I only ever tried to give up once
I used the nicotine patches - fuck me they were mad. Nighmares every night.

I switched to rolling my own and now just smoke about 4 or 5 a day, each one is lovely.

When did you last smoke?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:34, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Sunday night.
I've gone cold turkey and I have to say I don't feel like shit.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:36, Reply)

Well done.
What is your motivating factor in this? Because you do realise you won't look 'dead hard' without a tab, and the women won't find you as attractive unless you smell all smokey.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:38, Reply)

Partly the cost
but mostly medical. I've been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea, and smoking can be a contributing factor. I don't much fancy the idea of potentially going to sleep and not waking up, so the fags are out, as is the booze through the week to help get some weight off. Not that I'm a massive bloater or anything, mind, but I could do with getting at least a stone off, particularly as it will help the sleep apnea.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:46, Reply)

Sunday night?
You have a loooong way to go before you can say that this giving up smoking lark is a lot easier than people make out...

All the best with it, of course.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 20:39, Reply)

Ta.
Thing is I've had no cravings, no temper, no withdrawal symptoms, nothing.

The health aspect is the driving force, followed by the money saved. I'm beginning to think that smoking was a habit rather than an addiction.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 9 Apr 2010, 22:04, Reply)

I guess people having varying levels of difficulty with it - it took me about 18 months before I stopped thinking about having a cigarette 20+ times a day. I found it particularly hard at about 3 weeks, and again at about 3 months. Friends have reported similar timings, usually accompanied with the dangerous feeling of 'I've beaten these, just one wont hurt'.

I've been off them for 2.5 years now and I still feel like one every now and again but its a fleeting desire and not something I have to fight. That said, I haven't had any major periods of upheaval in my life during that time either, and I'm painfully aware it would be quite easy to slide back into smoking.

I had many failed attempts at quitting before finally making it. Patches helped me, most definitely. I found I didn't necessarily feel better for quitting - it was more a case of how much worse I would have felt if I kept smoking.

I'd like to say good luck, but lucks got nothing to do with it - you just have to resist the temptation to light the bastards, one urge at a time.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 22:25, Reply)