:joker: he did say he needed a distraction

:laugh:

Many times I tried to pack in smoking so I know what your going through. Ive been off them about 8 years now, cant even stand the smell of them and believe me smokers do smell. You have done a good thing by posting it on here now we all know your packing in so we can all support you. You can do it Ben. A little tip for you, whenever you have a craving for a ciggie, go and clean your teeth so your mouth feels all nice and fresh and minty now you don't want to spoil that by having a horrible drug (nicotine) do you? What money you would use to buy a pack I believe they are very expensive now? Why not chuck your money in a bin or better still save it in a jar??? Best of luck Ben.

Bloody bunch of perverts, lol.


And yeah Mizzy, I'm planning to out the money I would spend on smokes away into a bank account and watch it grow. :hugesmile:

you will never keep it up

that's the spirit Arista, he needs all the encouragement he can get.

Arista is on his period atm, Cherie. It's okay.


I am now heading to bed (earlier than I would ever do) as I'm in a content place atm and don't want the craving to come back.

I can never understand why people try to quit at new year - parties, booze, you're destined to have a ciggie!

New Year has been and gone Ian, so no more parties for me atm. :tongue:


Day 2 woken up and atm not too bad, the real test will be at work.

Good luck man! Yeah the real test is when you get stressed or something to see if you can deal with that without having to go out for a smoke

Good luck Ben!!!!,have some ice cream that puts my stress down

good luck :).

Well work was a test but I managed to get through it (with a bad mood and a face like a smacked arse, lol).

Day 2 done. :hugesmile:

Okay, so far I have:

* reduced the carbon monoxide in my system to 12%
* Reduced my craving to 97%
* My cardio-circulatory is 98%
* Raised my life expectancy by 3 hours
* Saved 2 hours (in which I would have spent smoking)
* I have saved £13.01
* I would have smoked approximately 35 cigarettes by now.

Good work Ben, think you deserve a celebratory ciggie after all that

that all very well but what have you done for me lately

I can get Matt to ban you if you like?

:laugh:


It has been hard today, my laptop has nearly been out the window several times.

Great stuff ben well done! make sure you save the money and buy yourself something nice at the end of the week with it :D

I'm gonna save all the money for a few months and put it towards a 30th birthday present to myself :hugesmile:

Day 3 eh, it's gonna be a long year for us :tongue:

It really is. :hugesmile:

Ah, it's my day off and I have been fine since waking up but this last hour has been tough :(

Eat some ice cream Ben!

I went outside and danced in the brief shower we just had. :laugh: