The Stoptober 2014 Challenge - How much will you save?

Kitty777 · 7 October 2014 at 11:59AM

Hello everyone, I am not taking part as I already stopped but I just wanted to let you all know....

I decided to stop smoking on 31st december 2009. It was part of a new years resolution as none of my other friends smoked, it cost money and I smelt.
I smoked roughly 60 a week...which meant £15 a week? Maybe more.
In 3 years and 3months I had saved around £2500 give or take.
In april 2013 I purchased my first car AND insured it with the
money I had saved from smoking....Now that lovely green 2001 corsa sitting out in my drive is what can happen when you quit smoking

Former_MSE_Megan · 7 October 2014 at 12:48PM

Kitty777 wrote: »

Hello everyone, I am not taking part as I already stopped but I just wanted to let you all know....

I decided to stop smoking on 31st december 2009. It was part of a new years resolution as none of my other friends smoked, it cost money and I smelt.
I smoked roughly 60 a week...which meant £15 a week? Maybe more.
In 3 years and 3months I had saved around £2500 give or take.
In april 2013 I purchased my first car AND insured it with the
money I had saved from smoking....Now that lovely green 2001 corsa sitting out in my drive is what can happen when you quit smoking

That's fantastic Kitty! You're a prime example of what you can do once you quit

funkyfreks · 7 October 2014 at 2:41PM

I'm in.... Day 7 and never felt better! I'm going from 15 a day - COLD TURKEY! xxxx

Good Luck All!!

Woodster76 · 7 October 2014 at 5:38PM

Day 7 - done. :beer:

£40.00 saved in those 7 days :j

Everyone should be pleased with themselves for getting through the first week. :T

Cravings are still there but I can now ignore them.

Hope everyone ok. X

GlynD · 7 October 2014 at 5:59PM

For those of you using e-cigs: I stopped 5 months ago using this method but I bought a "shisha pipe" style which I fill with liquid myself and which I found to be much more effective than the ordinary e-cig which looks like a real cigarette.

There's also a lot to be said for getting the liquid which suits you best. Many shops now encourage people to try various liquids before purchasing. Once you've found the one you like you can order it in much cheaper from the web - from places like Mr E Cig. I'm currently spending about £8 a month for a liquid called Hangsen "RY4" as opposed to paying for smoking around 30 cigs a day for 35 years.

If anyone has any questions ask me and I'll try to help.

This is a picture of a shisha e-cig.

Flutterby83 · 7 October 2014 at 6:37PM

GlynD, that is what I'm using and have found it a great help so far and it's easier for me to disassociate with cigarettes as the liquids come in many flavours (I've found I prefer the sweeter ones!)

Day 6 already, feels like the times flown by! How is everyone doing? I've found I'm drinking more as my mouth is so dry (not sure if that's down to the change in weather though!) and I'm starting to find I'm actually feeling quite down as opposed to being happy that I've made a positive change to my life.....is this normal?? It's not necessarily about not smoking, I just feel down in general, about everything, and don't want to revert back to my old habit of shopping to cheer me up (which is how I ended up in a huge amount of debt!) someone please tell me this is just a phase and it passes??

youth_leader · 7 October 2014 at 6:37PM

I've got this type as well and use it with the ordinary tobacco flavour, I find it really helps. I've bought one for my son but in my panic to get it to him in time, put the wrong house number on and the people there are denying they've received it - hope it's working for them too, haha!

youth_leader · 7 October 2014 at 6:39PM

I feel down too Flutterby83, we are on a horrible journey aren't we and I regret every penny wasted on my addidiction but could so easily go back to smoking and moaning that I wish I could stop - but it will end - and I think I'm probably the only person with a BOIL! that was a shock this morning and you can guess where it is .. so I won't sit here long if you'll excuse me!

Flutterby83 · 7 October 2014 at 6:46PM

I'm trying not to think about how much money I've literally rolled up and smoked, just focusing on how much money I'm saving now. I was so tempted to smoke earlier but just ended up sitting at the bottom of my garden having a pity party instead, which I suppose was good because I didn't smoke but it ended up making me feel worse! I've got mouth ulcers which hurt like hell and don't seem to be going, but I think you beat me with your boil!! Hope you're not suffering too much and it disappears soon!

GlynD · 7 October 2014 at 8:01PM

Flutterby83 wrote: »

GlynD, that is what I'm using and have found it a great help so far and it's easier for me to disassociate with cigarettes as the liquids come in many flavours (I've found I prefer the sweeter ones!)

Day 6 already, feels like the times flown by! How is everyone doing? I've found I'm drinking more as my mouth is so dry (not sure if that's down to the change in weather though!) and I'm starting to find I'm actually feeling quite down as opposed to being happy that I've made a positive change to my life.....is this normal?? It's not necessarily about not smoking, I just feel down in general, about everything, and don't want to revert back to my old habit of shopping to cheer me up (which is how I ended up in a huge amount of debt!) someone please tell me this is just a phase and it passes??

That's the beauty of the shisha pipes - there are so many flavours available and to sdome people that's an extra distraction from smoking. The real benefit for me is having a tobacco flavour with a fairly strong nicotine content (24mg). I find I don't need or want a cigarette at all when using the pipe.

Of course there are other things you can do to make the "vaping" experience more pleasurable. For example: I use a Nature Vape Midi drip tip which is arguably one of the best you can buy and it holds twice as much juice so you don't have to fill it every day. Changing your drip tip can sometimes completely change the experience. I bought the NatureVape Mini for the memsahib and I really don't like the experience from it at all.

Regarding your dry mouth: sometimes the glycerine used in all e-cig juices can give you a dry mouth. I get it sometimes too if I've been on a heavy puffing session. I just take a glass of water to bed.

Mouth ulcers are easy to treat BTW - just get yourself down to Boots and get some Mouth Ulcer Gel, which is an own brand. It gets rid of mouth ulcers overnight. Don't suffer in silence when there's a ready and cheap cure so close.

Thinking of the money never really did it for me. It's the last thing I thought of to tell the truth. It's only now I realise I have a couple of hundred quid a month extra to spoil myself on with - or save.

The Stoptober 2014 Challenge - How much will you save?

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