Post for everyone who QUIT evil fags

Yesterday I came home from a holiday in Spain that I paid for with my non smoking money. Every month for the past four months I have been putting my money that I would have spent on cigarettes into the credit union. I had such a good time. So proud of myself and I can't ever imagine smoking again. I never thought that I would say that!

Hi All,

Day 4 and not going brilliantly if I'm honest. I could murder a ciggy right now.... Hmmm....

Yours,

Mike M.

smoking for 34 years and decided eventually to try to give them up, now off them 10 days and cant believe that i am doing it relatively easy,even tho i am using patches and lozenges which i find particularily very good, went for few pints friday night found it kinda tough but saturday night had good few pints and had no problems tg, i do a bit of cycling and allready i can feel the benefits of not smoking, my kids say my breathing etc has improved which i doubted it could so quickly, i used to smoke 35 a day and i now feel so much better and few extra euros in the pocket will do no harm even tho it is my health that i am doing this for. this i hope does not sound like a brag but believe me if i can do it anybody can. good luck to all on their journey from smoking

Mike M,
Here's one for you.
I gave up the smokes on 5th March 2012(cold turkey)having smoked for 30 years.
Been tough at times but I stuck with it.
Was always healthy/fit(ish) but would have been out of breath fairly quickly but once I gave up the cigs I noticed that my breathing got easier.

I do a bit of rescue work voluntarily as part of a team.
Anyway,last night we were doing a practice excercise and one of my colleagues started to feel very unwell with shortness of breath/dizziness etc so I had to run back up a steep hill to the jeep for oxygen for him.No way could I have done it if I had been smoking.
(He was fine when I got back ,thank god, but it could have turned quite nasty if I hadn't been able to get back to him quickly)

Hopefully you are finding it easier,and I know that everyone says "get past 3 days and you will be fine",but it genuinely does.
The more you want to,the easier it gets and the easier it gets,the more you want to:)
Stick with it and best of luck.

15 weeks now and have to say its worth it. Best of luck to everyone. Hopefully I will last for good this time.

Sarwal wrote: »

1 whole week today, wish I coould say its getting easier bu I'm stick with it, thinking just one day at a time and having my nicotine minis on hand for the really bad moments help

You can do it, you're no different to anyone else here and we've all done it. Tomorrow i'll be off them 17 weeks after smoking more than half my life(i'm 37). Since I quit I've been to weddings weekends away concerts birthday parties and all without having a smoke.

Think about it, you haven't had a smoke in 1 whole week, so you really don't need them do you? You've survived without them this long and when you wake up tomorrow you'll be at the start of another smoke free day. Another day you don't have to stand in a doorway in the rain. Another day your clothes don't absolutely reek off stinking smoke.
And at the end of tomorrow you can be happy with yourself for getting through another day.

To tell you the truth i actually believe that i will probably get the very odd craving for the rest of my life, but if i look at how quickly my cravings pass now (5 to 10 seconds max) then i know that further down the road any cravings i do get will be only fleeting.

For the most part though i now find them repulsive. I look at people around me smoking and i feel pity for them i feel a sense of pride and satisfaction when everyone else has left the table in the pub to go for a smoke, because if you think about it,do you know any person that smokes that doesn't always think about giving up?

Come back here regularly and post about your daily acheivements. I found the words of support and encouragement a great help. You are not alone.

I'll finish with an old cliche but one that is so true.

If I (we) can do it anyone can. There is no great mystery about giving up, you just have to make the decision in your head and stick to it.

Good luck

I'm on day 11 now, started 1/7/13 a memorable date its been hard but I just quit no nicotine replacement or anything mints etc and I've surprised myself how I've done it to be honest.

I smoked 20-30 a day and the last time I tried to quit was in 2005/6 so I must say I'm happy with my progress and am taking it one day at a time

I will be 4 years off the smokes on the 6th September next. I had tried 1000’s of times to quit using all the gadgets and theories known to man during my 50 year smoking history but without success.
On that Sunday in 2009 I was listening to morning radio and it was mentioned that the Government at the time was taking €6:00 in taxes from each packet sold and as I was smoking 60 a day I swore that it was the last €126:00 a week that the Government would get off me and thankfully it was the incentive I needed as I haven’t smoked since.
Good luck to all and don’t give up, your day will come as mine did and against all the odds believe me as I had a serious dependency.

According to my App I'm off them 24 weeks 19 hours 18 mins and 45 seconds.
I haven't smoked 2532.08 cigarettes but that doesn't include the nights out on the piss where i would have smoked more than one pack.
It also says i have saved 1569.91 euro.
Thats the first time I've checked the App in about three weeks.

I have ran a couple of 5k fun runs this summer and am due to do a half marathon this Monday, and feel great!

18 months free today!!

You know I don't think I could have done it without this thread. For the first 3 weeks, I spent reading the Smoking forum, posting, vaping, and knitting!!
Honestly, I thought I was weak, someone that could and would never stop. I thought I'd die at 50 with an oxygen mask on my face struggling to breathe, what's worst was that I was resigned to it. I still can't believe I don't smoke!!

And yes, I do get craving but they last for a split second before you remember you don't smoke anymore!! As for the smell, i was out on Saturday and on the way into the pub I got a whiff and it smelt nice but come Sunday morning, I almost got sick when I could smell a cigarette 2 cars away when I was sitting in traffic!!

I recently passed 14 weeks off them. Surprised how easy it has got over the past while, too.

For those thinking or just starting, quitting is definitely the hardest part but it does get easier, a lot more so than you might think.