Stopping Smoking

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Ive decided to stop smoking, has anyone recently gave up & what did you as substuite ie patches or gum, what do you think works best, any advice I would be really greatful.:xyxwave:

[Vicky.]

Im in the process of giving up..and I'm not using patches or anything like that. Just cutting down on how many I smoke gradually until Im on like 1 or 2 a day and then just cut it out. Am down to 5 a day from 20 :D

I think thats probably the easiest way...

[Niamh.]

I found the nicorette inhaler the most helpful

[Chuck]

Have you really stopped smoking, Niamh? :amazed:

[Niamh.]

Have you really stopped smoking, Niamh? :amazed:

No :laugh: they just helped to stay off them for the longest time :(

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Thanks for the advice, I have stopped smoking twice once for 2.5 yrs then once for 6 month, i used inhaler & the gum, but I just know couldnt go cold turkey so don't know what to try, the patches didn't agree with either.:bawling:

[King Gizzard]

Good luck Sir

[Chuck]

No :laugh: they just helped to stay off them for the longest time :(

:joker: How long have you managed to stay off them?

[Mystic Mock]

Don't think about smoking,try and occupy yourself with something and do activites to take your mind off smoking.

That's my suggestion anyway OP.

[Niamh.]

:joker: How long have you managed to stay off them?

around 2 months was my record. I am weak :bawling:

[Mystic Mock]

around 2 months was my record. I am weak :bawling:

Your better than my Mom then.:joker:

[Chuck]

around 2 months was my record. I am weak :bawling:

That's not too bad I guess.

[Stu]

Just quit cold turkey or cut down gradually. I can't stand how people waste so much money on patches and gum and stuff to help them. You're throwing money at these companies so they can keep you hooked on nicotine - the drug you're meant to be quitting in the first place - only to probably end up back on proper smokes eventually anyway.

Just keep in shape and your mind will start to feel good about the body and won't want to smoke. And I mean really keep in shape. Run like hell or something. No expensive therapy of nicotine substitutes or any of this garbage.

[Mystic Mock]

Just quit cold turkey or cut down gradually. I can't stand how people waste so much money on patches and gum and stuff to help them. You're throwing money at these companies so they can keep you hooked on nicotine - the drug you're meant to be quitting in the first place - only to probably end up back on proper smokes eventually anyway.

Just keep in shape and your mind will start to feel good about the body and won't want to smoke. And I mean really keep in shape. Run like hell or something. No expensive therapy of nicotine substitutes or any of this garbage.

Listen to Stu on this,it will keep your mind distracted from Cigerettes.

[Niamh.]

Just quit cold turkey or cut down gradually. I can't stand how people waste so much money on patches and gum and stuff to help them. You're throwing money at these companies so they can keep you hooked on nicotine - the drug you're meant to be quitting in the first place - only to probably end up back on proper smokes eventually anyway.

Just keep in shape and your mind will start to feel good about the body and won't want to smoke. And I mean really keep in shape. Run like hell or something. No expensive therapy of nicotine substitutes or any of this garbage.

Because they work for a lot of people Stu. My dad quit by using the inhaler after being a chain smoker for 30 odd years.

[Stu]

I'm basing this on personal experience. I've never known anyone to stay off the tabs who have used that stuff.

[Bollo]

I think cutting down gradually helps the best, I went from 15 a day, down to 5, then to 1 over a period of a couple of months and actually quit altogether for 6 months.
Unfortunately I did start again (stress@ work & terrible willpower) but am still only on 5 a day at the moment.

My friend also quit by cutting down gradually and was down to 1 a day for about six months before he actually quit and he hasn't smoked for 5 years

[Mystic Mock]

I think cutting down gradually helps the best, I went from 15 a day, down to 5, then to 1 over a period of a couple of months and actually quit altogether for 6 months.
Unfortunately I did start again (stress@ work & terrible willpower) but am still only on 5 a day at the moment.

My friend also quit by cutting down gradually and was down to 1 a day for about six months before he actually quit and he hasn't smoked for 5 years

The one your suggesting is ideal but it takes alot of willpower to do it as my Mom and Dad gave it ago and they couldn't get off it.

