Re: So who else is stopping smoking?
 

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.

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...

Re: So who else is stopping smoking?
 

I have been using the electronic cig for a while now.
www.totallywicked-eliquid.co.uk is the site i use and they are very good

Re: So who else is stopping smoking?
 

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

Re: So who else is stopping smoking?
 

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

Re: So who else is stopping smoking?
 

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.

Re: So who else is stopping smoking?
 

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.

Re: So who else is stopping smoking?
 

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.

Re: So who else is stopping smoking?
 

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.

Re: So who else is stopping smoking?
 

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