Stopping smoking

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  1. RichK

    RichK Well-Known Member

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    I've now done a week wiart a ***. Thought I'd celebrate with a thread on the bbs as I am feeling pretty chuffed with misen.
     
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    Congratulatiions.

    I've done 22 days without a drink and want to kill everybody. And I have felt no benefits whatesoever
     
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    Sounds like you are in one o them training camps in Pakistan. :)
     
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    I quit smoking day to day 10 years ago after 9 years smoking, did 4 years without a *** at all then, started having a few with a beer, and still do, not had a smoke since 19th of December but only been out drinking once since Christmas, don't really class myself as a smoker but I do now and again, love a good cigar once or twice a year too. Would never smoke sober though, don't like the smell when sober but love it when pissed
     
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    Congrats, [MENTION=6980]Ponty72[/MENTION]. I only ever smoked once a year (on No Smoking Day) but I've been close enough to people trying to quit to know it's a bitch.

    (No, Mrs BR, I was saying it's a bitch, not that you were when you were quitting, I . . . Oh. Gotta go . . .)
     
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    Its been six years for me and I still have to fight cravings. I have to admit that just recently I've been on the cigars to try and fight the craving but if this doesnt work I am going to try another one of those e-cigs.
     
    MarioKempes, Jan 22, 2015
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    so you should be.

    Nice one.
     
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    Still? I'd have thought you'd be past that and well into the "God, this is dull" phase by now.
     
    Burgundy Red, Jan 22, 2015
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    "Life is like a broken pencil pointless".

    However my fellow humans are intensely irritating now i'm sober all the time and I still have the prospect of one more trip to oakwell sober which is pretty terrifying
     
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    Nowt wrong with a good cigar!
     
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    Cheers peeps. First time I've ever had any success in giving up really, and feeling confident that I may have actually cracked it. Smoked since my mid teens and 42 now.
     
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    Worst is yet to come.
    7 years next week for me.
     
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    Been stopped 14 years yesterday after 20 years doing between 20 - 30 roll ups a day.

    Turned into a fat b'stard within months and still struggling to try and lose the weight.
     
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    I started using an Ecig two years ago and it's helped me no ends, however I can't stop using it... Use it much more than I probably should.
     
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    Well done Ponty, but don't compensate by over eating, as others have said the pounds pile on especially if yer go long enough to get yer taste buds back.
     
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    I've also gone 22 days as well. Easier than last year as I've not really fancied a drink.
     
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    I have noticed an increase in appetite, feeling hungry pretty much constantly. Trying to just drink extra liquid (not beer) rather than eating, but I am back to having supper.
     
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    gave up 22 years ago

    no worries
     
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    Re: gave up 22 years ago

    Like Darfield Red I am on the e-cigs as well - stopped smoking real cigs on the evening of Danny's first game back just over a year ago (21 December), and have been on the e-cig since. First real attempt to stop smoking cigs since the late 80's.

    Like Darfield Red though, I am using it a lot - too much probably. My family and friends reckon I must be on the equivalent of 100 a day now. I never put it down.

    I still feel good about it though - if only for the money I save not smoking real ones.
     
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    I packed it in over 40 years ago. I can't work out I much money I have saved and healthwise the benefits are incalculable. Keep it going Ponty. You know it makes sense.
     
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