Give Up Smoking or Die Trying
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I can not to smoke during half a day, no more , lol . Guys, any advices about stop smoking pills ? I am on to order some at http://norxtabs.com/tabs-list/buy-medicine-for-sto... , but I want to hear some useful recommendations. Thanks in advance 
jmorgan said:
One of the things I thought about, what I want to be doing when I retire. Struggling getting around or out and about enjoying it all.
I run. I get much more enjoyment from running. I get what you are saying completelySmoking is s
t. It's not enjoyable. Pay attention to the next cigarette you smoke. You don't enjoy it. You go through the motiobs 
Well, a battle as always here. It'll be 3 weeks on Monday night since my last smoke and it came about in bizarre circumstances. In the co-op shop in the village buying smokes and the young lad on the till commented how expensive it was to smoke these days. "These are nearly £10 and these already are" etc. I don't think he cared either way, was just making an observation. Of course we all know it's stupidly expensive, we all know all the bad stuff, but to hear it face to face from a fresh-faced kid in the shop was met with a "you're right, put them back". They're still making money as I must have put on a stone since I packed up, but that's an easier battle for another day. A friend and neighbour who only smoked one cigarette a day (in the morning with his coffee) has also packed up to show support.
Hasn't bothered me in the slightest since and last week I faced what would normally have been a tough test. My dog of nearly 14 years was taken ill and I took the horrible decision to have him put to sleep rather than put him under the knife to likely find bad news on the operating table. I was not smoking a few years back (probably in the thread somewhere) when he had major surgery and I turned straight to the smokes during the night of the operation. Tough few days, but only because I've lost my best friend, not because I've wanted to smoke to see me through it.
Hasn't bothered me in the slightest since and last week I faced what would normally have been a tough test. My dog of nearly 14 years was taken ill and I took the horrible decision to have him put to sleep rather than put him under the knife to likely find bad news on the operating table. I was not smoking a few years back (probably in the thread somewhere) when he had major surgery and I turned straight to the smokes during the night of the operation. Tough few days, but only because I've lost my best friend, not because I've wanted to smoke to see me through it.
Edited by 22 on Monday 15th August 00:10
schmalex said:
I'm doing really well! Well over a year and I haven't thought about smoking at all. I'll never have one again. Ever. 
That looks a usefull app for those weak moments!Myself I gave up in 2010, couple of stress driven small lapses but not had one in at least 5 years.
Smoked em all the night before and started a new day without em. Cold turkey. Wanting to do it. O/h a singer and we were planning to get a place together, and I dunno it just seems smoking is the current bogeyman of choice for our weak pathetic society that needs to be told its stooges.
I wonder where my 35 grand or whatever saved is but I guess buying/renovating a house since '12 accounts for that.
There are problems with giving up smoking, the worst, for me, was the feeling of superiority over those who still imbibed. The worst for others was that I became evangelical. At least these were the initial problems.
After a while I became more reasonable, realising that given the struggle I had to give up, I might well still be a smoker. Without support from my wife I’d probably not made it. Secondly, I found that I wasn’t helping friends to give up.
The later problems were that I got upset when friends tried and failed to cut fags out. Knowing they were shortening their life was a problem.
Further, I became sensitive to tobacco smoke. I now find it uncomfortable to stand on our balcony at my rugby club when watching a match if someone in ‘my’ half is smoking.
I’m really pleased that we now have smoke free restaurants and pubs. I now go more often, certainly to restaurants. In the old days the smell that would impregnate my clothes was a real downer.
I had a biopsy on a couple of lumps in my throat. I was placed in a post op ward where some of those who’d had bits of their throat removed had tubes with a fag at the end. That sight should be enough to put anyone off.
Stick with it. I wanted a fag for some years after I quit, the mere smell of smoke getting me going, but it takes different people different ways. All some need is just a week.
After a while I became more reasonable, realising that given the struggle I had to give up, I might well still be a smoker. Without support from my wife I’d probably not made it. Secondly, I found that I wasn’t helping friends to give up.
The later problems were that I got upset when friends tried and failed to cut fags out. Knowing they were shortening their life was a problem.
Further, I became sensitive to tobacco smoke. I now find it uncomfortable to stand on our balcony at my rugby club when watching a match if someone in ‘my’ half is smoking.
I’m really pleased that we now have smoke free restaurants and pubs. I now go more often, certainly to restaurants. In the old days the smell that would impregnate my clothes was a real downer.
I had a biopsy on a couple of lumps in my throat. I was placed in a post op ward where some of those who’d had bits of their throat removed had tubes with a fag at the end. That sight should be enough to put anyone off.
Stick with it. I wanted a fag for some years after I quit, the mere smell of smoke getting me going, but it takes different people different ways. All some need is just a week.
richtea78 said:
I'm at over 3.5 years now give or take a week. Hardly ever think about it but weirdly at the weekend smelt a ciggy and have to say I really wanted to have just one to see. Luckily slapped myself and didn't
It was the same for me. Years after giving up I found myself reaching for a fag (don't use friendly words like ciggy, it's a fag) offered by a friend. We both realised it was wrong at the same time. I stopped my hand and he pulled the packet out of the way. There was an embarrassed silence. He apologised later, but neither of us were sure what for.I gave up smoking because of the cost. I was buying my first house and something had to go, so there was a massive incentive. Had I failed it would have been an affront to my (now) wife. She was great, very supportive. Some 11 years later I was forced to give up drinking alcohol for medical reasons. I have an intolerance. That was much more difficult. Even now if I catch a whiff of Gordon's Gin I salivate. Yet drinking could have killed me.
But with smoking, the benefits were immediate almost. I used to cycle a lot and my energy levels shot up, as did stamina and recovery.
8 weeks today. I'm now the size of a house and I either already had, or have developed a caffeine addiction, but those are (hopefully) easier battles for another day. I'm also randomly a bit grumpy with the wife, but she is an idiot and it's probably related to my two new side effects.
Had a couple of days where I half fancied a smoke, mostly out of curiosity, but hasn't really bothered me for the most part.
Had a couple of days where I half fancied a smoke, mostly out of curiosity, but hasn't really bothered me for the most part.
Update from me. I gave up some months ago. In that time I've had one slip on a business trip to Germany where I had 3 in a night. I felt awful the next day and haven't touched one since. I'm also the size of a small moon but so far, I've not had any desire to light up again, even when drunk. In fact I hate walking behind someone who is smoking now, it bloody stinks!
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