View Full Version : So who else is stopping smoking?
-Ralph-
26-08-10, 11:48 AM
Following this thread
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=156534
I thought we needed some reason for determination
Like attending a rideout, stick your name in here if you are giving up, and announce it to the org!
In a couple of months time we'll resurrect the thread and see who was successful and who wasn't.
If you want to stop and need some peer pressure, here is your opportunity, stick it on facebook too if you use it.
1. Apollo
2. Sally
3. Hongman
4. ...
Drew Carey
26-08-10, 12:29 PM
1. Apollo
2. Sally
3. Hongman
4. Drew Carey
Really do want to kick the habit. Not for a short time, as thats what I keep doing.....but for good. Any group therapy is good in my view!!! :grouphug:
appollo1
26-08-10, 12:53 PM
1. Appollo1
2. Sally
3. Hongman
4. Drew Carey
Jayneflakes
26-08-10, 02:07 PM
Good luck folks, the wife is a smoker and I wish that she could quit.
I have seen how hard it is for her and how difficult she can make our life because she is craving a fag.
tinpants
26-08-10, 03:19 PM
1. Appollo1
2. Sally
3. Hongman
4. Drew Carey
5. Bellerophon - gave up 12 weeks ago but still a relative newby to the "not smoking" thing.
Nope
+1
We gotta stick together brother :smt033
hongman
26-08-10, 03:28 PM
1. Appollo1
2. Sally
3. Hongman
4. Drew Carey
5. Bellerophon - gave up 12 weeks ago but still a relative newby to the "not smoking" thing.
12 weeks seems like an age, I literally have not stopped thinking about a smoke since 1pm while working.
I feel so ****ing agitated
Shellywoozle
26-08-10, 03:29 PM
Well done you guys, I am actually thinking about starting :) honest LOL
1. Appollo1
2. Sally
3. Hongman
4. Drew Carey
5. Bellerophon - gave up 12 weeks ago but still a relative newby to the "not smoking" thing.
6. TamSV
tinpants
26-08-10, 03:45 PM
12 weeks seems like an age, I literally have not stopped thinking about a smoke since 1pm while working.
I feel so ****ing agitated
Mate, get yourself some support from your GP surgery. Its there to be used. Don't go through it on your own
kellyjo
26-08-10, 03:49 PM
Wow, an impressive list!!
My dad died of lung cancer (7 years ago this week) caused by 50 years of fags and it wasnt pretty. Do it for yourselves and for those who care about you.
Whether you succeed or fail in the long term every fag you DONT have is a true achievement.
Good on you all xx
EssexDave
26-08-10, 03:49 PM
1. Appollo1
2. Sally
3. Hongman
4. Drew Carey
5. Bellerophon - gave up 12 weeks ago but still a relative newby to the "not smoking" thing.
6. TamSV
7. EssexDave
4 days so far, but out of the last 37 days I've only smoked over 6 of them. Just need to cut out those damn weekend fags!
benji106
26-08-10, 03:50 PM
1. Appollo1
2. Sally
3. Hongman
4. Drew Carey
5. Bellerophon - gave up 12 weeks ago but still a relative newby to the "not smoking" thing.
6. TamSV
7. Benji106
Ill have another go at giving up, went about 6 weeks only having the odd smoke when down t'pub, but then Id get home and neck a beer so I had an excuse to have a ciggy :( as soon as I have finished this packet its all or nothing - no exceptions.
1. Apollo
2. Sally
3. Hongman
4. Drew Carey
Really do want to kick the habit. Not for a short time, as thats what I keep doing.....but for good. Any group therapy is good in my view!!! :grouphug:
YAY! :kiss:
Will text you a deal if you manage it! ;)
hongman
26-08-10, 04:31 PM
Now my GF is smoking and I really want one :s
BUT I SHALL BE STRONG
I have no time to see the GP, too busy working :(
Dicky Ticker
26-08-10, 04:40 PM
Watching with interest,but my son has just walked through the door and given me 20X50g packets of baccy:smt120 from his hols in Greece.
New Year seems like a good time to think about it now
Watching with interest,but my son has just walked through the door and given me 20X50g packets of baccy:smt120 from his hols in Greece.
