SamUK

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I did quit near 2 years back though for 4 months - this was as i had a bike accident and was in hospital for a few weeks on hard core drugs then in bed for another 2 months at home with afew cracked ribs..It was the best feeling ever! not smoking..

so got back at it, now decided its time to give up! Not getting any younger, have 3 kids aged 4 and below, and if anything i want to get healthy again!

Smoking for near 10 years - 15 a day..

My day starts at 6am, and ends 12am every day, so it is ramm packed with work, gym, time with the family..

Any pointers..?

Day 1 - this is already hard!

Ant

Will power , pretty simple

scoobeenut

I gave up when I realised that I was not smoking for enjoyment and it had just become an addiction. Just keep focused on getting fit and the knowledge that you are doing this for your kids as much as yourself. Good luck.

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Champix.

See your doctor or a local Help2Quit NHS Clinic.

So long as you are of sound mind with no history of depression/anxiety it is a brilliant drug.

I stopped using it 3 months ago and it was easy as anything.

Chop

Luan Pra bang

I would go on an all night drinking session and smoke loads, the next day the amount of **** and crap that has filled your body up will make it much easier to stop as you won't even want to look at a *** for the next 24 hours. It helped me to cut down to 1 *** every two days. Hopefully none at all soon.

Brun

Yep - Champix here too

legb4rsk

Hi,I feel for you. I have smoked for more years than you & more heavily!!

I will be going to the local quit smoking club but just wondered what Champix does & how it works.
Does it kill the craving?
I know I am addicted & have very low will power but need to do this now.

Thanks

SamUK

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Thanks all, though i think Champix has a load of side effects

some info here..

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

haven't smoked now for the 10 hours that i have been awake - have been feeling sleepy though!

I spouse it is more about will power then anything else...

Tommrow will be a better day..lol

DonNedly

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I smoked for 16 years and have stopped for just over a month now.
I use an electronic cigarette and I can't believe i'm saying this but it was actually quite easy to stop. You still get to smoke and it takes away the need for a cigarette but you don't have to die.
I've been mixing my own flavours now and gradually reducing the nicotine content as i go.

SamUK

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Found this on this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_cessation

The British doctors study showed that those who stopped smoking before they reached 30 years of age lived almost as long as those who never smoked.[124] Stopping in one's sixties can still add three years of healthy life..

Im only two years late... lol

SamUK

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i did try that a while back didnt work for me.. are you not replacing one habit with another?

SamUK

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What happens when you quit?


20 minutes: Your blood pressure and pulse rate return to normal
8 hours: Oxygen levels in your blood return to normal.

24 hours: Carbon monoxide has been eliminated from your body. Your lungs start to clear out mucus and other smoking debris.
48 hours: There is no nicotine left in your body. Your ability to taste and smell is greatly improved.
72 hours: Breathing becomes easier. Your bronchial tubes begin to relax and your energy levels increase.
2-12 weeks: Circulation improves throughout the body, making walking and running a whole lot easier.
3-9 months: Coughs, wheezing and breathing problems get better as your lung function is increased by up to 10%.
5 years: Heart attack falls to about half that of a smoker.
10 years: Risk of lung cancer falls to half that of a smoker. Risk of heart attack falls to same as someone who has never smoked.

DonNedly

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yeah but this habit won't kill you.

oh and modern e cigs work a lot better than they used to.

legb4rsk

It's all lies,I tell ya.When you give up the things you like it seems like longer.

RobsyUK

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Don't count the days or youll think about it more. everytime you want a smoke eat or ****.. simples.. 6yrs strong now

Brun

Moe info about Champix here - managed to find a reply i wrote to a similar thread a while back

The following is a message i sent on facebook to someone who asked.



Champix is a drug you get on prescription from the doc. You start the course of pills (2 a day) but continue to smoke. You have to select a day from the first 14 days of the course to actually quit. (i picked day 14 like most people).
The drug actually stops the receptors in your brain from appreciating nicotene and in actual fact the taste of **** becomes not so nice.
The day you quit is just that - no more **** ( a lot easier than it sounds belive it or not). Apparently your body can still crave nicotene for upto 10 weeks, so the doc will normally keep you on the course for 12 weeks.
They say will power is required but to be honest i don't have a right lot of that - but it has worked for me. My last *** was 12th of March having smoked for 15 years and i've not had one since. Yes - you still fancy one every now and again, but you soon get over it.
It helps to have an aim. I put a side £25 a week (even though i was spending over £30 a week on the cancer sticks) and saved up for a new TV. To put it into context - no smoking has allowed me to buy a 50" Plasma in around 8 months (scary isn't it?)
It does sound like a wonder drug and in many ways it is - i personally know 3 people (none of which were light smokers) who have done Champix and have not had a *** since.
From your other posts i've seen, it looks like you have more will power than me so i think this is right up your street.
Right - the side affects. There are a few and some poeple have it worse than others (wasn't really "that" bad for me or the other 3 people i've mentioned - certainly better than lung cancer however)
Nausea, trippy dreams (which i thought were ace), extra farting (great fun), difficulty sleeping, headaches, constipation, diarrhoea and the list goes on. It's got the usula disclaimers for medicines.
Think that about covers it. Give me a shout if you have any questions.

