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  • Shepherd1
    Shepherd1 Posts: 307 Forumite
    Thank you Fluffnutter. Unfortunately my husband smokes although not as much as I used too he maybe has 3 from when he comes back from work until bed. He smokes outside so I don't have to see him doing it but honestly when he comes back in the smell is so awful it is helping me quit as I don't want to smell like that again.
  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    My OH was still smoking when I gave up. He smoked outside too, but I know what you mean about the smell. In fact, this was what prompted him to give up himself about six months after I did. He hated the fact that he stank, and didn't like the impact on me.

    Perhaps your giving up will encourage your OH to do the same? I didn't expect or pressure my husband to, but my stopping certainly helped him come to that decision himself.
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
  • Shepherd1
    Shepherd1 Posts: 307 Forumite
    Hi Sheperd1,
    Ive not smoked a ciggie for the past 6weeks which is amazing considering I had smoked since I was 14 and smoked at least 30 rollies a day.
    Now the only way I have managed this is by using my e cig,its been a Godsend.Ive had no cravings whatsoever.Its just like smoking a real ciggerette but without all the crap chemicals which goes with smoking.
    Ok it may seem your going from one type of ciggie to another but for me it works.
    Have you considered one??

    Thank you.

    I had thought of using an e cig but I didn't actually plan to stop smoking when I did. I had run out of ciggies one morning and it was chucking it down (always is in scotland) and I just thought its madness that I am so addicted to these things that I am going to get dressed and go out in the rain at half six in the morning to spend £7 on something that could well kill me.

    So I decided that was it and I wasn't doing it anymore but if I had planned ahead I probably would have gotten an e cig.
  • Very well done.Especially with another smoker in the house.

    I think the staying in bed was a really good start as i personally think if you want to change a habit change the routine. Obviously as its not practical to stay in bed. why not see what you change elsewhere.

    I could say have coffee/orange juice instead of tea but in my house my first cup of the day is sacrosanct so I won't, but maybe read a magazine or watch a bit of TV (different channel than usual)

    Also if you can try and put the money you would have spent away too. My Mother and Mother in law both did this and spent the money on all sorts of lovely stuff they'd never could afford before.

    Unfortunately I didn't have the sense to do that and now just wonder where the money came from in the first place.
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  • izoomzoom
    izoomzoom Posts: 1,564 Forumite
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    My DH stopped smoking on 22 April last year. He used an electronic fag for about 7 months, and then went cold turkey, and has been completely fag free for 5.5 months now. I think it was harder for him when he stopped the electronic fags .... but there is no going back.

    He occasionally says he has a craving, but they are occasional and only last a few minutes.

    Best thing is his breath smells so much better and our lives have improved in so many ways :rotfl::rotfl:
  • vanessav
    vanessav Posts: 71 Forumite
    Well done with quitting. You have received some really good advice. Life is better without fags - you know it is!
    When you crave nicotine you get a feeling of tension. This is why when you have a stressful moment, it feels very much like nicotine withdrawal and you are fooled into thinking a cig will help. All a cig will do is continue the whole depressing cycle.
  • torbrex
    torbrex Posts: 71,340 Forumite
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    Well done you have done the hardest bit and I hope that you can keep going :T

    I have been stopped smoking for just over 20 years and did it in the days before all the stopping aids that are available now but I doubt if I would have used them anyway, I really wanted to stop and that was the clincher :)

    As far as your craving first thing in the morning goes, it is actually no longer a nicotine craving, it is the habit that you need to break the cycle of. As others have said, change your routine as much as possible so that the cycle is broken.
    I was sneaky, I killed the first smoke of the day right from the outset and gradually delayed my first one until it eventually was in the evening before I had a smoke.

    I recently heard of someone that was finding it very difficult to stop and she took a £5 note out of her purse and set fire to it in an ashtray on the table in front of her, it was inspiration enough not to want to go out and buy another packet. :eek:
  • Well done! I'm on 8 weeks and 3 days gone. I did it using Champix and support from the nurse at the doctors.

    You've done the hardest part, apparantly nicotine is now out of your system and the cravings you are having are just in your head. It honestly does get easier in time, trust me. I spent my first month thinking about smoking all the time, and now if I walk past someone smoking I'll think that smells nice but then I have to give myself a little mental kick.

    All I can say, and I didn't believe it myself at the time but do now, is that it will get easier. It may never go away, but it gets easier.

    There is a thread on here with the lovely Sue who is great at supporting people. I posted on there quite alot to begin with and she and others really helped. I'll go find it.
  • Felicity
    Felicity Posts: 1,064 Forumite
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    Well done and keep going.

    I quit on the 1st of Jan after 20 years of 20 a day.

    I never thought I would do it but I have and it is one of the best things I have ever done in my life.

    I don't even think about cigarettes now (it used to worry me when people would say they still crave them years on), not a jot! I do feel a wonderful sense of achievement though.

    AND, I have saved approximately £1,000 already, yipppeeee!

    Keep going you!
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