New Year seems like a good time to think about it now
well give him them back and say 'no i dont smoke any more' if you dont you have no will power and will never stop. there is never a right time or wrong time. do it now you old fart :D
Dicky Ticker
26-08-10, 05:17 PM
50 YEARS OF AN ADDICTION THAT IS ALLEDGEDLY WORSE THAN HEROIN may prove a bit of trouble for this old fart
toby_smith
26-08-10, 05:19 PM
I keep giving it a go and during weekdays have cut back from 20-30 a day to 10. So that's a start
50 years 10 years 5 years its all the same you either want to give up or you don't.
i done 28 years of smoking and i can honestly say that if it were not for the operation and the sights i seen in hospital i would still be smoking.
ethariel
26-08-10, 05:40 PM
been stopped for 2.5 years now, no gimmic, no gum, no inhaler, no micro tabs, just WANTED to stop.
Seriously, if you want to stop you really will, it gets less stressfull so it's not a hard slog all the way (i must admit the location Bear swore he would stick some croc clips did make me think twice too lol).
Best of luck and my full support to anyone who want's to stop!.
Still working on it.:sad:
lukemillar
02-09-10, 09:05 PM
been stopped for 2.5 years now, no gimmic, no gum, no inhaler, no micro tabs, just WANTED to stop.
Seriously, if you want to stop you really will, it gets less stressfull so it's not a hard slog all the way (i must admit the location Bear swore he would stick some croc clips did make me think twice too lol).
Best of luck and my full support to anyone who want's to stop!.
Me too; 3 years out now. Just decided at one point to stop and did. I am a big believer that you can only give up if YOU really want to rather than pressure from friends, people telling you it's bad for you etc.
One of the biggest things you notice after giving up is how much people who smoke absolutely honk of stale smoke :o It's disgusting and I feel embarrassed that I ever subjected it to the people I sit with at work.
tinpants
02-09-10, 10:28 PM
Still not smoking. Don't really miss it either.
STRAMASHER
24-02-11, 03:13 PM
Back on the fecking things.
10deck poverty packs, but as you know its the slippery slope.
Anybody tried/doing vaping? Still give you a good dunt?
Found a shop down the road from me doing starter kits.
Amplimator
24-02-11, 04:41 PM
I stopped over a year ago after smoking 20+ a day for 20 years and wouldnt go back. I still have a puff about once a fortnight, but not tobacco of any sort ;)
Its nice to be able to smell and taste things properly again and i dont get coughs and colds in the winter like i used to. I dont miss coughing up gunk every morning either. I am much fitter and healthier all round. I eat more too, but not sure if this is a good thing :rolleyes:
Those that make excuses dont want to give up plain and simples. Those that do get it done. Good luck to those that are trying and dont give up giving up, it DOES get easier.
davepreston
24-02-11, 04:45 PM
no one likes a quiter
that is all
Biker Biggles
24-02-11, 05:30 PM
I been stopped a good few years now and dont miss it.They do say you put on a bit of weight then lose it again.
Im still waiting on the losing it again bit.
i'm bad i gave in to temptation. i was fed up of being fed up. i went from a 30'' waist to a 46'' waist in a year and when you are 5' feck all, it looks like you are a beached whale.
my temper was frayed i was agitated, miserable, argumentative and started drinking more. the pills i was on never helped the situation either. but i feel better now so i will stay smoking until such time i think i can give up.
yes i'm a failure but i'm a happier failure.
kaivalagi
24-02-11, 05:46 PM
They do say you put on a bit of weight then lose it again.
Im still waiting on the losing it again bit.
I'm waiting too, stopped September last year...
Don't miss it one bit...but I did want to stop and used patches for the first few weeks to take the edge off...
appollo1
24-02-11, 06:31 PM
Anybody tried/doing vaping? Still give you a good dunt?
Found a shop down the road from me doing starter kits.
I have been using the electronic cig for a while now.
www.totallywicked-eliquid.co.uk (http://www.totallywicked-eliquid.co.uk) is the site i use and they are very good
Strangely, I think I'm stopping. I'm a 40 a day man and I have no idea why but I think its time to stop. And I *bloody love* smoking, so have no idea where its coming from.
C
Drew Carey
24-02-11, 06:46 PM
I went on a night out 4.5 weeks ago, smoked like a chimney and haven't touched one since, cycling more and feeling better for it.
For some reason having no cravings and isn't bothering me this time.....touch wood!!! :D
do it berlin i felt the benefit within a month or so. i wish i had never started again but hey ho such is life.
