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Is anyone else out there currently going through this?
I'm on day three and have just reached the point where I wan't to kill people. Not for any specific reason, it's just the way I'm feeling at the moment :razz:

I now need to muster the willpower required to remain seated when the rest of the team get up for their mid morning smoke break :help:
 
You poor soul! :hug: It does get better though I guess at the moment you feel that is just a platitude! I quit a long time ago and got so secure i could join the smokers and have a virtual smoke! Those breaks are quite important so yo need to find a similar exercise (I advise avoiding snack food!). Eat an apple or something at those moments as that is keeping one hand and your mouth busy ;)

Let us know how you get on, you CAN do it :)
 
Hi Jim,

I went through it about 5 years ago, and, I know it won't make you feel better now, its hell - but it is owrth it. I feel a millions times better for doing it.

I know its a bit of a cliche, but I found that having one worthwhile thing to focus on really helped.

Hugh
 
Jim

Hang in there mate.

I've just passed the 6 month mark smoke free. Even now it's still hard at times.

But I am really pleased to have done it and feel so much better in myself.

Trust me, it will be worth it.

Russ
 
:gag: I'v been there 3 time's now and still puffing away, so keep going all that money your saving will be nice to spend on camera gear later..:)
 
It'll be 10 years for me on November 6th (not that I'm counting) but seriously stick with it. You'll be getting a horrible taste in your mouth soon if not already it will last 2 or 3 weeks that's when I picked up the chewing gum bug (stil do it now but it's a lot safer and cheaper than fags) You might think that the cravings will never stop but they will, it might take a long and they don't stop overnight but they will, Trust Me!

Good Luck
Paul
 
i stopped about 15 weeks back 1st month is hard but honestly it does start to get easier

i have just persuaded my wife to stop and she is at the im going to kill you stage and starts a arguement for no reason

keep going it will be easier

she is on 8 days now
 
I stopped over 12 years ago, I think they were around £3.50 at the time my mortgage and three children suck up the benefit of the money I now save.

I used to go outside and breathe really deeply any time I fancied a cigarette and at least these days if you do go to a pub you aren't subjected to people smoking right in front of you.

Keep going you won't smell 'Orrid :thumbs:
 
Thanks for the words of encouragement folks :thumbs:
It seems like we have a lot of reformed (or reforming) characters on here :)

I'm determined to get clean this time. I've given up many times in the past but never usually got beyond 48 hours or so (although I did manage 3 months once).

One of the main driving reasons is that we've just discovered that my O/H is expecting our first child next year, so the thing to focus on is sorted :D
And there's money going in the jar for something with f/2.8 written on it ;)
 
I stopped almost six months ago I think it was.

I really wish people would stop saying how difficult it is to stop. It's almost like you're conditioned into believing you're going to fail.

This is going to sound wrong but once I'd decided I was stopping the rest was easy and my wife still smokes, although she tries not to in front of me now :shrug:

Keep at it Jim, join the nicorette forum, loads of good people on there with lots of information and support
 
I never started in the first place so its all really easy to me ....

That doesn't really help does it though ? ...
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Yep - I'm on day two so I feel your pain, although I had two slip ups yesterday.


Good luck with it!
 
8 years now from 60 a day rollups.

Do I miss them, well occasionaly.

Would I start gain NO NO NO

Was it worth it, you bet the first year after giving up I spent a fortnight in a spa hotel in Malta with everything including a Jacuzzi in the room.

Was it hard, YES but worth every gripe and grumble of the first week.

Keep at it, it's a life changing thing literall :D
 
You've heard it all before and i'll say the same hang in there.

I smoked for 22 years and i haven't had one for coming up to 4 years.

Yeah it takes a month or two to get over the worst but you'll feel soooo much better for it.

1 word of advice, DONT SLIP UP.

I hear it all the time from people; one of them is a good mate, he tells people that he doesn't smoke, yet when he's out on a weekend he does.

