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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Marie on 25 April 2008, 20:18:20
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well i have just decided.
i have had my last smoke!!!!!
Well hubby decided for me really i refuse to go out and buy any and so does he so he said thats it he quits! well so do i! its what i have been waiting for sounds like a naff excuse but it time!
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Good Luck :y
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fair play marie but its not that easy kid !! :-? :o
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well done marie, hope you can go the distance and quit for good.ive cut down a bit but not enough :y :y
richie
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fair play marie but its not that easy kid !! :-? :o
Oh hell watch this space!!!!!!
well as you know i am a red head and stubborness comes with the hair when i have made up my mind i have made up my mind!
just wonder how long the hubby is going to last before he caves in! :-/ :-/
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Well done Marie :y Think of the extra money you can spend on the Miggy !!!!
If you both stick at it together you both have more chance of lasting the distance.
Tell you what ... if you can say, hand on heart, that you haven't smoked in 6 weeks time, I will send £20 to Macmillan Nurses.
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Well done Marie :y Think of the extra money you can spend on the Miggy !!!!
If you both stick at it together you both have more chance of lasting the distance.
Tell you what ... if you can say, hand on heart, that you haven't smoked in 6 weeks time, I will send £20 to Macmillan Nurses.
Your on! Sounds like a good bet to me! tell you what ill do the same ill match your £20.
Its getting through the next 2days that will be the problem at work i dont have a problem just dont go out to the smoking area and i dont smoke!
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Good luck :y
I have never smoked but several of my friends used to smoke. Most of them have now given up.
:)
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Me and the other half quit about 8 weeks ago, have tried loads of times with no luck but this time its been really easy think its cause both of us are doing it and i am now at the stage where the smoke no longer makes me want one it just stinks now. So good luck and stick at it, its worth it trust me. :y
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how did you make it through the first few days thats my worry
i will do this !!!!
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i did it with nicotine gum-may 2000.believe it or not i,m still chewing the bloody stuff. :-[ :-[
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i did it with nicotine gum-may 2000.believe it or not i,m still chewing the bloody stuff. :-[ :-[
no way that cant be good for you........suppose its better then smoking though :-/
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the amount of ear bashing i get about it certainly isnt good for me ;D
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fair play marie but its not that easy kid !! :-? :o
Oh hell watch this space!!!!!!
well as you know i am a red head and stubborness comes with the hair when i have made up my mind i have made up my mind!
just wonder how long the hubby is going to last before he caves in! :-/ :-/
Well done, and best of luck. You will feel better, and last a lot longer, AND you are not lining the pockets of the clowns in the treasury ! :y :y
Ken
PS What colour is ATF ?
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Best of luck with it Marie :y
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PS What colour is ATF ?
;D ;D ;D ;D
If your not sure ill send you a picture tomorrow ;D ;D ;D
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Complete and total waste of money.
I have never smoked and never wanted to.
Just think of the waste of money.
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All them patches and gum are no good, you are trying to get rid of the addiction of nicotine and pumping it into your body through patches is not going to stop you wanting a fag the only way to do it is cold turkey and will power as simple as that!!!! :y
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All them patches and gum are no good, you are trying to get rid of the addiction of nicotine and pumping it into your body through patches is not going to stop you wanting a fag the only way to do it is cold turkey and will power as simple as that!!!! :y
I disagree ... if you place the patch firmly over your mouth it will stop you smoking !!!! ::)
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All them patches and gum are no good, you are trying to get rid of the addiction of nicotine and pumping it into your body through patches is not going to stop you wanting a fag the only way to do it is cold turkey and will power as simple as that!!!! :y
I disagree ... if you place the patch firmly over your mouth it will stop you smoking !!!! ::)
;D ;D ;D
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All them patches and gum are no good, you are trying to get rid of the addiction of nicotine and pumping it into your body through patches is not going to stop you wanting a fag the only way to do it is cold turkey and will power as simple as that!!!! :y
I disagree ... if you place the patch firmly over your mouth it will stop you smoking !!!! ::)
but then i wont be able to talk! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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<<<<<<deafening silence :-X
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I am saying nothing to that :o ;D ;D ;D
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whats up fellas you not biting tonight................. :( ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Gave up at christmas - cold turkey is the only way to go, i did it and so can you with willpower willpower willpower :y
Trick is to really want to give up, not to use a lack of opportunity to smoke because then all you're doing is testing how long you can deprive yourself, you need to think more along the lines of i don't need to smoke because i don't want to smoke and it's not even nice when i do. AND IT'S KILLING ME AND THOSE AROUND ME :'(
end of sanctimonious rant - but honestly i'm trying to encourage you because YOU CAN DO IT :y
Good luck :)
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I CAN DO IT!!!!!
