Givin up smokin'

[Andy Clark]

Well, the time has come to call it a day, and bid a fond farewell to those little white and brown sticks that have been my beloved travelling companion through good times and bad.......

 

Fo 20 years now, those suculent little devils have taken pride of place in my pocket. O.k, a close second, next to the wallet.

 

AAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!

 

:angryfire::angryfire:

 

 

 

I'm struggling...... A LOT!!!!!!!!

 

Anyone got any good tips or advice on how to refrain from ripping peoples heads off??

[David Humphries]

You have to have the best possible reason for you to be stopping.

 

What ever that is, it needs to be the focus & travel companion for you on the road to quitting.

 

The books & medicinal help are just aids, will power is the daddy when it comes to controlling the urge.

 

When I stopped for the first time after 16 years of poisoning myself, I thought it was a good enough reason just for my health. I wanted less wheeze whilst running around kicking an inflated sack of air & hauling my self up in to the canopies of trees.

I lasted a week.

 

In the end, it was the realisation that I did not want to be a smoking father, polluting the very air my offspring need to live, and being a negative rolemodel for them. (mind you, I'll need to crack a few more bad habits to accomplish that completly)

 

Nearly Seven years on, and I'm a non smoker.

I truly believe I would have ended up on the cycle that is starting & stopping whilst enduring the struggle to beat it without that one pure & simple reason.

 

 

 

Get your head right Andy, and I wish you the very best of luck.

 

 

the 'd'

 

 

 

 

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[SJH]

Stick at it mate it will get easier, I have not smoked for over a year now, some days I wouldn't mind having one, but then the urge passes and I think why? after I had not smoked for a while I felt more relaxed than when I used to smoke, you will feel the benefits and you should enjoy being a non smoker.

 

Good luck and stick at it.

All the best.

[WeeDee]

And think of the money that you have now started to save!

 

Alright - you might not actually 'save' it, but you'll have more of it to spend.

 

Keep us posted - the down days as well as the ups.

[Saw-sick Steve]

It's easy to give up. So easy in fact i've done it 3 times! As Monkey sez above, you've got to really want to do it, will power is the way. If you think any of the stop smoking aids will help you then go ahead, personally they weren't for me.

To be honest, I actually did find it easy once I'd really got my head around the idea. The hardest time was in the pub, but the ban removed that little temptation. I still miss it to be honest, I always think of myself as a smoker who's stopped rather than a non-smoker, but I've no inclination to start again.

We all know the health benefits, but what shocked me most was something my wife brought home from work to show me (she's a heart failure specialist). It was a paper detailing research on lung capacity as you age. Basically, after 40 your lungs start to decline. If you smoke after 40, the decline is acute. In a job such as ours, where fitness is important, this little nugget worried me far more than all the more commonly known health risks.

Keep strong, and like me you'll have a great excuse to be a grumpy old git.

It really is worth it, and if you've got kids, think of them.

Good luck!

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I have heard that to think of yourself as a non smoker has a positive contribution; psychologically etc.

 

Very best of luck.

[jonathan hall]

read the alan carr book.

'easyway'

it'll help you undo all the self brainwashing you put yourself through, to make you think that you are enjoying it.

dont worry its not a self help book.

it gives you all the tools and know how about how and why you are smoking.

[knight6m]

Andy, the physical addiction to nicotine lasts 24 hours - after that it is psychological and all in your head. My neighbour gave me a box of patches to try and 8.5 years later I have, while plastered, lit one cigarette which made me chuck and I gave it back. You do need to think yourself out of it, and be careful not to substitute smoking with anything else. Smoking is a hand to mouth action that becomes a habit, so is eating, I gained 3 stone to prove it.

[Bundle 2]

You have to have the best possible reason for you to be stopping.

 

What ever that is, it needs to be the focus & travel companion for you on the road to quitting.

 

The books & medicinal help are just aids, will power is the daddy when it comes to controlling the urge.

 

When I stopped for the first time after 16 years of poisoning myself, I thought it was a good enough reason just for my health. I wanted less wheeze whilst running around kicking an inflated sack of air & hauling my self up in to the canopies of trees.

I lasted a week.

 

In the end, it was the realisation that I did not want to be a smoking father, polluting the very air my offspring need to live, and being a negative rolemodel for them. (mind you, I'll need to crack a few more bad habits to accomplish that completly)

 

Nearly Seven years on, and I'm a non smoker.

I truly believe I would have ended up on the cycle that is starting & stopping whilst enduring the struggle to beat it without that one pure & simple reason.

 

 

 

Get your head right Andy, and I wish you the very best of luck.

 

 

the 'd'

 

 

 

 

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This is SO TRUE.....

 

(Allen Carrs's "Easy Way To Stop Smoking"-worked for me!)

[Mesterh]

You have to look at yourself as a non smoker.

 

 

YOU DO NOT SMOKE.

 

 

You are NOT a smoker trying to give up.

 

I have tried loads in the past and lasted only a matter of days because I have thought along the lines of "Well I would be having a smoke now with this brew, I would be having a smoke on the way to work." etc etc.

 

Been about 2 months now and hardly any cravings

 

Its all in the mind.