Anyone else giving up smoking?

lil_me

Silkquit doesn't it cost to use that ?

Anyway it's been 4 days since I had a full cigarette now, few days since having a couple of draws, I've been on less than 2 a day for over a month, can't really work out what it's saved, I was on roll ups towards the end of my smoking and always managed to source 'cheap' cigarettes and tabacco, I suppose that was one of the things that stopped me quitting, on the tabacco it was costing me under £5 a week.

DP is part way through the book, no sign of him stopping yet, he wants to go out tonight which will mean socialising with a lot of people who smoke, I do want to go out as I am sick of being stuck in the house, but have been staying in because I would be tempted to smoke.

Next weeks going to be hard, kids back to school, usually have one on way back, pop to friends and have several with a coffee, and stand with the smokers when I collect the boys. Feeling down, in fact depressed today and could just do with one, but know it'd probably make me fall on my backside and be sick again.

Sorry just needed a moan

Just washed my coat as this morning was the first time I have realised how much it stinks of smoke, strange what you don't notice isn't it.

In_Search_Of_Me

Just looking in on you all! Keep up the good work! Am just about to sit down to Allen Carrs book. Still quite alot of alch in the house so working my way through it & will then gve up alch/smoking at the same time! Wont be long...great to see how you're all getting on! Keep up the good work & remember if you fail just start afresh!

Ragtimeplayer

Tyranny wrote:

Well done Ragtime! Silkquit is brilliant! Helps so muchto see what you would have spent! So far mine says 1W 4D 15Hr, £85.69 saved and 408 not smoked!

Other pluses are my house has never been so clean!! Smells nice, and i've decorated the kitchen Well the hubby has...I supervised :cool:

Thats brilliant Tyranny!

You look like you were a heavy smoker like me, thats a lot of cigarettes you "haven't smoked"!

I agree about the house, mine also smells lovely at the moment.

My nose has also got keener and I can distinguish a lot more smells than before, its like being in smellyvision!

It also seems I can smell smoke wherever I am, especially while I was walking round the carboot this morning, even on people that weren't smoking, I could smell it on their clothes.
It makes you think what you smelt like before we all decided to escape.

talby-wan

Decided to stop today. I've been on Zyban for the past week and was going to stop on Wednesday 11th but that old chestnut financial necessity has meant me and my wife have had to make today quitting day. I had my last one at 8am this morning and have so far have been okay - going cold turkey (apart from the largely ineffective Zyban I've been taking).

I've found that just making sure I've constantly got something to keep me busy has helped to take my mind off the fags. Sitting in front of the telly just makes me want to smoke - so housework, food shopping, long relaxing bath, playing on my PSP, and of course reading the MSE forum have been a big help today.

The SilkQuit Meter is great too and a great motivation tool.

Well done to everyone who's quitting, keep it up - I just hope I can make it through a stressful day back in the office tomorrow!!!

Ragtimeplayer

lil_me wrote:

Silkquit doesn't it cost to use that ?

Anyway it's been 4 days since I had a full cigarette now, few days since having a couple of draws, I've been on less than 2 a day for over a month, can't really work out what it's saved, I was on roll ups towards the end of my smoking and always managed to source 'cheap' cigarettes and tabacco, I suppose that was one of the things that stopped me quitting, on the tabacco it was costing me under £5 a week.

DP is part way through the book, no sign of him stopping yet, he wants to go out tonight which will mean socialising with a lot of people who smoke, I do want to go out as I am sick of being stuck in the house, but have been staying in because I would be tempted to smoke.

Next weeks going to be hard, kids back to school, usually have one on way back, pop to friends and have several with a coffee, and stand with the smokers when I collect the boys. Feeling down, in fact depressed today and could just do with one, but know it'd probably make me fall on my backside and be sick again.

Sorry just needed a moan

Just washed my coat as this morning was the first time I have realised how much it stinks of smoke, strange what you don't notice isn't it.

Keep at it, you are doing so well!

I was around smokers for the first time since I stopped 3 days ago and far from making me want a cigarette, it actually put me off even more due to the unfamiliar smell, which now I can actually smell it, is horrible!