I stopped smoking a couple of years ago, had a relapse and then discovered I had no cigars in the house on New Years Day, so rather than a resolution I decided to just not buy any more. The one smoke I can't get rid of is with a pint, so I've been on the wagon since Jan 1st too :(
I used to smoke 10-20 cafe creme a day, I am still craving badly, but it's under control - as somebody else said, I just don't want to smoke any more, nothing to do with what other people want.
Another thing I have found as an incentive, if you can do it, is to try and put away some of the money you would have spent on smokes and save it towards something you really want - whether that's a curry night with family or friends, or adding into the New Bike Fund, it is something that works for me.
Balky001
25-02-11, 12:00 AM
Like many others I bet, I quit loads of times. Sometimes just between fags, longest was 5 years. Each time cold turkey.
I used to still fancy a smoke every now and then as I associated smoking with happy times/de-stressing/relaxation/stopping boredom and generally enjoying smoking. I found even after 5 years I believed I was not 'cured' but just a smoker not smoking at that point in time.
I've not had a fag for 18 months now after reading Allen Carr's EasyWay book (not the chatty man Alan Carr!) which my GP suggested. Many people have heard of it as the author died of lung cancer but you can't undo the past, not to say changes can't improve the quality of life going forward.
The books is an interesting read. It's pretty simplistic in many ways (and if you insist on arguing with it you can, not that anyone benefits from that) but I found it does mostly make sense most of the time in the end.
BanannaMan
25-02-11, 04:51 AM
I am quiting 1 March.
Mostly I smoke at work but can go a week or more without them no problem away from work. So's just a habit.
Still may have a celebratory cigar on occasion.
timwilky
25-02-11, 05:31 AM
I woke up one day and decided I didn't want a cig. I had tried a few times, but always because somebody wanted me to stop.This time it was me.
That was 20 years ago. I have not touched one since.
I still get the odd stupid craving. something triggers that part of my brain and suddenly I get the urge, looking for that nanosecond rush you get of your very first drag of the day never to be repeated. But I know I wouldn't enjoy it and I don't need it so why bother.
My twin brother gave up after hypnotherapy. He reckoned patches etc didn't work for him. I think it cost about 50 quid at the time.
Oh and over the 20 years my trousers have had 4 inch on the waste. not saying it is due to stopping smoking, but theses days I am a foodaholic
STRAMASHER
25-02-11, 08:02 AM
I have been using the electronic cig for a while now.
www.totallywicked-eliquid.co.uk (http://www.totallywicked-eliquid.co.uk) is the site i use and they are very good
Thanks appollo.
Have been into that site but unfortunately the recommended e-cigs are sold out. What did you go for and what liquid are you vaping?
How is it working for you?
I don't want to deal with being an angry crabby bastid at he moment but if I can satisfy the craving without the stench and without the chance of getting the bullet from my work, I am thinking I wanna give it a try. Not heard anybody say anything negative (initial cost/substituting one addiction for summit else, aside.)
Cheers
kaivalagi
25-02-11, 09:59 AM
Oh and over the 20 years my trousers have had 4 inch on the waste. not saying it is due to stopping smoking, but theses days I am a foodaholic
Mmmmmm, food is good....I'm now trying to drink water when the "hunger" comes, so far I haven't lost any weight :lol: I do like a chinese takeaway and I love cooking...
It gets to the point though where I am just not going to make it my life's mission to lose a few stone, I have a happy family life and am a little porky, if I do manage to lose some weight then great but so long as my bike gear still just about fits I'm alright :)
carelesschucca
25-02-11, 10:48 AM
GO FOR IT GUYS YOU CAN DO IT!!! lifes better without smokes I've been off them for just over a year and I feel way better for it. Its also allowed me to pay of my credit card with the money I've saved, and I'm now looking to buy a 2nd bike with my hard earned...
C'mon you can do it folks :)
Hmmm...
Trying again!
Day 1, still tired and not 100% from Saturday night, not helping my decision.
I still have 3 cigs left from the weekend too, which are currently in my desk at work staring at me...
Anyone been successful from the thread or fancy trying again?
I've had a few false starts (or stops), but still on the bloody things. :(
I've been making a mistake I think in making the "last" one a good one. It just reinforces the thought that you're going to be missing something. All the rest are the usual smokes you have without thinking so the only one I spend any time thinking about is that "good" one. Yeah, that's definitely a bad idea.
