The Giving Up Smoking Thread!!

Dragon_Lady_3

Hi everyone,

I have noticed that everyone is talking about buying the patches from various outlets. Boots etc.,

At my Doctors surgery, we can make a appointment to see the nurse and she prescribes the patches. That way you only pay the normal prescription charges unless you are exempt, then its FREE. :j She did ask me to buy the Inhalator thingy as a back up when things got a bit tough.

Btw, I have been saving my 'ciggie' money. I am off into town tomorrow to sort out some prescription sunglasses. I haven't worn sunglasses for over 30 years :eek: That's why I got so many 'laughter lines'

oops_a_daisy

Hi :hello:

I managed another day :T woohoooooo - have changed my signature slightly to reflect my relapse
I get my patches through the smoking cessation clinic so only pay for a script every 2 weeks and as I am out of work at the mo I get the script free too some pct's do a deal with Boots and you only pay for 1 script for 6 to 8 weeks supply - bargain definately worth looking into but I know you had problems getting onto the program when you had already quit Jo
good luck weaning yourself off the nasal spray fieryblondescot
Would be interested to find how how you get on with the new 'drug' jeff
Well done andy_h - got no will power myself :rolleyes:
have a nice time spending your savings dragonlady - your sunglasses will be a constant reminder - good idea
Have a great 'smoke free' weekend everybody

edited to add my silk quit figures ( less 1 pack of 20 fags )

1 month 1 week 2 days smoke free
saved £198.00 - WOW
not smoked 800 cigarettes ( less 20 so 780 not smoked )
saved 2 days 18 hours and 35 minutes of my life

I_love_Airedales

Hello all, I have just got a script for Champix from my Doctor. I chose this method this time as it has a 40% success rate. As I have been a smoker for 40 years I think I need all the help I can get. I live in a small seaside town in Devon and I got this script filled easily from an independant chemist, we have a Boots here and they also do it. I just paid the script charge. I have to see the "no smoking nurse" in a months time. I start taking the tablets on Monday.
I am planning things to do to keep my mind off ciggies. I already do a lot of walking as I have a dog and we live in a flat with no garden. I am planning going to the gym 3 times a week and maybe swimming as well. My thought is that if I get myself fitter it may make me more resolute to keep of the cigs.
'Im indoors and I went shopping and the freezer is loaded with fish as I don't want to gain too much weight. I have asked 'im indoors to walk on eggshells to help me and he said he will. Bless.
Am nervous and excited at the same time but am going to give it a go.
So pleased this thread was started - thank you.
Good luck everyone.
ILA

RichyRich

Guys, from my sig, you can see I stopped smoking a while ago.

Do it.

It is the single best thing you can possibly do; I feel so much better about myself now than I have in soooooooooooooo long. The effect of the nicotine is gone within 4 days - quite simply you cannot have a (physical) withdrawal symptom after this time - any you do have must be in your head.

The very very best thing about stopping though, notwithstanding the health benefits, is the extra time I have. You all must know what I mean. You'll get in the shower "after you've had a cig"; you'll get ready "after your cig"; you'll "nip out for one before doing such and such" - that form of procrastination is completely gone. It's nothing less than a revelation that I now have nigh on a whole hour added to my day!

I can oh-so-very-highly recommend The Nicotine Trick by Neil Casey. Incredibly good book - helped me stop. The Allen Carr one is good too, but Casey clinched it for me.

Give it a try - bite the bullet! I don't want to come over all sanktimonious and big headed but I can guarantee that you will not regret it.

And, of course, GOOD LUCK!!!

oops_a_daisy

When is your quit date I love airedales ? please let us know how you get on
Well done RichyRich and thanks for the support

TNG

RichyRich wrote: »

Guys, from my sig, you can see I stopped smoking a while ago.

Do it.

It is the single best thing you can possibly do; I feel so much better about myself now than I have in soooooooooooooo long. The effect of the nicotine is gone within 4 days - quite simply you cannot have a (physical) withdrawal symptom after this time - any you do have must be in your head.

The very very best thing about stopping though, notwithstanding the health benefits, is the extra time I have. You all must know what I mean. You'll get in the shower "after you've had a cig"; you'll get ready "after your cig"; you'll "nip out for one before doing such and such" - that form of procrastination is completely gone. It's nothing less than a revelation that I now have nigh on a whole hour added to my day!

