DAY 1 OF QUITTING SMOKING

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QuartzGooner wrote:Good luck.

When you feel like a smoke, say to yourself that you will wait 20 minutes and then decide.

Make sure you fill those 20 minutes with something worthwhile and the feeling can pass.
Just read through the Joe Cole thread... :? :? :wink: :lol:
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merson_is_god wrote:
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merson_is_god wrote:I went to the nurse yesterday and got some patches and an inhalator to try and stop smoking. I'm using them as of today to hopefully quit this awful, smelly, expensive habit FOR GOOD!

Any words of advice from any ex-smokers who managed to quit?

Cheers,

MIG
Hmmm... Well I went to a NHS quit thingy, whereby you go into a group firstly, to discuss, my main problem with quitting was I could do it with patches but would start again when then course had run it's course (usually 6-8 weeks)

So they just said, don't take any notice of that, and use the products longer, they also said that you could use patches/gum/losenges, so I was on the whole lot at the start. Top dozes of those 3 products, now nearly a year later, I'm on gum (lowest strength, which I have occassionally and a patch (lowest strength from time to time) Also gave up the booze for around 2 months, as I associated that with smoking (and smoking loads) If I go to the pub now, I bung a low strength patch on, and make sure I've got plenty of gum with me, although 1 stick normally does the trick.

My girlfriend quit at the same time as me, and she had the pill called Champix, and she said it was excellent, you can also smoke on them, but it does something to the brain receptors, and just makes you forget about smoking, and didn't suffer any side effects, and she's been quit nearly a year also.

The only side effects I had, were crazy, trippy dreams on the full strength 24 hour patches, they were brilliant, but subsided when I cut the strength down on them.

Anyway, good luck with it, and I hope the above information helps you a bit.

:barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf:
I had the same last night, 3 of them in fact! I wasn't able to sleep properly though.

Heard a lot about this Champix, someone at work gave up with that stuff.

Still not had a fag and I've been awake 9 hours! :-P
Good stuff

Another couple of things:-

Patches, I couldn't take to the plaster type ones, I used to come out in a rash, so just used the clear patches thereafter.

Gum, the original is shit, the mint not bad, but the fruit flavoured one is the best imo.

Keep up the good work mate.

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franksav63 wrote:
QuartzGooner wrote:Good luck.

When you feel like a smoke, say to yourself that you will wait 20 minutes and then decide.

Make sure you fill those 20 minutes with something worthwhile and the feeling can pass.
Just read through the Joe Cole thread... :? :? :wink: :lol:
yeah, he'll stop smoking, and in the end will want to stop living too... :oops:
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I gave up ciggies about 25 years ago and only use the tobacco in my spliffs. Problem is - I'm on 30 joints a day!!! :banghead: :banghead: :lol: :lol: :wink:
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I only have a ciggy when I'm having a pint.


I'm on twenty pints a day.
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I stupidly started smoking again, after being off them for six years :? :(

If I'd have stayed off them, and put the saved money to one side, I'd have about ten thousand pounds. Which is some real serious spending money.

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olgitgooner wrote:I stupidly started smoking again, after being off them for six years :? :(

If I'd have stayed off them, and put the saved money to one side, I'd have about ten thousand pounds. Which is some real serious spending money.

Good luck.
feck me, how expensive are cigarettes in the u.k.?? :shock:
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Nearly £7 for a pack of 20!! :banghead: :banghead: :roll:
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I Hate Hleb wrote:Nearly £7 for a pack of 20!! :banghead: :banghead: :roll:
When I went to Centreparcs in May, they had a vending machine in their supermarket, and they were selling packs of 16 for £7.50... :shock: :shock:
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I Hate Hleb wrote:Nearly £7 for a pack of 20!! :banghead: :banghead: :roll:
FECK ME!!!

that's one good thing that's cheaper in brazil then! :barscarf:

a pack of marlboro here is less than TWO pounds :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf:
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i can't give it up :cry: im young an all so should have time,but its so addictive

i hereby now promise if almunia fucks off i shall give up the cigs(i wrote fags first,but then realised DB10 would rip this message to shreds :lol: :lol: )
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I gave up 4 years ago and found it a real pain the arse for about a week but it got easier after that. For the first few days, you cough up a load of shit and your throat hurts a bit but just think that it's the first step to your body getting better. I found that breaking old routines helped, I stopped going for a drink for a bit until I knew I could handle it and found a few replacements like a nice cup of tea when I fancied a smoke. It's the old saying of one day at a time but it did work and suddenly, I stopped thinking about smoking. Good luck, mate. It's a tough time but take it slowly, don't worry about cravings and for fuck's sake, don't smoke!!
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How did the 1st day go merson is god?

have a crafty one?
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Best of luck, Merse :barscarf:
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Re: DAY 1 OF QUITTING SMOKING

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merson_is_god wrote:I went to the nurse yesterday and got some patches and an inhalator to try and stop smoking. I'm using them as of today to hopefully quit this awful, smelly, expensive habit FOR GOOD!

Any words of advice from any ex-smokers who managed to quit?

Cheers,

MIG
Today made 13 weeks since I gave up. Been using lozenges (I was allergic to patches!). There are now several minutes when I don't think about smoking although now I dream about it :evil:
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