04:51:02 pm »

This has honestly been so much easier than i expected , whens it meant to be its worst ? first few days ? if so its been a doddle , so much so im gonna have a few beers tonight and see if i can resist temptation

boots · « **Reply #158 on:** May 12, 2009, 04:52:40 pm »

i gave up using the minty gum with nicotine innit. I'm addicted to that now. BTW the gum doesnt half make you fart. Real eggy stinky buggers they are too. But the gum works.

Johnnyboy1973 · « **Reply #159 on:** May 12, 2009, 06:31:15 pm »

Quote from: Waterloo Phil on May 12, 2009, 04:51:02 pm

This has honestly been so much easier than i expected , whens it meant to be its worst ? first few days ?

Personally I would say the first week is the easiest.

Get past week three and you are on the way.