Smoking ............... No more.

[Strathlubnaig]

Kudos to all the Quitters out there, I never have smoked and dont understand it all, but would encourage you all to keep up the good work.

 

[Cygnus]

Well done to all the quitters. I've never smoked but I know someone who struggled to kick the habit and saw what he went through, it wasn't easy for him so well done.

 

[roadrash]

nine and half months .then today BANG i suddenly wanted a smoke...........didnt though , i really thought i was past that feeling

 

[welsh dragon]

nine and half months .then today BANG i suddenly wanted a smoke...........didnt though , i really thought i was past that feeling

Good for you. It can hit you at the most stupid times. I thought I would want a cigarette after having a meal, but there are times when I am say washing the dishes and suddenly bang i get this awful craving and i really really want one. Dont give in.

 

[slowmotion]

October 20th 2010 here. I got in my van, reached for a smoke, and suddenly realised that, at my age, I really was pushing my luck. I didn't need any of the drugs that I had tried so often in the past to help me stop. I promised myself a new bike when I had saved my tobacco money. That's two bikes ago, and I'm still £3000 up at 2010 prices.
If I could do it, anybody can. Best wishes and good luck.

 

[roadrash]

oh i dont think i will ever smoke again , i was just surprised at getting the craving after 9 months

 

[welsh dragon]

oh i dont think i will ever smoke again , i was just surprised at getting the craving after 9 months

I still get the craving now and again. To be honest, I think it may come and go for a long time, but at least i know that it wont last for more than a couple of minutes and we can all fight it.

 

[toeknee]

June 2011, stood at my front gate watching the Liverpool to Chester sportive ride past, seen all shapes and sizes doing it , and thought I want to do that, July packed fags in , November got bike on cycle scheme, now training to do it myself this year. You know when the time is right , never thought I would stop smoking ever.
GO ON YOU CAN DO IT. ..........ll.ll.lllll. Good luck all,.

 

[tyred]

I've listened to my friend gently nagging me about my smoking ever since I met her last April. Originally because I should switch from rollies to Menthols as they smell nicer (told her I could do if she was prepared to buy them to me at ~£8 a packet) then that I should get an E-cig which worked for her mum. I had tried those disposable E-cigs from the newsagents in the past and found them useless so was not open to that idea.

At a party before Christmas I had the chance to try one of the proper E-cig kits belonging to a friend and was actually very impressed so was considering it. Then on the 29th of December, I went to see Shane McGowan in concert, watched him puff away on his E-cig throughout the show, went away thinking if someone who I have never seen pictured without a fag and was clearly a chain smoker could do it, then I surely could. I bought an E-cig kit on 2nd Jan, found it helped but not completely to begin with but over the weekend, I have found I am beginning to prefer the E-cig. I think I smoked just 4 rollies yesterday, none today so far.

I have about an ounce of tobacco left, and I have no intention of buying any more whenever it is finished. I seem to be getting through E-cig juice at an alarming rate (anyone know what is normal? At least it's very cheap), but my lungs are already beginning to clear themselves.

 

[welsh dragon]

Cant help you with the e-cig dilemma, but well done for making the decision to stop smoking. It isnt easy and takes a lot of will, power, so keep up the good work. Someone here will always help if you are struggling. Well done you.

 

[compo]

After 6 years quit I rarely even think about smoking now. However a few weeks ago I said to my wife that if someone offered me a cigarette at that moment I would probably take it. For about half an hour I really had a craving but then I got interested in doing something else and forgot all about smoking. So it helps if you have a non smoking supporter and distraction is also good.

Congratulations to new quitters and I hope you all do well.

 

[ColinJ]

After 6 years quit I rarely even think about smoking now. However a few weeks ago I said to my wife that if someone offered me a cigarette at that moment I would probably take it. For about half an hour I really had a craving but then I got interested in doing something else and forgot all about smoking. So it helps if you have a non smoking supporter and distraction is also good.

Congratulations to new quitters and I hope you all do well.

I think more of the addiction is in the mind than people realise.

I had never thought of myself as a smoker even though I had been smoking for 5 years. So, when I decided to stop, I considered it as giving up an indulgence rather than an addiction. No problem.

One year later, I had a cigarette to celebrate the anniversary of giving up ... (Yes, I know - I was young and foolish!) It then crossed my mind that I was addicted after all and it was several years before I managed to give up again!

 

[tyred]

I think the act of smoking becomes so ingrained in your mind. You do it with monotonous regularity, perhaps 20+ times a day for many years that it becomes as instinctive as breathing. When I walk out of the office every evening for example, I expect to be lighting a fag, as I have done just about every evening after work since I started here in 2004. To not do so feels very odd. I expect to find a lighter, a pouch of tobacco and papers in my pockets at all times. If it's not there, it doesn't feel right, even if I'm somewhere where I can't smoke.

 

[MickyMickster]

2 weeks today without one.

 

[welsh dragon]

2 weeks today without one.

Well done. How has it been up to now. ?