[Closed] Stopping smoking!!

Well, next test passed! The 10:30 smoke break involved making a brew and some fresh air with some wordfeud (scrabble).

Roll on 1:30 and the 24 hour mark (although lunch is at 12:30....good job I brought my book!)

morgs, well done!

I've made it past my own 10.30 break habit so I'm pretty pleased with myself!

Off to make a coffee now...

Generally, I feel like this 🙂 about it, but occasionally I get all 😡 and, once or twice, 👿

Still, better than expected...

Like Hora said I used to get chest infections and bunged up nose, bad throats all the time, a few weeks ago I had my first cold for over two years which certainly would have developed into a chest infection for me before but only developed into a bad throat.

Good job quitters! Don't quit quitting!

nice one camo!

It's going to be the hour long 12:30 - 1:30 break that'll be tough....so, I will nip to the supermarket for my lunch....something naughty and nice for a treat....followed by sitting at my desk with my book.

22 hours in and feel fine.....apart from the hot flushes that feel how I would expect those suffered my menopaulsal women to feel...

I'M A SMOKE FREE SWEATY BETTY! 🙂

Oh yeah - cut back on your coffee consumption. Nicotine blocks how your body deals with caffeine.

You need to re-build your tolerance.

I say 'cold turkey', but I did actually develop a serious Fruit Pastille habit for about 6 months - had to work to limit myself to one bag a day, especially as I was supposed to be writing my Masters thesis at the time, and found it really difficult to concentrate for the first few weeks.

Made me chuckle 😆

morgs, keep going mate, no personal experience but know lots of succesful quitters, and all of them did it by just going cold turkey. Patches, gum etc all failed as when they tried to then remove the new habit from their life, they craved nicotine so just sparked up a fag again!

Oh, and whilst tempting, DO NOT think "well I've got rid of one bad habit, it can't hurt if I indulge a little in something else"... Replacing nicotine for coffee will make you just as irritable, and you won't sleep. Replacing it with food will mean you just gain 3 stone overnight. If you need a habit, take TSY's advice, eat some fruit instead of smoking a fag. Healthiest thing for you, and I don't know anyone who's overweight cos they eat a lot of fruit!

Also, DEFINITELY worth giving up booze for a few weeks. Everyone I know who has quit, then had a couple of drinks inside the first month, has always ended up smoking again. Apparently the temptation is too great just to have a fag when you've had a beer, so just lay off the booze for a few weeks until you can trust yourself to have a few pints without wanting a fag. Good luck though, I'm sure you'll fare better than binners, who every new year whips up a mass frenzied support cos he's giving up the fags again, then when everything has gone quiet he slips back onto them seemingly... 😉

no personal experience

😆

You may have become my most favouritest STWer with that post.

schrickvr6 a month or so ago I had 24hrs of mad projectile vomiting.

Mrshora said to me 'I honestly can't remember a time when you were last ill'.

15 mins away from the magic 24 hours mark and feel fine (if not a little hot!)

TSY - i see what you mean about caffiene intake.....not good when I'm a hypertensive as well!

mboy - love your posts - always put a smile pn my face 🙂

good work morgs!!! keep it up 😀

Oooh, ooh, I must be back in time to celebrate your first day smoke free??

I was getting such bad shakes and sweats from sticking with 4 cups of black coffee a morning that I'd have to go for a walk outside to cool down before attempting the post work 5th cup.

Thankfully I now drink far less coffee too.

TSY - yup - I'm into day 2 now!

knock coffee on the head? is decaf ok?

thinking I may as well make all these changes at one.....cycle instead of drive, smoke-free and no coffee?

why not! 🙂

I drink, on average, 27 litres of coffee a day

Is this going to be a problem? Is my metabolism going to collapse? Am I going to be like Lemmy if he ever stops taking all the speed?

Personally I'd stick with some coffee, I've started subsituting some for green tea.

De-caf won't give you the hot flushes, but then it won't keep you awake either.

Cycling instead of driving would make the fag en route almost impossible though 🙂

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I'm into day 2 now!

Mucho respecto, Morgs! 😀

And if you haven't already NOW is the time to start dishing out mockery and pity indisciminately to anyone that smokes, revel in the fact you are a superior being.

Hora that reminds me of the only time I've eaten at Wagamamas and I managed to project myself out of the toilet onto my arse against the hallway wall about 6 foot away still spewing, ahhh good times.

Well done guys. 2 years here and feel very much better for it. I can honestly say I dont miss it one little bit. I do feel that there comes a time in your life when you are just ready to quit. I reached that time and to be honest didnt find it too hard.

My kids made my life hell though when I was a smoker. I was very smug when I told them I had quit. They were over the moon!

If there's ever a week when I don't say anything can someone pop round and make sure Binners hasn't killed me in a 'post stopage' rage....cheers

I picked him up a leaflet about it today just to infuriate him I'll let you know how it goes. And, no its not me making him stop....

You may have become my most favouritest STWer with that post.

Haha, does one have to have suffered oneself to pass comment, or merely have observed many peers suffering and make comments based upon observation?

Anyway, wouldn't normally have posted, but knowing morgs personally and knowing he could do with some moral support, I did.

