Stop Smoking 2014 Diary

tattycath

Well, it's Thursday and I've been stopped smoking for nearly a week. :T

Mat_Lock

How is everyone doing. 77 days now !! woohoo !!

june.elizabeth

65 days for me and I have got through a couple of stressed out situations, one of which was a customer service problem that made me so angry I could have easily killed someone. I am very happy. Well done you. I am now trying to lose weight before it gets out of control.

Wiggy7

Hi all, get the book Allen Carr's Easy Way to stop smoking. (Amazon for the price of postage if you get a second hand one) You smoke whilst you're reading it, you quite before you have finnished. Better than will power.
Do not use nicotine replacement in any form, its poison and extremely addictive. Strange how the government advocate this when they know what it does to you............ Theres no money in healthy people they actually want you to carry on smoking!
I'm a happy ex smoker, with no withdrawals whatsoever.

june.elizabeth

Everyone seems to have dissapeared but I am still here 3 months smoke free. It gets easier. :beer:

looking_forward_not_back

Hi all
I have just stumbled across this thread and loving the stories about peoples non smoking diaries.
Every morning I wake up I decide I want to be a non smoker. Why cant I find the willpower to do it.
I wish I could see the approx £50 per week that I spend (OMG as if I can afford this) in my bank to go towards my debt.
I know its possible,I just need a kick up the rear.

Self pity over good luck everyone

Mat_Lock

Hit my first mini milestone on Friday 100 days. Saving myself £400 and haven't smoked 1000 cigarettes. That though alone 1000 cigarettes, makes me feel sick what I used to do to myself.

If anyone is struggling there's an app called QuitNow on Android. I didn't use it until last week but now I can see my stats it really hits home how much you actually smoke. 10 pack here, 20 pack there it never seems like a lot until you actually see it in one big quantity.

Good luck to any new quitters and everyone who has quit, keep going.

sax11

finally i seem to have cracked it

only been a week and im on the vaping but it's 0% nicotine and a nice lemon flavour

Mat_Lock

This thread is slow, haha ! Well done sax !! Keep it up.

I am on 138 days now and so sign of a relapse.

166million

Can I poke in? I stopped smoking in 2012 and was on the original thread. Once I get to two years I will have ticked off these benefits:
The benefits of stopping smoking

After 20 minutes
Blood pressure and pulse are normalised, blood circulation increases.
After 8 hours
The level of carbon monoxide in the blood falls.
After 48 hours
Carbon monoxide from smoke and nicotine have disappeared completely.
After 2 to 3 days
Less or no phlegm in the throat, fewer breathing difficulties.
After 5 to 7 days
Your senses of taste and smell will improve, your breath is fresher, your teeth are cleaner and your energy levels higher.
After 2 to 3 weeks
Physical withdrawal symptoms will stop, and you can now go several hours without thinking about smoking. Your risk of blood clots (thrombosis ) is reduced.
After 4 weeks
Coughing, blocked sinuses and breathing difficulties should disappear. Less fatigue. More energy. The lungs are better able to resist infection.
After 2 to 3 months
Lung function improves by 5 per cent.
After 1 year
The risk of developing cardiovascular disease is halved.
After 2 to 3 years
The risk of developing severe pneumonia or flu is the same as for a non-smoker. Your risk of heart disease, angina (chest pains) and stroke continues to fall.
After 5 years
The risk of throat, oesophageal and bladder cancer is halved.
After 5 to 10 years
The risk of developing cardiovascular disease or thrombosis (blood clots) is the same as for a non-smoker.
After 10 years
The risk of lung cancer is halved. The risk of developing osteoporosis decreases.
After 15 to 20 years
The risk of lung, throat, oesophageal or bladder cancer is the same as for a non-smoker. But heavy smokers (20 a day) have double the risk of lung cancer for the rest of their lives.