Giving Up Smoking

Much better

Sense of smell is much keener, Taste has improved.

When I walk past someone who smokes I can usually tell they are smokers by the smell and I am so glad I do not smell like that any more.
 
I'm enjoying my 9th week without cigarettes and I honestly feel tons better.....good to hear you've stuck with it Keith!!! :thumbs:
 
Keith W said:
9 months now and still going :)
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Occasionally the thought of having one appeals but I know the reality is crap. I guess that's the hold it has on smokers. But I do find that when I now watch other people smoke I wonder, "why bother, what's the point?" :)

Still like that first whiff you get when someone sparks up but then it turns to stale nastiness :gag:

Have you been long haul yet? Or even a short flight?

I quit a year ago and apart from all the usual benefits I really noticed the difference when flying - no more spending the whole flight waiting for a ciggy :thumbs:
 
Cold turkey is the only way in my opinion,like said before the first 24hours are the hardest and after 3 days the craving is virtually gone,after 3 months you will have forgotten that you ever smoked.
 
Keith W said:
9 months now and still going :)
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Well done Keith that is really good keep it up
I gave up nealy 4 yeas ago and yes it took a year before |I lost ther craving
then a couple of years a go, when going through a bad patch in my life, I decided what the heck and lit one up, immediate response was to throw up and I have never wanted another since :thumbs:
According to my quitkeeper thing I have saved £15,300, and yep have stuff to show for loads of it
 
9 months for me on the 18th too Keith :) well done!
 
Many thanks everyone.

The words of encouragement have meant a lot

Well done to everyone else who are on the own "giving up" journeys
 
i was thinking about you the other day but never got round to hunting down this thread, well done m8 :)
 
I'm listening to Alan carrs audio book, its fantastic Im now feeling mentally equipped to give up the weed. I'm on chapter 20 so I will break the mental brainwashing of smoking and STOP smoking..
 
Was just thinking that in just under a months time it will be 1 year since I kicked the weed cold turkey!
 
Keith W said:
Was just thinking that in just under a months time it will be 1 year since I kicked the weed cold turkey!
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Well done :) that is a fantastic, have you been putting the money by for a treat for yourself?
 
Marcel said:
:thumbs:
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andy_fozzy said:
VERY well done to you sir :clap:

(I just wish I could do it - pathetic, I know :( )
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fabs said:
Fantastic Keith. :thumbs:
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Many thanks :thumbs:

Samphire said:
Well done :) that is a fantastic, have you been putting the money by for a treat for yourself?
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Thanks

It has enabled me to save up for things much quicker, the custom PC I am now using was paid for with money saved from not smoking.

Tori said:
Nearly the same for me Keith! Well done us! :)
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Excellent stuff! Well done!
 
well done folks :thumbs:
 
thats was the downside for me, i didn't really save money as i was buying imported baccy and spending less than a fiver a week, having a baby on the way and telling the high dependency unit not to resuscitate my mother who had smoking related cancer of the mouth did the trick ;)

over 2 years and counting :D
 
Well done Keith and others - keep it up

I stopped 30+ years ago, 40-50/day - benefit (to me) I'm still here at 71!!!
 
congratulation to everyone who has given up it is hard but worth it.
19 months now.
 
cold turkey works for some people but it sure as hell doesn't for others, when I try cold turkey I get very very moody and agitated and I start arguments with everyone around me, I guess those symptoms would be only for a few days but the state I get in would be untenable even for 48hrs.
I very successfully gave up for about 3 years using Zyban but then broke up with a long term girlfriend and went back to it and ever since then I've been yoyo'ing between smoking and not, I tried Zyban again but this time it gave me very bad thoughts (bearing in mind it's essentially an antidepressant) but I did kick it for a while again, started back after about 4 months for really no reason, that was last February and I've thus since gone through stages of heavy smoking (well, for me heavy being 15 a day), light smoking (3-5 a day) and not smoking for a week or two. Currently have switched the rollies, the thought of regular cigarettes is vile so thats something I guess, on about 9 per day.
Patches worked OK for me, certainly stopping the whole shout at everyone business, but there was nothing to take the edge off the impulse. Niquitin mini's (little mini mint types things you disolve in your mouth..cherry is best) also worked well but they are a case of have one when you feel like it, so often I would have a cigarette rather than a mini.
So I devised a plan of having the lowest dose of patch (7mg) then topping up with the minis up to 6 a day (you are allowed up to 15 but my intake via smoking was about 14mg a day so it worked out the same) and reducing the amount I had per day, I got down to no patch and about 3 minis a day but I ended up with a pack of tobacco and papers in my hands and it went from there again, that was about..2 weeks ago..*sigh*
 
its been 18 months for me now used the gum for 3 days then nothing
must say the first 12 months my health went down hill fast but sort of on the mend now

good luck and well done to everyone who is giving up or has
 
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neal said:
its been 18 months for me now used the gum for 3 days then nothing
must say the first 12 months my health went down hill fast but sort of on the mend now

good luck and well done to everyone who is giving up or has
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Your health went down hill?
Beacause of giving up smoking?
 
andy When you give up smoking your body tried and gets rid of all the crap you have put in it.. you cough like you no b****r (well i did) and all sorts of other things after that it is just the weight gain you have to watch because you can taste again.
 
i have put on over 2 stone in the 2 years i have stopped :(

i really need to diet!