What's worrying me at the moment TSY is I've only just spotted your alter ego for the first time (maybe I've been asleep or just not on here all that much of late). Are you actually my sister, for her name is actually Samantha Louise!!! 😕

WooHoo, go quitters!

Oranges / satsumers are great for fagr breaks while giving up the pealing replaces the rolling and if you eat it a segment at a time you get the hand to mouth movement. The vit c is good too as nicoteine blocks it and most smoker are a bit defficient.

Anyway, wouldn't normally have posted, but knowing morgs personally and knowing he could do with some moral support, I did.

Yup - and could need it! Must admit, after a not so good meeting with the Boss last night, I was ready to spark up. Managed to hold off though and now I'm 42 hours in!

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I stopped smoking on Monday so it's day 4 for me.
Cold turkey no nicotine replacement.
Tried before and thought I'd cracked it but not so. This time it's for good.
Well done us lot, keep it up.

Try the fresh OJ - I read somewhere (at the time I quit) that it leaches nicotine out of your system quicker. I wasn't sure if it was a placebo but it worked (and distracted me).

Edit found this at the top of the google search- http://www.livestrong.com/article/278617-how-to-quit-smoking-by-eating-oranges/

I think I drank circa 2litres+ a day! I admit I was a wee bit of addicted to OJ (proper pulp stuff)- sort of temporarily transferred my addictive personality over and craved the taste.

Good on you, morgs and cheese@4p!

36.5 hours in myself ...

A couple of homicide fantasies aside, I'm doing pretty nicely.

In fact, yesterday was my first clear day without nicotine IN ANY FORM WHATSOEVER for more years than I care to remember.

Well done chaps... keep it up.

Right! I am now smoke free. Yay! Had my last one last night. And I've actually quite enjoyed not having a fag and a coffee as the first thing of the day.

Hora - you're really not helping at all. In fact, there's nothing more annoying than a sanctimonious born-again non-smoker. When we can be sanctimonious and preachy with you that'll be fine. Until then. Stop it!

I'm going to get a big bag of tangerines I think

36.5 hours in myself ...

Hahahahaaa... I think I was signing off every post with my cumulative smoke free hours at the beginning of this year.

Keep it up all of you. Especially Binners.

Nice one gents! All this mutual support is getting bro-sexual*

Still gettings these bloody sweats though 🙁

*i am suffering from withdrawl symptoms, please excuse this outburst!

bro-sexual

Well I wouldn't have kissed you if you still stunk of fags.

Mwah 😉

36.5 hours in myself ...

Hahahahaaa... I think I was signing off every post with my cumulative smoke free hours at the beginning of this year.

I'll stop when I get to about 200 hours... until then, the hours are mounting up nicely and I feel all warm and achievement-y. 😆

So, now I'm 37.25 hours in...

EDIT: No chills here, but I realise how I've naturally punctuated my life over the years. I'm going to have to remember how to live without taking so many time-outs. Smooth living is tricky - how do non-smokers do it?

camo - great going! I'm up to 44hours (near as makes any difference).

I feel I have the not smoking at work thing pretty much beat! The problem is going to be the not smoking when stood outside the front of the pub working my door shift tomorrow night!

Now, how to get through that one!

The problem is going to be the not smoking when stood outside the front of the pub working my door shift tomorrow night!

Now, how to get through that one!

Randomly punch people? 😉

The problem is going to be the not smoking when stood outside the front of the pub working my door shift tomorrow night!

Surely you'll be too busy dealing drugs and touching very drunk girls to notice? 😉

The problem is going to be the not smoking when stood outside the front of the pub working my door shift tomorrow night!

So is that a boredom thing then?

How long's the shift?

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"Can you 'ear me?"

"I can see you ya daft bastard!"

😀

BRILLIANT!!!

Its a 5 hours shift, on the door to a proper live music 'boozer' (in fact, its an ace place!).

Binners, more chance of that during the day job (more stressful!)
Hora - Careful, or I may take Binners up on his suggestion 👿

Okay, you need something to (1) keep your brain busy and (2) keep those hands under control.

Might I recommend:

Hand Exercise Balls

Individual hand therapy balls, in two different strengths, enabling you to start at whichever level you require. Ideal for wrist strengthening Also good for stress relief.

Pack of two - one soft, one firm.

Offers the double benefit of distraction and powering up your * cough cough * love hand...

Just a thought. 😆

binners thats just reminded me of the great bit of max n paddy - where Paddy has the big LCD screen up with porn on in the camper and is bashing one out when Max catches him.

Class.

Best bit of Phoenix nights is the visit to the Ponderosa (Jim Bowen and his Ji-cutzy)

whoooop - an into day 3. How're the others gettnig on?

You da man!

So far, symptoms of withdrawal are not as strong as they were yesterday... but I'm expecting a killer urge any moment now. 😯

More gum, I think!

Good on you, morgs - have you worked out a strategy for tomorrow night yet?

good work chaps. Hopefully the weekend will be a breeze.

Keep it up. You are inspiring me to join the ranks....!

tomorrow night will involvole lots of sweets, lots of games (on the mobile) and a lot of time spent inside the pub rather thean outside the door.

May also get the better half to offer some encouragement. 😉

Come on WS - get on it!