Giving up smoking

[Harold_Shand]

Decided to do it after a couple of months of thinking about it. Had three moments of very intense cravings during the day, no bother now I'm at home.

Not having a tab to look forward to during the day is the bastard. I'm going to try and find something to replace it. Doesn't help being surrounded by smokers.

So... are there any success stories on here? Any tips?
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[Ariel Badger]

Tomorrow will be easier than today, the day after will be easier still.
Five years smoke free here, best thing I ever did.
Good luck.
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[The View Askew]

I packed it up 11 weeks ago, can taste more, smell more, my beer is more flavoursome, i don't smell of ashtray, I save 2 pints money a day.


I won't die of a foul disease.



Having smoked from 14 onwards, I have spent 6 years damping my senses, and am fucking happy they are back.

Overall, a damn good decision I'm saying.

as for being surrounded by smokers, oh well, others were surrounded by me before, was that pleasant? Was it fuck, gives me incentive to keep up the non smoking.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

I quit 12.5 years ago now, fags were £3 a pack then and I smoked a pack a day. Just worked that out as a saving of at least £13,696.87, or nearly £1100 a year.

I still get the odd urge, usually in those quiet moments of contemplation when working on the bike, cracking open the first tin after putting a tent up and getting the dinner on, having a coffee and burger stop on a long bike ride.
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[Poseidon]

My only advice is not to give in to the cravings. In a moment of weakness you'll say to yourself "I'm really stressed, I'll just have one to calm down". It happened to me. I gave in had that "one" cig after 11months being smokefree. 4 months on from that "one" cig and I'm still having "just one more".

The momentary pleasure gained by having just one cig will be quickly obliterated by the immense dissappointment in yourself for being so weak!
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[Louise]

Will power.
I stoped for 3 weeks - taste of a pint, i needed a cig.
Two things ive always remembered....
1) Mum smoked 40 a day - she stoped just like that - never had a craving, nothing since...been a good 7 years now.
2) My taste - them 3 weeks did do me wonders, my taste was back - all the food/soft drinks I had I could really taste the difference
And I do miss it.
I really do need to quit - those adverts with the children asking there parents to stop smoking didnt have an affect on me, Untill this week when my own son come in and asked me to stop.
Was a hard hit for me - I do want to quit but I can also be foul/stressed when doing so!

[Stelmer]

I quit over 4 years ago.

Have a goal to aim to. Doing Kiciboxing at the time, mine was notable health benefits over the months and years since I quit.

Treat yourself.

Find something to replace smoking with. Mine is Tea & Coffee.

Lastly, do not give up. Once you find your ''thing'' to get your mind off the cravings, you will get through them.

[JakeyR]

My bro has just quit and i really want to and was gonna do it the end of this week, but my mates just got back from dubai and give me 200 cigs, so ill put it off for a while.

[Banned]

Cutting down would suffice... at least as a start

[JakeyR]

Hard to cut down when you've got 200 l+b sat next to ya

maybe if i smoke them all in a day ill feel sick and never want to smoke again? lol

[Banned]

yeah, i can resist everything in life except temtation !

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[Dragonfly]

I have been smoke free for a long time now and my friends and other half still smoke. My other half rarely gets a kiss now he stinks. And no one is allowed to smoke in my house. Its hard when people are smoking around you as I was scared so many times after smelling it that I would want one. So I distracted myself and stepped well back from the smokers so I wouldnt be tempted. It really does take will power though. I wouldnt have done it without it. if I didnt have my son I would be still smoking.
I will never go back I have come to far now and got the worst of it over me a long time ago.
This was my 3rd attempt and I suceeded here as I went cold turkey with will power and not patches which I failed on previously as they made me so ill it made smoking look healthier.
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[Marcg868]

I'll be quitting after my 200 cigs from Greece have gone.
Really wanna beef up a bit and get fit
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[Harold_Shand]

Day 2 in the theatre of hell. Again a couple of moments of tunnel-thought... tabs tabs tabs tabs tabs tabs. Noticeably snappier with people, not for no reason, but things that piss me off anyway ie. my chargehand I normally handle with an inner monolouge not the just audible 'For fucks sake' and launching of a fork that occured today.

Got through it anyway, not as intense as yesterday but still unpleasant, I just feel like I'm missing out.
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[Banned]

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[Harold_Shand]

Day 5, I've got this shit licked

Just a case of not having 'the odd one' when I think I can handle it.

No cravings as such now, eating more, coughing up big greenies. Not as bad as I thought it would be, only taken 5 days, a couple of which were tough going. I think my smell has improved marginally, but no other 'health' pluses.

I'm very happy with this as I obviously know that smoking can kill you off in many horrible ways but I still spent good money on killing myself for many years.
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[Harold_Shand]

Oh, and thanks for the advice chaps
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[Dragonfly]

prepare to get your taste buds back and all the nice food you did like will taste horrible and everything will smell rotten! You will smell smoke off everyone. My smell improved so much I could smell people smoking outside my house and passing me on the bike in cars on main roads! On the good side you will smell nice things when you buy them after you smell how horrid your house really is ( I have dogs now I have plugs ins

I didnt get any greeners or bad coughs?? weird. I did first time I tried to give up. My blood doesnt pump around me like a speed addict and I am calmer
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[Alexio]

If you need something to replace it with because you have a relatively addictive personality then caffeine is a fairly harmless drug that is incredibly easy to become dependant on within about a week. Your body gets used to it and adjusts your chemistry accordingly so that actually the caffeine will have a much shorter time frame where you can feel it's effects.

It doesn't take very long to wean yourself off of it either. Not that I've ever smoked before, but if just seems like it could be an addictive habit type substitute. I'm absolutely in love with energy drinks now but only let myself use them about once a week. That way my body is always so sensitive to them and I can enjoy feeling that high for the 6 hours aprx. that it stays in your blood stream.

Being hyper is fun, and coffee cravings are a slightly social thing too
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[Robby]

I found munching on beef jerky to be a fairly good replacement. It keeps your mouth busy and lasts for a good while.

Still quite expensive if you buy little packs, best thing to do is buy biggish packs of biltong from susmans or similar.

[JonB]

+1 for the coffee, especially useful when people go on fag breaks at work, go out with them with a lovely coffee instead!
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[Carl_steveo]

I quit smoking about 8 weeks ago. I just got up one day smoked my last few tabs and didn't bother buying anymore. I had a few hard days thinking why am I bothering to quit. I now get up and forget I used to smoke. I have to say my health has improved. I don't wake up in the morning now with a tight chest and I can taste and smell better. Only problem is I am still coughing up some horrible green stuff but you can always spit further with a good greeny. I'm still tempted though when i've had a drink to go get some tabs but I have resisted. Plus smokers stink like really fucking badly stink.

Keep it up you'll feel better for it and plus it saves money.
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