Brun

jasey

My Dad gave up smoking years ago.

Will power and a lot of polos.

When he wanted a ciggy - he took a polo.

Worked for him.

Brun

....as that was written last year i'll summerise the last 12 months.

Still not had one since (so that's 20 months in total) not even a drag. I do still fancy one every now and then but that thought does not last long.
It's easy (for me) to be around smokers - doesn't bother me one bit and it's especially good in winter when you are stood in a nice warm pub watching the smokers through the window freezing their bits off in the cold getting their fix

Simples

Leslie

I did similar but cornered the local market in Maltesers.

Pity to have started again, you had the best help to stop initially, same as me when I fell off the roof!

You have to go through it all over again now, but if you keep thinking how dangerous it is and the likely eventual consequences, it might help you.

Les

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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Simples - you are now a non-smoker, just run that through your head...

Do I smoke? No, I'm a non-smoker.

Do you smoke? No mate, I'm a non-smoker.

Worked for me. I gave up from 30 Rothmans a day to 0 cold turkey having smoked for 14 years. That was 17 years ago and I have not regretted it since.

Its mindset and willpower with the mind being worse to manage. Keep with it, you are already a non-smoker

SiPie

My mother (74) smoked since she was 16, between 40 and 60 per day.

3 months ago, she had a bit of a chest infection and when out for her daily walk she found herself gasping for breath.

Stopped there and then and said that she didn't really want to die gasping for air and it was getting too expensive anyway

Point is that if my mum can stop easily (she was the heaviest smoker I have ever known), then anyone can.

Si (smoked for 22 years but clean since 9th April 2005)

SamUK

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Thanks All, Day 2 was not too difficult..i feel odd! though a *** is not the answer i think i need sleep.. lol

SamUK

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Been 2 Months!

though i must admit for the last few days i have had one a day! its bad, but the constant craving is not there..I have found other ways of dealing with work stress and wife stress! lol

Do i feel different?

Well think i have saved a few Bob
Dont smell all the time
Put on some weight!
Maybe live longer,
Get cheaper home insurance..

Lydia72

Well done! I think it's one of the best things you can do for yourself and your family. Not nice for young kids to go to school stinking of cigs.

SiPie

But you've just said you've had one a day

All you are doing is reintroducing nicotine to your brain and increasing your addiction and making things a whole lot harder for yourself.

Stopping is called STOPPING for a reason.

Your one a day will soon creep up to 2 and then on and on unless you knock this on the head and find a better way to deal with your stress. Smoking does **** all to help stress, totally the opposite in fact.

Good luck to you

pimmo2000

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I would have thought anyone with children would be able to use them at motivation ?

The passive smoking, from your breath and clothes is dangerous and at best horrible for a child ..

Trout

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Two great bits of advice - psychologically it is very hard to 'give something up'.

Try giving up food - all you think about is food.

Doing two things will greatly enhance your chance of success.


You are not giving up smoking you are doing something else...

...you are exercising more to be fitter for your kids

...you are saving money to get a specific reward

...you are focusing on a clean, healthy and less smelly lifestyle

Whatever works for you is good - you need to choose something that you find compelling.


What Puff says is also very important. When you are a (ex)smoker - at any moment in time one option is to have a cigarette.

When you are a non-smoker then you will never have a cigarette. So think of yourself as a non-smoker - psychologically identity is the most powerful driver - so give yourself an empowering identity.


I stopped from 40 a day overnight. I was doing some new things in life and woke up one day and had no idea why I was lighting a cigarette. One day of relapse a month later and then I was a non-smoker. Never smoked or even thought about it in seven years.

Another member here smoked 80 a day stopped overnight. His objective was to save the money.

You simply make the choice - it is in the moments of decision your destiny is shaped.

Leslie

Reflecting on what its like to have incurable lung cancer is a great help in stopping!

Les