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Peteaud
Veteran
- Location
- South Somerset
just noticed, now into double figures in the days ive given up - 
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just noticed, now into double figures in the days ive given up -
Well done mate.. keep it up.
smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
You're the manjust noticed, now into double figures in the days ive given up -
All good here thanks Peteaud - still with you. 
A bit tough today in the pub after work but I managed to stick with it. I'm starting to feel like a proper non-smoker, but from past experience I'm well aware that this can be a dangerous time. I need to keep concentrating on the reasons and the effort.
Lots of running is helping me at the moment. I always hated running in the morning after a few cigarettes the night before, if I could actually get out and do it at all.
A bit tough today in the pub after work but I managed to stick with it. I'm starting to feel like a proper non-smoker, but from past experience I'm well aware that this can be a dangerous time. I need to keep concentrating on the reasons and the effort.
Lots of running is helping me at the moment. I always hated running in the morning after a few cigarettes the night before, if I could actually get out and do it at all.
goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
- Location
- Leith, Edinburgh
Really chuffed at everyone's progress so far! Keep it up!
I guess I must have been lucky because I've never experienced the 'I could still have one' feelings that some people report years and years after giving up. Since the cravings went after the first few weeks, I've never once felt the slightest desire or temptation to smoke in the 8 years that have now passed.
I guess I must have been lucky because I've never experienced the 'I could still have one' feelings that some people report years and years after giving up. Since the cravings went after the first few weeks, I've never once felt the slightest desire or temptation to smoke in the 8 years that have now passed.
Toshiba Boy
N+1er
- Location
- By the beach, West Zummerzet
Really impressed with your efforts, good luck.
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
5 years to the day since I packed it in. Keep at it, ye new members of the ex-smokers club 
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Well done you people. I know it can be very hard at times. A tiny piece of advice. After ten days or so, maybe a bit longer, you start to feel a bit proud about the fact that you are a "non-smoker". Tiny little thoughts start to creep in.... " I can handle one cigarette...I mean, I'm no longer an addict...".
I've been there many times, and it has been my undoing. Trust me, you cannot handle one cigarette. Ever, actually. Just concentrate on that new bike fund that the snout cash is being diverted to, and watch it grow. Regrets about never having another cigarette will fade. All you have to do is replace those regrets with something positive and more powerful. It's a great moment when you get there.
Maximum respect.
I've been there many times, and it has been my undoing. Trust me, you cannot handle one cigarette. Ever, actually. Just concentrate on that new bike fund that the snout cash is being diverted to, and watch it grow. Regrets about never having another cigarette will fade. All you have to do is replace those regrets with something positive and more powerful. It's a great moment when you get there.
Maximum respect.
Love the app - what a great way of reminding yourself of the savings.
Love this thread too - really positive and supportive, and reminds me that I've been a non-smoker now for 7 years.
Bicycle says further up the thread "I prefer being able to run up stairs and cycle hard up big hills" - I'm the same with regard to the stairs, I can still remember getting into bed on an evening and being aware of my laboured breathing - just from climbing the stairs. Unfortauntely I'm still crap at going up hills on the bike ...
Keep up the good work and if anyone else feels inspired to join in with the quitting, give it a go, you've got nothing to lose ...
Love this thread too - really positive and supportive, and reminds me that I've been a non-smoker now for 7 years.
Bicycle says further up the thread "I prefer being able to run up stairs and cycle hard up big hills" - I'm the same with regard to the stairs, I can still remember getting into bed on an evening and being aware of my laboured breathing - just from climbing the stairs. Unfortauntely I'm still crap at going up hills on the bike ...
Keep up the good work and if anyone else feels inspired to join in with the quitting, give it a go, you've got nothing to lose ...
goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
- Location
- Leith, Edinburgh
I wasn't a cyclist when I quit, so can't measure the benefits I gained in the way others do with their fitness increasing.
What did start bothering me towards the end of my smoking life was that if I nodded off for a bit on the sofa watching telly at night, I often woke with a very worryingly tight, wheezy chest. It was weird, as I never work up like that in the morning after a full night's sleep.
That went when I quit, as did the ever-present crackle in the lungs when I coughed or breathed hard. What I gained was a sense of taste & smell again - I found it amazing that many things I didn't like the taste of were suddenly pleasant!
What did start bothering me towards the end of my smoking life was that if I nodded off for a bit on the sofa watching telly at night, I often woke with a very worryingly tight, wheezy chest. It was weird, as I never work up like that in the morning after a full night's sleep.
That went when I quit, as did the ever-present crackle in the lungs when I coughed or breathed hard. What I gained was a sense of taste & smell again - I found it amazing that many things I didn't like the taste of were suddenly pleasant!
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Peteaud
Veteran
- Location
- South Somerset
Still an ex smoker, but the pangs for a smoke are still there, chipping away....
NOT A DAMN CHANCE NICOTINE GREMLINS.
Keep up the good work all, think of all that lovely cash your not sending up in smoke
NOT A DAMN CHANCE NICOTINE GREMLINS.
Keep up the good work all, think of all that lovely cash your not sending up in smoke
If you want to keep Peteaud off the fags ... "like" his post to give him some incentive ...
