Post for everyone who QUIT evil fags

fallen01angel · 17-09-2014 10:16pm

Just worked it out,am 6 weeks off the cigarettes today:)

JillyQ · 17-09-2014 10:24pm

fallen01angel wrote: »

Just worked it out,am 6 weeks off the cigarettes today:)

Keep it up over 2.5 years off them myself it gets easier.

fallen01angel · 17-09-2014 10:42pm

JillyQ wrote: »

Keep it up over 2.5 years off them myself it gets easier.

Wow,well done you.....that's what I aspire to,but when people ask me how I doing ( to be honest I'm flying,which I cannot figure out,I loved my cigarettes!!!) I tell them grand.....but quickly add on that I could be back on them tomorrow,it's like I'm preparing them that they could see me puffing away soon:(

JillyQ · 17-09-2014 10:50pm

fallen01angel wrote: »

Wow,well done you.....that's what I aspire to,but when people ask me how I doing ( to be honest I'm flying,which I cannot figure out,I loved my cigarettes!!!) I tell them grand.....but quickly add on that I could be back on them tomorrow,it's like I'm preparing them that they could see me puffing away soon:(

I had 3 break outs but start again. Just resist the urge to buy them when it happens.

Vizzy · 17-09-2014 11:15pm

JillyQ wrote: »

Keep it up over 2.5 years off them myself it gets easier.

Just saw your post and realised I am off the exactly 2.5 years today (17th March 2012)

JillyQ · 17-09-2014 11:47pm

Vizzy wrote: »

Just saw your post and realised I am off the exactly 2.5 years today (17th March 2012)

24th dec 11

Call Me Jimmy · 17-09-2014 11:50pm

any tips for quitting with another smoker in the house? Whenever I'm on my own I usually get a couple of days off them, then they come back and I cave. It's so much harder when I can just get one from them, but maybe I just need to be mentally tougher.

Last summer was off them nearly the whole summer cold turkey

J Mysterio · 17-09-2014 11:52pm

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

any tips for quitting with another smoker in the house? Whenever I'm on my own I usually get a couple of days off them, then they come back and I cave. It's so much harder when I can just get one from them, but maybe I just need to be mentally tougher.

Last summer was off them nearly the whole summer cold turkey

Vape eliquid with 0 nic

reprise · 18-09-2014 6:16pm

7 months off for me now.

Sooo much easier now than March, but some days - for a fleeting moment - its like I only quit yesterday!

It passes.

BrowmThomas · 21-09-2014 10:34am

I stopped on new years eve. Have no desire to ever have another.

After ten years smoking 10-20 a day and giving up every January (for maximum of one month), I knew this time it was for good.

You HAVE to have it in your head that you want to do it.

I gained some weight the first 6 months but have lost it slowly in last 3 months.

Well done to all who quit.

Agent Coulson · 26-09-2014 12:33pm

I'm 1000 days off them today

Perkinstock · 27-09-2014 6:43am

keep up the good work guys!

ima proud olopya!

BremoreDave · 30-09-2014 3:13pm

New to Boards and I just came across this thread . I have not had a cigarette since March this year after being a 20-30 a day smoker for about 27 years .
To anyone else trying to give up, stick with it as it is amazing just how much better you will feel after just a couple of months.
It gets easier, and the odd time that I think about having a cigarette I just remind myself of what it was like and soon put the idea out of my head because I know that having just the one would lead to just an other one ........

Dave

Little Lion Woman · 30-09-2014 3:59pm

BremoreDave wrote: »

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To anyone else trying to give up, stick with it as it is amazing just how much better you will feel after just a couple of months.

This is so true! I wish I'd given up years ago.

Call Me Jimmy · 30-09-2014 4:06pm

gearing up mentally for another go. Only big thing is the socialising. My only socialising is in drink scenarios and it's the only time I really feel myself so dont know whether I will have to avoid it completely for a while? Also should I just do it immediately and throw out a pack or can you build up to it and be better prepared with a day or two of thinking about it, preparing?

reading this thread recently has helped me get closer to doing it so thanks

Little Lion Woman · 30-09-2014 4:12pm

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

gearing up mentally for another go. Only big thing is the socialising. My only socialising is in drink scenarios and it's the only time I really feel myself so dont know whether I will have to avoid it completely for a while? Also should I just do it immediately and throw out a pack or can you build up to it and be better prepared with a day or two of thinking about it, preparing?

reading this thread recently has helped me get closer to doing it so thanks

I know everyone's different but I personally had a few quiet weekends at first as I didn't trust myself to not smoke!

