Well here it goes...

[peterairfix]

Been there done that 15 years ago and i can't imagene going back trouble is 2 new vices have appeard chocolate and kits must wean myself off of kits they are damaging my pockets health(not a chance there).

Peter t

[john i am]

I gave up alcohol 10years ago having already had my fair share and some wild nights out after noticing it was taking my body longer to recover from my hangovers and I haven't touched I drop since and I feel a lot healthier and wealthier for it.smoking cigarettes packed in three years ago and I am now vaping which I hope is a better alternative.to help myself I used ecigs and patches and a dirty ashtray to look at and smell and found the 1st few hours and days the hardest but once over these it became easier and having smoked 40 a day for to many years to remember there's no way now I'd ever go back and don't even think about it and all my spare money from not smokingand drinking now brings me greater pleasure so stray strong be brave lots of willpower required but trust me it will be one of the best things you ever did good luck cheers John

[ojays]

Keep positive, you know you can do it.

I lost my father to lung cancer, and both my mother and my wife (both heavy smokers) suffer from COPD and not a nice thing to have (or see)

I only smoked when I was younger, but loved my spirits. I gave up drinking 3 years ago and not really looked back

It will be worth it in the end. GO FOR IT!

Gregg

[Guest]

Hi, tone i am a pharmacist so know that most chemists offer nhs funded smoking cessastion. Plus there are lots of sattelite smoking centres about. You just need to google it. Even if you don't quit, just cutting the amount you smoke by half would be a major improvement physically and financially. A product i recommend is niquitin lozenges a lot of ex smokers i know swear by it. Good luck, Saj

[papa 695]

Best of luck Tone it will be hard you just need to want to quit smoking

[yak face]

Good luck tone , just try and focus on how much money you would have spent on fags and beer , gives you a reason for wanting to do it. A guy who i work with quit six months ago and hes got an app for his phone that adds it up every day how much he would have spent on fags - its running at nearly £1500 at the moment !!!! If being three grand a year better off and feeling a lot healthier isnt a good reason to stick with it I dont know what is !! cheers tony

[Guest]

Thank you all so much for the encouragement and advice folks

This really is the nicest forum ever

Today's gone well, not had any cig's since last night

[Guest]

I stopped in 2001 so good luck.

[Peej]

Good luck. Hope it works out for you.

[eddiesolo]

Thank you all so much for the encouragement and advice folks This really is the nicest forum ever

Today's gone well, not had any cig's since last night

Good for you mate, one hour at a time...do not think in days, just get through the hour.

Si

[peterairfix]

when i gave it went like this if i can go an hour with out,i can go 1 day,if i can do 1 day i can do 1 week and after two weeks it was all over so once and gain go for it

[Gern]

It only gets easier - sometimes rather slowly though - from now on Tone. Stay with it!

[Ian M]

The booze I can leave. never really bothers me if its there or not. Maybe a couple of beers a week in the summer is the closest it has ever been to a habit.

The smokes.... Not so good. I had given up once but fell in again. The last time I tried the wife actually told me to go buy some ciggies. (Apparently I was a grumpy Barstool, or some thing like that).

In Denmark if you want to give up, the Doctor just tells you to go buy some nicotine gum- Did that (and paid more than a pack of smokes). Spent the day throwing up and feeling like I had been sucking a dog end.

So still smoke. The fun begins later. the place I work will be banning smoking any where on the property...So I will have to try again I guess.

Good luck with your bid to be free of the nails and wally water.

Ian M

[Guest]

Well, 3 weeks to the day and still no cigs

I have had beer or 2, but then, i (think) i'm human lol

Thank u all for your suport

[monica]

nice going keep up the good work with it ,i know its hard and even harder with a few drinks,

good on you