quit smoking!!!

Wow, well done Jobean! €180 is brilliant, any idea want you gonna do with your savings? A holiday or something?

I got myself a new tv last week, cost more than I have saved from quiting but its more of an incentive to stay off them.

Best of luck when you head for your pints, it'll be a little difficult at the start but after an hour or so you'll be grand

readyletsgo wrote: »

Wow, well done Jobean! €180 is brilliant, any idea want you gonna do with your savings? A holiday or something?

I got myself a new tv last week, cost more than I have saved from quiting but its more of an incentive to stay off them.

Best of luck when you head for your pints, it'll be a little difficult at the start but after an hour or so you'll be grand

Well me car is now close to banger stage so may spend some money on that or maybe change it later in the year? It really helps staying off them that I can ban smoking in my house (well except for the utility room). I have no partner so I can be a dictator. If only I could be the dictator of this country. I would love power, I would totally abuse it. Gadaffi like(without killing or rapiing, obviously).

Bored Accountant wrote: »

Was off the fags 28 days on Saturday and was out drinking for the 3rd night in a row and ended up having 2 cigarettes. That was at 3am. Was up till after 7 drinking and didn't smoke any more and haven't had any more since or any further cravings.

Seems you may have to avoid the pub or the beer for a while? I'm no expert but it might be worth trying if you are really serious about quitting. Or maybe drink small amounts, at least for a certain period til you are more confident and secure as a non smoker.

Snoopy1975 wrote: »

How is everyone doing of the cigarettes. A month has gone by. Definitely put on around a stone and a half. Now it is time to battle it. Anyone with tips

Eat less, move more

Seriously though, check out the Nutrition and Diet forum here, they have some invaluable stuff on it.

blade1 wrote: »

Just thought if report back again,
34th day without a cigarette.
Went drinking last Saturday( first drink since giving up) and got through it ok.
Would have liked one but resisted.

Well done! The first night out is very difficult but once an hour or two passes it gets easy and you forget for some reason, no idea why.

36 days as a non smoker here too, can't actually believe it, Woop!

Still off them meself. Thank fcuk the weather picked up. Have been walking on beach for last couple of months whenever winds not so bad. Great to see the sun, makes it easier to go out and get some exercise. Even managed going to pub a couple weeks ago without smoking. I only think about smoking a couple of times a day now and usually not for too long.

Keeping busy is the best trick.

Little Lion Woman wrote: »

Cracked while drinking at the weekend I barely give them a moments thought any other time but as soon as I've a few drinks in me, smoking is all I can think about!

It can be hard out when people are smoking all around you. If you slip up dont worry about it and continue on, sure its not easy.

off them 69 days today.
Been out drinking a good few times in the last 6 weeks, have had a few thoughts about having a smoke or 2 but fought them off.
Still going strong.

I haven't commented for a couple months and it's nice to see some people doing well. It has been 200 days today since I quit in late August last year. There will be terrible urges still when I have stressful situations. I have lost 2 jobs and first thought was liquor store and a 2 packs of smokes. Then there are quite a few days now where I don't think of it once. It definitely gets easier over time. I smoked 1-3 packs a day and weed for 23 years straight. When i quit cold turkey I was hospitalized for 6 weeks with pneumonia.

One thing that has been bugging me a bit is when people say don't do this, don't do that when your quitting smoking. Do whatever it takes to get over the initial hump. Whether if it's those dumb ecigs or pounding a dozen glazed donuts at 3am do whatever the fk you want. I ate. Then I ate some more. Then I ate again. Before I knew it I had 2 months in no smoking and had gained 20 lbs. As off now 15 of those lbs are now gone and so is the smoking. Moral of the story for me was do whatever it takes. If you do it like I did you better be dam sure your quitting. Cause lol you will be a fat smoker. I found having a vice in food or whatever your vice might be really helped in quitting. It kept my mind off cigs and I had something to look forward to. It kept me from absolutely losing my mind. Now I exercise 3-5 days a week and eat a lot of fresh so I dropped the weight very easily. One thing at a time. Also planters peanuts were my crack and helped immensely to keep my hands busy. Remember everyone is different so no plan is the right plan. It reminds me when I stopped cocaine in the 90's I smoked weed nonstop for months. Never touched the stuf again and still haven't for about 20 years. Whatever works, there is no manual. Peace.

3 stone!!!! Wow! Off them just over a year myself, prob put on a stone initially but have lost it again by now. Like most I only ever think about them when drunk but with one exception a few months ago where I had 1 puff I've resisted. As someone who smoked for 25 years it's actually been remarkably easy and I feel 10 years younger

Yea I don't want to be the asshole sitting in the hospital bed after a stroke or a heart attack with some electronic device ticking and on meds for the rest of my life. So many people wait till they are half in the grave. Pneumonia was good enough for me. If I ever go back to smoking it will be a bowl hit once a week after work week is over, . Never realized how bad cigs were till I quit and saw what it did to me. Lol I was on Iv's for 6 freaking weeks 12 hours a day. Food taste so good now and since I'm a chef by trade I can cook healthy and yummy and it gives me the so needed something to look forward to daily. I also did cold turkey on the drinking/weed as well for a combo omg I'm gonna freak out. It's all worth it now, I do a mile 5 xs a week and don't even sweat or out of breath.

Well here we go, just smoked my last cigarette, I quit before for over a year and went back over something stupid, after going through my father dying and being very sick in hospital for months so I know if I could have got through not smoking through all of that, I can definitely quit again, just gonna take it day by day, well done to everyone who quit, the stories are a great inspiration

4months and 1 day without a cigarette today.
Over €1000 not spent on them.