Giving up smoking..........

[snowqueen]

My 4th day today......i get a little craving but not all day, only when i stop doing anything....i am doing this cold turkey....can anyone give me a little advice if you have been through it and succeeded

[squeakage]

I had a good reason to give up smoking so it was a little easier for me....

 

Not really good advice but i find its easier when I'm out not to have any at all.... its easier to say no to the first one but once you've had that 1st one I usually cant stop....

 

Good luck though.. it helps the bank balance

[Louise]

QUOTE (snowqueen @ Apr 15 2004, 08:42)

My 4th day today......i get a little craving but not all day, only when i stop doing anything....i am doing this cold turkey....can anyone give me a little advice if you have been through it and succeeded

keep yourself occupied otherwise you will eat more through boredom and things taste loads better when you have quit so its even more tempting

[Lisa]

Well done Lynn, ive been contemplating quitting too, are you using the patches??

[Guest]

The patches DO work. I stopped for almost 2 weeks. Took them off for a while, then had a ciggy from being stressed out with my job. Then started again.

 

Would love to give them up but im a bit worried if I put on weight.

 

Although I weighed myself on the weekend and I was just over 7 stone.

 

Yikes.

[Lisa]

do you know maria, they have now inveted a pill that supresses the appetite, helps you lose weight & stops cig cravings, the only thing is it wont be out for release for about 2 years!!

[Guest]

I might ask my Doctor tomorrow about that Zaiban stuff. Apparently it's the dogs hairy danglees. It might not be suitable for me though, but it's worth asking.

 

I need to start going back to the gyme and toning myself up and get back to looking swish again, so if I decide to quit again, the gyme will occupy(sp) my mind

[Guest Kether]

QUOTE (Lisa @ Apr 15 2004, 10:50)

do you know maria, they have now inveted a pill that supresses the appetite, helps you lose weight & stops cig cravings, the only thing is it wont be out for release for about 2 years!!

I have a cock which does the same thing and it's on the market right now.

[baby jo]

me and chris gave up about a month or so ago, after a week the cravings will start to go. dont really have cravings any more but i think my appetite has increased and instead of a cigerette after a meal i now crave sweet things..doh, and it all tastes so good!!!! , you've def got through the hardest bit, woo, well done

[snowqueen]

I am not on any patches or anything else, i was on zyban for 6 days but i had a bad reaction, was tripping on them, so i decided to come off them so for 4 days have done this cold turkey, i am not worried about putting on weight just yet, i havent raided the cupboards , been eating raw carrots mmm......but been to dentist and next week got to have my wisdom tooth out........ouch........i'm scared

[baby jo]

mmmmmmmm, yummy!?!?! yep i done it cold turkey ive tried the tablet things before but they tasted so ruff i immediately gave up giving up. i think its helped coz me and chris both gave up so im not really around people that smoke. goin clubbin was well hard at first coz am used to sittin down and havin a fag , and that makes u crave so prob try a patch or take some rabbit food wit u, hehe (might get some funny looks tryin to get carrots passed the bouncers)

[Rascal]

I haven't had a cigarette now for two years, after a 20 a day habit (and a chimney at the weekends).

 

It's the best thing I have ever done, and I don't give a shit about the whole 'reformed smoker' abuse...we only go on about it alot more because we have been on both sides and can see how shit it is. How can non-smokers go on about something they have never tried?

 

Anyway nice one for quitting. make sure you keep yourself occupied and get out of the smoking routine. If your feeling like one in front of the TV because you don't know what to do with your hands then go and do the washing up or something (shit I know but it works).

 

I quit using hypnotherepy as I didn't think I would really give up through using patches or will power. I've got to say it was the easiest thing I've ever done for something that I thought was going to be so hard. It cost £90 and if I ever go back to smoking it's free for the second session...which I've never needed.

 

The weight thing is totally true though, you will put on the pounds.

 

 

[Lisa]

I know you can the patches on perscription now, but you have attend a smokers meet. Bit like an AA mett I guess

[Phil rr]

nice one Lynn keep goin xxx

[Squirrel]

Tunic and I have given up since the end of January and have done it cold turkey. Not had a single puff since. I was determined to do it cold turkey. Especially as my friends paid out a fortune to quit by hypnosis and are still smoking. Lucky for them it is guaranteed so they can go back for more but I don't have faith in that myself. At the end of the day if you want it bad enough you can give up.

 

What helped for us is the cost. We want to save for a deposit for a house and realised at least £80 a month was going on cigarettes. I now put that £80 straight into savings. What keeps me going is seeing how much my savings are growing

 

Good luck!