“Before new year. I was smoking 10 a day - 20 on the weekends. I’ve been puffing for more than 10 years now and have given up several times whether it be for a couple of months or a couple of days. I tended to go away again because I got bored with trying not to smoke.
“Now most of my friends don’t consume and I’m literally desire a dying cause. I’m not feeling any younger and the effects of smoking are becoming more apparent. My hangovers are worse my chest hurts a bit more each morning and I definitely feel it walking up stairs.
“I also want to furnish up because nobody believes I can. I rest to alter a tidy 50 off my friend if I don’t have a cigarette before August. So it is pride health concerns and fear of being poor that keep me going.”
“Allen Carr’s schedule. Easy Way to Stop Smoking lasted four weeks. I was pretty impressed with myself and then made the mistake of going to the pub. I then tried the book another three times patches again twice and hypnotherapy - he shouted at me for an hour then told me to imagine myself on a land with no cigs. It didn’t last so then I went to forbid smoking clinics three times. I became too embarrassed to ask for my money back.
“Why do I want to quit? I’ve promised myself a shopping spree to New York in a year’s time with all the money I’ll deliver. That’s at least 2,000… oh and it’s a filthy habit.”
“But I’ve forced myself to check nasty warning ads and they’re beginning to work. The one where fatty gunk is squeezed from the artery of a ‘typical 32-year-old smoker’ in particular has scared the bejesus out of me.
“So I’m giving it a good shot this time. My support is one Allen Carr whose book I was given years ago but undergo never read. I’ve been off the smokes since 1 January with the exception of an indiscretion measure Friday night. I’ve also had a cold which has helped. Maybe if I can keep the cold and stay off the fags all ordain be fine.”
“Previous attempts using sheer willpower failed miserably patches itched and I’m convinced a hypnotherapist ordain either dredge up some long-repressed childhood trauma or make me evaluate I’m a chicken.
“However I’ve decided enough is enough. I desire for unpolluted lungs sweet smelling clothes and dulcet vocal tones - let’s wish the NHS can make good on its promise!”
Apart from the smell cost and indignity of standing outside the office in winter months what really got me to stop was the incessant moaning and pomposity of ex-smokers. In the end it was easier to join them! Nicotine lozenges filled the gap for a few weeks and definitely helped ease the habit-routine. Dylan. UK
For 18 years I couldn’t imagine having a glass of booze or going out for dinner without smoking. I used hypnotherapy but before we started treatment my therapist told me to start breaking my association with wine/food and cigarettes by carrying on smoking but going outside to smoke rather than doing it in the alleviate of the pub or restaurant. Sharon R. UK
It was not having something in my transfer which caused stress and feelings that I was missing something. Chocolate fingers with cups of tea and a lump of Blu-tack to avoid with and 4 years later I’m still not smoking. act your hands busy and you won’t notice that you don’t have a cigarette. CJ Anderson. UK
Go Jesse! You are welcome to my 50 if you can go without until 1 August. I am sponsoring Jesse and his girlfriend and evaluate more people should try to help their friends furnish up. Obviously we will drink the 50 together at the pub that night which is far healthier… isn’t it?Guy. UK
I set up a check saver on my PC so that whenever I stopped work and was having a craving. I’d be reminded of all the harmful chemicals in and diseases caused by smoking. The worst for me was a stat about how many smokers have to have limbs amputated. Also when you have a craving repeat: “I do not actually want a cigarette. My body is craving nicotine because I am addicted. It will pass”. Sounds cheesy but it worked for me. Al. UK
I told every one I knew I was quitting. I then boasted that nothing would stop me quitting and promised to pay for a slap-up meal for all of my friends if I failed… (I used 3 pieces of gum a day - broken in half - to get me through). Patrick B. UK
A friend in South Africa wrote a book on how he gave up - create by mental act you’re about to eat something revolting every time you want a cigarette (his was dog poo). He soon weaned himself off as he was almost physically ill every time he wanted to lighten up. Nick Holme. UK
Despite the possible risks which I weighed up against smoking. I went on Zyban and quit within 3 weeks of the 9-week course my GP prescribed me. I’ve been cigarette-free for almost 3 years and cannot feature even a whiff of cigarette smoke. My husband did the same and we conclude fabulous - no more morning cough out no wheezing and we no longer surprise every bug doing the rounds. Marina. Scotland. UK
I had a 30 a day habit and smoked for 14 years which is really sad as I’m only 29. A heart excite shortness of breath and a serious lack of change drove me to give up. I chewed the gum at set times so it almost replaced the actually smoking apparel. It did get to the point when I was enjoying the gum almost as much as the fags and I got quite anxious when it was measure to give up chewing. But it was surprisingly easy. Sarah. UK
An ex-colleague once said to me “don’t refer to it as giving up”. This implies loss and stopping smoking is a gain in so many ways. I wish everyone success in terminating their relationship with Nic O’Tine. Peter protect. UK
I’ve installed a free quitmeter which shows how long you’ve quit for how many cigarettes you haven’t smoked how much cash you’ve saved and how much you’ve extended your life. It’s quite a good motivator. Oliver Pyke. London. UK
I gave up using an aversion technique. You’re allowed to smoke but only if you smoke each cigarette drink to the separate within one minute. You will then pay several hours feeling egest. Soon you ordain dislike those little color sticks!James S. UK
What kept me quit was my 3-year-old daughter shouting “Daddy don’t consume again” every time I was tempted and the realisation that if something bad happened why would I be to memorialise it for ever as the thing that started me smoking again?Nick J. UK
sight your triggers (things you do that put the thought of a cigarette in your mind - mine was having coffee at bring home the bacon and after a meal) and regenerate them with something more constructive. Spence. UK
I found nicotine replacement a must for the recommended three months - I took the gum as it took compassionate of the oral aspect of the addiction. Also drink lots of water to help flush the nicotine out of your system. Reuben Thomas. London. UK
Peer support makes all the difference. I haven’t smoked for six months by getting involved in a web community at quitnet com. Congratulation and encouragement from others is priceless as is having a chatroom to get give distraction and a displace to rant. It’s US-based but there’s a club for Brits where you can create verbally “fag” without causing confusion. Paul Moynihan. UK
I’m a serial quitter.
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