Quitting smoking
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Good luck to those trying to quit. I think the smoking ban is one of the best things that has come around for a while. Only worry is when i next go to a club the stink of smoke is now going to be replaced with BO. 
I feel inspired. 20-a-day smoker myself.
ran out of fags a few hours ago.
already getting a bit =/
but...
im gonna pack it in right now. cold turkey - cant afford any patches or owt but i figure if i want to do it enough i will.
end of the day its not like i can accedently buy a pack of fags.. so if the worst comes to the worst i will just have to force myself not to go to the shops..
i dunno really - and advice that dosent involve me spending money people?
and of course best of luck mate. and best of luck to everyone else in the threading giving / given up
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alec
ran out of fags a few hours ago.
already getting a bit =/
but...
im gonna pack it in right now. cold turkey - cant afford any patches or owt but i figure if i want to do it enough i will.
end of the day its not like i can accedently buy a pack of fags.. so if the worst comes to the worst i will just have to force myself not to go to the shops..
i dunno really - and advice that dosent involve me spending money people?
and of course best of luck mate. and best of luck to everyone else in the threading giving / given up
ta
alec
When I quit I tried to stop there and then, but I was gettign narky so whe nI got really peeved, I decided that I must have one... I sneaked into my LAN Room away from the missus and said that I needed to be alone and she knew I had just had a puff.
I had 2 on day 1, 2 on day 2, 1 on day 3 and that was it.
I had one pull just to wipe the initial crave off, and it only half helped cos all I wanted to do was to chugg away at the rest of i, but I decided no... I have to do it.
And I did.
So, stopping all of a sudden wasnt really doing it for me, decided to cut down gradually and I did just that but very quickly.
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Smoking ban.
Well, the other day was the kids sports day in school and we all went to the local park and under the shelter was a woman smoking. Now I have to be honest, but last year that could have been me, but I overheard a couple just behind me talking about it, I looked over and I saw her and I have to agree, that it looked so bloody awful that I was actually genuinely disgusted myself. Ok, so the ban has come about, and she was going against the ban, and that got to me, but the main thign was that she was in a school sports arena... Sure it was outside but it was under a roof and in the middle of the parents and some kids so its was simply not acceptable but there she was!
So, looking at thigns from the other side of the fence, I can see now why they say that ex-smokers are the worst, because its true.
I see now why people look at me in disgust because it is a habit and you do stink... You can smell a smoker from a good few feet away even when they are not smoking!
Im glad im out of that trap, cos you really do think you can quit... Until you try... And then you know you are actually addicted
I had 2 on day 1, 2 on day 2, 1 on day 3 and that was it.
I had one pull just to wipe the initial crave off, and it only half helped cos all I wanted to do was to chugg away at the rest of i, but I decided no... I have to do it.
And I did.
So, stopping all of a sudden wasnt really doing it for me, decided to cut down gradually and I did just that but very quickly.
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Smoking ban.
Well, the other day was the kids sports day in school and we all went to the local park and under the shelter was a woman smoking. Now I have to be honest, but last year that could have been me, but I overheard a couple just behind me talking about it, I looked over and I saw her and I have to agree, that it looked so bloody awful that I was actually genuinely disgusted myself. Ok, so the ban has come about, and she was going against the ban, and that got to me, but the main thign was that she was in a school sports arena... Sure it was outside but it was under a roof and in the middle of the parents and some kids so its was simply not acceptable but there she was!
So, looking at thigns from the other side of the fence, I can see now why they say that ex-smokers are the worst, because its true.
I see now why people look at me in disgust because it is a habit and you do stink... You can smell a smoker from a good few feet away even when they are not smoking!
Im glad im out of that trap, cos you really do think you can quit... Until you try... And then you know you are actually addicted
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Good luck to all you people trying to quit.
I still think its funny that my mum keep sneaking into the garage for a fag and thinks we dont no lol!
I still think its funny that my mum keep sneaking into the garage for a fag and thinks we dont no lol!
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My old man had an interesting way of quitting. He had been trying to quit, and not had a cigarette for a few weeks. He went to the bar to buy a round of drinks, whilst at the bar he saw a mate who offered him a cigarette. He took it knowing he could smoke it without my mum seeing. He finished off this cigarette in record time, got the tray of drinks and went to walk back to the table. Only... the fag had gone straight to his head and made him ridiculously light headed and he fell straight into a pillar smashing a whole tray of drinks in front of the whole pub.
He felt like such a tit, he never touched a cigarette again.
