discussion Well here it goes...

[Guest]

Well, literately run out of money in every sense....

So, as needs must, no more cigarettes or beer from tonight!

Wish me luck lol

 

[Guest]

Very good luck with this.

 

[Guest]

Brave man bravo I gave up 25 years ago after being a chain smoker if you succeed (which I sincerely hope you do) watch yourself when you think you have won, even now after more than 30 years I still occasionally want one and know if I did it would be the beginning of the end. Just be warned mate.

 

[Guest]

Very good luck with this.

Thank you both very much

Like they say. old habits die hard!

2 at once tho :-/

 

[Guest]

Brave man bravo I gave up 25 years ago after being a chain smoker if you succeed (which I sincerely hope you do) watch yourself when you think you have won, even now after more than 30 years I still occasionally want one and know if I did it would be the beginning of the end. Just be warned mate.

Jesus!

And doc's say 28 days and you should be ok! :-/

Truly noted mate!

 

[Lee W]

Good luck, it's not the easiest thing to do. It's been 5 years since I coughed up a lung. As for the beer, that's a habit that takes longer to kick, asda do to many good deals, lol.

Lee

 

[Guest]

Good luck, it's not the easiest thing to do. It's been 5 years since I coughed up a lung. As for the beer, that's a habit that takes longer to kick, asda do to many good deals, lol.Lee

Haha, thats the problem, £2.69 for a 4 pack keeps me going back!

Just can't afford anything anymore lol

 

[Lee W]

Haha, thats the problem, £2.69 for a 4 pack keeps me going back!Just can't afford anything anymore lol

Carlsberg 20 cans £12...result!

Lee

P.S. that can last from a couple of nights to a couple of weeks...depends on the mood

 

[eddiesolo]

Good luck, I stopped for 3 years when I ran out of dosh, like an idiot I started again and got it down to 10 a day then I got ill (non-smoking related) and it climbed again. I am having trouble staying off them despite all the patches, e-cigs etc. As Ken says, watch out, as it will catch when you're least expecting it.

Si

 

[monica]

wish you all the best of luck with this one, its just not my time, i smoke rollies and made ones and tend to smoke more when

working on a model or if boarded, which I sincerely hope you do,

 

[Gern]

I had no problems giving up the beer - did it overnight (which was surprising as I was an alcoholic).

Cigarettes though ...... a whole different ball game. Took a heart attack and many weeks of struggling to ditch them.

I wish you the bgest of luck trying to do both at once!

 

[Guest]

Good luck Tone, I gave up booze & fags once - that was an hour I'll never forget!

 

[flyjoe180]

Smoking is a prick of a habit to break, been off them for years now but you have to watch it because that urge does creep back in occasionally as others have said. I can smell someone smoking in a car on the motorway many car lengths ahead. My kids will never be able to hide smoke residue on themselves if they dared to try it because I can sense it from a long way away. Do you have state funded replacement therapy in the UK? Here you can get large bags of patches and gum, all paid for by the Government. You can also join a quit line group, when you feel the urge to smoke you ring them up and they encourage you not to do it. On the up side, you will get your taste and smell back within a month or two, your body will stop producing 'lung butter' in the mornings and you will be able to get out and enjoy life in general a whole lot more.

Another great incentive is to put the money you would have spent on tobacco into a savings account. You will be amazed how quickly your funds will grow and see just how much you wasted on smoking. For me that equated to over NZ$3,000 a year. It would be a whole lot more now, the NZ Government taxes tobacco higher than anything else. That is a lot of model kits and equipment, or a really good holiday or two. Or the difference between buying nice groceries rather than just he essentials.

Stay strong Tone, you can do this mate.

 

[Wong Ryan]

Smoking is a prick of a habit to break, been off them for years now but you have to watch it because that urge does creep back in occasionally as others have said. I can smell someone smoking in a car on the motorway many car lengths ahead. My kids will never be able to hide smoke residue on themselves if they dared to try it because I can sense it from a long way away. Do you have state funded replacement therapy in the UK? Here you can get large bags of patches and gum, all paid for by the Government. You can also join a quit line group, when you feel the urge to smoke you ring them up and they encourage you not to do it. On the up side, you will get your taste and smell back within a month or two, your body will stop producing 'lung butter' in the mornings and you will be able to get out and enjoy life in general a whole lot more.Another great incentive is to put the money you would have spent on tobacco into a savings account. You will be amazed how quickly your funds will grow and see just how much you wasted on smoking. For me that equated to over NZ$3,000 a year. It would be a whole lot more now, the NZ Government taxes tobacco higher than anything else. That is a lot of model kits and equipment, or a really good holiday or two. Or the difference between buying nice groceries rather than just he essentials.

Stay strong Tone, you can do this mate.

That NZ$3,000 ... can buy quite a number of model kits

 

[Alan 45]

Good luck on packing up the smokes I wish you all the best I'm weaning myself off them at the moment I don't think I could just stop

As for giving up the drink your a mad man

 

[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