Also people that say they gave up 6 months ago or whatever then say "oh, but i had a crafty one the other day" Then you haven't given up then, DOH!!!...

Keep going, everyday is a new day, get some chewing gum or something to occupy your mind.
 
I gave up 3 years ago with th help of patches ! Walked into Tesco and they were on a cheap offer, so bought them instead of the cigs. I was spending the following week away working with a pro photographer so I had the advantage of a change of routine. It worked for me, the first 6 months were the worst butthe longer you stay off the easier it gets.
I did have a lapse about a year ago, went through a very sttressful time and decided that a cigarette might be a good idea, how wrong can you be, one puff and I immediately felt sick, not had any desire to try again since.
You might find this program useful

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i found the lozenges helped me stop, don't buy the little ones, buy the biggest you can find and snap em up :)

as they all cost the same it cost me less to stop then most people :D

i smoked duty free roll ups so anyway who says your saving a fortune didn't like the £120 a year is all i save as a comeback :)

i stopped as my wife was expecting our baby :) a very good incentive!
 
scraggs said:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop-Smoking/dp/0140277633
That imo would be the best £3.74 you will ever spend in your life
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Even though i dont smoke i'd like to get hold of that just for a read, i have heard so many people talk about this.

One question though, sorry to hijack...

How do you nature togs get on with smoking whilst stalking prey? surely it must scare it off. Can't imagine you sitting out in the woods for a few hours not having a fag..
 
Can't understand the fuss? ... Stopping smoking is simple and really easy :D





























I know, I've done it loads of times ;)
 
Well done on the quit.....down load quit keeper, you will soon see the results.

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I have been quit for 4 Years, 7 Months, 3 Weeks, 9 hours, 29 minutes and 57 seconds (1,694 days). I have saved £6,353.97 by not smoking 25,415 cigarettes. I have saved 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 5 hours and 55 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 13/12/2005 10:00
 
Feeling much better about it today. The "vague" feeling that comes with nicotine withdrawl has gone, only to be replaced with something that feels like a mild chest infection. I suspect my body is starting to clear up 17 years worth of tar!!
Thanks for all the words of encouragement, and good luck to everyone else that's giving up as well :clap:
 
Jim.R said:
I now need to muster the willpower required to remain seated when the rest of the team get up for their mid morning smoke break :help:
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Don't stay behind, go somewhere there's fresh air for a walk if you can.
 
isnt it something like after 48 hours that the chemicals have completely left your system? so anything after that time is completely psychological/habbit.

when i quit i just threw them in the bin and that was that, no issues about craving etc
 
Yep, that's true. Only a very small number of people have a hard time with the actual chemical withdrawl, most of the issues with stopping are psychological. After all, nobody like giving up something they enjoy.
 
Had a small heart attack. Big warning.
Slapped on a few high strength patches and every time I felt I needed a fag I felt my pulse.
Still alive years later, can't believe I smoked all those years. ********.
Good luck, and remember, you can't light a cigarette when you are dead.

sceptic
 
i see it as a habit not an addiction
 
neil_g said:
when i quit i just threw them in the bin and that was that, no issues about craving etc
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Likewise, but I did have a problem about a year later when in social situations where others were smoking, I would find my nose following a trail of smoke a bit like a cartoon character. That was nearly 30 years ago and I'm clean now ;)
 
If you really want to stop, it's not too hard. It's keeping off the things that's the hard bit! Not had a ciggy for around 20 years now and I know I couldn't afford photography let alone holidays and bike if I was still on the things.

Having lost both parents over the past 3 years or so, both to smoking related causes, staying off them is all the easier. Only real problems are the few stone I've gained since giving up, not as large a health risk as smoking but not good for me!
 
Well done Jim - keep up the good work.

I'm 38 and have smoked 20+ a day for 20 years and have never given up in that time.

Just found out the wife is expecting (child number 3) and I expect money to be very tight for the next few years.

Probably time I stopped !
 
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