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they're sitting silent to test your will power, if you get bored you might light up :D
I'm happy to have never smoked
apart from once at primary school when someone set my hair on fire
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Best of luck Marie :y you will probably find that the first few days willbe easier than you think because your resolve will still be strong. I disagree with a previous post patches can "take the edge" off it but I suppose it is what suits you. Patches can be obtained free from your local smoking cessation clinic . On the positive side I think there has never been an easier time to stop smoking with all the restrictions now in place especially the pub, now more temptation when going for a beer.
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I dont get to go out i am worse then my old dears for stayin in.
I have no life!!! :'(
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Best of luck Marie :y you will probably find that the first few days willbe easier than you think because your resolve will still be strong. I disagree with a previous post patches can "take the edge" off it but I suppose it is what suits you. Patches can be obtained free from your local smoking cessation clinic . On the positive side I think there has never been an easier time to stop smoking with all the restrictions now in place especially the pub, now more temptation when going for a beer.
be warned if you do go out you will drink like a fish to compensate for not nipping out for a fag - or is it just me :D :D :D :P ;)
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looks like i wont end up a drunk :D but end up put pounds on through eatting shite in replacement :'( :'(
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looks like i wont end up a drunk :D but end up put pounds on through eatting naffe in replacement :'( :'(
you may put some weight on as your metabolism will slow down as a non smoker also ciggys act as an appetite suppressant make sure that if you nibble food as an alternative to smoking that its low fat, low sugar. If you do put on weight don't worry about it, one step at a time deal with the smoking when you've cracked that turn your attention to any weight you may put on remember smoking is a lot worse for your health than carrying a few extra pounds
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I could do with a few extra pounds really i am like a stick!
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2 birds with 1 stone then :y
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2 birds with 1 stone then :y
Or two stones on one bird! ::)
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ha ha funny
i want to put the weight on in the right places and not on my arse :)
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I could do with a few extra pounds really i am like a stick!
i lost a stone in the first 6 months after my little girl was born (sleep depravation does weird things).
but in the first 3 months since giving up the weed i've put it all back on (15 stone now :'()
but as said better to not smoke and worry about extra pounds later, and if i can't get any fuel monday i'll be biking to work ;D ;D ;D
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I was thinking about it but my father in-law came round with 10 packs of bacci so i will think about it again in a few weeks.Anyway good luck marie :y :y :y
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Marie, I stopped smoking 14 days 23 hours and 17 minutes ago, I love smoking and have smoked for 26 years, I am on patches and nicotine gum.
I went to the GP after a week to get the patches on prescription, IT IS BLOODY HARD, there is not one hour of the day that i don't want a fag, but stick with it, if you read up on nicotine addiction on the Internet some sources say that it is equivalent to coming off an A class drug.
I switched to Silk Cut silver (very mild) for a few months, went on a diet (lost two stone) and then gradually cut down from 30 a day to 10, I then stopped, don't know if i will last out but i am trying.
If you have not smoked you have not got a clue what its like quitting, and the money was not a problem as my mate travels to Greece 5 times a year so never paid more than £2 a packet.
I actually feel worse now i have quit, cant sleep cough is bad and a few other things.
On a lighter note i have 26 cigarette lighters and 46 boxes of matches for sale if anyone wants them.
Best of luck
Frank
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i can remember feeling just like that ,but now i never ever think about smoking,it took me 25 years and i never thought i would see the day when i wouldnt want a ciggy,but it does come.i can remember telling this to my favourite uncle when i saw him in ireland last year.he was a heavy smoker and i was trying to encourage him to give up . he was diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this year and died last week at the age of 58.his first grandchild is due to be born in the next couple of weeks. :(
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sorry about your uncle :( my father in law quit 32 years ago and he says he could start again any time and he's 78
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ha ha funny
i want to put the weight on in the right places and not on my arse :)
W.R.A.C, (warm, round and cuddley !) sounds nice !!!!!!!!
I tried to give up a few times, but it didn't work. However I woke up one morning, mouth tasted like sh*t, and I thought "thats it, no more" and I stuck to it, for the last 30 years.
