Given Up Smoking Any Tips!

[TopBanana]

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

 

hmm funny NOT imagine your ex standing with a 8 inch chefs knife at the bottom of your bed looking at you and the worse part being shes smoking a fag and you just want to ask her to give you a few puffs lol

[witch]

Well done - that's how to do it - one day, or hour, or minute (!) at a time

[Hightower]

Just think, in just under 6 months you will be able to call yourself a non-smoker!

 

In just under 12 months your efforts will be rewarded as you are classed as a non-smoker for life insurance purposes and you should see a massive drop in your premium.

[BIST]

hmm funny NOT imagine your ex standing with a 8 inch chefs knife at the bottom of your bed looking at you and the worse part being shes smoking a fag and you just want to ask her to give you a few puffs lol

 

yeah i did imagine that. thats what made me laugh lol

[JJonas]

Well done keep it up.

 

Why not tweet about it? That way if you are feeling weak you can let your followers know and they can tweet back advice.

[TopBanana]

Well done keep it up.

 

Why not tweet about it? That way if you are feeling weak you can let your followers know and they can tweet back advice.

 

already on it fella lol

[JJonas]

already on it fella lol

 

is that the one listed in your profile? or do you use another one for personal tweets?

[TopBanana]

is that the one listed in your profile? or do you use another one for personal tweets?

 

same as on profile bud

[sister_annex]

I quit nearly four years ago...

 

During my brother's 21st Birthday night out I got through 20 ciggys, woke up the next day and felt like , so decided to give up. I used the chewing gum (which tastes vile - or atleast did) and have not had a smoke since.

 

I stopped using the gum around six weeks after starting and dont regret it one bit!

 

My bank balance improved so much I was able to afford a much better car (that does not smell of soggy ashtrays) and I have a much better of quality of life.

 

Don't get me wrong though, you are more than likely going to continue craving for some time - depending on where you are and who you're with. The normal thing for me when I'm craving is too have another beer lol or the more usually repeat to myself 'Look at how well you have done, would you really like to go back to coughing so much it feels like your lungs are about to come out your mouth and generally feeling like everyday??' That usually works for me

 

Either way you should be proud of everytime you dont have a smoke, and remember, little steps are much better than one big one!

 

My 2p worth

[SpuffMonkey]

I wonder if the craving thing is genetic or learned? Both my Dad & Grandad were heavy smokers, but just it up without any moaning that I noticed. I used to smoke quite a lot - but don't bother for it now - can even have a cig if I fancy and not bother again for months & months....Chocolate though...thats a different story....

[Hightower]

During my brother's 21st Birthday night out I got through 20 ciggys, woke up the next day and felt like

 

20 in a night out? I used to smoke that on my dinner break! 60 for me in a night out before the smoking ban - £15 gone in a crack!

[sister_annex]

20 in a night out? I used to smoke that on my dinner break! 60 for me in a night out before the smoking ban - £15 gone in a crack!

 

That was a lot for me! My sizeable lungs obviously were not as 'bedded' in as yours lol still I've quit and hapy for it, more to the point these sort of conversations are probably not helping TopBanana much

[Hightower]

Slightly off topic, and not much help to TB, but when I stopped smoking 'proper' cigs and went onto rollies I felt my health increase 10 fold. I think there's something like 2000 more chemicals in 'proper' cigs than in rollies.

[TopBanana]

Well Day 3 in the non smoking arena!

 

Going strong no nightmares last night due to the lack nicotine soaked plastic on my arm, todays feeling really good starting to taste food differently which is a bonus but still going through 3 packs of gum a day and masses of boiled sweets thank god for mint humbugs lol

[LiamH]

On electronic cigs myself.

 

Much better for you, much cheaper, and can "smoke" them inside legally.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5bRMMEx0HM

 

Been off "analog" cig's for over a year now

 

Edit for link :

 

http://www.totallywicked-eliquid.co.uk/ I have a Titan 510 and a Tornado, they use the same atomizer and cartrage so parts are swappable. A £10~ bottle of liquid will last me over a month

Discount code for 7.5% off if your interested.

T4BE699

Edited October 22, 2010 by LiamH
Forgot link

[TopBanana]

On electronic cigs myself.

