Giving up the smokes today!

General General · 29-04-2011 3:49am

General General wrote: »

Then, *ahem*, calm down, dear.

TheZohan wrote: »

Ah cool, will you make me a sammich then dear.

I say, I do believe I've just sunk your battleship.

Lavattack · 29-04-2011 3:59am

Okay no smoke in that hour anyway lol. I am definately going to bed now and going to stay in bed for as much of the morning as I can get away with!!:D

Night every-one and let ye know how things go tomorrow aswell.

(If you don't want to know thats fine, just ignore the thread please)

Cathaoirleach · 29-04-2011 4:32am

A few things that helped me: Drink plenty of water, stock up on chewing gum, nuts, pickles, popcorn.. basically stuff you can nibble on and keep your gob entertained.

You may become extremely irritable after day 2 or 3 (the '3-day hump'). I found that jogging or cycling really helped keep my mind off it. Your lungs will repair a lot faster with regular exercise and you will be less inclined to go back on the nasty cigs with your new, healthy lungs.

Ádh mór ort - good luck!

virmilitaris · 29-04-2011 5:25am

Quitter.

Ollie182 · 29-04-2011 5:27am

Duggy747 wrote: »

Going cold turkey off the fags is nasty.

When you see that baby cawling towards you upside down on the roof, twist it's head and fall on you, it's horrible.

Need to give them up myself.

Trainspottin, one of my favourites.

Ollie182 · 29-04-2011 5:31am

orourkeda wrote: »

What are you going to smoke after ridin' your bird

Spin pottery, make his bird a vase

roast · 29-04-2011 5:36am

Good luck!

cbmonstra · 29-04-2011 9:08am

Go Lavattack!!

I'll be joining the quitter ranks on Monday, not my first time though.

I was off them for about 6 months a couple of years ago. Then had a bit of an identity crisis and a moment of stupid, weak rebellion and went back on them. I know I can quit them, the trick is to stay off them, so that's what I'm going to try and master this time round.

Was so glad to see your thread this morning. The Giving Up Smoking forum is good and helpful, but this thread made me laugh the way only AH can and has strengthened my resolve to go ahead with it on Monday.

Thanks Lavattack and best of luck!!

mcmoustache · 29-04-2011 10:38am

How are you getting on OP? You wouldn't think about reconsidering this whole quitting lark?

You mentioned that the cost was one of the motivating factors for this lifestyle change and some people suggested rollies. This was a good suggestion but obviously, they still cost money. What you could do instead is become one of those "I only smoke when drinking" types and bum off of your friends. That way, you get all the benefits of smoking without having to pay a penny and your mates will respect you more.

Lavattack · 29-04-2011 10:55pm

Well kept myself busy all day. Went to a friends house to do a quick job and then out to one of the lads house that doesn't smoke and just relaxed and played X-box. have serious cravings now but still haven't smoked which is the main thing

Lavattack · 29-04-2011 10:59pm

mcmoustache wrote: »

How are you getting on OP? You wouldn't think about reconsidering this whole quitting lark?

You mentioned that the cost was one of the motivating factors for this lifestyle change and some people suggested rollies. This was a good suggestion but obviously, they still cost money. What you could do instead is become one of those "I only smoke when drinking" types and bum off of your friends. That way, you get all the benefits of smoking without having to pay a penny and your mates will respect you more.

Nah I can't stand people who do that myself, there is no way I be bumming around the place when we go out. I would feel too bad about it. Tis going ok so far. My mouth is getting a little sore but not too bad, just irritating

Solnskaya · 29-04-2011 11:39pm

i'm thinking of clipping my toe-nails later on tonight, what do you think AH'ers, what technique should I use, could it be dangerous and what's the best implement to use? Navel gazes....... drools a bit...... pulls himself together. Grow a pair.ffs.

Lavattack · 30-04-2011 12:03am

Solnskaya wrote: »

i'm thinking of clipping my toe-nails later on tonight, what do you think AH'ers, what technique should I use, could it be dangerous and what's the best implement to use? Navel gazes....... drools a bit...... pulls himself together. Grow a pair.ffs.

Your the one who has plenty time to go out of your way to post a comment on my thread. No-one asked you dude

General General · 30-04-2011 1:25am

Solnskaya wrote: »

i'm thinking of clipping my toe-nails later on tonight, what do you think AH'ers, what technique should I use, could it be dangerous and what's the best implement to use? Navel gazes....... drools a bit...... pulls himself together. Grow a pair.ffs.

Use a garden shears.

Lavattack · 30-04-2011 2:22am

Just heading away to the bed now.

Not as easy as yesterday for sure but sticking with it for now.

