Who has given up/thinking of,smoking recently ?

gave up 4 weeks before xmas. best thing i ever done :)
i also found the inhalators helpfull.
new years eve i nearly gave in, but i used the inhalators and they helped me get through the cravings
 
The first week is the hardest to be honest, after that it's smooth sailing although sometimes I do have the odd crave.

I've been smoke free now for over a year and a half. :)
 
Gave up nearly 3 months ago now after smoking for the last 24 years and i have one bit of advice to give: ditch the patches. you might think "wtf" but honestly all the patches do is ween you off it bit by bit but you are still putting nicotine in your system. I did use the patches for the first week then dumped them and havent looked back since.

Have to say i feel a lot better, chest isnt as wheezy as it was, taste is coming back and i now hate the smell of cigarette smoke, i walked through a cloud of smoke coming out of the shops a few days ago and was almost sick.

Good riddance :)
 
just dinged 1 year off the fags here and now days and days go past without thinking of them. I almost cant remember having been a smoker any more.

For me what worked was being ready to quit. I wasnt enjoying it any more, my 7 year old son cried when i smoked, everyone around me was quitting - it just seemed like a pointless thing to do. And so, when my head was in the right place it was pretty straightforward.

The key for me was a snippet from Alan Carr (i didnt really like or agree with everything he wrote & said). He said that nicotine withdrawal is 99% mental, 1% physical. He's right, look at the withdrawal a heroin or alchohol addict goes through if they dont take their drug - they experience terrible physical symptoms. There is no such issue with Nicotine - you can even sleep for 8 hours without a smoke quite happily. Therefore, when I was able to take away that 99% mental withdrawal by being motivated to quit it was OK for me.

Good luck though, i had 10 years of smoking/quitting/smoking - hopefully ive got it cracked now :)
 
" i have one bit of advice to give: ditch the patches. you might think "wtf" but honestly all the patches do is ween you off it bit by bit but you are still putting nicotine in your system"
Agree with this 100%, patches are a giant stitch up which reinforce the perceived sense of loss.
 
Correlian said:
" i have one bit of advice to give: ditch the patches. you might think "wtf" but honestly all the patches do is ween you off it bit by bit but you are still putting nicotine in your system"
Agree with this 100%, patches are a giant stitch up which reinforce the perceived sense of loss.
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Two weeks now, still have cravings, but will not smoke.

Agree with the above, I also ditched the patches after a week.
 
It's day 20 for me and I'm still doing alright.
I don't get cravings anymore, but definitely get urges. I'm certain I'm going to be able to stick with it though.

My dad gave me the simplest and best advice. "Once you quit, quit. Don't even have a single drag."
 
I quit about 10 years ago after smoking 20-30 a day, had smoked for 6 years.

It was when i quit uni and got a (poorly paid) job. I had so much for rent, so much for food, so much for fags which left me with not much for going out so I had to stop smoking so I could go out more!

I found it ridiculously easy, even living with 3 lads, 2 of who smoked. I still have a crafty cig every now & again (beer garden, few pints, it's rude not to), no desire to start again properly though.
 
Begbie said:
I have gave up, help from will power and the wAllen Carr book!
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I quit 10 months ago with the Allen Carr book, 25+ a day to 0 in an instant with 0 willpower.
Never craved a cig since, no desire to start again either. It's quite an amazing feeling, I don't even think about it when I'm around others smoking either.

Before I read the book, I spent about 2 years trying every thing to quit, patches, inhaler etc etc. Nothing worked, now I know it was because you can not replace it with some form of NRT because it doesn't actually remove the addiction.
Remove the fear of quitting and the addiction disappears, Allens book simply teaches you how.
 
Patches and stuff don't help IMO, they just delay the inevitable. There's two things you need to do to get through this.

1) Really want to quit.
2) Take a week off work to get through the Nicotine withdrawal.
 
sldsmkd said:
Patches and stuff don't help IMO, they just delay the inevitable. There's two things you need to do to get through this.

1) Really want to quit.
2) Take a week off work to get through the Nicotine withdrawal.
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Best advice you will ever get.

3 months in and the only way is to just stop, no crutch (patch,gum or whatever) and the withdrawal made me quite I'll after smoking 20-30 a day for 20 years I got so ill that I just felt really sick and headache and just went to bed. I knew a fag would just make it better but that's the thing you just need to put up with it.
 
badcompany;187209333 months in and the only way is to just stop said:
The important thing is you need to want to quit, if that's not in place you won't.

As for the withdrawal, it's a horrible experience. I spent almost a week in bed, mainly crying. It doesn't last forever, although at the time it feels like it will.
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