Last day of smoking

[Alan Whittle]

Today’s the day guys, my last day as a smoker. Set a quit date which is tomorrow, got my patches and an inhaler gizmo to help me through the first couple of weeks but hopefully I’ll manage it. I stopped previously for 12 years but stupidly started again 2 years ago but have decided to now kick the habit for good. Not gonna be easy as I love having a smoke in the morning with my brew but health and stuff has to come first as my 50’s are slowly creeping up on me.

Kopite behaviour!

 

[Clarky cat]

I gave up years and years ago with the help of “champex” I believe it was called, I now recoil in disgust whenever I smell tobacco. It’s the only thing that worked along with will power. Good for you mate

 

[chrismpw]

 

[neil999]

Remember when I quit, you could still smoke in pubs first night out and i literally thought I was going to go insane lol

 

[Goat]

Good luck with this.

I tried all sorts, patches, hypnotherapy, champix etc. Final thing that worked was Allen Carrs book. Read it 7 years ago and not smoked since.

Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Be a Happy Non-smoker for the Rest of Your Life https://amzn.eu/d/hulnbJ2

Different things work for different people, but whatever works is worth sticking at.

How did you find the champix, I know a few people who tried and they had very bad experiences with it?

Would love to stop smoking but Everton need to stop being bad before I consider it.

 

[coollino]

Smoking actually looks really cool and smoking a bbubbl gum steam does not

 

[Goat]

Smoking actually looks really cool and smoking a bbubbl gum steam does not

Nar, smoking is now considering very uncool.

Vaping is the new cool.

 

[Moomin]

Nar, smoking is now considering very uncool.

Vaping is the new cool.

Ash ruined vaping.

 

[Littlesue]

All the best, never been a smoker so not sure what the withdrawal will be like, I have an addiction to chocolate though and can't imagine how I would cope without that x

 

[Abertonian]

How did you find the champix, I know a few people who tried and they had very bad experiences with it?

Would love to stop smoking but Everton need to stop being bad before I consider it.

I did it twice. First time it worked well and didn't have too many issues. Stopped all the way through the treatment but then started again not long after finishing (had exams).

Second time I felt pretty ill, had some problems with sleeping etc. Still stopped through the treatment period though.

Know a few others that tried it, some got on ok with it others were a bit sick.

 

[Baileys perm]

Quit while you have a few years left to feel the benefit of it and before your forced to through I’ll health, my mum has been a smoker all her life she is currently in hospital again for the 4th time in a year due to c.o.p.d (diagnosed 5years ago)and other health issues due to smoking the latest being pneumonia again 3rd time out of 4!stays in hospital.she has tried quitting and done so a number of times the longest was 12 months and for some reason started again and her health has deteriorated slowly at first but the last 18 months it got a lot worse even if she quits now the damage was s done and it is sad to see a once fit and healthy person who enjoyed holidays abroad and days out now unable to do the simplest of things without the need for an inhaler

 

[Goat]

Quit while you have a few years left to feel the benefit of it and before your forced to through I’ll health, my mum has been a smoker all her life she is currently in hospital again for the 4th time in a year due to c.o.p.d (diagnosed 5years ago)and other health issues due to smoking the latest being pneumonia again 3rd time out of 4!stays in hospital.she has tried quitting and done so a number of times the longest was 12 months and for some reason started again and her health has deteriorated slowly at first but the last 18 months it got a lot worse even if she quits now the damage was s done and it is sad to see a once fit and healthy person who enjoyed holidays abroad and days out now unable to do the simplest of things without the need for an inhaler

I mean the best thing that they can do is ban smoking, im glad they have made the new ruling to ban people under a certain age ever smoking.

 

[Baileys perm]

@Goat it is sad watching the person she was and what she has become she only has herself to blame I know this i get angry when I think about it as she never took advice and listened to doctors and she never learned some sort of lesson after watching my uncle he suffered with emphysema and it is what finally seen him off.

 

[Goat]

@Goat it is sad watching the person she was and what she has become she only has herself to blame I know this i get angry when I think about it as she never took advice and listened to doctors and she never learned some sort of lesson after watching my uncle he suffered with emphysema and it is what finally seen him off.

We cant be told mate.

Ive spent my life telling my mar to stop, the kids do the same with me.

Its just habit and weakness im afraid.

The thing that is forcing me to stop is the price, cos im very stupid and ignore all the negative health aspects.

 

[Blue 1]

You can do it.

The first two-three days are the hardest. After that, you're over the nicotine withdrawal and it's just habit.

If you crack, you can always quit again.