Well done Andy!!!

Do you notice any difference in your breathing etc? I do... and I've only been stopped 9 Days!!!

Keep it up!

Cheers Rich! Shame you didn't!! :eek:

I could wear it when I see my grandchildren grow up! In what... 20-30 years time!! :D

Good on you mate! :)

No changes to breathing, but I've had a bit of a cold the last few days as well.

My sense of smell and taste have returned though! :)

It will be exactly a week come 2pm.

That said, just a moment ago I was ready to start again, while punching a work colleagues face in! :mad:

Maybe I need anger management classes! :o

:o ANDREW!

I don't understand why you are so grumpy! I am supposed to be a hormonal wreck and managed it without being a mardy bum! :p

I think I have unresolved anger issues!!! :o

I think it happens when people ask me to do some work!!! ;)

Simple...Because you have a very strong focus rather than upon yourself, presuming you are a caring sort ;)

PS My mother stopped when she was pregnant with me and the first thing she asked for after giving birth... (apart from a gun to shoot me with) was a pack of cigarettes. 36 years later she is on 80 a day....

So....beware. Once the focus is gone you may struggle.

Some would think that while breatfeeding, you shouldn't smoke.

Others may take the tact that they shouldn't smoke around their children! Although it didn't stop my dad!! :o

I still remember as a child flying to Hong Kong and being sat near the back of the plane so my dad could have a smoking seat! :o

Of course I am the caring type :p How do you think I got in this mess ;)

I really don't miss it, I forget I even smoked in the first place! I don't think I will have a problem! :)

Andy, was passive smoking a big thing when you were younger? Maybe if he was in that situ today he may have reacted differently.... (I'm not saying you are old :p)

that should be the worst part over with; now you can say, "I didn't smoke last Sunday, so I don't need to smoke this Sunday"

Smoking is no longer part of your routine.

And the reason to stay off the smokes, is that if you start again you'll have to go through this whole withdrawal agony another time; an awful prospect.

So stick at it !!!

You've done good!

Les :)

Cheers guys... I spent the whole day yesterday at a rolling road meet where about a third of the people who turned up smoked.

It was tough in the morning, but by about 11am, the craving turned to disgust!

I've now been to a pub, and been surrounded by smokers and seem to have coped. The next test will be when I next have a drinking session!! :o

nice one Andy....Caroline did it so can you :D
Rich fell off the wagon quite spectacularly last Friday night though so he can't talk!!!!!!!!!!

Well done for giveing up smoking.

Coming up to day 11 and it seems to be getting tougher!! :(

Stick it out, I am sure it will get easier with time!

month and a half for me now.... I still sometimes feel like I want to smoke, but just remember back to the other times when i tried to give up and when you give in and have one you just feel gutted for doing it.

It never makes you feel better. Its this thought that has kept me going and it really is getting much easier. I only really miss it when drunk... but even that is getting easier to cope with now.

Good luck mate.

Thirty years smoking and I gave up two days ago...using patches and chewing gum. Tried a few times before but been told by the doctor this is a must for me now so I am going to really try this time, I feel better already and dont have a cough anymore even after two days. Just figuring how I am going to reward myself with the £50 a week I will save keeps me smiling.


Martin

Well done! Keep going, it DOES get easier! :)

Its a lot more difficult to put up with lung cancer or serious angina.

Les

i started smoking when i was 13 and gave up 7 years ago (i'm now 31). don't miss it a bit tbh. best thing i found was not to count the days you've given up as it only serves to keep you focused on the fags. sure its nice to celebrate milestones but just forget about the bloody things and focus on something else.

also give the gum/patches a wide berth as you don't need them. biggest load of ****e going imo as you still need the all important will power which the fookers don't supply in the pack ;)

Andy

<stuck record mode on>

Read The Easyway to Stop Smoking

by

Allen Carr

I feel like a tw@t.... I just had a cigarette. :( :mad:

I don't know why, it tasted horrid and throw most of it away.

I feel like a failure, but I guess I have to set my mind to why I don't need cigarettes in my life, to save being tempted into it again!

Time to re-read Allen Carr!

Go and buy

The easyway to stop smoking 'permanently' rather than the smaller book (it has around 479 pages)

Lots more info in it and worked well with me

Don't be put off by one failure.....it took me around 20 failed attempts before I made it stick

Thanks for the support and advice Si.

I'll have a look for the book on Amazon later.

Go and have a good sniff of someone who still smokes....seriously do it. The weak moments for me were always quelled when someone came back in after a fag. 13 months now and could still happily light up (you wont lose that feeling so don't expect to) but don't want to mainly coz of that smell!

Don't let anyone tell you it's easy, it aint but keep at it - another day or two and you really are over the worst. What worked for me this time round was I told nobody that I was giving up so didn't get idiots pushing a fag on me or hassling me. Keeping it low key may help you too..Good luck :thumb:

First sentence - baaaad :mad:

Second sentence - goooooood :)

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You were doing so well :rolleyes: Where did you get it from? Did someone at work give you it?

I bet you smell really nice now! Did you get a headrush?

:mad:

Oops...

And I bet it didnt suddenly make you feel better either..

you just need to remember this moment for next time you want another cigarette.