It really depends on how ready you are. In the times I've quit in the past before I've waited until I finish the current box but this time round I just got fed up and resolved to quit straightaway. There's still some left in the box and I still have that box at home!

Call Me Jimmy · 30-09-2014 4:32pm

Yes I'm afraid if i leave it til i finish a box that that is just a cycle of continuing. I feel confident because I as I've said here I did a whole summer and was very stupid thinking I could have the one because I had done it relatively easily. I just kinda need to feel the click in my mind, but even talking and thinking about is good at the moment it makes a point of it.

KungPao · 01-10-2014 3:26pm

192 days for myself. Been on the vapouriser all along, recently dropped from 2.4mg to 1.6mg.

Not a bit of tobacco in that time and when I see people standing in the rain smoking themelves into a life of wrinkles, bad health, bad smell etc, I wonder whyyyy?

Then occasionally I get a craving for a smoke...Over 6 months off 'em and still getting cravings. So bloody addictive.

Can't imagine myself smoking again though...not while young anyway, maybe when I'm 70 I'll start on a pipe!

BremoreDave · 02-10-2014 1:10pm

KungPao wrote: »

Then occasionally I get a craving for a smoke...Over 6 months off 'em and still getting cravings. So bloody addictive.

I don't think that ever goes away , I occasionally still get a 'wouldn't mind a smoke now ' thought , but it quickly passes . I know someone off them five years and still gets those moments , or forgets that he doesn't smoke and starts searching in his pocket for them .

SMJSF · 02-10-2014 6:38pm

I'm on day 3, doing the "stoptober" campaign.... And I've turned into a demon! I'm fine during the day, but in the evening, I turn completely nuts and emotional!!! It's about my 7th time in 6 years turning to stop... But I don't know if I really want to quit, or if I'm ready.. I'm mostly doing it because of money, but I'm starting to actually miss it, even when an ad comes on the TV, I find myself rooting through my bag, for a blue pall mall box that doesn't exist!!

In Lonesome Dove · 03-10-2014 8:06pm

I'm on day 2 of giving up cold turkey. Got on grand yesterday but I did crave and wish for one but got through the day. Got on grand this morning. I don't smoke in work and work was OK but I did find myself wishing for a cigarette. It's evening time now, I'm home from work and I am beginning to cave. I went to the shop and all and hour ago and bought a back and walking home I was so sorry. I want to give up so badly to save. Although I'm fighting the urge and I didn't open the pack.

Call Me Jimmy · 03-10-2014 8:38pm

If you haven't opened that pack after buying it you are still in great shape!

SMJSF · 03-10-2014 10:22pm

haven't touch a cig since Monday night.... today hasn't been bad at all.... got a vaporiser in temple bar..... not really liking it... it doesn't feel like a smoke... the "smoke" is too light from what I'm used too and isn't doing anything :-/ but I am missing my nightly smokes :-(
if I make it a week - great, 2 weeks I'll be delighted, longer... It may be a breakthrough!!
But don't want to jinx myself too early!!

In Lonesome Dove · 04-10-2014 10:57am

I caved in after writing my post last night and smoked one. Just one which was good going.

I also smoked one this morning. If I could make this box stretch over a week, I'll be going good.

copea2 · 21-10-2014 9:33pm

I'm officially off the smokes one year today ( I have waited a while to say that !!!)

Didn't think I would make it this far - it was tough going in the beginning but you just have to stick with it. Can't believe its been a year already.

I haven't had one cigarette since giving up and I honestly believe that's the reason I made it this far and the best piece of advice I got from these threads.

Best of luck to everyone else quitting. It really does feel great to say your a non-smoker

remembering · 21-10-2014 10:31pm

I will be 3 years off them this January. At times I Still can't believe I don't smoke anymore because I used to chain smoke ! I did it cold turkey and never had one puff since the day i stopped. I just know I can't because I'd be back on them!! Sometimes I miss them if I'm out with people that smoke but then I smell someone in the lift at work and I can't believe I used to smell like that!! Never thought I'd think like that!! I honestly think someone 'upstairs' told me to give up. I just can't explain it but I truly believe they did because I just stopped one day out if the blue. Good luck to all giving up . It can be hard at times but it will be worth it in the end!

