Smoking...given up

[danch]

Well this Friday I will be 7 weeks into giving up smoking & feeling a whole lot better.

Mind you it's been hell as I just went cold turkey, impitus was I was smoking secretly & no family members knew, the wife caught the odd wiff but I always dismissed it. I had to get away from the lying & also improve my health & try & finally get fit.

So to this day having had cold shivers, total lack of concentration for many weeks I am now feeling the true benefit

Sorry to bore you all but just had to get off my chest ;)

Dan

[Jamin_00]

Nice one Dan, keep strong mate as it gets better.

Think Im about 4 years smoke free now? I could look it up as I must have put it up on a forum somewhere when I gave up lol, but Im not gonna :D

You say she caught the odd whiff, that smokers whiff you can tell from a million miles away. When I first gave up I could not believe thats how I used to smell. I could even tell what brand they smoked pmsl.

I used gum, thats what worked for me but one thing I noticed was I did not see any money benefit? Guess I would have if I put it in a jar but you would always find a fiver from somewhere for 20 B+H

[AcidDrink]

Congratulations!
2 years for me without even one, but I use electronic cigarette, which is kind of cheating (doesn't do much more harm than a coffee tho and I'll stop using it soon as well, it just smells nice ;)). It wasn't easy, had really bad cravings about year ago and none of my friends who tried electronic cigarette succeeded, but I stuck to it.

I do feel much better and I don't stink, saved a ton of money too.

Keep at it, the benefits are enormous.

[dani_r]

Well done Dan :) I quit smoking years ago and it was the best thing I could have done for myself! Once I got over the lack on Nicotine I was right as rain and felt soooo much better!

Keep it up :)

[challis349]

Well done mate, I gave up when my boy was born, that's 5 years in October :D

[Vikki]

Well done, Dan. Even more so for going chilly fowl. I'm at the start of my 6th week today. I was a 40 a day smoker and I decided to give up when I realised it was costing me £360 a month (that's a DJI quad a month given away).

Keep it up.

[danch]

Thanks guys n gal ;) , it's good to get it out there & talk to fellow giver uppers :D

It was a tough 6 weeks but really starting to feel the health benefits, I'm lasting longer at footy & am not as lethargic, also the savings will help to accumulate towards a possible new purchase.

I was smoking approx 15 a day but buying a pack of 20 lambert & butler every day, I used my recent family holiday as the springboard to give up


Thanks peeps

Dan :D

[Vikki]

I spent 5 days ciggy money on repairing Newton after he piled into Mother Earth. Practically a free repair since it was money I didn't have to find (as such). Money that would have just gone up in smoke giving me my half-hourly fix. Glad to be rid of the lousy weed. :D

I did it with Champix. Prescription tablets you get from the doctor. Really worked well with me.

[milly0812]

Nice job Dan ;-) I did it cold turkey too and it wasn't fun but I do have strong willpower which helped. I noticed it most when I went fishing as I could smoke 40 in a day, I dont go fishing much these days lol. In an ideal world you should put £5 a day in a jar but as Ben said you always 'find' the money for a pack rather than save it and really notice the financial burden. Well done I say fella !!!

[danch]

Well quick update, it's 17 weeks smoke free & going good, don't actually think about them anymore either :D

[dogbiscuit]

seven years for me now.....why did we ever do it? just stay stay really strong and focused as you may still get the odd moment of craving for a couple of years.

[panosg]

[QUOTE=AcidDrink;897729]Congratulations!
2 years for me without even one, but I use electronic cigarette, which is kind of cheating (doesn't do much more harm than a coffee tho and I'll stop using it soon as well, it just smells nice ;)). It wasn't easy, had really bad cravings about year ago and none of my friends who tried electronic cigarette succeeded, but I stuck to it.

I do feel much better and I don't stink, saved a ton of money too.

Keep at it, the benefits are enormous.[/QUOTE]

Same here. Gave up 6 months now, but I am on electronic cigarettes as I love the taste of them!:victorious: Cherry or caramel tastes lovely

As for cigarette smoke smell? Yep I can smell it from miles away now and makes me :puke:

Don't feel any better since I as I was only on 5 roll ups a day max, so not really a heavy smoker.

[Baldie]

Smoking...given up

Gave up for 2 1/2 years, but due to a forced diet change to no fat , caved in about 3 months ago :( ... Op next week and then once all back to normal will be stopping again. For good this time . I remember struggling for 8 weeks or so at the beginning, but then it wasn't that hard.

One thing I noticed was that after about 5 months not smoking, is I stopped feeling the cold so much, mostly in my hands and feet, but now I have started again back to cold hands :( .....but not for long ;)

Well done to all those that have quit, I don't think non smokers realise what a battle it can be, and the want to smoke never seems to completey go :( .

Or we smokers and ex smokers how stupid and pointless it actually is until we have stopped !!

[jimheli]

just reading this post as reminded me , well done its not easy at first ,i gave up in jan, as my dad was in hospital icu, unfortunately things did not go well, but i stayed away from them ,that was a real test, i feel now ill never smoke again & i just dont think of them at all now, my sister & brother in law gave up no long ago thay are on electronic cigarettes, but i think your better off with out them ,as i think your keeping the habit but your benefiting health wise .

[jwatts007]

Nice to hear you are doing well with your mission to give up smoking well done....
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