He felt like such a tit, he never touched a cigarette again.
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VIRII said:
it probably would have taken you 9 weeks to smoke 18419 cigarettes
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I quit over 10 years ago now, if i remember rightly 20 B&H cost about £2.80-odd then. I just used will power and the thought of our new baby, i was ratty for about 2 weeks after that it was plain sailing, i just kept telling myself "i'm not smoking today, as i didn't smoke yesterday" and before i knew it 2/3 weeks had past!
Good luck to the other quitters
Good luck to the other quitters
Good luck!
i wish more people had attitudes like you, you should realise smoking is a filthy habit. its not doing anyone any good.
good thing seeing this smoking ban putting to good use, use all your new found money to a new peice of kit
i wish more people had attitudes like you, you should realise smoking is a filthy habit. its not doing anyone any good.
good thing seeing this smoking ban putting to good use, use all your new found money to a new peice of kit
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Jimi said:
Going to the doc tomorow to get this. What side effects have you experienced?
Was over a mates house today and her mother gave me somg gum patches and this inhailer thingy.. not many refils / patches and stuff but hopefully enough to get through the first week (so far my quiting attempts havent worked) but yeah hopefully this is the one.. *fingers crossed*
how is the op and others doing?
how is the op and others doing?
Yeah, I quit for 4 years before.
Went wit ha girl who I loved with all my heart and would do anything for her, and when she said she didnt smoke, I said Id quit and a few days later I had my last.
It was when she dumped me, that I went to a mates gaff in Pwllheli to drown my sorrows and get legless and unfortunately got stoned too!
Next morning I felt like hell and I went over the road and bought half an ounce and soem rizlas... Biggest mistake of my life.
Now, March the 26th is the day I quit and I do of course fancy a fag now and then but its like for a few seconds and I would not even call them cravings, just thoughts more than anything.
Throat cancer has stopped me from starting again. Im hopefully over that now, but the feeling you get when for years you have been so ignorant to the fact that if you get it you get and who cares, and then all of a sudden, the doctor gives you news like that??? - I doubt I could handle it ever again.
Smokin would be *** most pathetic stupid thing I could ever do again, and if I do ever smoke, then I bloody well deserve to get cancer... The funny thing is, that cancer is only one of hundreds of things that smoking causes.
Another thought for everyone who is struggling to quit...
Everyone who smokes will die because of the smoking.
When it does get, is when you least want it.
For me, it was my kids... They are 8 and 9 and 9 and I lucked out by having sinus problems that are completely nothing to do with my throat, but the doc just happened to chance upon it... Total Fluke! - Had he not seen it, then right as we speak, ( well, sort of ) I would NOT have a voice box and would be talking by burping into a Cancer Kazzoo, and maybe, just maybe I would not see another xmas.
I was so bloody lucky... So bloody bloody lucky.
Come on you lot... Dont be so bloody stupid... Quit now, before its too late.
Went wit ha girl who I loved with all my heart and would do anything for her, and when she said she didnt smoke, I said Id quit and a few days later I had my last.
It was when she dumped me, that I went to a mates gaff in Pwllheli to drown my sorrows and get legless and unfortunately got stoned too!
Next morning I felt like hell and I went over the road and bought half an ounce and soem rizlas... Biggest mistake of my life.
Now, March the 26th is the day I quit and I do of course fancy a fag now and then but its like for a few seconds and I would not even call them cravings, just thoughts more than anything.
Throat cancer has stopped me from starting again. Im hopefully over that now, but the feeling you get when for years you have been so ignorant to the fact that if you get it you get and who cares, and then all of a sudden, the doctor gives you news like that??? - I doubt I could handle it ever again.
Smokin would be *** most pathetic stupid thing I could ever do again, and if I do ever smoke, then I bloody well deserve to get cancer... The funny thing is, that cancer is only one of hundreds of things that smoking causes.
Another thought for everyone who is struggling to quit...
Everyone who smokes will die because of the smoking.
When it does get, is when you least want it.
For me, it was my kids... They are 8 and 9 and 9 and I lucked out by having sinus problems that are completely nothing to do with my throat, but the doc just happened to chance upon it... Total Fluke! - Had he not seen it, then right as we speak, ( well, sort of ) I would NOT have a voice box and would be talking by burping into a Cancer Kazzoo, and maybe, just maybe I would not see another xmas.
I was so bloody lucky... So bloody bloody lucky.
Come on you lot... Dont be so bloody stupid... Quit now, before its too late.