The Giving Up Smoking Thread!!

ageing_biker

hey jo how are you must be getting on for a year for you now?

jo1972

I quit on 3rd June 2007 with a few glitches in the early days here and there which I refuse to acknowledge

Believe it or not, it does get easier, hence me not refreshing this thread every 5 minutes anymore :rotfl:

Edited to say it's actually the 3rd July, I just gave myself and extra month there :rotfl:

shinyhead

I did mine through the local health centre and got the patches on prescription. Had to check in every fortnight to let them know how I was doing. Anyone else done it that way?

feedumall

the sun is shining and it is snowing here,i have a ham roasting in the oven ,bread baking ,the house smells like a giant ham sandwich .still have eighteen ciggs in the box ,i believe chocolate helps you quit ,as does cheesecake and coffee:D ,oh and cheese and onion crisps. carole

ageing_biker

morning carole
I am so jealous of the way your house smells, mine smells of bacon, sunny sundays are great

shinyhead

me too, my house smells of dog!

jo1972

And me, although my house smells of toast and nobody's making it, every morning around this time the house smells of toast. I think I have a ghost :eek:

FieryBlondeScot

hiya everyone

i will have been stopped smoking for a year on 13th APril :j

i was on 20 fags a day, cost of around £120 per month with a constant hacking cough, wheezy chest and my life revolved around smoking!

the first few months are the hardest as you have that kinda 'somethings missing' grieving type process to go through but can honestly say you do become less and less pre-occupied with your quit over time. one of the things that stops me lapsing is the thought that i wouldnt wanna go through all that again. the quit is not easy and takes a lot of resolve to get through but it is so worth it!

especially with all us on MSE trying to save money smoking is a luxury that costs a lot of money so that was a big factor to me.

Keep going!!:beer:

jo1972

Hi FBS, wow it's a day for the oldies to turn up

So glad you stayed quit hun, thanks for updating us and congrats for 13th

ageing_biker

well done fbs I remember your posts when I read the entire thread, its so good that you come back it gives us all a lift, I think I am 50 days tomorrow.
thanks again to you and jo