I stop smoking tomorrow

[Cotty]

sleep envy said:

ps: take the patches off at night otherwise you'll have really wierd dreams and a crap/restless night's sleep

I am going to use the 16 hour patches rather than the 24 hour ones so should not encounter that problem. I know what you mean though, I have tried the patches before and you need to take them off a hour or so befoe retireing for the night.

[SS HSV]

Cotty said:

From tomorrow I won't smell like an ashtray to non-smokers, and in a few weeks I will get my sense of smell back, feel better and save on average £1000 per annum

Well said that man, couldn't have put it better myself

Best of luck with it, in my experience the first two weeks are the worst, with the first two days being the hardest of them.

Some things which may help are:

• If you are the only smoker in your house, remove all ashrays/lighters/cigarettes!
• If others smoke, have a designated non-smoking room. Bedroom is mandatory!
• Set a time to give up. Let's say it's 09:00am. Up and till this time you are a smoker after you are not.
• When it gets to anytime past 09:00 you are a non-smoker, so why start again? This mindset is IMPORTANT
• Your body will tell you it needs a cigarette to survive - it's lying to you - you don't!
• You will feel vulnerable for a couple of weeks. Your body will try every thrick in the book to get you smoking again, but you are now a non-smoker, even if it's 09:01 you are a non-smoker so don't fail by 'having just one' or you are now a smoker again.

For me I didn't bother with patches, just gave up. Patches just feed the nasties into the body in another way so why bother?

Good luck

[308mate]

From a life-long non-smoker, if youre giving up tomorrow, why not not have another one from the second you wrote that post?

I dont gettit.

[Getragdogleg]

SS HSV said:

Cotty said:

This mindset is IMPORTANT
Good luck

The Mindset is the one thing that will help you do this. Decide on it, do it.

You are the boss of you.

I gave up just over 2 months ago and do not think about smoking at all anymore.

Edited by Getragdogleg on Tuesday 31st March 22:30

[SS HSV]

Eh? I didn't say that you did

[Gring]

I gave up 6 weeks ago after smoking for the last 20 years up to 40 a day. I had tried patch's gum inhalator etc but none worked for me. I found a thing called an electronic cigarette, and started using that. You inhale a cloud of nicotine filled vapour that looks like smoke, you can even blow smoke rings. There is no harmful cancer causing chemicals in them. Since puffing on that, I have never even been tempted with a real one. I cant recommend them enough!

Good luck in your attempt!

[Davi]

SS HSV said:

Cotty said:

From tomorrow I won't smell like an ashtray to non-smokers, and in a few weeks I will get my sense of smell back, feel better and save on average £1000 per annum

Well said that man, couldn't have put it better myself

Well I wouldn't go getting over exited just yet - I still have no real sense of smell 4 months later, taste has changed a bit over that time but note I say changed - not improved! A few things I loved a few weeks ago now I don't like. Since quitting I've had approximately 5 days were I haven't been ill, apparently not uncommon.

Hardest thing for me has been other smokers - The smell others always take delight in pointing out as a foul stench smells divine to me!

[sleep envy]

Davi said:

The smell others always take delight in pointing out as a foul stench smells divine to me!

and to me after 7 weeks but I still don't miss it

[Plotloss]

Quitter.

[sleep envy]

nah, I'm not a quitter

I'm still a smoker, only difference is the gap between cigs if just bigger than it used to be

[ChrisJG]

Good luck Cotty!! First day of the rest of your life and all that...

I quit on January 1st using patches and still haven't smoked. Been off the patches for 3 weeks now and it just doesn't occur to me to smoke anymore. If they worked for me, no reason they can't work for you too.

[merc_man]

Good Luck Cotty - Hope you make it through the first 2-3 weeks without becoming a screaming psychotic madman. Or is that just me whenever I try and quit?

[Mst007]

Good luck mate, I gave up on Jan 27th, by using an ecig, havent smoked since it arrived.

This was after 2 decades of 20-30 a day

Go for it

Mark

[Cotty]

308mate said:

From a life-long non-smoker, if youre giving up tomorrow, why not not have another one from the second you wrote that post?

I dont gettit.

Its a seven week cource I am on. Today is designated quit day, I still have a few more weeks of going to the group sessions.

Patch went on this morning no morwe cigs for me. If I feel myself getting a bit agitated or wound up I can always go out and duff up a couple of crusties who are running around the city.

[Asterix]

I'm on my 11th day of going straight cold turkey without any assistance.

Have to say it has been tough at times so far.

I've already passed 2 huge tests for me. 1st was a night out in a bar. While I didn't get hammered, I had a few bevvies a coped ok and last night was a stay in and mullered a bottle and a half of wine while the missus was out. Didn't succumb and I have to say I'm quite proud of myself.

I just hope that the cravings do get weaker and less frequent because I need to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel. I have no intention leading the rest of my life feeling this edgy.

Edited by Asterix on Wednesday 1st April 16:16

[Los Palmas 7]

Why give up now? You were getting really good at it.

Bloody quitters.

[Davi]

Asterix said:

I just hope that the cravings do get weaker and less frequent because I need to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel. I have no intention leading the rest of my life feeling this edgy.

Funnily enough going from real cigs -> e-cig was absolutely no effort at all.
From extra high nicotine carts in the e-cig -> low nicotine carts was a mild tweak for a few days, then no effort at all.
From low nicotine carts in e-cig -> nothing at all = going

[ChrisJG]

Cotty said:

sleep envy said:

ps: take the patches off at night otherwise you'll have really wierd dreams and a crap/restless night's sleep

I am going to use the 16 hour patches rather than the 24 hour ones so should not encounter that problem. I know what you mean though, I have tried the patches before and you need to take them off a hour or so befoe retireing for the night.

I used the 16 hr patches too and would occasionally forget to take them off at night. I quite enjoyed the dreams, they were nice and intense. Once or twice I even 'forgot' to take them off on purpose! I considered this a perk rather than a side-effect

Edited by ChrisJG on Wednesday 1st April 16:14

[DamoLLb]

Good luck!

If you can, avoid the pub!

[Sheets Tabuer]

Mmmmm, lovely fags....

Only joking, 4th month myself and it gets easier by the day.