(after tonights indian maybe)
 
I have just read this thread with interest. First of all, congratulations to the OP for doing it :thumbs: As for myself, I started smoking late, when I was 21. Stupid I know. All through my teens I was a competitive football player, cyclist and badminton player and was vehemently anti-smoking.

Just after my university graduation my grandmother died and I broke up with my long term girlfriend and stupidly I started smoking. That was ten years ago this month.

Two things happened in March this year that made me re-evaluate my relationship with smoking. Firstly, after ten years of working for the same company since I graduated, i was made redundant and secondly my niece was born. So for the last six months I have been umming and arring about whether or not to ditch it. I had come down to the OOF boards to read the thread on the tragic death of Red 4 when I spotted this thread. just finished reading it and as of now I am going for it.

Again, well done to the OP and the others who have managed it. I will not say I hope I can do it as I know I will.

I want to be able to run around the park after my niece in a couple of years time :D
 
gumbo-67 said:
andy When you give up smoking your body tried and gets rid of all the crap you have put in it.. you cough like you no b****r (well i did) and all sorts of other things after that it is just the weight gain you have to watch because you can taste again.
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Sod it then, that's enough NOT to make me want to give up :D
 
After a few months of giving up and going through the pain you will be able to tell a smoker whether they are smoking or not, power to the nostrils return. I stopped 26years ago and I wish my brother and his wife would if only for the kids. Well done to all that have, I know just how difficult it is. :clap:
 
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yes well done to all giving up, after 16 years of smoking We gave up 11 years ago without a problem when My Wife fell pregnant with our first child and I hadnt touched a ciggy until Feb this year when My Mum died and since then ive been on 80-120 a week (was 30-40 a day when I smoked before) well after this weekend I thought enough is enough.. so I am currently only a day and a bit in but am finding it a little tough but I have a decent support base and I have done it before..
 
Seriously, dont do it, i gave up almost 3 years ago and it was the worst thing i ever did, i piled on 3 stone and my health is terrible, my blood pressure is sky high for which im taking 10mg Ramipril daily (cough sweets).

Been advised for general well being to start again but i cant, it makes me physically sick which is apparently a long lasting side effect of the treatment i was on to stop, stopping was easy, getting on with life afterwards is the hard part.

Stopping interupts your immune system, it no longer produces loads of anti bodies to fight off the crap in your body from smoke

Dont do it
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i gave up 10th sept 2010,very difficult thing to do and sometimes you need to fight off the urge to start up again. However in the long run its got to be the right thing to do.Wish you well and everyone else who has stopped .
With respect to Gary but he is giving bad advice by saying don't do it.

Plus the cash saved you can treat yourself with to new equipment. good luck all. Gary think again.regards bob
 
I gave up 7 yrs ago after 15 yrs of smoking. I could go through 40-50 on a Saturday getting ready to go out and then being out drinking.

It was easy ( A lot easier than previous attempts)

I went to tesco and bought some 24hr patches. Next morning put one on and carried on smoking as normal... Well I thought it was as normal. At 9.57pm that night panic set in that the nearest shop shuts in 3 mins..Then I checked how many cigs I had left and had only smoke 3/4 pack all day. WOW on a normal day I would open two packs...

The next morning (after making sure I smoked the last one in the pack the night before). I was an ex smoker.

I phoned the Mrs half way through the day and asked how many do you think I've smoked she said 5-6 maybe. No NONE zero zip nada.


My reason for quitting..... I was sick of coughing up dark stuff in the mornings.


A close mate said to me well if you can quit smoking the amount I was then he will quit. 7 yrs on he's still smoking.
 
Iam 37 and have smoked since i was 14...i was upto smoking 20 a day!! I have thought about quitting for years but never seem to have the willpower to do it. I tried 2 years ago and lasted three weeks!! The main reason for failing is i felt like " I was missing out" That is the best way i can descibe it.

I have three children, two of whom are under 3 years old. This played a big part in stopping smoking as I would obvioulsy like to see them grow up!

They say to stop smoking you need willpower and yes this is true..the thing is, I DONT HAVE ANY..for me I had to WANT to stop.

I decided in March of this year to stop...so i thought the best way for me would be to plan ahead. I set myself a date for four weeks in advance.."21april" I went to see my doctor and asked for the NRT patches (step one) As the date got nearer I tried to embrace the thought of being smoke free instead of thnking "oh my god, only another few days of smoking left"

I found the early days a bit of a struggle...was feeling anxious..luckly for me my wife took on more responibility with the kids..when crying, tantrums etc lol

i stayed away from alcohol altogether for the first few weeks....its now been four months and if im honest there is still times I want to smoke..but I feel great I have finally quit!! I no longer need to spend £6.50 per day!! My chest has cleared....also, I have eaten more fruit, instead of crisps, chocolate etc...in the time ive stopped ive put on 5lb in weight so is not alot...as i know some people are scared and think you pile it on....all you have to do is cut a few choice foods out..or at least cut down...believe me i love chocolate too haha

my advice in a nutshell is you MUST want to stop...if you do...you will get there!!
 
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