Full Version: Anybody Else Wanna Quit Smoking
From: Dr Nick (FOZZA) [#1]
12 Mar 9:33
To: ALL
This is my day 2.
Currently smoke about 15 a day, including that 1st thing in the morning one that all the website say means I stupiddly addicted!
Using the Patches which are currently on sale at Boots.
Mainly doing it for common sense and health reason.
However the driving force is I am sick of feeling like I have no control over the smoking thing, the whole they control me not the other way round.
Just wondering if anybody else was quiting or thinking about doing it. Teh Forum support group sign up here .
:)
From: milko [#2]
12 Mar 10:45
To: Dr Nick (FOZZA) [#1] 12 Mar 11:11
From: PNCOOL [#3]
12 Mar 17:36
To: Dr Nick (FOZZA) [#1] 14 Mar 15:24
Those patches are so expensive, it almost makes financial sense to continue smoking.
My Dad's decided to quit after god-knows how many years of smoking. He only has 10-15 a day, but could never quite be bothered to quit, what with a lack of want or willpower.
He went to the doctors though and they have put him on a course of tablets to help you stop, all at the expense of the tax payer. He says not only do they help stop your brain wanting a cigarette due to the nicotine, but they make them smell like shit too. He hasn't touched one since January, so it's looking good.
From: william [#4]
12 Mar 19:54
To: Dr Nick (FOZZA) [#3] 14 Mar 15:24
Don't know how useful a support group is, but I suppose it can't hurt, and there must be the peer pressure factor of not being the first to give in. I found it hellish, and I never believed for one moment in the first three months that I would succeed. I still wanted cigarettes quite often, as long as a year later, and relapsed very briefly for a few weeks after three years. Stopped again from sheer shame.
Apart from that relapse, I haven't smoked for well over 20 years now - but in my dreams I'm often a heavy smoker.
I used to experiment with different brands back when I was about 20, and I can still remember the sheer pleasure of taking a packet of Passing Clouds (pink packet, smoking cavalier picture, unfiltered oval cigarettes) to my favourite cafe on a Saturday afternoon - God they were nice ciggies!
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From: Hugh et al le J (KOSWIX) [#5]
12 Mar 21:40
To: Dr Nick (FOZZA) [#1] 14 Mar 15:24
From: MrTrent [#6]
13 Mar 20:37
To: Dr Nick (FOZZA) [#1] 14 Mar 15:24
From: Daniel Herman (HERMAND) [#7]
13 Mar 21:32
To: MrTrent [#6] 14 Mar 17:10
From: Killamarshian (HAL9001) [#8]
13 Mar 21:52
To: Daniel Herman (HERMAND) [#7] 13 Mar 23:55
From: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) [#9]
14 Mar 0:53
To: Dr Nick (FOZZA) [#1] 14 Mar 15:24
I have mostly quit. Except on occasional days when I smoke.
Strangely, I have recently been craving spliff.
From: MrTrent [#10]
14 Mar 17:11
To: Daniel Herman (HERMAND) [#7] 14 Mar 17:29
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) [#11]
14 Mar 20:35
To: MrTrent [#10] 15 Mar 0:25
From: MrTrent [#12]
15 Mar 0:27
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) [#11] 15 Mar 10:48
From: Mikee [#13]
21 Mar 3:29
To: ALL
Patches are bad news for me, I've passed out from using one before. My heart beats superfast and I go all pale.
I found the best way for me to give up is just using the chewing gum and hoping for the best. I've managed up to 6 months before, but I'm currently smoking. I know I shouldn't - but I enjoy it!
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) [#14]
21 Mar 20:56
To: Mikee [#13] 21 Mar 23:14