 

Much better for you, much cheaper, and can "smoke" them inside legally.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5bRMMEx0HM

 

Been off "analog" cig's for over a year now

 

whats the health risks lol ?

[LiamH]

whats the health risks lol ?

 

Not sure if you watched the video. The vapour you inhale is the same stuff from smoke machines in clubs, IE water vapour

the flavouring is food flavouring

and you can get various strengths of nicotine, from 0mg up to 32mg I think. (nicotine is still a carcinogenic but you are cutting out a lot of additional ones from smoking)

 

When I tried quit i missed the throat "hit" you get when you inhale smoke, and this delivers it. The NHS inhaler sticks contain the same nicotine but without the water vapour and flavour.

 

Totally wicked's liquids are made in the UK under regs as well

[TopBanana]

well guys day 5 of non-smoking and I'm still going strong although with major jaw ache from all the gum I've been going through lol, one of the main things I have noticed is a increase in energy levels and motivation which is obviously a benefit lol,

So things are looking good so far, this week I am still on the highest dose of patches but next week I am going to drop down a level and see how that feels!

[Hightower]

well guys day 5 of non-smoking and I'm still going strong although with major jaw ache from all the gum I've been going through lol, one of the main things I have noticed is a increase in energy levels and motivation which is obviously a benefit lol,

So things are looking good so far, this week I am still on the highest dose of patches but next week I am going to drop down a level and see how that feels!

 

If you need motivation, just look around and you'll see hardly anybody smokes any more. My dad is an ex punk who started at 9 and even he's been off them for 8 years.

 

Smokers are a dying breed. I'd rather stop on my own saying than stop because the government bans it (which is coming!)

[RabbieBurns]

I gave up smoking about 6 years ago.. Used the aforementioned Allen Carr Easy Way book, and it worked a treat for me. I didnt have physical cravings, I just found it hard breaking the routine.. Started eating a packet of crisps in the place of a ciggy, and im still trying to shift the excess weight that put on now!

 

Didnt notice any more money in my pocket at the end of any week either..

 

But I i still occassionally have a bad dream, and in the dream Im smoking, and i wake up coughing, but then glad to know im only dreaming!

 

One of the worst/(best?) parts of quitting is when your lungs start to clear themselves, and you go through a massive stage of coughing up a whole load of crap.

[TopBanana]

I gave up smoking about 6 years ago.. Used the aforementioned Allen Carr Easy Way book, and it worked a treat for me. I didnt have physical cravings, I just found it hard breaking the routine.. Started eating a packet of crisps in the place of a ciggy, and im still trying to shift the excess weight that put on now!

 

Didnt notice any more money in my pocket at the end of any week either..

 

But I i still occassionally have a bad dream, and in the dream Im smoking, and i wake up coughing, but then glad to know im only dreaming!

 

One of the worst/(best?) parts of quitting is when your lungs start to clear themselves, and you go through a massive stage of coughing up a whole load of crap.

 

not actually looking forward to the clearing of my lungs for some reason lol

[Hightower]

not actually looking forward to the clearing of my lungs for some reason lol

 

Didn't happen for me?! Maybe I still have all that crap in there two years later lol

[RabbieBurns]

Didn't happen for me?! Maybe I still have all that crap in there two years later lol

 

I got told by a doctor that if you stop smoking before your 21 your body has enough time to recover, and by the time you are 40 your lungs will be the same as that of a 40 yr old who never smoked. I stopped the day of my 21st bday, (having smoked daily since about 14) so maybe that was just mine regenerating?

[TopBanana]

I got told by a doctor that if you stop smoking before your 21 your body has enough time to recover, and by the time you are 40 your lungs will be the same as that of a 40 yr old who never smoked. I stopped the day of my 21st bday, (having smoked daily since about 14) so maybe that was just mine regenerating?

 

wonder how mine will be then started smoking at 15 and i'm 36 lol

[Hightower]

I got told by a doctor that if you stop smoking before your 21 your body has enough time to recover, and by the time you are 40 your lungs will be the same as that of a 40 yr old who never smoked. I stopped the day of my 21st bday, (having smoked daily since about 14) so maybe that was just mine regenerating?

 

Well according to the NHS site, after 15 years you have as much chance of a heart attack as a non smoker.