THE Quit Smoking Thread

[david campbell]

smoking is more addictive then heroin!
be proud of yourself dan

 

[Matt]

I'm "trying" to quit. Not being overly successful though. I went and brought one of the 10Motives e-cigarettes yesterday. Fantastic little thing. I managed to smoke just 1 cigarette in 7 hours as opposed to 10 or so?

If you haven't looked at the 10motives, take a look. They really are pretty good. I think it's the "habit" of smoking for me (as well as the nicotine).

 

[Scott]

Do you all remember your first puff? I do, i sneaked one of my mums Raffles (remember them?) the were so long and I was so young my arm was barley long enough to light it! It was vile, i hated it couldnt see why people wanted to do it. It wasnt just the first one that was horrible they all were, my point being why did we all get hooked on something so unpleasant in the first place? Non of you/us chose to be an addicted smoker, we all thought it would be easy to stop, so my question is why is it so hard to give up something that was so difficult to get addicted to in the first place?

There is really only one way to stop and that is simply not to put one in your mouth and light it. Cutting down doesnt work and it never will, you will STILL be a smoker. People who only smoke weekends ordown the pub are STILL smokers.

So come on,l keep it up and join the new band of Elite, get your self a new badge the 'Non smokers' badge. I have one its great!

 

[diamondtiling]

Most people start smoking when they are young and its seen to be cool and trendy, the manufacturers know that just one cigarette could possibly get you hooked. My daughter always said that she would never smoke, she started at 15 and 6 years later she still smokes, what can you do? hopefully one day soon she will stop.
As for me I wont have another one ever, I was out last night and had plenty of beers, the usual people were there offering me ciggies, I swear they are jealous or envious because they cant seem to stop. Anyway nothing would make me have one and the smell when they came back in was disgusting.

 

[SandyFloor]

As I've said before I'm not a heavy smoker until I touch a drink. If I'm in a pub and I need to pop out into the cold and rain every half hour I feel a complete slave to the crave. My wife smokes a lot more than me and I'm concerned about her health. She has shown an interest in quitting and I'm more than happy to do it with her. So the plan is for mid January and that gives her time to make any preparations. We're going to get into a get fit campaign too just to reinforce the heathy feeling from quitting and also to counteract the weight gain thing though I think that is due to replacing smoking with nibbling...is that correct?

I'm reasonably confident but she really isn't. So there will be plenty discussion over the festive season.

 

[DHTiling]

Do you all remember your first puff?

I am straight, is this a confession Scott..:lol:

 

[Scott]

I am straight, is this a confession Scott..:lol:

I dunno dave is there something you wanna get off your chest? rrr:

 

[DHTiling]

How is it going guys.. not killed anyone yet..

 

[Dan]

I've cut down loads but am going to get on a run of 'Champix' (spelling?) which is the tablet you take twice a day which apparently makes you hate ciggies. Seems to have worked for a guy I know and a couple of his mates and his sister too.

I'm probably on about 10 a day now but hardly smoke during the day. My chest is clearing up now (was coughing a fair bit last week and over the weekend). So all in all I'm not doing bad but still have to quit fully yet which was the aim so I've not done brilliantly.

 

[DHTiling]

10 a day.. ahh so you have increased a bit since week one.. deffo time to try something else bar will power..

 

[Dan]

Yeah gradually increased to about 10 a day so I do need to sort out these pills me thinks.

 

[poynton phil]

Well i am still off the ciggys, so feeling pretty chuffed with myself, i am still getting a bit of a craving though, but i seem to be able to get by it. I hope everyone else is doing ok.

 

[diamondtiling]

Well done Phil mate, its a great feeling beating the ****.

 

[user123]

Well i am still off the ciggys, so feeling pretty chuffed with myself, i am still getting a bit of a craving though, but i seem to be able to get by it. I hope everyone else is doing ok.

Yeyhhhh!! Phil, well done!!! :hurray:

 

[Dan]

Well done Phil you're doing better than me. Though I am still on just the 10 a day which is pretty good for me, and I'm noticing the extra bits of cash.