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Title: stopping smoking
Post by: mantagte on 30 January 2009, 19:54:15
i gave up last january at the same time as a couple of other members on here cant remember who have you still given up or started again like the other half who lasted til july then started with the odd one now back to 10-15 a day
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 30 January 2009, 19:56:20
no courage to try..

previous trials all fail.. :-/
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: mantahatch on 30 January 2009, 20:15:04
Promised the wife I would quit this winter, unfortunatly after a hellish time at work for the last 6 months I asked her for an extension, she just grinned.
My hellish time will end at the end of March which I think is to late for winter  ::)

But will try again next winter.
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 30 January 2009, 20:21:36
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Promised the wife I would quit this winter, unfortunatly after a hellish time at work for the last 6 months I asked her for an extension, she just grinned.
My hellish time will end at the end of March which I think is to late for winter  ::)

But will try again next winter.

 :y

my problem is both wife and I smoke..so we have to give up at the same time :-/
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: jerry on 30 January 2009, 20:29:01
I gave up by going cold turkey about 2 years ago. Lasted just over a year and then stupidly started again. Really stupid thing is that I mostly smoke thru habit, you know its just association like breaktime=fag, whereas when Im at home I sometimes think that of the 10 I smoked I probably only really actually enjoyed 1 or 2 of them! What a waste of money as well as being no good for you.(Must say that if I get really stressed a cigarette does seem to help tho, even if it is in my imagination!). And I cant stand the smell of stale cigarette smoke, never smoke in the house or car. Simple lack of willpower Im afraid :-[
                                                    jerry
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: zippo on 30 January 2009, 20:49:37
i stopped last march ,not had one since .I cant say Ive not had a moment or two when i could have murdered one ,but goes as fast as is comes.What i have noticed though is i can smell smoke in the house or car, when one of my family been in either of them .But Ive stopped smoking not them, so id never dream of asking them not to smoke in my car/house.Apart from that my Mum would beat the living daylights out of me  for being lippy  :D :D
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: STMO123 on 30 January 2009, 21:01:20
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i stopped last march ,not had one since .I cant say Ive not had a moment or two when i could have murdered one ,but goes as fast as is comes.What i have noticed though is i can smell smoke in the house or car, when one of my family been in either of them .But Ive stopped smoking not them, so id never dream of asking them not to smoke in my car/house.Apart from that my Mum would beat the living daylights out of me  for being lippy  :D :D

If you want to forget about fags it's best not to name yourself after a cigarette lighter. :y
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: Martin_1962 on 30 January 2009, 21:08:50
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Promised the wife I would quit this winter, unfortunatly after a hellish time at work for the last 6 months I asked her for an extension, she just grinned.
My hellish time will end at the end of March which I think is to late for winter  ::)

But will try again next winter.

Try in the spring then
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: zippo on 30 January 2009, 21:12:47
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i stopped last march ,not had one since .I cant say Ive not had a moment or two when i could have murdered one ,but goes as fast as is comes.What i have noticed though is i can smell smoke in the house or car, when one of my family been in either of them .But Ive stopped smoking not them, so id never dream of asking them not to smoke in my car/house.Apart from that my Mum would beat the living daylights out of me  for being lippy  :D :D

If you want to forget about fags it's best not to name yourself after a cigarette lighter. :y
joined the oof before i quit  ::)
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: stuart30 on 30 January 2009, 22:10:08
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i stopped last march ,not had one since .I cant say Ive not had a moment or two when i could have murdered one ,but goes as fast as is comes.What i have noticed though is i can smell smoke in the house or car, when one of my family been in either of them .But Ive stopped smoking not them, so id never dream of asking them not to smoke in my car/house.Apart from that my Mum would beat the living daylights out of me  for being lippy  :D :D

If you want to forget about fags it's best not to name yourself after a cigarette lighter. :y
joined the oof before i quit  ::)

Fair play too ya....its not easy. :y

Tried several time...last being when i went down with pneumonia,unfortunately after a few weeks of being able too breath again the fags start taunting me again and yep ""i"ll just have the one""..... ::) ;D

Desperate too give up due too having the twins...quite fancy seeing them grow up.
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: chrisl_1960 on 30 January 2009, 22:20:10
I haven't smoked, so dont have that problem, when my son was trying to pack up (at 20yrs old) I just asked him, would you get a house, spend a lifetime paying the mortgage and once the mortgage is over, set fire to the house, as this is the equivelant cost of a lifetime smoking.

the money he saved paid for his beloved VW Golf, and 4 years later he's still not started again.
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: zippo on 30 January 2009, 22:29:46
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i stopped last march ,not had one since .I cant say Ive not had a moment or two when i could have murdered one ,but goes as fast as is comes.What i have noticed though is i can smell smoke in the house or car, when one of my family been in either of them .But Ive stopped smoking not them, so id never dream of asking them not to smoke in my car/house.Apart from that my Mum would beat the living daylights out of me  for being lippy  :D :D

If you want to forget about fags it's best not to name yourself after a cigarette lighter. :y
joined the oof before i quit  ::)

Fair play too ya....its not easy. :y

Tried several time...last being when i went down with pneumonia,unfortunately after a few weeks of being able too breath again the fags start taunting me again and yep ""i"ll just have the one""..... ::) ;D

Desperate too give up due too having the twins...quite fancy seeing them grow up.

that's sort of what made me pack it in .Ive a 7 yo daughter who gave me ear ache then my son jumped on the bandwagon then the wife who stopped a couple of years before started ,but the main reason was the little girl wrapping me around her little finger again
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: damon80 on 31 January 2009, 00:05:14
I've gone from 20-odd a day, and now cut down to 5 a day.

