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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

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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 :)

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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 :)

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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!

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+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.

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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.

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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.

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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 ;)

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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.....

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Sooo...how are we all getting on with this? :)

I stopped a couple of times since this thread. Not smoked since December.

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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.

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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.

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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.