The silkquit is free as far as I know and is a definite boost when you are feeling the "urge".

I think you will be stronger next week than you anticipate, by then you will be well on the way to being a real non smoker and the urge should have really died down, be strong when you go to school and when visiting your friends, it would be madness to give in now as you would have to start all over again from scratch!

missk_ensington

I gave up 8 weeks ago today, and did it by having a stitch (stuture) in my ear. It's not a widely known practice, but if anyone is interested in it message me and I'll give you the details. I dont want to post on here as the Dr who did it doesn;t advertise and prides himself on only getting customers through personal recommedation.

It costs £90 and has a 96% success rate. At his surgery the walls are covered in newspaper cuttings of his work, as he has done studies in factories throughout Lancashire/Manchester/Yorkshire on factory workers and found of 200 people, only 2 has started again after 12 motnhs, or something like that. I know the figures are pretty impressive.

I'd previosly tried patches, gum, inhalers, willpower everything and although I managed to stop when I was pregnant out of neccessity I didnt fancy getting up the duff again to quit! Nothing worked for me, the patches I found itched my skin and gave me rashes as well as disrupted mhy sleep. The gum just made me sick. I hated going to the pub because it'd be a constant battle of wills with myself, and I ended up spending all night psychologically justifying a quick cig.

With this Ive had none of that, its been a real lifeline!

Ragtimeplayer

mophead wrote:

No i hav'nt looked at the silkquit meter yet, i've given up so many times, 2 times lasting about 9-12months and twice 18months. The problem is i forget what it was like to be a smoker and seem to have this romantic idea that smoking is nice. Then a stressful event = 1 fag and before you know it i'm back to 10-15 a day.

Hi Mophead, forget the idea that smoking is nice, go and smell an ashtray and then think again about having a cig, I did just that when I had a weak moment on day 1 of quitting and it stunk!

If you read Allen Carr, he tells you (and I believe him) that cigarettes don't help at all in stressful situations, you are just brainwashed into thinking they help, what they actually do is put you back into the merrygoround of putting nicotine into your body and then having to go through the withdrawal symptoms all over again.

Sorry if I sound like a preacher but I think his book is marvellous and I would never have found it this easy to quit without it!

Bellie_2

I have been activley trying to stop smoking for nearly 3 days now. Started on day one with the patches, but they made me ill and dizzy, so had to take them off. Then tried cold turkey as i couldn't use nicotine replacement, but I got so dizzy I thought I had food poisioning or something (been told by the pharmasist it was just withdrawl stuff!!!) So I am now trying to only have as few a day as possible and cutting down every few days. Grrrr why did I have to start smoking!!!! Well done everyone!!!!

lil_me

Patches made me feel ill the first day, well I thought they did but after that I was fine, I think it was the withdrawl rather than the patches!!

Anyway I just refused to go out and had a soak in the bath instead, couldn't face it, so thought ah sod it I am staying in.

mophead

Ragtimeplayer wrote:

Hi Mophead, forget the idea that smoking is nice, go and smell an ashtray and then think again about having a cig, I did just that when I had a weak moment on day 1 of quitting and it stunk!

If you read Allen Carr, he tells you (and I believe him) that cigarettes don't help at all in stressful situations, you are just brainwashed into thinking they help, what they actually do is put you back into the merrygoround of putting nicotine into your body and then having to go through the withdrawal symptoms all over again.

Sorry if I sound like a preacher but I think his book is marvellous and I would never have found it this easy to quit without it!

Hi Ragtime, I've read Allen Carrs book two of them in fact and the CD Rom, and I went to Dr Chris Steeles Stop smoking clinic (before he became a minor celeb) :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

With regards the Allen Carr i get what he say's and i know what he say is 100% right my problem is'nt the first few days or weeks it's when i'm months in gettting too confident and i think oh one won't do any harm I seem to forget everthing i read.

But now i think back in Allen Carrs instructions he asks you to write a letter about why you want to stop and how you feel about smoking before you stop, I never did this last time. So i have done it now and set it as my screen saver now i am reminded daily of why i don't want to smoke. :j :j