I need to save money

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy

I'm a smoker and I need to give up smoking to save money. I buy about 4 or 5 boxes of cigarettes a week and 9.50 a box, that would be money I could save. You see there is an event coming up in July which is going to be costly and my weekly wage is 240 euro and I have no savings currently. I worked out a bit of a savings plan from now to July and I'm not even coming near to the amount that I need. So I need to give up smoking to save. It makes sense.

Giving up smoking was something I thought about since Janaury. There's been many times I say to myself 'right, tomorrow I'm not going to buy any more cigarettes' but then I fail and I buy. I gave up smoking before about 9 years, cold turkey but then took back up again a year or two later.

Has any after hourers give up smoking? Any tips to give up smoking?

Sir Arthur Daley

Hypnotherapist worked for me anyway.

truedoom

Yeah, just stop doing it.

Willpower is the only way to stay off them.

Acedia.

Vape

humbert

Search bar. Top of page. Giving Up Smoking.

phelixoflaherty

Ya. Just stop. Enjoy the nuts sensation.

Its not often you get that kind of feeling for free.

It will lessen with tiime.

Just stop

Vivienne23

Ecig, off them 11 days, lit up one cig Saturday morning took 2 puffs realised they were a waste of my time and threw it away, best thing I ever did lighting up again, resounds the fact I wasn't missing anything and 100 euro saved to do whatever I like with !! (Except for ecig supplies, that's the next thing to go but not just yet ) I didn't realise I was going to give up a new shop opened locally and was passing and got one ! Great job

GenieOz

Keep buying the cigarettes, give up food instead.
Live the model lifestyle

PizzamanIRL

Chewing gum.

Willpower.

That's it really. Reward yourself daily when you don't smoke anything. Set yourself goals and feel good about yourself when you reach them.

Wacker The Attacker

take up gambling

GenieOz

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

take up gambling

you posted this not long after saying losing a 1200 euro bet was the stupidest thing you ever did to yourself..
OP, I'd advise ignoring this one

Murt10

Previous posts. At least he explains why you smoke. Millions of people swear by his book

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055778043

corner of hells

Chop off a few fingers , might help you give up and cut down on biting your nails.

GhostInTheRuins

I've never smoked myself but I've heard good things from people quitting with those e-cigs. Even if you don't quit entirely you'll save a fortune over the real cigs. Plus they're better for you apparently.

Wacker The Attacker

GenieOz wrote: »

you posted this not long after saying losing a 1200 euro bet was the stupidest thing you ever did to yourself..
OP, I'd advise ignoring this one

I hope youre taking none of this seriously

AnonoBoy

Heroin takes the edge right off that nicotine craving.

GenieOz

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

I hope youre taking none of this seriously

It was meant to come across as a joke..I guess not

Books4you

I agree with the ecigs post. Off the fags 1 week now. Bought the kit for €77. Can get cheaper. Hard the first few days but flying it now. I was buying a box a day so practically €70 a week. Couldn't keep that going!! Would highly recommend! To keep my new habit going it'll prob cost me €15 a month now instead of €280. Give it a go...

diomed

If you don't buy cigarettes you will have nothing to smoke. That I think, is giving up smoking.

minidazzler

Set up a standing order to take 50 euro a week out of your account into another account that you cannot access until July. By July 1st you will have 650 euro. And since you literally won't have the money to buy cigarette's you won't be able to. For every 10 euro more you add to that standing order you add another 130 euro. I don't know what your bills are, but you can tailor your life to fit your budget.

hfallada

Ask your doctor. There is a prescription that actually gets people of cigarettes. But it's prescription only. None of that gum or patch bs that doesn't really work.

FullblownRose

hfallada wrote: »

Ask your doctor. There is a prescription that actually gets people of cigarettes. But it's prescription only. None of that gum or patch bs that doesn't really work.

That sounds like Champix tablets. They might help! They are expensive to buy but can be prescribed on a medical card. And I think they stil cost less than a cigarette habit.

O.P, Try thinking of yourself as a nonsmoker. Not a former smoker or anything, just a non smoker. You could take Vitamin C. It is meant to help people to combat nicotine cravings.

everlast75

Read 'quitters inc.' by Bachman (aka Stephen King). Short story and is class!

gramar

Have you considered stealing?

jester77

Over 20% of your wage just for cigarettes... that's a hell of a lot and should be a good motivator in itself.

I've no idea how to help with the cravings, my uncle took to chewing gum and that helped him.

Why not open a savings account, and each week before you go shopping for cigarettes, transfer the money you would have spent on them into the savings account. Use the savings account as an incentive to get through the tough days.

grdaHopeful

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy wrote: »

I'm a smoker and I need to give up smoking to save money. I buy about 4 or 5 boxes of cigarettes a week and 9.50 a box, that would be money I could save. You see there is an event coming up in July which is going to be costly and my weekly wage is 240 euro and I have no savings currently. I worked out a bit of a savings plan from now to July and I'm not even coming near to the amount that I need. So I need to give up smoking to save. It makes sense.

Giving up smoking was something I thought about since Janaury. There's been many times I say to myself 'right, tomorrow I'm not going to buy any more cigarettes' but then I fail and I buy. I gave up smoking before about 9 years, cold turkey but then took back up again a year or two later.

Has any after hourers give up smoking? Any tips to give up smoking?

€240 a week? Are you working 40 hours for that?

You're better off on the dole than working for a subsistence lifestyle.

I met a guy in the pub one night -- he went to England in the 70s with "a shirt and a pair of trousers". He came back 30 years later with "three shirts and three pairs of trousers". Made me laugh.