Really not looking forward to the morning but oh well lol

KittyeeTrix · 30-04-2011 2:28am

Good luck with it OP.......It's certainly not easy for some. Tried many times myself, get to about 4 months and back again. Always seems really easy the first month and then I think the buzz of counting the days I'm off wears off.

Gonna give it another go in 2 weeks time when exams are over and start the C25K to motivate me to stay off them. Hoping it will refocus my mind as well to stay away from them.

Never mind those who are trying to get the rise out of ya in here, the rest of us are rooting for ya:)

Lavattack · 30-04-2011 2:30am

fluffyorganic1 wrote: »

Good luck with it OP.......It's certainly not easy for some. Tried many times myself, get to about 4 months and back again. Always seems really easy the first month and then I think the buzz of counting the days I'm off wears off.

Gonna give it another go in 2 weeks time when exams are over and start the C25K to motivate me to stay off them. Hoping it will refocus my mind as well to stay away from them.

Never mind those who are trying to get the rise out of ya in here, the rest of us are rooting for ya:)

Cheers,

Ya I am getting a laugh out of em to be fair. They complain about how sad it is but waste their own time on it anyway. I guess some people just have to be like that online.

Thanks again

Tayla · 30-04-2011 2:33am

I've been off them around 4 months but I took the easy way out and bought an electronic cigarette, no willpower required.

Good luck OP and you'll find plenty of support in the giving up smoking thread!!

KittyeeTrix · 30-04-2011 2:34am

jive wrote: »

People who can't give up smoking sicken me (serious). If you don't have the will power to quit smoking then you are a sad person. It's not like a simple habit that might just occur such as biting your nails or something along those lines. You actually have to go to the shop, buy fags and light them. If you can't stop yourself from doing that all the while knowing that they are extremely detrimental to your health then you're actually a loser.

I hope this inspires you to not be a loser. Queue all the angry smokers who are mad at me. If you have a perfectly healthy body and you smoke then you deserve everything you get illness wise.

Jive, your posts crack me up everytime!!!

Lavattack · 30-04-2011 2:37am

jive wrote: »

You said I was trolling in another thread though. Feel free to point it out to me because I'm not a troll. My opinions may be controversial but the difference between me and a troll is that they are actually my opinions and I'm not just saying things to provoke people. If I wanted to provoke posters I could do a lot worse.

My point is that not being able to quit smoking says a lot about a person. If you don't have the dedication and will power to stop smoking (something which you have expressed you have the desire to do) then you are, in my eyes, a loser. If we like to dish out defintions then a loser is essentially someone who fails. If you can't quit smoking, something that you want to do, then you have failed i.e. you are a loser. I hope you do quit smoking and I'm not saying this to piss anyone off, it's my opinion and I'm sure some people agree but mightn't put it as bluntly as me.

Good luck, btw. Didn't realise you were the OP. Apparently the first few days are the worst, I'd imagine if you just set your mind to quitting after a few days you will be through the worst of it. 1 last one is a load of ****. You've gone a full day without them, do it for another few days and you are in the clear. I really can't see the difficulty and why people over complicate it. Best of luck

He redeemed himself in my book

KittyeeTrix · 30-04-2011 2:42am

Lavattack wrote: »

He redeemed himself in my book

True........:)

Although I have to say that I disagree with regards to myself. The first few days are the easiest for me to quit and then it gets tougher!!! As I said it's kinda like a challenge in the beginning and then after a while the challenge is kinda gone and what then?? Then I smoke again. That's why this time I'm taking up the Couch to 5Km running lark at the same time. So at least I'll have something which will keep me getting out and challenged even when the buzz of being off the smokes is gone...

Well, that's the plan anyhow!!

Lavattack · 30-04-2011 3:13am

fluffyorganic1 wrote: »

True........:)

Although I have to say that I disagree with regards to myself. The first few days are the easiest for me to quit and then it gets tougher!!! As I said it's kinda like a challenge in the beginning and then after a while the challenge is kinda gone and what then?? Then I smoke again. That's why this time I'm taking up the Couch to 5Km running lark at the same time. So at least I'll have something which will keep me getting out and challenged even when the buzz of being off the smokes is gone...

Well, that's the plan anyhow!!

Whats the Couch to 5km lark about?

EDIT: Just read up on it there. Sounds like a good thing to keep busy. It was suggested to me but its all layed out there so be easy to follow I reckon.

Good luck with it also yourself

Cathaoirleach · 30-04-2011 6:02am

Are you going to exercise more?

Lavattack · 30-04-2011 4:55pm

Cathaoirleach wrote: »

Are you going to exercise more?

Ya well I am better off doing something anyway to keep myself occupied. I am just home now and after a quick shower am going to go for a walk. There is a nice walk down by the water where I live. It's about 3miles round trip maybe a little over it. Start with walking anyway to get used to it because I am an unfit guy I would imagine.

