sarasquares

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I have used patches all the way through and apart from eating instead of smoking it has been easier that i imagined.

It is only now that i have stopped having cravings. I still use the patches but not every day. Sometimes i forget to use them and i feel fine.

I definitely recommend giving up. Smokers stink.

Has anyone else managed to kick the habit?

Camoscooby

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I have successfully managed to quit between cigarettes

We do stink though

sarasquares

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If someone is behind me and they have been smoking i feel sick. You notice it more when you have given up. Its nice to go out for the night and your clothes dont stink in the morning.

Dan Gleebits

cold turkey , summer 98.
and yeah, smokers stink.

Jamie

Have you put on much weight sara ? and well done for quitting

sarasquares

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Thanks.

I put on over a stone but its under a stone now. As the cravings have gone i am not eating as much now

I was getting worried

Trout

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Quit in one day after smoking a pack a day for fifteen years...


...that was five years ago. Very easy once I decided to stop. When I see people smoking and remember I used to be a smoker it really surprises me!

Trout

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Apparently I gave up twice!

sarasquares

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I cant believe i didn't do it years ago. Stupid habit.

Simon C

Try tomorrow. Now its over £6 a pack, **** that.

Jamie

Show us your latest picture of your tummy then sara

Jamie

Not if you know what ships are coming in and who works on them

sarasquares

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I will wait until i cant see it

lord love rocket

richie001

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I gave up smoking 7 years ago,didn't use patches or anything like that just went cold Turkey.

Jamie

Up the dove are you

MMT WRX

I gave up about 7 years ago. Was doing about 20 a day until one day I thought bollox to it and stopped. Never gave it another thought after a couple of weeks.

Best days work

sarasquares

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Lol noooooo though, i was starting to look like it

Jamie

Hmmmm

mart360

I quit 10 years ago ... cold turkey...


put on 3 stone which i dont seem to be able to shift

lol


Mart

Mus

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I stopped for 5 months I tryed the chewing gums but the gave me sore throat so I done a cold turkey my mrs banned me smoking in the house. All my friends were smokers that didn't help so I started again as work and everything wasn't going well.

I want to try the patches but are they any side affects???

Trout

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Biffa

Jamie

They are crap so i have been told BUT that NHS thing they give you is good........ some pills three months and you stop craving the nicotine

Lisawrx

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Patches didn't help me at all. Can't recall any side effects, apart from feeling very down but I think that was more the trying to give up than the patches. It is said certain ones can cause nightmares, friends have had this problem.

There are drugs available, but they come with some risks as well. I tried one and had to be taken off it. It wasn't really working anyway for me. I think my problem was not really wanting to quit. If you really want to, you will or you'll find a way that suits.

Might be worth chatting with your GP or going to one of those groups for more advice.

Good luck Mus.

Mogsmex

2 months since I packed up for good, no patch's or pills just had had enough, Allen Carrs book helped a lot

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-revi...owViewpoints=1

give it a go if your a smoker and havnet read it

daddyscoob

SS really well done I've never smoked as I've always hated it with a passion.

You are right though smokers do smell really nasty.

Well done misses

SiPie

5 years on Friday since I last smoked a cigarette. Wish I'd given up sooner. Well done sara

bigsinky

gave up again on new years eve. last smoke at 11.55pm. haven't smoked or wanted a smoke since. feel better but eating like a horse.

sarasquares

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I couldnt have done it without them.

If you wear them in bed you get very lucid dreams and cant sleep much so i take mine off about 30 mins before i go to bed. I had rood dreams when i forgot to take my patch off.

For those that say the patches dont work, they do if you take the right dose. They are nicotine replacement and you have to be honest and admit you smoke more than you would like to believe. I am not on the 7mg.

On the days that i dont wear a patch i eat more. The brain confuses nicotine cravings with being hungry and if you are giving up smoking you naturally eat to take the craving away.

And YES you do eat life a fat foofing pig but its fun and the food tastes better lol, but its not permenant, well it is if you want it to be

Thanks for the support guys and well done to those that have given up.

mr_D

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i have started to quit, well been 4 days now.