stopping smoking....

I went to a stop smoking clinic for 6 weeks. Failed!!!!!

No matter where you go, what you throw down your neck or attach to your neck it still boils down to willpower and wanting to stop.

No point in stopping today if you have anything big ahead of you in the next 10-14 days i.e weddings, parties etc.... as it doesn't help seeing all those smiley happy people with coffin nails in their mouth. :mad:

Thats my advice anyway :)
 
I've given up smoking loads of time, it's now I realise, I smoke for pleasure, not because I need to smoke (Ie. I don't go out in bad weather to have a fag)

I've done cold turkey twice but nicotine patches do make it easier, just don't wear one if you go out on the **** because you're bound to smoke and it makes you dizzy.
Apparently the NHS can prescribe a certain drug which works on your addictive part of the brain, which is what my mum used, but it caused major depression which hasn't totally gone away. She was a 40 a day addict and hasn't touched one since though.
 
to stop smoking you have to truely want it to happen

my decision to stop was the morning after a stag do, i felt really bad off the drink and the smell and sight of a ciggie made me feel sick- that was enough to make me stop for good
 
Did this myself the other day man.

I got tonsillitus and didnt have a fag for a week. I then thought why not quit. After i felt better i just couldnt, i NEEDED one. I do actually smoke less now suprisingly, i have cut down. But i just cant quit.

So hard, i think it is mainly due to me not wanting to actually quit, but other people wanting me to quit lol.

Ah well
 
pitchfork said:
I've given up smoking loads of time, it's now I realise, I smoke for pleasure, not because I need to smoke (Ie. I don't go out in bad weather to have a fag)

I've done cold turkey twice but nicotine patches do make it easier, just don't wear one if you go out on the **** because you're bound to smoke and it makes you dizzy.
Apparently the NHS can prescribe a certain drug which works on your addictive part of the brain, which is what my mum used, but it caused major depression which hasn't totally gone away. She was a 40 a day addict and hasn't touched one since though.
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how come you needed patches when you smoke for pleasure and as you admitted, you don't 'need' to smoke?.
 
Stop thinking "Oh, I'll do it in a few day's time." etc, and just stop it now.
The fag you've got in your hand right now; that's your last. Finish it and throw away anything you immediately associate with smoking i.e. ashtrays, etc.

Going cold turkey is the best way for you to get off smoking. IIRC after 48 hours you can smell properly again and the nicotine is completely out of your system after 3 weeks. It's simply a mind over matter situation -- don't let it win.
 
I'm about to try and give up smoking too. I've been smoking for 17 years and sway between not smoking much and smoking a lot (tbh it depends on what work i'm doing and how much i can get away with!). I've been diagnosed with a wierd blood condtion that i dont totally understand but have been told that I have to quit by the heamatologist (sp?) as smoking will make the condition much worse.

I'm currently working nights away so i'm already tired, irritable and generally cranky so i've delayed quitting till i've finished that job (a week away). I know there is no 'good time' to quit but I think it'd be an instant FAIL if i tried now :(

I've tried patches before but i'm blinking allergic to them and the gum/lozenges just taste foul so I think i'm going to have to raw willpower it. I've helped myself a bit by having just moved house and banned myself and the good lady smoking inside and she's agreed to quit with me so i've a buddy to do it with :D

Fingers crossed I can do it and I wish all those trying the best, its not an easy thing to kick by any means!

(edit - Note to the poster above, excercise helps for sure but I can hardly nip outside from work for a sneaky 'Gym session'!!!)
 
pitchfork said:
Because i've changed it from an addiction to something I do for pleasure.
If I wanted to give up, i would, but I don't at the moment.
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you ARE addicted , and your in denial also, until the day comes that you admit to yourself that your addicted ,, you will NEVER give it up.


i enjoy eating oranges, but i don't feel the need to eat one every half hour.

i know all the excuses , i told myself the same things, i have been a non smoker for about 9 months now, and i smoked for 11 years.

what your 'enjoying' is the relief from the craving.


that's the stupidest thing i have heard in a while
 
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