Quitting smoking

GreyPilgrim

Probably accounts for a large chunk of your monthly spending....smoking...wondered if this would help?

There's a popular book out there for quitting smoking that has probably been mentioned already but I thought I'd mention it anyway. Allen Cars' "Easy Way To Quit Smoking". I've always loathed self help books with a passion and figured the only people they really help are the publishers and the authors. I stuggled for months and months to quit using patches, will-power etc etc etc and found if impossible. A friend put me on to the book, but I resisted for ages with the attitude of "If I haven't for the willpower to stop straight out, then a book aint going to help". Eventually I tried it and quit straight away.

If you want to stop, pick it up. It's an easy read - no horror stories, no preaching, no silly rituals. I can't recommend it enough, and it's only a pound or so more than a pack of 20. If anyone else has used it then help me big it up. It's great knowing how much you've saved each month on tabs...

And I'm not on commission, if thats what your thinking.

Little_Miss_Winner

Did read that book, although it was a few years ago now. But also bought another called the nicotine trick, which was very good (although i'm still not stopped though!).
Have got a prescription for some Nicorette inhalators from Gp, will be getting them soon....once i build up to it!
Have used them b4, and stopped for 3 years....why oh why did i start again!:o

regards,
pot

Broken_hearted

Good luck with giving up smoking I too hope to stop one day soon.

FrugalJo

Got to agree with you GreyPilgrim. I picked up the book not thinking it would actually work, and am very pleased that it brain washed me and I saw why I was smoking. I find life a lot more relaxing now because I'm not thinking about the next nicotine feeding time !
However I'm still skint
Jo

GreyPilgrim

FrugalJo wrote:

Got to agree with you GreyPilgrim. I picked up the book not thinking it would actually work, and am very pleased that it brain washed me and I saw why I was smoking. I find life a lot more relaxing now because I'm not thinking about the next nicotine feeding time !
However I'm still skint
Jo

Wonder if allen car is debt free?

Little_Miss_Winner

He's probably more money than sense!:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

GreyPilgrim

Broken_hearted wrote:

Good luck with giving up smoking I too hope to stop one day soon.

Try the book BH, It really does make it ridiculously easy. If you don't make it, flog it back on Amazon or something. Nowt to lose mate. All the best.

Little_Miss_Winner

How long have you been stopped grey, and how many did you smoke a day/for how long?

(hope you don't mind me asking)

pot

GreyPilgrim

potogold wrote:

How long have you been stopped grey, and how many did you smoke a day/for how long?

(hope you don't mind me asking)

pot

Not at all pot. smoking started (along with the majority of all my bad debts) when I started at uni about 11 years ago. I was a clean livin' boy...got into some naughty stuff (your sign in name says it all really ), which eventually got me smoking properly. Eventually floated around twenty a day (but of course on nights out this could be anywhere up to forty a night cos I could burn through a pack quite easily on the pub). Apart from the odd remission I think it's been about two and a half years now.

Apart from just the cost of the fags themselves, what I've noticed is how much MORE it makes me spend...example - I need some cigs, so I'll take a tenner out of the cashpoint. I'll buy the cigs, have about £5 left in my pocket and because that cash is bouncing around, it makes it easier to go and spend that on crap too (little things, like a bar of chocolate, a newspaper, a packet of chewing gum....) - all stuff which I wouldn't have bought anyway if I didn't have the loose change within reach. Does that make sense? - oh my god...probably worked out at a tenner a pack.......doh..

moggins

I've got to quit too and am planning to do it this week. I did read the Allen Carr book a few months ago but unfortunately the kids were home from school so I didn't really take it in and after a day with them I just needed to pop out for a fag

FrugalJo

GreyPilgrim wrote:

Apart from just the cost of the fags themselves, what I've noticed is how much MORE it makes me spend...example - I need some cigs, so I'll take a tenner out of the cashpoint. I'll buy the cigs, have about £5 left in my pocket and because that cash is bouncing around, it makes it easier to go and spend that on crap too (little things, like a bar of chocolate, a newspaper, a packet of chewing gum....) - all stuff which I wouldn't have bought anyway if I didn't have the loose change within reach. Does that make sense? - oh my god...probably worked out at a tenner a pack.......doh..

Pilgrim, you've hit the nail on the head there ! Since I've stopped I've 'no spend' days are easier. Like you say take a £10 out, break into it for the ciggies, pocketful/purseful of loose change where does it go ? Really can't account for it.

Started at college aged 17,(how did I afford that ?) easily fell into a 20 a day habit for the last 21 years.
Jo