ClichéGuevara
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- Kingston upon the River Hull
Where does the time go?
I can't believe I stopped smoking 4 stone ago.
I can't believe I stopped smoking 4 stone ago.
Hills and fags (and other blindingly obvious facts)
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guitarpete247
Just about surviving
- Location
- Leicestershire
GF and I stopped Feb 2010. We just helped each other when we felt the need for a fag (cigars in my case). This summer hols we went to Greece and seeing the number of smokers about she was weakening but I was adamant we were to stay clearand I'm sure she'd support me if I weakened.
We both feel better for it and the walk back up to the hotel (with luggage) in Skiathos was enough to tell us we were right to stay clean.
We both feel better for it and the walk back up to the hotel (with luggage) in Skiathos was enough to tell us we were right to stay clean.
Exellent news!
Stick with it. Anyone who has quit will tell you it feels better and gets easier with every day you manage.
I stopped a 20-Camel-a-day habit, 19 years ago when shown a positive pregnancy test.
I don't regret quitting for a moment, but still enjoy sitting near smokers after a good meal.
I think I'd like to smoke and would if it were healthy.... but it isn't.
I ran half-marathons as a smoker in my 20s, but I now realise I might have been faster without the ciggies....
All the smokers you know will envy you for quitting - and with good reason.
Stick with it. Anyone who has quit will tell you it feels better and gets easier with every day you manage.
I stopped a 20-Camel-a-day habit, 19 years ago when shown a positive pregnancy test.
I don't regret quitting for a moment, but still enjoy sitting near smokers after a good meal.
I think I'd like to smoke and would if it were healthy.... but it isn't.
I ran half-marathons as a smoker in my 20s, but I now realise I might have been faster without the ciggies....
All the smokers you know will envy you for quitting - and with good reason.
Congratulations on stopping smoking.
I was on the lozenges for about six months after stopping, gradually reducing the dosage and eventually cutting the lozenges in half, I got to a tipping point when I noticed I was increasing my use of lozenges, by then the nicotine dosage was low enough that I could finally use willpower to stop altogether.
Not being very active / sporty in the first place, it was nearly a year before I noticed I could do things without getting breathless, that's when I took up walking and eventually cycling for pleasure.
As others have pointed out, it is mostly in the recovery you notice it, though I am working on increasing the strength / stamina to a point where I hope to be able to cycle up the toughest hills in the area, I've already walked most of them.
It has been three and a half years since my last cigarette, whilst awake I generally don't think about smoking but every few months I keep dreaming I have smoked, when I wake up I have to do a readjustment with my new 'memories' .
I was on the lozenges for about six months after stopping, gradually reducing the dosage and eventually cutting the lozenges in half, I got to a tipping point when I noticed I was increasing my use of lozenges, by then the nicotine dosage was low enough that I could finally use willpower to stop altogether.
Not being very active / sporty in the first place, it was nearly a year before I noticed I could do things without getting breathless, that's when I took up walking and eventually cycling for pleasure.
As others have pointed out, it is mostly in the recovery you notice it, though I am working on increasing the strength / stamina to a point where I hope to be able to cycle up the toughest hills in the area, I've already walked most of them.
It has been three and a half years since my last cigarette, whilst awake I generally don't think about smoking but every few months I keep dreaming I have smoked, when I wake up I have to do a readjustment with my new 'memories' .
Time tends to just fly by once you've seriously got into heroin.
Congrats on giving up smoking though