BremoreDave · 22-10-2014 12:02pm

remembering wrote: »

I will be 3 years off them this January. At times I Still can't believe I don't smoke anymore because I used to chain smoke ! I did it cold turkey and never had one puff since the day i stopped. I just know I can't because I'd be back on them!! Sometimes I miss them if I'm out with people that smoke but then I smell someone in the lift at work and I can't believe I used to smell like that!! Never thought I'd think like that!! I honestly think someone 'upstairs' told me to give up. I just can't explain it but I truly believe they did because I just stopped one day out if the blue. Good luck to all giving up . It can be hard at times but it will be worth it in the end!

A lot of that rings true with me . Just passed the 7 month mark and I can honestly say it is a great feeling of freedom.
I knew I had to change my whole lifestyle after a couple of doctors warning me of the way I was going , over 40 , smoking and high cholesterol, I was heading for a heart attack.
One doctor in particular , after chatting with him, made me realize that I didn't actually enjoy smoking as much as I thought and it was mostly just out of routine.
So for anyone else , keep at it , this is my third attempt , and so far the longest .

remembering · 22-10-2014 6:20pm

BremoreDave wrote: »

A lot of that rings true with me . Just passed the 7 month mark and I can honestly say it is a great feeling of freedom.
I knew I had to change my whole lifestyle after a couple of doctors warning me of the way I was going , over 40 , smoking and high cholesterol, I was heading for a heart attack.
One doctor in particular , after chatting with him, made me realize that I didn't actually enjoy smoking as much as I thought and it was mostly just out of routine.
So for anyone else , keep at it , this is my third attempt , and so far the longest .

Hi ya

Well 7 months is fab. Well done to us! I also read the Alan Carr book about a week after I stopped. I did it backwards but I definitely found that excellent aswell! I felt very smug when the price of them went up in the budget last week!! Ha ha . Wish I had saved the money now. I'd have a nice fat bank account!!' Gd luck !!

bd2012 · 22-10-2014 6:27pm

2 weeks, one day today. I'm vaping but the first week was relatively pain free, bar the morning coffee craving.

Good luck to all!

Agent Coulson · 17-11-2014 8:23am

Just hit 150 weeks off them today...:D Not that I am counting or anything:p

Newonhere · 17-11-2014 8:44am

I stopped in February 2011, I hadn't planned to stop although I wanted to. My partner bought me the Allen Carr book for Christmas 2010.
All through reading the book I was thinking to myself that this is "typical American self help ****e" and it took me from late December to early February to read the first half of the book (I only persevered with it as I had promised my partner that I would) then I read the second half of the book in a period of about 4 days and I followed the directions given in relation to continuing to smoke as normal etc.
I had no confidence at all that it would help me to stop but after finishing the book and following the directions I have not had or really wanted a cigarette since.
I can't say that I have had any real cravings and I must say that at this point I really do consider myself as a non-smoker now.

rarefind0220 · 21-12-2014 2:11am

indeed

internet_user · 22-12-2014 4:27pm

I started smoking daily about 2 years ago and the longest I had ever gone without one was about a week. I was able to go off them for a couple of days but then I'd have one and the whole thing would start again. Currently on day 10 since having one and today has been the hardest, feeling pretty much restless and irritated all day. Striving to not give in

gafarrell · 22-12-2014 4:33pm

I'll be off the coffin nails 6 years on January 3rd. I used to smoke about 20 a day.
I got a chest infection on Jan 3rd 6 years ago and couldn't smoke. It was a good time to try and quit I suppose.
I never went back on them thankfully.

Ludo · 23-12-2014 3:54pm

Yep... Same here. Got a nasty chest infection at start of March this year and physically couldn't smoke for three days. Still off them now.

That's over 6600 cigarettes not smoked... 298 days off them and.... €3200 saved.

I have promised myself a nice new car when I hit the year mark. Fully confident of reaching that now.

