gavroche
Getting old but not past it
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- North Wales
I have never smoked a cigarette in my life and never felt the need for it.
Smoking
- Thread starter Philimoreto_8
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I cheated I guess by using an e-cigarette.
It isn't easy and needs major mental adjust and even though I haven't smoked in 18 months or so and absolutely hate the smell of smoke, just occasionally I still think I'd like one.
However it was one of the best things I ever did. Stopping smoking is one decision you will never regret and forget all the lung cancer scare stories, etc. That's all somewhere in the future and we all have to die anyway. The real benefits are in the here and now. The freedom to go somewhere and not subconsciously feel the need to arrive ten minutes early to fit in a smoke before you go in and then engineering excuses to go out for another ten minutes later. Freedom from smelly clothes, car and house. Waking up in the morning feeling refreshed and full of energy instead having to go through the morning coughing routine. Not feeling self-conscious about being the only smoker in a group. I used to be very prone to colds and sore throats but haven't had one since I stopped.
In theory you will also save a lot of money but I'm not sure where mine has disappeared to!
It isn't easy and needs major mental adjust and even though I haven't smoked in 18 months or so and absolutely hate the smell of smoke, just occasionally I still think I'd like one.
However it was one of the best things I ever did. Stopping smoking is one decision you will never regret and forget all the lung cancer scare stories, etc. That's all somewhere in the future and we all have to die anyway. The real benefits are in the here and now. The freedom to go somewhere and not subconsciously feel the need to arrive ten minutes early to fit in a smoke before you go in and then engineering excuses to go out for another ten minutes later. Freedom from smelly clothes, car and house. Waking up in the morning feeling refreshed and full of energy instead having to go through the morning coughing routine. Not feeling self-conscious about being the only smoker in a group. I used to be very prone to colds and sore throats but haven't had one since I stopped.
In theory you will also save a lot of money but I'm not sure where mine has disappeared to!
Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Me neither
Very true but worrying about possible future events is not something most people do. We live in the here and now and many people are convined they need to smoke to enjoy life, cope with stress etc. I was one of them for longer than i would like to admit. life right now is better if you don't smoke. Once you start to realise that it becomes a lot easier. So long as you continue to believe you get some sort of benefit from smoking, it will be a lot more difficult no matter how many health warnings they put on the packet or how many lectures you get from the doc.Your money disappeared on e-cigarettes quite possibly
Lung cancer is hardly a scare tactic...along with the dozens of other smoking related diseases and ailments that are a very real possibility, not least COPD as mentioned by numbnuts above
vickster
Legendary Member
The OP has 4 kids, he should worry about them and the potential consequences of his smoking, even if a few years down the line 
My mother fortunately survived lung cancer and brain secondaries when I was 17 (she's still alive 25 years on, but lives with the consequences of surgery and treatment)
... Starting smoking a little while later was a pretty stupid thing for me to do! Quit and restarted a couple of times, not had a cigarette now for 6 years
My mother fortunately survived lung cancer and brain secondaries when I was 17 (she's still alive 25 years on, but lives with the consequences of surgery and treatment)
... Starting smoking a little while later was a pretty stupid thing for me to do! Quit and restarted a couple of times, not had a cigarette now for 6 years
mickle
innit
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- 53.933606, -1.076131
Smoking killed my mother. I wish she'd stopped, she might still he alive. I'll never quite forgive her for killing herself like that over the course of 40 years. She knew the score. She could have tried, but chose not to. If you want your children to he deprived of their parent, to have them watch you die a horrible death, and to have them wonder why your desire to smoke fags was more important than being alive for them. Then go ahead and keep puffing away.
Or just farking stop. Just farking stop. Why are you even asking? Stop. Now. Today. And don't look back.
Or just farking stop. Just farking stop. Why are you even asking? Stop. Now. Today. And don't look back.
winjim
Smash the cistern
This. We're culturally indoctrinated to think that it's really really difficult but it's not. Just stop. I did.
Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Yep, my dad smoked since he was a kid. Passed away from lung cancer aged only 60, 2 months before Mr M and me got married.The OP has 4 kids, he should worry about them and the potential consequences of his smoking, even if a few years down the line
My mother fortunately survived lung cancer and brain secondaries when I was 17 (she's still alive 25 years on, but lives with the consequences of surgery and treatment)
... Starting smoking a little while later was a pretty stupid thing for me to do! Quit and restarted a couple of times, not had a cigarette now for 6 years
I know there are some folks in their 80's plus still puffing away but I just don't think it's worth it.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
I stopped after I started cycling again but it had nothing to do with bikes. I just realised that I was recklessly pushing my luck. That was five years ago and I don't miss them at all, much to my surprise.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
October 18th, five years ago. Time flies!
andyfraser
Über Member
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- Bristol
I completely agree. I smoked for over 25 years. I tried to stop several times, even managing to stop for a few months once, but then one day I decided I really wanted to quit for good and did. Just like that. And I have zero willpower.
I stopped December last year with the help of ecigs . I actually didn't intend to stop although i knew i should for my health and cycling . The ecig was a direct replacement for me so i think they are a great stopping aid . Giving up the ecig is on the cards soon !