I gave up fags today................

[Top Londoner]

................dunno what I'm gonna do of a morning after brushing my teeth and taking a piss. Maybe have a coffee and cigarette instead?
Beat you to it DB10........

I have been a smoker since I was 10 y/o, and a heavy (20 a day) smoker from 21 y/o, I will be 50 y/o next year.

I went to the smoking cessation clinic last week, I can't quite remember what the nurse said, but if she is reading this, well, my advice to her would be to wear a bra, and to stop smiling at me.

Anyway, I put on my first patch this morning. Just an hour later the milkman, (no puns please, we still get them in this area) pissed me right off. The fucker forgot to leave his cream at my doorstep. I ordered double too. !!!!
Not sure he will call here again after the abuse.

On a serious note, a mate's missus advised me at the weekend to prepare for the munchies and stock up with freshly prepared carrot and celery in the fridge. Today I killed her rabbit before lunch time.

Cannot wait for the nightmares tonight. Apparently, they are a side effect. I shall take the carving knife to bed to protect myself.
I am use to the sweats though, but I suppose that a shower will be required more frequently now.

Can't wait for day two,

[OneBardGooner]

Good Luck Mate......It is all Will Power...I don't envy you, but sincerely Hope You DO Give Up!.

[Top Londoner]

Good Luck Mate......It is all Will Power...I don't envy you, but sincerely Hope You DO Give Up!.

Cheers OBG.

Know anyone that needs wiping out ?????

JOKE !!!!

Gonna become an alcoholic instead

[OneBardGooner]

Good Luck Mate......It is all Will Power...I don't envy you, but sincerely Hope You DO Give Up!.

Cheers OBG.

Know anyone that needs wiping out ?????

JOKE !!!!

Gonna become an alcoholic instead

Yeah there's two choppsy little *word censored* on here that getting too big for their stiletto's!

That's the way mate give up the fags..THEN give up the Booze!

I've never smoked - so I cannot imagine how difficult it is...though I remember my Brother used to smoke and my older sister and they both managed to stop...took my sister about 5 go's....but this was before there was all the help (Patches/Programmes/ CD's etc) to help...Perhaos it would help if every time you at near a pc etc when you get a craving log on here and hurl abuse at everyone (except me!)

Good Luck Mate!

[Red Snapper]

2 1/2 years since I packed it in. The cravings die away fairly soon and eventually you stop thinking about it 24/7!! I rarely think about it now although I still now and then dream I'm smoking. I used nicotine gum as, when I tried once before, I found I was allergic to nicotine patches! Good luck, if you persevere and get support you'll be ok.

PS Anyone tried these electric ciggies??

[olgitgooner]

I was off the fags for six years, but stupidly went back on them. Since then I tried a couple of times to give it up. Pathetic attempts.

I having another go sometime soon, and intend to get myself into some good health habits. I know a few people who tried several times to give it up and then finally cracked it with the help of a drug called Champix. The idea is that you carry on smoking, but get nothing out of it, then get bored with it, then give up.

http://www.champixinfo.co.uk/

Good luck to anyone who is quitting the evil weed. And well done to those who have kicked the habit for good.

[1989]

................dunno what I'm gonna do of a morning after brushing my teeth and taking a piss. Maybe have a coffee and cigarette instead?
Beat you to it DB10........

I have been a smoker since I was 10 y/o, and a heavy (20 a day) smoker from 21 y/o, I will be 50 y/o next year.

I went to the smoking cessation clinic last week, I can't quite remember what the nurse said, but if she is reading this, well, my advice to her would be to wear a bra, and to stop smiling at me.

Anyway, I put on my first patch this morning. Just an hour later the milkman, (no puns please, we still get them in this area) pissed me right off. The fucker forgot to leave his cream at my doorstep. I ordered double too. !!!!
Not sure he will call here again after the abuse.

On a serious note, a mate's missus advised me at the weekend to prepare for the munchies and stock up with freshly prepared carrot and celery in the fridge. Today I killed her rabbit before lunch time.

Cannot wait for the nightmares tonight. Apparently, they are a side effect. I shall take the carving knife to bed to protect myself.
I am use to the sweats though, but I suppose that a shower will be required more frequently now.

Can't wait for day two,

Well played mate and good luck.

[flash gunner]

Good luck with it TL think of your health and your bank balance and hopefully with the right help you should be able to quit

[DB10GOONER]

................dunno what I'm gonna do of a morning after brushing my teeth and taking a piss. Maybe have a coffee and cigarette instead?
Beat you to it DB10........

Too easy, mate.

But seriously, well done and best of luck.

[RoscommonGooner]

Giving up the fags is easy. I've given up 3 times already

Seriously though, good luck mate. It's something I really need to do too.

[skizz_b]

best of luck TL, it is all about willpower and it can be done!

if you need any bullshit leaflets i work for the nhs so i can spam your inbox full of them.

actually, better than that, in honour of TL's new vanity thread, i will post a MOTIVATIONAL PICTURE every day that you dont smoke!!!!

to get you started, in honour of smoking:

[northbank123]

I know you've probably heard the idea plenty but a mate's dad figured what he was spending on fags, then when he tried to quit withdrew the money every week and put it in a separate account, said that the tangible saving was a huge incentive.

And I guess if your attempt to quit goes pear-shaped you'll have a nice little nest egg to fuck off to Calais with to buy bricks of cheap fags.

[Top Londoner]

Cheers for the support lads.
Skizz_b, thanks for the offer but I have loads of stuff. A motivational calendar, a cardboard calculator that works out my savings and advice leaflets. I think that the motivational pic's will be a great help.

I woke up four, times last night. Three times from nightmares.
First time in bloody years I did not have the coughing with my cuppa this morning. Nice.
Ate loads last night. Dinner, bananas, satsumas, chocolate, tea and biscuits and chewed my nails. Not bad for a bloke 6'3" and eleven stone who can go a whole day without eating, sometimes.
I also lost my sense of smell and taste in recent years. That is shit for someone who had worked for a third of his life in the restaurant trade.

I will beat this shit because I am a stubborn git, but mostly because I want a better quality of life. I know that it is only fags but believe me, when you have a habit like smoking instead of eating it is not as simple as saying I'm gonna quit.

Did you know that there are 4,000 chemicals in fags including cyanide?
Now I'm gonna bore the pants off the lot of you, but thanks again for giving a damn.

[DB10GOONER]

Can someone please improve this horrendous vanity thread by posting tits please.

[flash gunner]

Can someone please improve this horrendous vanity thread by posting tits please.

Was this what you had in mind?