[Bollo]

The one your suggesting is ideal but it takes alot of willpower to do it as my Mom and Dad gave it ago and they couldn't get off it.

Yeah you're right it is hard and I'm still not completely off them, but Stu is right I think if you have something to distract you i.e in the form of excercise etc it helps. Like for instance I played a game of badminton this morning and then did a dance class and didn't have a smoke until like an hour ago..

[Mystic Mock]

Yeah you're right it is hard and I'm still not completely off them, but Stu is right I think if you have something to distract you i.e in the form of excercise etc it helps. Like for instance I played a game of badminton this morning and then did a dance class and didn't have a smoke until like an hour ago..

Yeah it's all in the mind,obviously it sounds easy to me as I am not smoking,but stuff like dance class or meeting up with friends and family can take your mind off smoking.

[Omah]

Ive decided to stop smoking, has anyone recently gave up & what did you as substuite ie patches or gum, what do you think works best, any advice I would be really greatful.:xyxwave:

There's no "best" way to give up smoking ..... you may have to try several times, with different approaches ..... ;)

I was a "chain-smoker" who didn't really want to give up, but my doctor's advice was stark - give up or die, much sooner rather than later, from a heart attack ..... :eek:

So, I spent a year attending courses and putting the dread day off ..... :idc:

Then, 8 years ago, I bit the bullet, slapped on the patches and went for broke ..... :banana:

It was 12 weeks of hell ..... insomnia, hallucinations, cold sweats, vomiting, diarrhoea, mood-swings, etc, etc, etc ..... :crazy:

..... but I haven't smoked since ..... :cheer2::amazed::cheer2:


What really works is will-power and, for me, that meant formulating a mantra in my mind and repeating it, as necessary, before, during and after the physical cessation of smoking ..... :cool:

Nicotine replacement therapies can help with the physical addiction, but having tricks up your sleeve to distract you from the psychological habit can be just as important.

http://www.niquitin.co.uk/Articles/ready-to-take-control/manage-your-cravings/

[Smithy]

omg were you smoking crack

[Bollo]

Well done Omah, you're really making me want to try giving up again properly..

[InOne]

Quitters :bored:

[Bollo]

Quitters :bored:

:laugh2:

[InOne]

Does it annoy anyone else when people make a massive song and dance about stopping smoking? (Not on about you OP) But in general, if you go out to the pub and that it's all they seem to talk about, and they keep reminding you how hard it is and how well they're doing. And by the end of the night they're puffing away :bored: And now we have these electronic things that let you blow smoke inside which people seem to always want to blow in your face and can never put it down.

[Chuck]

:laugh:

[Bollo]

Does it annoy anyone else when people make a massive song and dance about stopping smoking? (Not on about you OP) But in general, if you go out to the pub and that it's all they seem to talk about, and they keep reminding you how hard it is and how well they're doing. And by the end of the night they're puffing away :bored: And now we have these electronic things that let you blow smoke inside which people seem to always want to blow in your face and can never put it down.

Yes those electronic things are annoying, some bird I know started puffing on one when I was talking to her, it freaked me out 'cos i'd never seen one before, I made the mistake of asking her about it and she went on and on for hours about it. After that I had to go outside for a smoke

[InOne]

Yes those electronic things are annoying, some bird I know started puffing on one when I was talking to her, it freaked me out 'cos i'd never seen one before, I made the mistake of asking her about it and she went on and on for hours about it. After that I had to go outside for a smoke

They seem more of a toy rather than a stopping smoking thing lol

[GypsyGoth]

Quitters :bored:

:laugh3:

[Glenn.]

Everyone is different. It depends completely on willpower. If you want to stop you will.

Order a Quitkit (https://smokefree.nhs.uk//quit-tools/quit-kit/order/)

Its full of tips and facts and that. Plus you get this wobbly plastic thing. Its epic :amazed:

Like I said, it depends on your willpower.

[arista]

Quitters :bored:


No its the Future


You the Smoker are in Our Living Past

[Redway]

I have to agree with InOne on this.

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Well today is the day, not had a cigarette since lastnight, it's doing my head in not smoking already, but I'm determined not to give in.

[Omah]

Good for you !

:thumbs: