Given Up Smoking Any Tips!

[TopBanana]

Hey guys,

 

Well I bit the bullett and have given up smoking today , I started with a 24hr patch this morning and have already gone through two packets of wrigleys extra lol, I did also try the smokers gum but god it tastes like im chewing tabbacco,

Well half the day gone and im going strong!

Any tips from you guys to stop me pulling out what little hair i have left wouldnt go a miss lol:ear:

[BIST]

i quit smoking using this

 

Stop Smoking with Allen Carr

 

and well done for getting half a day done

[mattx]

Chop your hands off.

[ Not had a ciggi for 11 years - and boy I do get a craving every so often ]

[LeMarchand]

Get a scary other half who can sniff tobacco smoke hours later. Worked for me without any other aids!

[TopBanana]

Chop your hands off.

[ Not had a ciggi for 11 years - and boy I do get a craving every so often ]

 

you mean to say I am going to get cravings 11 years later argggh lol

[mattx]

you mean to say I am going to get cravings 11 years later argggh lol

 

Yes you will - even talking about it now makes me want to go out and spark up. Terrible isn't it !!

[Fatmas]

Quit with someone else..

 

Start exercising, it will be hard at first but within the first month you will notice how much more energy you have.

[HarryMonkey]

I gave up 10 years ago and it was the best move I ever made.

 

I used patches and followed the course at the required strength for the number of weeks on the packet. I/we had already banned smoking in the house and the car so that helped too as we weren't having visitors smoke in the house.

 

I found that what I needed to do was to try and avoid key smoking times and deliberately do something else instead, so, instead of going and having a ciggy as soon as I got up, I would go and make a cuppa and then go for a shower thus taking my mind off of what I would have been doing. Instead of having one straight after a meal, I'd go and wash up, again, avoiding that cigarette and also breaking up the habitual cigarette.

 

I also avoided situations whereby I would smoke lots ie the pub. I stopped going out for quite a while so avoided the urge to smoke in the pub (also helped save me some money).

 

I think the key here is that in order to give yourself the best chance, you need to make some key lifestyle changes (even if only temporary ... the pub).

 

You've made the first (and often hardest) move. Good luck, I promise you that you won't regret it.

[TopBanana]

Quit with someone else..

 

Start exercising, it will be hard at first but within the first month you will notice how much more energy you have.

 

both me and the other half have given up today and are sharing updates with each other over msn lol she is currently clawing at her desk while i am now sucking on mint humbugs purchased from our counter charity selection lol

[Fatmas]

Me and the other half gave up January 1st 2010 (New years resolution). We both had our last ones together at a new years eve party. It was tough for the first couple of months but neither of us have relapsed and we rarely think about it.

 

 

I found that not going outside at the pub helped, I also started playing 6-a-side 2-3 times a week.

We also quit without any help (patches or otherwise). We just went cold turkey, that was hard.

 

It will be tough, at times it will be awful but it gets easier every day, I promise.

[ButterflyMoon]

In the first week count the hours and not the days since the last one. Just think to yourself I have managed ie 6 hours if I really want one I will wait another hour and so on. BUT you don't have have it

[TopBanana]

In the first week count the hours and not the days since the last one. Just think to yourself I have managed ie 6 hours if I really want one I will wait another hour and so on. BUT you don't have have it

 

i sat through a horrible 20 min craving in the last hour that was hard until i decided to post so mabye talking about it on here has also help , I made also have made the effort to bin all astrays and lighters this morning before work and in a random bin on the way to work so i dont even think about fishing them out when i get home lol

[Disease]

I gave up smoking 5 years ago, I used patches but quit in 6 weeks, 2 weeks at each strength of patch.

 

I used sugar free polos to aid me, every time I felt like a cig I would have a polo intead, once you quit the polos are easy to kick.

 

5 years later I feel as if I have never wanted a cig, I don't get any cravings, not even if I stand next to someone who is smoking.

[apoth0r]

Get a crack pipe and start on that instead, you'll be off tobacco in no time!

[TopBanana]

Get a crack pipe and start on that instead, you'll be off tobacco in no time!

 

pmsl had crossed my mind fella

[bossman]

Go see your doctor who will put you in touch with your nearest cessation officer who will be able through a meeting, establish what type of treatment you will need.

This can be the patches or tablets which my wife (who is a cessation officer) has had the best results with (to date 97% success rate) and they can be got on prescription.