Funnily enough, there are a lot of people with D4 accents and degrees coming out every orifice who live like this nowadays.

meoklmrk91

Get yourself a personal vaporiser, I know people who have tried everything many times over, willpower, champix, nicotine patches, gum, inhalers etc. etc. the only thing that worked for them was a personal vaporiser. I skipped that other stuff and went straight for a PV since I had no real wish to give up, I Ike you needed to save money and it worked like a charm.

Merkin

Cold turkey is the only way. I used to cut through 30 a day and was like Fag Ash Lil, I really loved smoking. Went cold turkey and the first week was akin to hell on earth but several years later and I'm still off them.

Don't use e-cigarettes, nicotine patches or any other crutches designed by the pharmaceutical companies to keep you sucked in and addicted. Quit by buying the Allen Carr book, choosing a date to quit, and sticking with it. I think you need to go through the hell of withdrawal to make you stay off them tbh.

If you need any further help PM me. I've been there and it can be done.

OldGoat

All those stop smoking gimmicks have the words "Requires willpower" somewhere in the blurb.
Willpower however requires no gimmick.
Put out the ciggy and hey presto - you are now a non smoker. How long you remain a non-smoker is down to willpower.
Willpower is also the most cost effective method of quitting.


/Reaches for a cigar

joseph1010

I smoke 1-2 boxes per day. The only thing that work with me- drink a cup of tea without sugar before smoke a cigarette . After that I feel sick and I don't wanna smoke. So, this works for me

May be u can buy el cigar instead.

Greenmachine

OldGoat wrote: »

All those stop smoking gimmicks have the words "Requires willpower" somewhere in the blurb.
Willpower however requires no gimmick.
Put out the ciggy and hey presto - you are now a non smoker. How long you remain a non-smoker is down to willpower.
Willpower is also the most cost effective method of quitting.


/Reaches for a cigar

Agree entirely with this. OP has even given up cold turkey b4 for a number of year. Good luck OP.

shamrock55

Keep a pack of chewing gum or a few lollies with you at all times, and when ever a craving comes on pop in a lolly or a gum and your craving will pass, try it it does work, you might get sick of gum or lollies after a while but its a good option, best of luck with it, just think of being at 4his evnt smoke free and a few quid in your pocket happy days:)

Legs.Eleven

Willpower and the Allen Carr book is the only way. Be warned though that it is the most boring you'll ever read but whatever happened, it did the trick for me.

everdead.ie

Could go for some positive and negative reinforcement every time you hold back and don't have a cigarette do one thing (not food you'd become morbidly obese if you replace cigarettes with food.) every time you give in and have a cigarette pull a tooth out (or something).

imitation

What you need is some zeal ! Give up the fags, and every time you see a smoker think of how much a better and cooler person you are because you are off them and they arent

osarusan

Do (on purpose) what I did (by accident).

Get yourself a bloody horrible chest infection and don't go to a doctor for at least 10 days. Then it will take at least another week-10 days for it to clear up.

You won't feel like somking at all, and by the time you do, you'll be off them for hopefully 3 weeks, and the physical craving will be much reduced. Then get yourself something like the 'quit now' app, and see your progress every day/hour/whenever you need it.

stimpson

+1 for Allan Carr.

I've been off them 5 years now - it does get easier after the first few days.

Tiddlypeeps

Merkin wrote: »

Cold turkey is the only way. I used to cut through 30 a day and was like Fag Ash Lil, I really loved smoking. Went cold turkey and the first week was akin to hell on earth but several years later and I'm still off them.

Don't use e-cigarettes, nicotine patches or any other crutches designed by the pharmaceutical companies to keep you sucked in and addicted. Quit by buying the Allen Carr book, choosing a date to quit, and sticking with it. I think you need to go through the hell of withdrawal to make you stay off them tbh.

If you need any further help PM me. I've been there and it can be done.

I hate this "the way I did it is the only way!" crap that people spout. Just because it worked for you does not mean it is the only way and does not mean it will work for everyone. Patches work for some, eCigs work for some and gum works for some. It's a very personal thing.

There is nothing wrong with experimenting to find out what works for you. If you fail then you can always try again.

I quit by gradually cutting down slowly until it got to a point where it was just one or two with a drink every other month. I didn't need them anymore when it got to that point so I just stopped completely. 3/4 years on and I still miss them, but not nearly enough to consider picking them back up.

If savings are your only motivating factor then eCigs are probably are the way to go.

martingriff

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

I hate this "the way I did it is the only way!" crap that people spout. Just because it worked for you does not mean it is the only way and does not mean it will work for everyone. Patches work for some, eCigs work for some and gum works for some. It's a very personal thing.

There is nothing wrong with experimenting to find out what works for you. If you fail then you can always try again.

I quit by gradually cutting down slowly until it got to a point where it was just one or two with a drink every other month. I didn't need them anymore when it got to that point so I just stopped completely. 3/4 years on and I still miss them, but not nearly enough to consider picking them back up.

If savings are your only motivating factor then eCigs are probably are the way to go.

You mean they help not work the only thing that will keep you off them is will power

blacklilly

I'm off them over 6 months. I had previously given up on a few occassions and failed.

This time around, I just didn't overthink it. I was having a cig on a break in work one monday, it was the the last cig in the pack and just there and then I said to myself this is my last one. I haven't touched one since and only had cravings for the first 2-3 days.

Ihatecuddles

My OH quit cold turkey just before Christmas, he was off them for nearly 3 months but went back on them. Probably my fault. He ate lots of grapes at the start and apple drops.

We'll give up together soon. That should be fun!