Its not too bad being honest going without em. I really expected worse but maybe it will get harder. I hope not but I assume it must. I wasn't a light smoker by any means like, I used smoke between 20-40 a day depending on what I was doing. Is it normal to have a sore mouth?

jive · 30-04-2011 5:28pm

fluffyorganic1 wrote: »

Jive, your posts crack me up everytime!!!

I don't sugar coat things :P

KittyeeTrix · 30-04-2011 5:33pm

jive wrote: »

I don't sugar coat things :P

That's true.....:D

b.o.m.d.a.s. · 30-04-2011 7:19pm

it's your 3rd day, good going lava:)

Lavattack · 30-04-2011 7:25pm

b.o.m.d.a.s. wrote: »

it's your 3rd day, good going lava:)

Cheers mate.

Lavattack · 30-04-2011 11:34pm

Not in the best of it tonight. Fierce cravings

Was gonna go for a pint but figure it would definately be too easy to just grab a smoke off some-one. Think I will just watch a film and try and sleep someway early

Mushy · 30-04-2011 11:37pm

Keep it up man, in a few days the cravings should stop.

jive · 30-04-2011 11:38pm

go take a poo and read something on the jacks. you get in the absolute zone when your taking a poo so all cravings will disappear

Lavattack · 30-04-2011 11:49pm

jive wrote: »

go take a poo and read something on the jacks. you get in the absolute zone when your taking a poo so all cravings will disappear

As always fantastic advice bud

Chuck Stone · 30-04-2011 11:50pm

Devon Jolly Washtub wrote: »

TBH if you really wanna give them up its not all that hard.

Way too simplistic a statement. You say this as if it's easy - which it is not. Addiction wrecks peoples lives. Do you think smokers enjoy having less money and increased risk of developing horrible diseases - slow death diseases?

I really wanted to give them up for a few years before I managed it. I absolutely loved my smokes. I ached for them when I stopped. Ached so much that I failed on multiple occasions.

Addiction is a complicated issue.

Lavattack · 01-05-2011 12:02am

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Way too simplistic a statement. You say this as if it's easy - which it is not. Addiction wrecks peoples lives. Do you think smokers enjoy having less money and increased risk of developing horrible diseases - slow death diseases?

I really wanted to give them up for a few years before I managed it. I absolutely loved my smokes. I ached for them when I stopped. Ached so much that I failed on multiple occasions.

Addiction is a complicated issue.

+1

Very true but people who are not educated on the subject just make wild assumptions but more and more people are becoming aware of addiction and how hard it is to deal with, as much as for the family as the addict.

Congrats on getting off em mate btw

hondasam · 01-05-2011 12:10am

Lavattack wrote: »

+1

Very true but people who are not educated on the subject just make wild assumptions but more and more people are becoming aware of addiction and how hard it is to deal with, as much as for the family as the addict.

Congrats on getting off em mate btw

have you tried the nicotine patches ?

I know a family who gave up with hypnosis.

Lavattack · 01-05-2011 1:52am

hondasam wrote: »

have you tried the nicotine patches ?

I know a family who gave up with hypnosis.

No haven't tried ever before and am doing it cold turkey for now. If it doesn't work out cold turkey I will try some different ways but I hope it doesn't come to that:)

Ya a cousin of mine did the hypnotherapy and stayed off them after it. Recommended it to every-one at the time. I would probably try that or else the Alan Carr guys book. Gets excellent reviews worldwide.

hondasam · 01-05-2011 2:01am

Lavattack wrote: »

No haven't tried ever before and am doing it cold turkey for now. If it doesn't work out cold turkey I will try some different ways but I hope it doesn't come to that:)

Ya a cousin of mine did the hypnotherapy and stayed off them after it. Recommended it to every-one at the time. I would probably try that or else the Alan Carr guys book. Gets excellent reviews worldwide.

It's not easy give them up, you have to really want too. stick with it.

Lavattack · 01-05-2011 2:06am

hondasam wrote: »

It's not easy give them up, you have to really want too. stick with it.

Will be trying.

Thanks

Lavattack · 01-05-2011 6:09am

Well if ya have been watching you should guess that im not normally awake at this hour but yet here I am. Going a bit nuts now alright. Couldn't sleep at all. Spent the whole night turning and tossing. sweating like a mofo aswel. Gonna go shower and go for an early walk I'd say and try and sleep when I get back.

TheZohanS · 01-05-2011 1:42pm

Lavattack wrote: »

Well if ya have been watching you should guess that im not normally awake at this hour but yet here I am. Going a bit nuts now alright. Couldn't sleep at all. Spent the whole night turning and tossing. sweating like a mofo aswel. Gonna go shower and go for an early walk I'd say and try and sleep when I get back.

