Smoking: Have you tried to stop?
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Electronics cigs worked for me stopped 6 months ago from 15/20 a day to nothing, there is a thread on them:
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Yep, after 20 years of smoking I just stopped buying the f
king things, I was irritable and wanted to kill various people for a couple of weeks but after that it was a piece of piss. I had tried a couple of times before and failed, the only reason that I succeeded was that I just avoided any opportunity to have one. I went on holiday for a week with people who don't smoke, avoided those that did when I got back for a few weeks and even went to the point of only paying for petrol at the pump, as it was just a habit to say '10 Benson' when I paid for petrol.
2 weeks, just suffer 2 weeks and it's all downhill from there. You'll still want one a few times a day but it won't get to you, you'll be feeling better and it quickly gets to the point where you only think about smoking once a day. After a month you'll be wondering why you carried on smoking for so long. A couple of years on and I never think about it anymore, everyone around me still smokes and I'll sit in a smoke filled room/car and it doesn't bother me. A few of my mates do that e-cig thing, they look like muppets and spend nearly as much on them as they did smoking wanting the best and newest of everything, they're worse than iphone owners
IMO everyone has the willpower to quit if they actually want to do it, if you don't really want to quit then substitute it for e-cigs or something
king things, I was irritable and wanted to kill various people for a couple of weeks but after that it was a piece of piss. I had tried a couple of times before and failed, the only reason that I succeeded was that I just avoided any opportunity to have one. I went on holiday for a week with people who don't smoke, avoided those that did when I got back for a few weeks and even went to the point of only paying for petrol at the pump, as it was just a habit to say '10 Benson' when I paid for petrol.2 weeks, just suffer 2 weeks and it's all downhill from there. You'll still want one a few times a day but it won't get to you, you'll be feeling better and it quickly gets to the point where you only think about smoking once a day. After a month you'll be wondering why you carried on smoking for so long. A couple of years on and I never think about it anymore, everyone around me still smokes and I'll sit in a smoke filled room/car and it doesn't bother me. A few of my mates do that e-cig thing, they look like muppets and spend nearly as much on them as they did smoking wanting the best and newest of everything, they're worse than iphone owners
IMO everyone has the willpower to quit if they actually want to do it, if you don't really want to quit then substitute it for e-cigs or something
Twenty six years ago I pulled the packet of 20 Marlboro out of my pocket. Took one, lit it. Crushed about six that were left in the pack and threw the pack in the bin.
I inhaled deeply and told the girlfriend that this was the last cigarette I would ever smoke. "that's it - I'm giving up".
Five years later I smoked the first centimetre of a cig to see if I still could. Yup. No problem.
Haven't had one since.
The method? Just will power. No drugs, no patches, no telling everybody, just will power.
I still occasionally fancy a cigar. I'd probably smoke one once every decade or so, though...
So if you want to give up? Screw the pack up in your hand and shove it in the bin. Don't buy more tomorrow...then it's one day at a time.
I inhaled deeply and told the girlfriend that this was the last cigarette I would ever smoke. "that's it - I'm giving up".
Five years later I smoked the first centimetre of a cig to see if I still could. Yup. No problem.
Haven't had one since.
The method? Just will power. No drugs, no patches, no telling everybody, just will power.
I still occasionally fancy a cigar. I'd probably smoke one once every decade or so, though...
So if you want to give up? Screw the pack up in your hand and shove it in the bin. Don't buy more tomorrow...then it's one day at a time.
em177 said:
As above really, currently on about 10 Marlboro Menthols a day. Anybody found an effective way to stop?
Yes: willpower. Was on 20+ Marlboro a day for 20+ years, decided I'd had enough and wanted to stop so did. I found it surprisingly easy and since giving up around eight years ago haven't smoked a fag since. Had the odd Christmas/New Year cigar and that's it.I purchased a packet of counterfit cigarettes , upon smoking one it made me feel sick so I threw the whole lot out of the window and have not smoked since, when I smell smoke or the thought of smoking makes me feel sick, I never even had a craving for smoking, it was like I have never smoked.
I had smoked about 16 years pior to that, tried a few times to quit smoking but could not resist,
I had smoked about 16 years pior to that, tried a few times to quit smoking but could not resist,
s p a c e m a n said:
A few of my mates do that e-cig thing, they look like muppets and spend nearly as much on them as they did smoking wanting the best and newest of everything, they're worse than iphone owners
I doubt that. I have saved nearly £1,500 by not smoking, ok I have a small selection of vaping kit probably over £300 worth but that's still a massive saving.I quit using patches. Been using them for 18 months now.
That said, one of the sprogs had a bad night last night, as therefore did I, so I consoled myself with a couple of cheeky roll-ups today before applying said patch mid afternoon.
Nicotine is not a bad drug; just took us a while to develop less harmful delivery systems.
That said, one of the sprogs had a bad night last night, as therefore did I, so I consoled myself with a couple of cheeky roll-ups today before applying said patch mid afternoon.
Nicotine is not a bad drug; just took us a while to develop less harmful delivery systems.
MrsMiggins said:
Colleague of mine gave up smoking 4 or 5 times over the course of 18 months. Last time was the charm - he's smoke free for 4 months now. He attended an Allan Carr EasyWay course that our employer covered. Think it costs about £250 normally.
Agreed:Allan Carr's book 'The Easy Way To Give Up Smoking' is great - he explodes the myth about how addictive smoking is and makes it easy to stop.
There are 2 things to stop - the habit and the nicotine dependency.
Forget all these electronic cigs, gum etc etc as they all allow you to take or use something to administer the nicotine when you want it. That itself only enforces or continues the 'habit' side.
I used patches - you get a continuous supply that really does help the craving go. After a few weeks the routine times you would normally have a fag are no longer routine and the habit side fades. If you stick to the patch usage guidelines it will work a treat.
Sure they have side effects but everything will and its not an easy thing to quit. Just follow the above, understand what you are doing and why.
I stopped 5 years ago when 20 Malbs were £5.50. Feck me they are getting on for £9.00 now. It's a small mortgage!!!
Forget all these electronic cigs, gum etc etc as they all allow you to take or use something to administer the nicotine when you want it. That itself only enforces or continues the 'habit' side.
I used patches - you get a continuous supply that really does help the craving go. After a few weeks the routine times you would normally have a fag are no longer routine and the habit side fades. If you stick to the patch usage guidelines it will work a treat.
Sure they have side effects but everything will and its not an easy thing to quit. Just follow the above, understand what you are doing and why.
I stopped 5 years ago when 20 Malbs were £5.50. Feck me they are getting on for £9.00 now. It's a small mortgage!!!
I've been stopped for almost three weeks, used a Nicorettes inhalator which helped with the doing something with my hand.
Used that for four days and have been ok since.
Strangely today has been the worst day for craving a smoke, I even managed through a a drunken night out at the weekend which I thought I'd struggle with, but I've got through it.
I'm fair proud of myself but still don't think I've quite broken the back of it yet.
Used that for four days and have been ok since.
Strangely today has been the worst day for craving a smoke, I even managed through a a drunken night out at the weekend which I thought I'd struggle with, but I've got through it.
I'm fair proud of myself but still don't think I've quite broken the back of it yet.
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