The last one should probably be crap - outside in the ****ing rain, last fag dropped in a puddle and only burns down one side. If that's what you're giving up you're not missing much. :p
I've got a few left. I'll maybe just chain-smoke the buggers while poking myself in the eye.
hindle8907
18-07-11, 05:13 PM
I have already given up over 2 years now from my first accident and was hospitalized and immobile,
but my next aim is to stop social smoking on a weekend.
Once I've have had 3-4 pints I cant help but light up a fag.
I've had a few false starts (or stops), but still on the bloody things. :(
I've been making a mistake I think in making the "last" one a good one. It just reinforces the thought that you're going to be missing something. All the rest are the usual smokes you have without thinking so the only one I spend any time thinking about is that "good" one. Yeah, that's definitely a bad idea.
The last one should probably be crap - outside in the ****ing rain, last fag dropped in a puddle and only burns down one side. If that's what you're giving up you're not missing much. :p
I've got a few left. I'll maybe just chain-smoke the buggers while poking myself in the eye.
Yeah did well, but then just crept back up on me!
Still smoking when I drink, thats going to be the worst one to kick!!
This all sounds very familiar! I do want to quit, its too expensive, not good for me etc
But I do enjoy it, thats the issue!
Especially when I have been boozing or after a long day at work!
+1 for Allen Carr's 'Easy Way' book. Really helps get your head in the right place and I've not had a smoke since reading it back in Jan (smoked for 18 years).
The book is not expensive, he even suggests that you keep smoking while you're reading it so the worst that can happen is you've spent a few quid and a few hours reading - at best you finish it and never want a smoke again.
will be 3+ years having stopped, another strong advocate of allan carr´s book, and everyone of my friends who I have given the book to and have read it have also stopped and not started again.
I gave up 5 days ago, for the second time in two years. This time it's been easier because I've been at work and kept busy, but I have had moments of losing my rag at people like the Royal Mail customer service guy who couldn't find or track my missing parcel this morning.
My doc won't allow me to have any Nicorette type substitutes since I had a stroke a few years ago, so I'm having to do this all alone and it is bloody hard work, but I am determined to succeed this time.
Nobbylad
18-07-11, 06:22 PM
Giving up was easy, I used to do it at least 3 times a week.
Seriously though, I made up my mind to properly give up and just stuck to it. I never used patches, gum or changed my other habits. Granted, this was when you could spark up in an alehouse and that was the hardest thing...going out and not smoking whilst on a session. I used to believe that ciggies give you balance, pint in one hand, ciggy in the other.
Anyway, I guess it's like any 'addictive' habit...once you get past the mental addiction, the physical one is a piece of pi$$.
I gave up alcohol for lent this year, not particularly religious, but seemed like as good a time as any.
Anyway, I promised myself I'd have a large glass of expensive red wine after 6 weeks (when we were going away with the kids) and true enough, I abstained until then (and lost 8lbs) and thoroughly enjoyed the wine on the first night we were away (kids were laughing at me 'cos I was tipsy after 1 glass of wine!). After that, I didn't really fancy lager/beer etc and just had the odd glass of wine. Funny how you quite easily get back into the swing of habits once you start back again (and I've gained the 8lbs again!).
So don't think you can 'cut down' on the fags, in my experience, it's all or nothing. No point having 'just one today 'cos it's been a bad day'...before you know it you'll be puffing through a full pack.
It's tough, but if you know that from the off, psychologically, I think it can be easier. Plus you've got to be hard on yourself and everytime you get a craving, tell yourself you're a pussy if you give in and you'll feel better (mentally) for not cracking. Small steps like this and every time you tell yourself not to have one, you feel better and better for not having one.
End of session, that'll be £25 please ;)
appollo1
18-07-11, 06:25 PM
i have to admit i failed big time when i last attempted to stop.
I was going to give up when i came out here but when 20 L+b are less than £1.50 for 20 it is very hard to resisit temptation.
I have just ordered some new electronic stuff from www.totallywicked-eliquid.co.uk (http://www.totallywicked-eliquid.co.uk)
timwilky
18-07-11, 06:38 PM
Come on guys, it is easy I tell you.
But, work out why you are giving up, and if the answer is not because I want to. then feck off back to offy and buy a 20 pack.
substitutes are not an answer, they just keep your graving going. Man up and tell that atom somewhere inside your head that you are better than it.
Last week I went to the quacks because of a throat infection. He asked me if I smoked. No.