How's it going for you now? The nicotine is nearly all out of your system at this stage, now you have to focus on breaking the habit. Think I read somewhere that if you do something for 21 days it becomes habit, so 21 days off the smokes should kick it.

Good luck!

Elevelyn · 01-05-2011 4:30pm

I gave up fags properly last week, with an ecig and tbh im feeling great, not craving a fag at all. I smoked 20+ a day for over 14 years, hated everything about smoking but still couldn't stop. Read Alan Carr's book 4 times and patches/inhaler did nothing for me.

I know I wouldn't be able to go cold turkey, im a wuss :rolleyes:

Keep up the good work OP, think about all the money you'll save. You'll smell better and be able to do physical things without having to take a rest!! The alternative is grim

Lavattack · 01-05-2011 4:53pm

Elevelyn wrote: »

I gave up fags properly last week, with an ecig and tbh im feeling great, not craving a fag at all. I smoked 20+ a day for over 14 years, hated everything about smoking but still couldn't stop. Read Alan Carr's book 4 times and patches/inhaler did nothing for me.

I know I wouldn't be able to go cold turkey, im a wuss :rolleyes:

Keep up the good work OP, think about all the money you'll save. You'll smell better and be able to do physical things without having to take a rest!! The alternative is grim

Heya whats an ecig? Never heard of it?

Elevelyn · 01-05-2011 4:59pm

Lavattack wrote: »

Heya whats an ecig? Never heard of it?

Its an electronic cigarette/Vaporizer - gives you nicotine and feels like smoking without all the health risks. You drag on it like a normal fag and exhale smoke (not harmfull, water vapour) so really helps. Can't say enough good things about them, been to the pub and just use it like i would a normal fag, except it tastes better (can get millions of flavours):D

Theres a great thread about it on giving up smoking

Lavattack · 01-05-2011 5:06pm

Elevelyn wrote: »

Its an electronic cigarette/Vaporizer - gives you nicotine and feels like smoking without all the health risks. You drag on it like a normal fag and exhale smoke (not harmfull, water vapour) so really helps. Can't say enough good things about them, been to the pub and just use it like i would a normal fag, except it tastes better (can get millions of flavours):D

Theres a great thread about it on giving up smoking

Do you have to get in on the net? Is there any shops in Ireland that sell em?

Elevelyn · 01-05-2011 5:13pm

Lavattack wrote: »

Do you have to get in on the net? Is there any shops in Ireland that sell em?

The best ones are on the net, (can get crap ones in a few chemists) few irish sites that have next day delivery

diddlybit · 01-05-2011 5:16pm

Good luck OP. You've got a lot more willpower then I do!

My little sis went to an Alan Carr workshop a couple of weeks ago (if cold turkey doesn't work) and she's been off them ever since. It was expensive, but she's probably saved the money she would have spent on cigarettes already.

Lavattack · 01-05-2011 5:29pm

diddlybit wrote: »

Good luck OP. You've got a lot more willpower then I do! My little sis went to an Alan Carr workshop a couple of weeks ago (if cold turkey doesn't work) and she's been off them ever since. It was expensive, but she's probably saved the money she would have spent on cigarettes already.

Ya I am fairly struggling today but being honest I didn't think I would last this long on 1st attempt.

Ya I have heard great reviews about it and they have a money back guarantee in some of them aswell which is very good like. I would save the money for it in less that 3 weeks smokefree so would definately be worth it

diddlybit · 01-05-2011 5:35pm

She said it was great. And they give you plenty of smoke breaks during the day.

Still not easy, but she she said that the idea of buying a packet when she misses them wouldn't even cross her mind. All her taste buds are coming back as well, which she's finding quite strange. Her palette's a lot more sensitive now, so everything tastes like it's laden with salt. :eek:

Lavattack · 01-05-2011 5:48pm

diddlybit wrote: »

She said it was great. And they give you plenty of smoke breaks during the day. Still not easy, but she she said that the idea of buying a packet when she misses them wouldn't even cross her mind. All her taste buds are coming back as well, which she's finding quite strange. Her palette's a lot more sensitive now, so everything tastes like it's laden with salt. :eek:

Its something I am starting to worry about....If I dislike chinese now I will go mad !!!

Chuck Stone · 01-05-2011 6:22pm

The taste buds/smell returning is incredible. It's almost overwhelming. There's a sweet factory a couple of miles from where I live and I can smell it when the wind blows in the right direction (they make tic tacs). I would never have been able to as a smoker.

I don't put salt on a lot of things I eat.

Giving up the cigs is all win.

Giving up the smokes today!

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