This weekend I have finally decided to give up smoking for various reasons.
I am a 50+ a day smoker and I ran out of cigarettes Sunday afternoon and I decided Not to go into Town and buy another carton and give the Ciggies away instead.
Day 1 on Monday was pretty "Crap" But I do have one of those false smokes that I can put a nicotine canister in to ease the cravings.
This is day 2 and I am up at the crack of dawn and the urge to drive into town and grab some smokes is incredibly strong, I will do my best to resist this urge.
I have tried to Quit a couple of times now and the only success I had was the 18 days I didn't smoke whilst in hospital because I was too drugged up to be able to walk down to the smoking area for a lot of those 18 days.
Here is hoping I can give the filthy things up this time and stick to it.
Well done Trout.
Just think of all the coins you can buy using the ciggie money. That would be a good motivation.
Well done mate... my suggestion is keep yourself busy with things.. also have some chewing gum or have a eucalyptus drop lolly to keep your mouth busy...
Good for you mate :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
Keep at it and you will have lots of money to spend on more coins
Keep going Trout. I gave up over 10 years ago and have not looked back.
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They recon the first twenty years are the hardest :s
QuoteHere is hoping I can give the filthy things up
As long as you keep telling yourself this or something similar, you should succeed. I always said that the hardest part about giving it up was making the decision. I quit a 30-35 per day habit cold turkey in 1993 and haven't missed it at all.
I certainly noticed the difference about how my clothes no longer stunk of nicotine, and when a smoker came to talk to me at work, I
couldn't wait for them to go away and take the stink with them.
Even walking down the street, I could tell a smoker by the horribly offensive odour coming off their clothes.
Another plus nowadays, of course, is the huge amount of money to be saved.
Stay strong!
Good luck with it trout, after many years of trying I gave up 26 years ago, the first three weeks were the toughest. Even though I had it beat and the cravings had long gone, ten years later I would awaken in gratified relief from a dream where I had lit up :yahoo:
Good move Trout!
Top work Trout! :good:
Your cooking with certainly have more flavour from now on!
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='113970' dateline='1517273346'Top work Trout! :good:
Your cooking with certainly have more flavour from now on!
If there was any more flavour in my cooking peoples tong's would explode :):laugh2:
[align=center] Thats good news jim , i am happy for you [/align]
Did you hear we became great grand parents last thursday , baby girl , river joan gunnis ..
Good for you. The first 7-10 days are the hardest. I know been there done that.
May/can I suggest that you give the QUIT people a ring and get a copy of the book they have for smokers who are doing there best to give up smoking. I gave them a ring and got the book, had a quick read and put it into the bottom draw.
After a week or so and giving everybody hell around me, I got the book out again and READ every word in that book.
Boy did it help.
All we can do is to give you all the support we can via this forum. No smart remarks etc but good open support.
One thing I did was to put the money I was spending on smokes into a debt I still had. Use the money sved from smoking and put it to good use.
Hang in there mate, all is good at the end.
Congratulations on the new arrival in your family Kel :yahoo: :dance2::dance::dance2:
We have 19 Grandchildren so far But the eldest is only 16 so (Hopefully) we won't be seeing any great grandchildren for the next few years yet.
Thanks people for all the support and help, Very Much appreciated.
A while back RG sent me a book by Allen Carr called "Easy way to stop smoking" and on the first few pages it said not to give up smoking until I had read the entire book, This I liked because I could time when I was going to give up simply by finishing that book.
To be honest I have had this book for months But I only decided to Quit on Sunday so I finished the book on Sunday.
To be completely honest I haven't had the intense cravings for a smoke that I have had on all my previous attempts at quitting this time around.
Maybe it's because I am quitting this time because I WANT to and Not because I HAVE to or have been coerced into it that is making it easier, Maybe it is what I read in the Book RG kindly sent to me that is doing the job I don't know.
Hope it goes well Trout :good:
Pedro
Yeah,AtB with it.
All the best for day 3!
I don't think there is any easy way to give up smoking, I have given it up half a dozen times in the last 20 years. the longest stretch is now being nine years, but I still get a craving for it. Always a battle for me reckon if I had one smoke it would kill me, but then I'd have a second one & I'd be back on them full time.
Apparently, it is easier to give up Heroin.
Day 3 and the craving has started to "Kick In", Luckily I am 30 odd K's from town to the nearest Fag shop .
I tried the GP avenue once and I ended up on some drugs that made me rather ill So that didn't work.
I am going to try my best with this but a 50 year old habit is a tough nut to crack.
Quote from: 'trout' pid='113990' dateline='1517365120'Day 3 and the craving has started to "Kick In",
I guess you know but i'll say it anyway,its best to replace one obsession/habit with another every time you get the urge to light one up,start sorting or noodling your Coins for eg.,go onto Ebay sites like the Oz,UK and USA and spend a few hours perusing listings etc.
Its works best with Hypnotic suggestions but can still work without it if you determined.
Just my 2c,you don't have to take any notice,good luck.
Good luck mate! Not sure if you've heard about the 5Ds, but they may help.
Distract - if you can do something else like sorting your precious coins, it will probably take your mind off for hours about smoking; I guess the tar and smoke just does not go with smoking anyway
Drink water - sometimes drinking water can help to fight off those urges; just make sure it isn't wine all the time
Deep breathe - another technique for settling cravings; concentrate on breathing for a few minutes and cravings might have died off by then
Delay - cravings last between 3 to 5 minutes usually, so if you can fight the urges for that period or distract yourself, you might tide over the strongest point just before you cave in
Discuss - tell friends and family just like you have here that you are trying to quit! A bit of encouragement and support can go a long way, and also remember to tell smoker friends and family to not offer you any!
Hopefully they help and I wish you success!
Good work so far Mr T.... chewing gum helps as well.... keep going mate...
I hope things are still going well.
I have started a simple diet and it takes some self control as well.
Quote from: 'Ozcoins' pid='114060' dateline='1517877959'I hope things are still going well.
I have started a simple diet and it takes some self control as well.
I got on the grog with my brother in law on Sunday and fell off the wagon :(.
Back to square one AGAIN :dash1:
Totally understandable Troutski ...... I still crave a smoke when I have a beer!
I was looking for a video of an ad on quitting and came across this.
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Relapse is a common part of the quitting journey. Don't beat yourself up or get yourself down about smoking again. When you're ready, you can pick it up again.
If at first you don't succeed try, try, and try again.
Do not give up trying ....start again.
Any one of who were smokers and tried to give it up failed some where's along the line.
Give it another go and stay off the booze if you can.
Booze and smokes go together like husband and wife.