Stopping Smoking

[janner_10]

So as with every year the thought enters my head to stop smoking, this year IS the one.

Its been playing on my mind a lot this year so anyway, I thought what wait, start the hell now.

I've got 3 hours of a boring night shift left and probably 3 smokes worth of Cutters Choice left.

I'm determined to do this fucker this time.

This is going to be my sounding board and to get bits of inspiration from others that have cracked it.

Will update as and when, feel free to chip in!
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[TheSmiler]

Do you want to stop smoking really, No I mean it really stop

If the answer is no then you won't
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[janner_10]

Yes!

Been preparing for 1st Jan for months - thought fuck it - do it now!
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[Lord Percy]

Yep do it now. Don't finish the pack. Cold turkey is the best/only way.

[WannaBeDude]

Grow your own baky, die for free ish, and fuck the pension scams, theres not many old blokes on the streets for a reason.
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[D O G]

Keep smoking, but while you are, read Allen Carr's 'The Only Way to Stop Smoking'.

Problem solved.

[haroman666]

Good luck... I cant really relate to those who find it hard to stop.

I stopped about a month ago cause I just got bored of smoking.

Since then i've only had a couple of drunken fags on a night out last thursday.
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[garth]

[Bubbs]

[hellkat]

Cold turkey.
Don't think, plan, read, worry or stress about doing it, just do it.
Worked for me.
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[thegubner]

[hellkat]

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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Jayy]

I'm going to give the book another go, I started reading it and just didn't carry on. Not because it wasn't working, I just have a low attention span with books. I don't read many books but I'm up for reading it properly this time.

[GhostRider]

[pa_broon74]

My Dad went to a couple of Allen Carr meetings with the man himself. I remember the last one he went to because it was my birthday and the person who came back wasn't my dad. Allen Carr had replaced him with a pod person, my dad went away that morning a fairly amiable smoker and came back talking a lot of nonsense about a gremlin that lived in his stomach that fed on nicotine and tar.

He kept going on about this 'wee monster' that lived in his body which forced him to smoke, it was a wee bit creepy to be honest. He basically turned into an evangelical non-smoker, except about a month later he started on the cigars, I think he thought they didn't count because the 'ette' was missing off the end. (He did stop completely eventually.)

I stopped twice, restarted after the first stoppage (obviously) then stopped the second time round for good which I'm told is normal.

I used patches first time round, side effects included the most vivid dreams ever. Second time round I think I managed to identify what was making me anxious about stopping, it turned out I was more anxious about the act of stopping than of not being able to smoke any more. (If that makes sense.)

It was a very subtle difference and once I identified it, I didn't need patches or anything, I just stopped.

Yes, I miss smoking, I liked to smoke, I enjoyed it. I have dreams where I've started smoking again but in them, I'm a bit pissed off about it because its so expensive, I think having that feeling in your subconcious is also important, otherwise you'd be much more prone to starting again.
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[stinkwheel]

I also stopped using Allen Carrs book.

It did a lot to point out why I smoke and why stopping isn't all that hard.

@ pa_broon, I think your Dad was taking him a trifle too literally. Most of the book is concerned with what you found out yourself the second time round.
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[pa_broon74]

[Deckx]

i've stopped about 3 years now..also stopped 8 years ago for 3 years ... for sure this time, i will never smoke again but out of curiosity read Alan Carrs ebook couple months ago... its definantly a start but you need to want give up smoking 100% to work... one thing i didn't agree with is that he didn't recommend nicotine chewing gum/ patches etc... for me the withdrawal symptoms were pretty bad...felt like i was breathing air with no oxygen.. so i wouldn't have done it without the nicotine gum, having said that i was on that for about a year ..althou just a few half bits a day or when i was drinking .. quite pleasant little buzz but stopped using it easy enough by switching to normal gum.

i also used the 'Jan 1' stop date which i think helps opposed just deciding overnight...

[EazyDuz]

i got my e cig today, it still gives me a good headrush/buzz that the first cig of the day would.
I intend to quit smoking fags, but im still going to smoke a pipe.

A lot of people havnt touched a fag since getting their e cig. Ecig juice is just flavouring, glycerin and nicotine, which in itself is no worse for you than caffeine.
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[hedgehugger]

[Lone-Wolf]

[iMark]

[Seb]

When I gave up I used to munch on frozen chips, that and being in full on crunch time at work made it super easy.
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[neatbik]

Another here to Allen Carrs book.
Just consulted my quitkeeper app ( ) and apparently i have been a non smoker for 321 days.

I dont miss it, and now my sense of smell and taste has come back i know i will never start again - The thought of loosing that is crap.

I also have more energy, more money, and more time!
Best thing i ever did.

[Flatbadger]

Another Allen Carr here - there's an audiobook you know!

I stopped on Xmas eve last year as I was at my folks' house for a couple of days and couldn't smoke there, then just carried on.

I got the bike as a treat, now I'm hooked on that.

Maybe there's a book about giving up biking, by Allen Car
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