Its worth it, I see people walking around, younger than me, who I doubt will last me out, plus you will be able to see your kid (s?) grow up and get married etc.
Ken
Life's worth living, and enjoying. :y :y :y
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its strange ,but i found that it seems impossible, but suddenly your head is in the right place and it becomes easier,which might prove that it is all in the mind,even if we dont understand why. :-/
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Marie, I stopped smoking 14 days 23 hours and 17 minutes ago, I love smoking and have smoked for 26 years, I am on patches and nicotine gum.
I went to the GP after a week to get the patches on prescription, IT IS BLOODY HARD, there is not one hour of the day that i don't want a fag, but stick with it, if you read up on nicotine addiction on the Internet some sources say that it is equivalent to coming off an A class drug.
If it was easy many, MANY, more would give it up -- but stick with it -- worth it in the long run
I switched to Silk Cut silver (very mild) for a few months, went on a diet (lost two stone) and then gradually cut down from 30 a day to 10, I then stopped, don't know if i will last out but i am trying.
If you have not smoked you have not got a clue what its like quitting, and the money was not a problem as my mate travels to Greece 5 times a year so never paid more than £2 a packet.
Still a tenner a week saved -- spend it on the mig!
I actually feel worse now i have quit, cant sleep cough is bad and a few other things.
Bad sleep is withdrawal, bad cough is the fact that your lungs are trying to get rid of the muck they have collected. The little hairs that filter out dust etc are paralysed when you smoke -- they are recovering and now trying to shovel out all sorts !!
On a lighter note i have 26 cigarette lighters and 46 boxes of matches for sale if anyone wants them.
Try selling them outside the airport -- to those that had theirs confiscated at the other end !
Best of luck
Frank
Keep it up all of you :y
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It is in the mind you have to want to do it and above all dont be weak it is killing you plain and simple just take a look at this link and look at the picture and tell me if you want another fag?
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.stop-smoking-in-1-hour.co.uk/images/dirty_lung1_hr.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.stop-smoking-in-1-hour.co.uk/howthelungswork.html&h=140&w=95&sz=130&tbnid=ofl7HuOSVNMJ:&tbnh=140&tbnw=95&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlung%2Bcancer%2Bpicture&hl=en&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&cd=1
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i packed it in 12 years ago when first child came along
because i wanted to it was no problem and i put the cig money away in a tin ,that bought a telly and 2 holidays
if you want to off your own back you will have no probs :y
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All them patches and gum are no good, you are trying to get rid of the addiction of nicotine and pumping it into your body through patches is not going to stop you wanting a fag the only way to do it is cold turkey and will power as simple as that!!!! :y
I agree I quit twice once cold turkey and once with lozenges. The first time I managed to quit for 3 years cold turkey bnecause I was under very little stress at the time. I only started again following a very stressful scenario involving a Lt Colonel doctor and an exercise with people's lives at stake! The pressure has pretty much stayed on since with the job but I quit a few months later through using lozenges as it gave the 'hit' when I needed it. Over time I mixed it up with mints using fewer lozenges and 2 months later I was done! No fags since! :y
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fair play marie but its not that easy kid !! :-? :o
Oh hell watch this space!!!!!!
well as you know i am a red head and stubborness comes with the hair when i have made up my mind i have made up my mind!
just wonder how long the hubby is going to last before he caves in! :-/ :-/
Well done, and best of luck. You will feel better, and last a lot longer, AND you are not lining the pockets of the clowns in the treasury ! :y :y
Ken
PS What colour is ATF ?
No, your 'spare' cash will now go into the petrol tank just to pay the extra fuel charges, so you will, i'm afraid to say, still of course be paying "the clowns in the Treasury" :'( :'(
All the best Marie in your quest to give up smoking though; it must be worthwhile in the end, at least just to prove to hubbie that you can always succeed as well! :y
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Its not will power thats requiered.... Its WONT power...
Tried the chewy, tried the patches, ended up using plain and simple economics - not including what it was doing to me - and stopped somewhere around 15/16 years ago.
Put on the beef since but, in all honesty, do not miss it now in the slightest.
[size=10]Except when having a pint[/size]
[size=9]Except when sitting admiring the view[/size]
[size=8]Except when reaching the top of the Munro[/size]
Except when .......
