Husband gave up smoking yesterday

jammy_dodger

Fantastic :j
I gave up in October last year , No looking back,
theres a good thread on here with lots of hints and tips and support if you need it
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3969171

a good download is silkquit meter it tells you how much you have not spent



i have not spent over £1000 and not smoked 3108:eek: shudder the thought

best of luck

0^0

How is he doing, has he still not had one?

DUKE

Good luck! If I can do it then anyone can, 3 & a half years now for me & I know I'll never smoke again.

building_with_lego

My OH said "I'll never stop smoking; I love it too much." DD, aged three, asked him why he did, and he took it upon himself to stop. That was over four years ago :T and I don't think he's been seriously tempted since about a week after stopping day. He got incredibly @rsey on day 3 and day 7 but that was the only downside.

Good luck to your hubby!

amyloofoo

Thanks for this thread guys, just went and bought the Allen Carr book for DH as he is trying to quit but is really struggling atm. He's tried to get support through his GP, but they keep referring him to a group which is on when he's at work so not really much help. They also said they couldn't prescribe patches, etc unless he went to the group; so it's hard to be able to afford them, especially when they cost more than the tobacco he normally buys. Hopefully the book will help keep him motivated and make it a little easier for him.

building_with_lego

amyloofoo wrote: »

Thanks for this thread guys, just went and bought the Allen Carr book for DH as he is trying to quit but is really struggling atm. He's tried to get support through his GP, but they keep referring him to a group which is on when he's at work so not really much help. They also said they couldn't prescribe patches, etc unless he went to the group; so it's hard to be able to afford them, especially when they cost more than the tobacco he normally buys. Hopefully the book will help keep him motivated and make it a little easier for him.

See if your DH can see or speak to your health visitor. They are often the ones to run the stop smoking groups, and can prescribe NRT too. You may find that he can get a suitable appointment with the HV and get the prescription without attending an inconveniently timed group.

teabag29

Well we had a little disagreement yesterday, nothing major but enough to stress him out BUT he didnt reach for the fags, infact he's ripped his rizla's up and given his tobacco and fags to his dad. He says he doesn't want to smoke and just because we had a disagreement doesn't mean he'll go running back to them (I then felt like a tool for assuming so lol) and he's not smoking again. Its been 4 days now, so chuffed .

tea_lover

Another recommendation for the Allen Carr book. I'd given up lots of times previously but once I read the book it all just clicked in my head. On previous attempts I felt I was depriving myself and just trying to be good. Once I'd read the book I realised that I wasn't missing anything at all, far from it.

I know some people swear by NRT but I think it makes things worse personally. I used to be admin on a no smoking forum years ago and there was a definite split between cold turkey and NRT in terms of success. Obv there's success stories with both and this was just anecdote really but cold turkey did seem to make things a lot easier once you got the first week out of the way.

I quit 5 years ago and it's still one of my proudest achievements.

Catti

My OH stopped with the aid of that book a few weeks ago. I have now done 8 days cold turkey... Still finding it difficult but a chesty cough made me feel so bad I knew I had to do something.

teabag29

Day 5 and he still not had one woop woop