I'm having a cig on the way to work, nicotine gum through the day at work, then a cig on way home from work and 3 at night.

Tried going stone-cold before, without any NRT, but always found it hard and ended back on the ciggies again.  But cutting down like I am, I think this time I'm actually going to crack it  :y
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: albitz on 31 January 2009, 00:33:02
Boots are doing a scheme at the moment where you get 8 weeks supply of nrt for a tenner,quite liked the inhalator when I first stopped although it doesnt really work when used in cold air temperatures.
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: Plomien on 31 January 2009, 08:02:50
I tried the gum but it wouldn't light,
I had patches and found they worked best when they were on my eyes so I couldn't find my fags, trouble is I couldn't do anything else... ;D

Seriously I do need to stop but with the wife smoking and habit of fag breaks it is difficult but will see how it goes when it gets warmer
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: Welung666 on 31 January 2009, 09:15:36
I've been smoking over 20 years and have wanted to quit for a few years now. Tried the patches/gum/lozenges and nothing worked. They stopped the cravings but not the habitual side of it. Trying again now on the Zyban tablets from the docs. Had to take one a day for 6 days then 2 a day from the 7th and plan a quit day between the 7th and 14th. Last Tuesday was my 9th day on the tablets, got up, lit up but had to put it out as it made me heave! Haven't had one since  :y
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: Elite Pete on 31 January 2009, 09:19:07
Im so lucky as in I can enjoy a smoke now and again but not be bothered if I dont have one for weeks :)
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 31 January 2009, 09:27:20
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Im so lucky as in I can enjoy a smoke now and again but not be bothered if I dont have one for weeks :)

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Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: Elite Pete on 31 January 2009, 09:38:12
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Im so lucky as in I can enjoy a smoke now and again but not be bothered if I dont have one for weeks :)

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What, i've not had one since seeing you on Thursday and I won't have until tomorrow, oh and don't forget your ciggies ;D ;D
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 31 January 2009, 09:39:03
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Im so lucky as in I can enjoy a smoke now and again but not be bothered if I dont have one for weeks :)

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What, i've not had one since seeing you on Thursday and I won't have until tomorrow, oh and don't forget your ciggies ;D ;D

Sandra's  ;D ;D
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: Elite Pete on 31 January 2009, 09:50:22
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Im so lucky as in I can enjoy a smoke now and again but not be bothered if I dont have one for weeks :)

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What, i've not had one since seeing you on Thursday and I won't have until tomorrow, oh and don't forget your ciggies ;D ;D

Sandra's  ;D ;D
Yeah, I don't care what you say about your Mother-in-Law, I think she's alright ;D
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: Andy B on 31 January 2009, 10:05:43
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Im so lucky as in I can enjoy a smoke now and again but not be bothered if I dont have one for weeks :)

I know that if I had just one cig now, even after 7 years of not smoking, I'd be back to square one/20+ a day again!
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: Del Boy on 31 January 2009, 19:07:36
I tried 2 cigs at school and thats it, never have seen the point in it, I do know how hard it is to stop my Dad had a heart attack back in october thats what made him pack it in. He'd tried everything before that but the heart attack finally made him stop.
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: Richie London on 31 January 2009, 19:13:14
i packed up last yr but didnt last long, i did a few yrs ago for 13 weeks as well. i like a smoke, and im not smoking much at moment  ;)
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: STMO123 on 31 January 2009, 20:00:20
4 months and counting......every minute :(
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: Del Boy on 31 January 2009, 20:04:08
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4 months and counting......every minute :(
Good on ya m8 keep it up  :y
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: mantagte on 31 January 2009, 22:38:22
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4 months and counting......every minute :(

it does get easier as time goes by
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: Big Fra on 31 January 2009, 23:03:35
Go cold turkey, drink a half bottle of JW Black.

That worked for me, until 10 months later, started back for 2 months, then stopped again.

However, whenever I go outside, cold, slightly breezy, at night.....

I still get the urge. :(
Title: Re: stopping smoking
Post by: Entwood on 31 January 2009, 23:08:55
Not touched one for 17 years.. from a 40-a-day habit .. and I still don't call myself a non-smoker ... I'm an ex-smoker ... but I have no wish to smoke and the smell now really annoys me .... hypocrisy I know .. but thats the way it is ...