I can oh-so-very-highly recommend The Nicotine Trick by Neil Casey. Incredibly good book - helped me stop. The Allen Carr one is good too, but Casey clinched it for me.

Give it a try - bite the bullet! I don't want to come over all sanktimonious and big headed but I can guarantee that you will not regret it.

And, of course, GOOD LUCK!!!

Hi Rich :hello:

I remember you from another thread a while ago (one of squirreltufty's many...:rolleyes: ).

Fantastically well done on stopping, chap, that's brilliant!!!!

Jo, oops, et al - listen to richyrich!! Buy the book. Particularly if you have already read Allen Carr. Casey fills in the blanks that I found Allen Carr didn't explain AND he gives you some exercises to go through.

Also - do what ever it takes, books, hypnotherapy. Everyone has a trigger, but I think it is different for each of us. For some it is the health issues, others money etc etc, but the bottom line is IT IS ALL IN YOUR HEAD. Seriously. Please don't think I'm patronising you. Take strength from this fact. The physical effects of not smoking don't keep you awake at night, so they can't be that bad. Therefore get your mind right and the body will follow

I'll stop otherwise this will turn in to the longest post ever, but please read the books mentioned by RichyRich (and me, occasionally ) It'll cost you less than two packets of twenty for both of them.

Well done everyone who isn't smoking :T :T

TNG

Sea78

I don't think my mind is right then as I'm struggling so much now Managed for 4 days but then started again and seem to be worse now

I think I might got ot the drs about it and use some form of help - I@m going to look for the alan carr book at the library today too.

Sea xx

andy_H_4

jo1972 wrote: »

Well done Andy and welcome :wave: - keep us updated on your progress and share your tips!

Hi

What made me quit was mainly that mt mum (bless her!) has decorated my living room and also got new wooden flooring , so decided to pack in cos dont want to ruin it.

Also wanted to be ready for july 1st (cant smoke in trucks!)

All i did was set a date and decided that i wont smoke anymore.

Chocalate craving gone, but :coffee: caffine craving still here mmmmmm

So far in 2 weeks i have saved £10

(i smoked roll-ups with tips)

TNG

Sea78 wrote: »

I don't think my mind is right then as I'm struggling so much now Managed for 4 days but then started again and seem to be worse now

I think I might got ot the drs about it and use some form of help - I@m going to look for the alan carr book at the library today too.

Sea xx

You can do it, Sea! The book will help - Just don't stop stopping

Best of luck

RichyRich

TNG, hello there, good to "see" you again! Glad to see you're still smoke free.

What is it like being in a relationship with a smoker? I really feel sorry for what my better half had to put up with when I smoked...it doesn't bother me people smoking around me much but now I don't think I could kiss a smoker and enjoy it :-s. Some idiot lit up a cig on the train home tonight (this morning to be precise) and it seriously stank out the whole thing.

Sea20: I don't mean to sound awful, and please take this in the best possible way (and I don't know what you're struggling with, I haven't looked, sorry), but there is never an ideal time to quit. I've used a lot of excuses - exams pending (never again now though, yay!), stressful time at work, relationship on the rocks, holiday coming up and want to enjoy it, festival coming up and want to smoke at it (I mean !!!!!!'s all that about?); you name it I have procrastinated about stopping because of it. In fact, I stopped one month before my 21st, went out the following night and got bladdered, not had a cig since (not saying it was "easy" mind), but if you are having a tough time I seriously suggest that stopping smoking might give you something else to concentrate on, and that this might even take the edge of what else you're having to cope with if you're not having to think about it all the time.

If you can get a few hours to yourself, read Neil Casey's book (his web site is "under construction" and has been for yonks). Once you have "got" the nicotine trick you will realise that any NRT will only prolong your becoming free. It is really difficult for me to explain it; I have tried to many people and I can't express it in words (I'm not very eloquent) so you really need to read the book. I think Allen Carr said it best when describing lots of former smokers - "is it that they are non smokers or simply smokers who aren't smoking?" - once you "get" the nicotine trick you will not crave a cigarette, whereas if you go "cold turkey" without the information you will still think you are getting "triggers" to smoke when really they are nothing of the sort.

Anyway, I'm challenging TNG for the longest post ever award here, so I'm gonna stop rambling and wish you all good luck

Rich x