;D
Stick with it. its worth it.... :y
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I stopped about 7 years ago, after smoking for 38 years. I really had to - my family, friends and colleagues were beginning to make comments about the cough I wouldn't admit I had. I was able to choose my moment - I had to have a minor operation on my nose, so I couldn't smoke for few days. As soon as the conk was better, I used patches, but I only needed them for 2 weeks.
I won't say I haven't missed my ciggies, 'cos I have. I still want to light up sometimes. But I now think about the sheer sillines of sticking
dried, wrapped tobacco in my mouth and setting fire to it, and I realise that however great the craving, I'm just not going to do it again.
But I do wish I hadn't put on 10 kilos - although, the cost of a complete new wardrobe is approximately what I would have spent on cigarettes, I suppose. :'(
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i gave up about 8 years ago, was the hardest thing i have ever thing.
i smoked for 15 years, was smoking 20-30 a day.
The first couple of days were the hardest, once i got through that i then realised i had to change my personal habits as well as giving up smoking.
By that i mean i had to try and avoid those moments when i know i would be at my weakest point. ie after meals and after a few beers.
I put on a bit of weight, instead of eating crap i stuck to fruit, and stuck to 3 good meals a day instead of snaking throughout, yes i put on weight, but i didn't pile it on :y
good luck, stick at it, remember not only will it have a positive effect on your health everyone in the house will benefit from it
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I've trawled through all these posts & read all your personal stories. I've given up alot of illegal habits over the years (no needles ever) but i think you get my drift. Going on & off various ports & docks i'm subject to random swab tests so can't have any of that stuff in my system (not even a spliff) NOTHING. In that respect been clean for years now & don't miss any of it. I like a weekend drink but can take or leave it. Smoking is another story. I smoke 10 /15 roll ups a day.
If i gave up it'd be all or nothing as it was when i gave up the naughty stuff but it's all i've got now. I've already given up my bad eating habits so my hernia will pop back in on it's own to save a hospital visit (fingers crossed) I'm cycling & using a walking/arm machine thing a bit more & have lost nearly a stone in 2 months.
Wish i'd NEVER smoked.
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I've trawled through all these posts & read all your personal stories. I've given up alot of illegal habits over the years (no needles ever) but i think you get my drift. Going on & off various ports & docks i'm subject to random swab tests so can't have any of that stuff in my system (not even a spliff) NOTHING. In that respect been clean for years now & don't miss any of it. I like a weekend drink but can take or leave it. Smoking is another story. I smoke 10 /15 roll ups a day.
If i gave up it'd be all or nothing as it was when i gave up the naughty stuff but it's all i've got now. I've already given up my bad eating habits so my hernia will pop back in on it's own to save a hospital visit (fingers crossed) I'm cycling & using a walking/arm machine thing a bit more & have lost nearly a stone in 2 months.
Wish i'd NEVER smoked.
Sad thing is though you would be healthier putting on 2 stone and quiting smoking than losing weight and still smoking.
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You've got a point but @ 6'1, 18 stone before, 17 stone now, i'd be at all sorts of health risks @ 20 stone :- diabetes etc. I've stopped all the truckstops /chuck wagons, only 1 sugar in tea/coffee. Not into fruit except bananas, but i love my veggies, fish & wholemeal seeded bread so that's healthy. Problem is i suffer from mouth hunger so now chew gum or nibble celery or dry cracker wheat while driving & cut out eating late at night or sometimes no evening meal at all if i'm not hungry. It's working slowly but i can't give it all up together. :o
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You've got a point but @ 6'1, 18 stone before, 17 stone now, i'd be at all sorts of health risks @ 20 stone :- diabetes etc. I've stopped all the truckstops /chuck wagons, only 1 sugar in tea/coffee. Not into fruit except bananas, but i love my veggies, fish & wholemeal seeded bread so that's healthy. Problem is i suffer from mouth hunger so now chew gum or nibble celery or dry cracker wheat while driving & cut out eating late at night or sometimes no evening meal at all if i'm not hungry. It's working slowly but i can't give it all up together. :o
Its hard but its worth while when you start to see results, i go the gym about 5/6 times a week its more addictive than smoking was ;D ;D It is me wanting to be fit though not the rediculous amount of good looking women that go there, best thing is girlfriend is away at the mo so cant get caught looking. ;D ;D
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Good luck Marie..... I used patches to help me through the first few weeks. You eventually change to weaker patches, and then nothing. It made it easier for me, but you still need will power.
Don't do what I did, and start eating sweets instead or you'll turn into a fatty like me! :(
Good luck :y :y :y