If you seriously want to quit smoking ...

[twales]

i think im gonna struggle when i wake up at 5am each morning come down and have a cuppa and a 'you know what' - but this time i am more determined than ever to quit -

[postggj]

Have A Bag Of Mints In Your Pocket

 

And I Mean Bags

 

Every Time You Want A Cig, Pop A Mint

 

The Urge Will Soon Go

[Jan4a]

I ended up playing Solitaire on laptop when i first gave up to keep my hands busy!

[postggj]

I ended up playing Solitaire on laptop when i first gave up to keep my hands busy!

 

 

I KEPT MY HAND BUSY

I EMPTIED THE FRIDGE

 

NEVER AGAIN

 

I AM AT LONG LAST GETTING RID OF THE POUNDS

 

YOU NEED TO KEEP HAND AND MOUTH OCCUPIED

 

MINTS WORKED FOR ME IN THE END

[twales]

thats funny!!!!!!!! yes i have some mints - but im not craving at all - its the habit of smoking having done the same thing every day at least 20 times a day for 20 years - its changing a lifetime habit - think i might redecorate......

[postggj]

What Has Amazed Me Is During The Last Month, My Sense Of Taste Has Come Back

 

Its Brill

[twales]

thanks everyone for the support

[PGH7447]

Went to the NHS quit clinic today, so will see how I get on - this is something I never thought I would do:)

[stockport6]

I went through many stages of quitting before I finally nailed this last one. I can tell you the diffrence though.

 

In the past i had always blamed everything on quitting, from an aching back to a tooth ache, I soon realised this time though that not everything is to do with quitting. It does tend to overtake your life but these things would have happened wether you quit or not.

 

The second thing is that i thought that I had to somehow exorcise every trigger i had for smoking, for example, i thought I had to deal with friends i had not seen for a long time, I thought that I may feel an emotion I did not feel very often such as deep sadness or euphoria and that these may catch me off guard. The truth however was much simpler. All I had to do was find a way of dealing with feelings of anxiety.

 

There was no other trigger other than anxiety. That knot in the stomach, the tension across the shoulders and into the neck and face, the hollow feeling that seemed to go on forever, That was not a craving but a feeling of anxiety. The thing is it had been hijacked by smoking. So no matter who you are one thing that is certain is that you will feel at some point in the future anxiety. This is the one emotion that keeps us safe, it is instinct. It is there to protect us and cannot be ignored.

 

Try writing down how you feel both emotionally and physically when you really want a cigarette. Those times when someone has said you cannot smoke or when you do not know when you will get another. Write a list.

Then go on google and look at the symptoms of anxiety. I found that there were alot that matched.

 

Thanks

Ian

[Jan4a]

Went to the NHS quit clinic today, so will see how I get on - this is something I never thought I would do

 

when I stopped for the 2 years it was with their help. I did it with Nicotine gum (allergic to patches and Zyban interfered with my sleep patterns) so it did work.

 

Good luck

[PGH7447]

Thanks Jan4a - they prescribed Champix, so I am certain this time I will succeed

[mkb]

I'm on my 5th day of Champix.

 

Do make sure you eat before you take them tho cos they can make you feel sooo nauseous

 

I have difficulty taking 2 a day for that reason cos I don't normally eat until evening so I'm forcing myself to eat something just so I can take this pill. I guess that's a sign that I am actually committed to stopping this time - FINALLY

[c.lover]

Ive kept trying all the methods but fail every time:(

[Declaration]

I've been smoke free for almost two months now. I had been smoking 40 (sometimes more) per day and I have saved a fortune which is all going on repaying my debts

[Conniff]

So how is everyone ?

 

It's been a few years so how is it going ??

[stockport6]

So how is everyone ?

 

It's been a few years so how is it going ??[/quote

 

Hi conniff

 

I am 14 years smoke free now.

[AndyOrch]

10 mins for me and going strong

 

 

[maroondevo52]

10 mins for me and going strong

 

 

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Good stuff, It's when you hit the half an hour mark the sweats kick in