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The Giving Up Smoking Thread!!
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Jo its only alcohol. Cannot be as tricky as Nicotine. Tell you what my spelling of "Alcohol" has improved though :rotfl: Nice to have a familiar Font to share that challenge with :rotfl:
nykmedia Way to Goooooooooooooo :T . Keep it up
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Still not smoked my first cig of the day and it's just gone 6pm :T
That's really good, so why not just change your plan and quit now? It's probably better than having a set date in mind and as you have gone nearly all day, why not go for it.Stopped smoking 27/12/2007, but could start again at any time :eek:0 -
I second melbury, nyk you have done so well, worse part of a day gone, might as well make it a full day. :T well done :TGrocery Challenge Jan £300
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I 3rd Melbury
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Hi everyone. Well done to all you non smokers!!! I'm with yellow monkey, I went cold turkey, but as has already been said it's horses for courses and all that. I'm on my 29th day without a cigarette. So I'm well impressed with myself!!!:j
Continued good luck to everyone. We're all here to give you support.GE 36 *MFD may 2043
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Tattycath: Well done!! 29 days is a great feat!
I am also the cold turkey type of person. I would just rather bite the bullet quick and hard and be done with it. But it is such a personal choice! It doesn't matter how you do it! Whatever works.
Although I think we all agree that cutting down, does not work!.
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Here I go, started 2 hours ago, a day early.
Good luck all.Hello i'm BrickingIt.0 -
Well I will be joining you 1/1/08:j
Hope I can do it, I will be on here for loads of support to get me through
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I NEED TO CHANGE MY BAD LUCK RUN!!!!0 -
Oh I missed this thread cos I was 5 months in at that stage. Just bounced the original thread from last year, its 1 year for me on tuesday and its a great feeling.
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Here I go, started 2 hours ago, a day early.
Good luck all.
That's great BrickingIt! I'm too stuborn and have had 2 today and have 2 left for tomorrow then it's all over... brand new year, brand new savings challenge.
Hi everyone, I'm another one of the 01/01/08 brigade who'll be signing on New Year's day to add a post saying I've stopped All you people here setting the perfect example :T :T :T please don't go too far within the first few days of January 
I reserve the right not to spend.
The less I spend, the more I can afford.
Frugal living challenge - living on little in 2025 while frugalling towards retirement.0
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