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

[guitarpete247]

Well done monkeylc. Keep at it.

GF and I have now done 3 years as non-smokers. Feel brill for it, much fitter.
As I look at the prices in shops I don't know how anyone, with a normal income, could justify burning £7 - £8 a day (for 20's). I was spending £50 a week must be closer to £70 now.
Being a Yorkshireman, the money was my biggest incentive in staying off them .

 

[monkeylc]

what did you do with £3,753.36!!!

 

[guitarpete247]

At £50 a week, as of mid Feb. I've not spent £7800 (can't say saved). I wish I'd put what I would have spent away .

 

[monkeylc]

"Being a Yorkshireman, the money was my biggest incentive in staying off them"

 

[compo]

what did you do with £3,753.36!!!

Wish I knew. I got married 4 years ago and she reckons she wouldn't have married a smoker. Mind you, it might have been cheaper to stay a smoker
Like Guitar Pete I am amazed at the price of ciggies now. I rolled my own. I used to pop over to Belgium every 6 months or so and stock up which is why my savings are not as high as they would be buying UK tailor mades.

 

[Panter]

I've got an app on my phone that does the stats for incentive, as of now they're:

37 days non smoking
cigarettes not smoked: 561
Money saved £196.35
Saved 2 days, 8 hours of my life

 

[GlasgowFinn]

Well done all those stopping the evil weed.

I smoked forty a day for 19 years and I've now been stopped for 15. Best thing I did.

Just watch out for the '3's - days weeks and months. At three months you think "I'm off them now, one won't hurt'. It will.

Good luck, it'll be the best thing you've done for yourself.

 

[Saluki]

A month ago today and still going
Hope everyone else still on the straight and narrow

Well done!
When my Mum stopped smoking, she put her daily ciggy money into a jar and after a year she used the money for a holiday in Jersey. She had a fab time and, she said, it was technically 'free'.

Keep up the good work, the first 3 weeks are the hardest and you are through that

 

[Robxxx7]

Just a day over 3 weeks for me and still going strong .... as a relative newcomer to cycling i had my goals set when i started ...

1/ Stop Smoking
2/ 100 mile charity cycle in July (currently cycle around 25 miles so still do-able)
3/ Treat myself to a new bike in the summer ( i like the look of Carbon)

 

[monkeylc]

Just a day over 3 weeks for me and still going strong .... as a relative newcomer to cycling i had my goals set when i started ...

1/ Stop Smoking
2/ 100 mile charity cycle in July (currently cycle around 25 miles so still do-able)
3/ Treat myself to a new bike in the summer ( i like the look of Carbon)

good plan

 

[Tanis8472]

I stopped today.
I've done it before for 3 years and made the HUGE mistake of having a cigar.
That led back to cigarettes and a 20 a day addiction. Its not a habit in my mind!

I reckon i will save £2400 a year at today's prices. That will buy me a nice carbon bike

 

[Robxxx7]

Best of luck and stick at it ...

Been 6 weeks for me now off the ciggies

 

[monkeylc]

I stopped today.
I've done it before for 3 years and made the HUGE mistake of having a cigar.
That led back to cigarettes and a 20 a day addiction. Its not a habit in my mind!

I reckon i will save £2400 a year at today's prices. That will buy me a nice carbon bike

Well done done ,just keep with it matey.
One month, three weeks, 10 hours, 48 minutes and 31 seconds. 741 cigarettes not smoked, saving £111.26. for me

 

[Tanis8472]

One day, 12 hours, 42 minutes and 54 seconds. 30 cigarettes not smoked, saving £10.17. Life saved: 2 hours, 30 minutes.

 

[Peteaud]

Been off them for 15 months now,