Have you ever?, yes as a stupid kid but not for over 20 years. But it still went on my notes. smoker
Dicky Ticker
18-07-11, 07:13 PM
Good job he didn't ask you if you drink-----HE MIGHT HAVE TICKED THAT BOX AS WELL:D
We all have vices Timbo but it doesn't make us bad people.
Balky001
18-07-11, 08:27 PM
I think to give up you do need to do it for your self and be determined. Half hearted attempts when it gets hard will see you fail. All the old cliches will come out like you have an o'addictive nature', I feel like a smoker just not smoking, it helps be concentrate, helps me relax, wakes me up, calms me down, sharpens my mind. You have to see it as folly.
The Alan Carr book is very good. I know some people that wont read it in case they do actually give up and can't imagine never having another fag. It's not just the addiction but the mind set. I'd thoroughly recommend getting the book and taking it seriously (you're bound to argue with it though as you start to panic you might have to give up!). But only if you want to give up. It's self help, not do it for you.
Good luck to anyone who tries (and is determined to succeed!!). :smt038
I told myself I would quit after I passed my mod2, that was 2 weeks ago and I havnt attempted it yet. I quit for a year in 2009 but I started having the odd one when I was drunk and it crept back up. Gonna stop this week, just after I finish off this pack.....
BanannaMan
19-07-11, 03:07 AM
Strangely I can quit smoking at home, or on weekends or a week on holiday, no problem.
But at work, I can't go 1 hour without smoking.
Efforts so far this year to stop smoking: Epic Fail
If anything I'm worse. Really should quit though.
Me and the other half quit together which has worked brilliantly. We bet each other that whoever has a ciggie first has to buy the other one a weekend away somewhere. 3 months later and now a non-smoker!
It's helped having someone else for motivation and seeing someone else suffer as much as you when you have a glass of wine and are just dyyying to light up. I don't care what people say, it's a wonderful combination and I miss it lots! :P
STRAMASHER
19-07-11, 07:02 AM
i have to admit i failed big time when i last attempted to stop.
I was going to give up when i came out here but when 20 L+b are less than £1.50 for 20 it is very hard to resisit temptation.
I have just ordered some new electronic stuff from www.totallywicked-eliquid.co.uk (http://www.totallywicked-eliquid.co.uk)
What you going for?
Been toking away on a Tank since feb, about 1ml a day of 18mg. Love it, especially in the pub/gigs. Do feel a little Junky-ish cos I've got...equipment!:)
Been bad a coupla times and bought a poverty pack. The stench and cost soon put paid to that novelty though.
All please spend some time on this site...
http://whyquit.com/joel/
and
http://www.youtube.com/joelspitz#p/u/29/CiIOvdMZ7us
please
only if you you really want to stop.
Sooo...how are we all getting on with this? :)
I stopped a couple of times since this thread. Not smoked since December.
STRAMASHER
17-06-14, 11:08 AM
Puffing away since last January. Working with tabbers and long hours of boredom, at the time.
Going on my hols to the lands of cheap smokes this week. Bring back some "duty free" and then stop and back on the vaping.
Noticed in the last coupla weeks 20 Mayfair are no longer. A teeny wee "19" on the side. Sneaky sneakers.
Aye I'm still vaping away like a trooper. It helped the last time and I stopped the vaping too after a few weeks, but then a wee cigar here and there....
So I'm still vaping away for now. Interestingly I've got some 10mg nicotine and some zero nicotine juice in the same flavour. When I knew I was on the zero I was climbing the walls. I took off the labels and mixed them up and now I honestly can't tell which is which. Thinking there might be nicotine in it is the same as it actually being there. :rolleyes: It's all in the heid.
I also downloaded a free app for the phone - Smoke Free. It gives you 30 days of thought exercises and a diary thing and you win badges to gamify it a bit. Most usefully for me, it keeps a total of how long since you've smoked, how many cigs you've avoided, how much cash you've saved and how your health has likely improved. After a wee while you don't want to reset it back to zero. I was looking at that a few times a day to keep me going in the early stages.
My dad died of a typical smoking related illness.... distressing but....
Mum died of a smoking related illness... horrendous!!!!! It wasn't cancer, which is bad enough. It isn't always the arteries around the heart that get clogged up. Imagine what happens when the arteries around your bowel die....
Your choice but... 6 years on, 4 years after Dad, the pictures/memories of that last week is vivid and frightening.
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