Spearsharp · 26-12-2014 6:50am

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It was at my friend's birthday party, I first found this amazing product...

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weiland79 · 31-12-2014 11:55am

Good luck to everyone giving up tonight. I'm 2 years free in February, best thing i ever did!

DenMan · 31-12-2014 12:45pm

I'm over three years off them now! Had two on Christmas Eve night and then went cold turkey on them! Can't believe it's three years now! That's over 1,000 days!

B00056718 · 31-12-2014 1:10pm

I was a smoker for 16 years until I gave up and managed to stay off them for 3 years.

Stupidly, I started up again last February. Have decided to finish my last one just before midnight.

Thinks that worked for me last time:

1. As stupid as it might sound, I was thinking of this monster inside me that can only live with regular supply of nicotine. As long as I don't supply the monster, it will start dying. As soon as I smoke one, the monster is back to 100% health.

2. Substitute. Decide what you are going to do when craving and have the supply of the substitutes with you at all times. So before quitting say this in your head "Instead of smoking, I will eat jellies" or whatever it might be you decide to do.

3. Avoid things that would complement smoking. For me it was coffee. I started drinking tea first thing in the morning and would only drink coffee when smoking would't be possible. In the office, after starting work already etc.

I know some of these things sound silly but they worked for me and few weeks later I started to forget that I was ever smoking. So I though I share them and hopefully somebody will find them useful.

Also, don't expect to feel much better immediately. Recovery happens so gradually that you don't even notice it. It was some months later when I realized that I need much less sleep and have a lot more energy. For the first few days it was quite opposite - I felt more tired and irritated.

Good luck!

P.S It is also important to smoke you last one , convincing yourself that this is it. After this one, instead of smoking, I will (insert your substitute) and destroy any smokes you have left.

Agent Coulson · 31-12-2014 10:41pm

3 years today!

Tried many times to quit and it took many times to find what worked for me so to those trying and those wanting to quit keep it up and you will find what work for you!

Happy 2015 and best of luck to those wanting to quit.

Entropy7 · 01-01-2015 2:21pm

5 years free of smoking today!!! so happy about that!

digit1 · 02-01-2015 10:46am

Roughly 3 and a half years off them. What a change to my life and also my pocket !

Biglad · 02-01-2015 9:05pm

It will be 4 years this January, best thing I've ever done without a doubt!

Call Me Jimmy · 02-01-2015 9:38pm

I just keep letting it slide. One day at a time I'm continuing to smoke like a dope. And it's on my mind a lot but I am at home all day and it breaks it up. I know it's psychological because I've gotten over the early days cravings a couple of times

Slicemeister · 04-01-2015 2:32am

Stopped smoking 3 days ago. Took herself to the film's tonight for free in my own head. One day at a time, but 1 fag will end up killing me.

internet_user · 17-04-2015 6:46pm

internet_user wrote: »

I started smoking daily about 2 years ago and the longest I had ever gone without one was about a week. I was able to go off them for a couple of days but then I'd have one and the whole thing would start again. Currently on day 10 since having one and today has been the hardest, feeling pretty much restless and irritated all day. Striving to not give in

Posted this around christmas time, a few days after this I gave in...HOWEVER currently 3 weeks off them today, the longest I've ever went by far, even have went out twice and not smoked, onwards and upwards:)

littlemisshobo · 20-04-2015 7:28pm

3 weeks off the smokes too... feel a hell of a lot better this week and was able to hang out in the sunshine while friends smoked on the lunch break and not be bothered at all... long may it last!

internet_user · 20-04-2015 11:24pm

littlemisshobo wrote: »

3 weeks off the smokes too... feel a hell of a lot better this week and was able to hang out in the sunshine while friends smoked on the lunch break and not be bothered at all... long may it last!

well done keep it up!! I recommend people to get an app, what keeps me going is trying to unlock all achievements that you get after passing certain periods of time, also shows how your health is improving:)

October · 20-04-2015 11:27pm

Was off cigarettes 8 years on 15th April! Delighted!

littlemisshobo · 28-04-2015 5:52pm

what's the app? I'm competitive enough to get into that idea!! 4 weeks off now, have had a job interview (that I got) and presentations to give and deadlines to meet in that time... and didn't smoke... woop!!

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