 

I stopped around 15 years ago using aversion therapy (got really drunk one day and smoked my head off with roll your own) I was later so ill with both the drink and the smoking I never touched another cigarette to this day it makes me want to throw up.

 

Anyway this is good advise about the cessation officer but it is up to you how you use it.

 

Good luck and take each day as it comes.

[TopBanana]

Go see your doctor who will put you in touch with your nearest cessation officer who will be able through a meeting, establish what type of treatment you will need.

This can be the patches or tablets which my wife (who is a cessation officer) has had the best results with (to date 97% success rate) and they can be got on prescription.

 

I stopped around 15 years ago using aversion therapy (got really drunk one day and smoked my head off with roll your own) I was later so ill with both the drink and the smoking I never touched another cigarette to this day it makes me want to throw up.

 

Anyway this is good advise about the cessation officer but it is up to you how you use it.

 

Good luck and take each day as it comes.

 

i did look into this the only problem was the appointments where in the day time and no evenings around our way which doesnt help, they lady mentioned a pill called Compix which you take while smoking for two weeks before you quit

[witch]

Well done for getting this far! Try and take it one day at a time and find someone you can call when you crave a cigarette. Change your habits - if you always have a fag at the same place and time every day then do something different.

Exercise is a good idea - go for a brisk walk when you need a fag.

Don't worry about the future, live for the moment and rather than say: 'I'm NEVER having another cigarette', which is quite daunting, just say 'I am not having a cigarette NOW' or 'in the next hour' or 'day' or whatever you can cope with.

Good Luck

[Hightower]

Me and the other half stopped 2 years ago - no patches or gum or anything. You need a good reason to stop (and I mean a good reason, not the lame old "i'll do it to save money"). For us, it was the birth of my niece - I hated being around her knowing I stunk of smoke.

 

We've never looked back since, although as Mattx says you can get a craving many many years later. I still get a craving every couple of weeks when at the pub, but it lasts all of 5 seconds and on with the night we go! I've known people stop for 40 years and then one day they start up again. Somebody said about energy being better - that wasn't the case for me. But my pockets are a lot heavier now at least.

 

I've tried before and failed, but those times I never had a decent reason to stop. We missed them, craved them, and got back on them. This time however, I knew it was for good, and from day one I never struggled and knew I would still be smoke free today. When it's right, it's easy.

 

And there's nothing better than being able to go to the doctors and when he says "Do you smoke?" you can reply in a smarmy manner with "well doc, no, I dont smoke". Take pride in being a reformed smoker, and rub it in peoples faces whenever you can. Just make sure you don't start smoking again so they can rub it back in your face!

 

Enjoy!

[TopBanana]

Well done for getting this far! Try and take it one day at a time and find someone you can call when you crave a cigarette. Change your habits - if you always have a fag at the same place and time every day then do something different.

Exercise is a good idea - go for a brisk walk when you need a fag.

Don't worry about the future, live for the moment and rather than say: 'I'm NEVER having another cigarette', which is quite daunting, just say 'I am not having a cigarette NOW' or 'in the next hour' or 'day' or whatever you can cope with.

Good Luck

 

I'll be calling you later now then Witch x

[apoth0r]

All this talk of smoking makes me want one, cheers

[ButterflyMoon]

I work with EFT and find it is great for addictions. Give this a try and see how you go

[Domino]

E-Cigs for me

 

not so much quitting as switching to something with no carcinogens. Also doesn't stink, stain your hands and is much cheaper.

 

Felt the difference in my lungs over the past 3 months I've been on em - gotta say, pretty awesome Videos / E Liquid from Totally Wicked

 

You still get nicotine and a throat hit from em, just exhale water vapour, so its legal to do it indoors too :-)

[TopBanana]

Day 2 in the non smoking house!

 

Got home had no cravings after dinner , used a inhilator for a few minutes which just made me cough , but i had some of the worst nightmares i have had in a long time , including my ex standing at the bottom of my bed with a knife and smoking a fag lol ,

Well this morning I am positive and have a patch on again and chewing gum like crazy but feel confident I can see it through another day (At Least)

[BIST]

Day 2 in the non smoking house!

 

Got home had no cravings after dinner , used a inhilator for a few minutes which just made me cough , but i had some of the worst nightmares i have had in a long time , including my ex standing at the bottom of my bed with a knife and smoking a fag lol ,

Well this morning I am positive and have a patch on again and chewing gum like crazy but feel confident I can see it through another day (At Least)

 

well done i had nightmares when i gave up also lol but none as funny as yours lol