No smoking

DaveAuld

I'm the same, want to stop, but don't want to stop. The difference is, i can happily go days without one, last week when i wasn't feeling to great, i never had one for 6 days. i had 1 yesterday and haven't had one today. Breaking the routine is the key in my opinion. I used to have one with a cup of tea after my breakfast offshore, before i went through to my office. Last trip i broke that cycle. At home i usually have one with a can of Red Bull just to kickstart the day, and that would usually be the only one of the day, if i wasn't going anywhere or doing anything. The biggest problem is at home...........introduce beer and its game over, especially when the weather is fine, and you happily go outside and sit in the sun.

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Rajesh R Subramanian

I'm sorry for your loss, I didn't mean to be cruel.

Workout progress:
Current arm size: 14.4in
Desired arm size: 18in
Next Target: 15.4in by Dec 2010

Current training method: HIT

Gary R Wheeler

GOOD FOR YOU! I smoked a pack and a half a day for years. I quit smoking January 1, 1991. I quit 'cold turkey', with no patches, hypnosis, or drugs. I realized very quickly that if I ever smoked another cigarrette, I would begin a never-ending cycle of quitting and relapsing. Suggestions: 1. Drink lots of water and/or fruit juice. 2. Toss out all of the ash trays, lighters, and other paraphernalia. 3. Clean and vacuum the car. If you can, get it detailed where they will clean the upholstery. 4. Stay away from your old hangouts where you smoked. The physical symptoms of nicotine withdrawal fade in 7-10 days. The mental withdrawal takes a lot longer, I'm afraid. In my case, I substituted a positive addiction for a negative one: I became a runner. I now run 15-20 miles a week. I'm old, fat, and slow, but at least I don't wheeze going up and down steps. The dumbest fucking thing I ever did in my life was start smoking, and quitting was one of the smartest.

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Gary R Wheeler

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Rajesh R Subramanian

Gary R. Wheeler wrote:

I substituted a positive addiction for a negative one: I became a runner. I now run 15-20 miles a week. I'm old, fat, and slow, but at least I don't wheeze going up and down steps.

Fantastic! In my books, that act is a brawny display of confidence and inner strength. :thumbsup:

Workout progress:
Current arm size: 14.4in
Desired arm size: 18in
Next Target: 15.4in by Dec 2010

Current training method: HIT

blackjack2150

I've never smoked, but a lot of people I know stopped smoking this year, as the price of cigarettes nearly doubled on the night of December 31st. They have also stated that this book proved helpful.

Rajesh R Subramanian

blackjack2150 wrote:

They have also stated that this book proved helpful.

39 new from £3.00 7 used from £3.19. WTF?! :wtf:

Workout progress:
Current arm size: 14.4in
Desired arm size: 18in
Next Target: 15.4in by Dec 2010

Current training method: HIT

Tom Deketelaere

Alcohol is about the worst thing you can do, at least for me that would be the case. I always smoke more when drinking so... Best thing is keep your mind busy and away from thinking about it.

modified on Sunday, June 13, 2010 5:19 PM

Gary R Wheeler

Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

In my books, that act is a brawny display of confidence and inner strength

Thanks :-\. I've been running for 18 years now. I've run two marathons, several half marathons, and more shorter races than I can remember. I've probably run somewhere around 12-15,000 miles in training. Some people find it hard to believe, but I actively enjoy doing this.

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Ed Poore

Start shooting - just smoking of a different kind...

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CaptainSeeSharp

Take a puff of that golden tobacco leaf. Imagine the soothing flow of tingling sensations of that uplifting smoke and the very real satisfaction it gives you seconds after. The fresh smell of a newly opened pack of cigarettes, packing them down, pulling one out, and sparking it up. Breath in, breath out, ahhhhh... In all seriousness, try Swedish snus.

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Vikram A Punathambekar

Well, for a start, it would be difficult to impregnate Facebook girlfriends. ;)

Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)

Lost User

On Friday it will be a year since I stopped. I was 32 then and started when I was 15. I dont know how much of an incentive it is but waking up in the morning, not coughing and not rushing outside to have a ciggy is fantastic.

Lost User

CaptainSeeSharp wrote:

Take a puff of that golden tobacco leaf. Imagine the soothing flow of tingling sensations of that uplifting smoke and the very real satisfaction it gives you seconds after. The fresh smell of a newly opened pack of cigarettes, packing them down, pulling one out, and sparking it up. Breath in, breath out, ahhhhh...

You tried to pull the same stunt with me when I made a similar post a year ago. Guess what fucktard? I still don't smoke :)

Russell Jones · modified on Sunday, June 13, 2010 5:19 PM

I lived in a rural village when i gave up smoking, having a drink meant I couldn't drive which meant no access to cigarettes

vaghelabhavesh

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Russell Jones

I read Allen Carr's Only way to give up smoking and found it to be excellent. The book comes over as a bit 'Salesspeak' and slightly patronising but it worked for me. I know people who swear by it but also people who swear at it so not sure whether you'd like it. It cost the same as a pack of rolling baccy though so worth a go. Rather than being a guide to giving up smoking the book helped me to see smoking for what it really was and after that it was very easy to give up the smokes.

Russell Jones

I always thought that sport made you feel like your lungs were falling out and that's how it was. I'm still amazed when I play squash that I don't even notice my breathing unless a point is especially hard these days. These days when I catch a cold I still don't cough as much as I used to in the day.

Stuart Jeffery

When I gave up smoking a little over 2 years ago I was able to do so without even looking back. Things I found key were to firstly have a reason to quit. Secondly have an intent to do it and not look back. Thirdly have something to blame it on and then remove the blameable object. So, my 3 items were: 1. Stable relationship with Girlfriend. 2. Girlfriend really pressuring me to quit or else leave me. (My intent was to not let this happen) 3. Stressful interim job.

Graham Parkings

my personal technique: - have a packet with 1 cig left in it, this will prevent your brain from reminding you you dont have any ciggs, which would make you want one even more - keep the packet in the back of a drawer - place a large chocolate chip cookie at the front of the drawer, whenever you reach for the cigg your hand will find the cookie and you eat that instead of smoking The worst thing for me was all the adverts on tv for quitting aids, I was generally fine, not thinking about smoking at all and as soon as one of those ads came on i was munching on my cookie like I had major munchies.. call me a cynic but considering these companies make money from people who need help quitting it is actually in their interest to make it harder to quit .. thus i believe these ads to be a deliberate sabotage of any attempt to quit unaided