X 60RSA
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Well i've been smoking around 7yrs, around 20 roll ups a day, 40 on a night in town, not good!
Well ive tried quiting off my own back.........i failed misserably!
Anyone on here manage to give up, mines mainly routine and through having a steady job where i have time on my hands to think, and when i do......i smoke! lol
Just booked a doctors appointment, i hear you have to go back every week for a carbon monoxide test is it.....just to make sure you are quitting!
Any help appreciated on starting now before the doctors, cheers!
YES i know its a filthy habbit, but for people who do smoke on here and have tried to quit will realise its not easy. 
[Edited on 16-03-2006 by X 60RSA]
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CCA
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Yes, managed to give up successfully and can call ymself a non smoker 
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Robin
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i'm currently giving up, stopped for no real reason last tuesday
and its fucking hard work.
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Jambo
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Managed to give up for almost a year, then had a shitty experience and my whole life changed. So i started again, smoked for another 10months, then decided to give up.
This time i went cold turkey, felt sick for 3 days, was worst thing ever, but 1 year and 1 month on and no desire to smoke 
You need someone to encourage you, like best mate/girlfriend/sister/brother/parents etc
You can do it
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X 60RSA
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I've lasted 3 hours when i said i'll quit lol and i lost 30quid...nooo!!
I'm proppa addicted, not good. Fingers crossed the doctor isn't a big black dude, he might threaten me with a HUGE sch-log if i dont quit OMFG!
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CCA
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Are you at the point where you want to give up? If so why?
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Tom
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I give up quite easily until i drink 
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Tom
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BUT and this is a big but  I enjoy smoking some times
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Robin
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Jambo, when you gave up, did you have a really dry mouth for the time that you felt sick?
cos i have felt sick since i stopped, and have a dry mouth
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X 60RSA
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quote:
Originally posted by CCA
Are you at the point where you want to give up? If so why?
Well its a filthy habbit and i'm frequently bunged up with cold and have a shitty chest at 23yrs old. I'm sure its smoking related. Cancer runs on my dads side of the family, stopping smoking may make no difference but you never know.
I dont usually smoke a full fag no more, dont enjoy a drag like i used to, i've been physching myself up about trying to quit, plus a bloke from work went cold turkey and he's cracked it.
Its just a shit habbit, not healthy and i've realised its time to give up, plus what ive mentioned about having a bad chest and always bunged up.
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CCA
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If you gear yourself up too much its going to be on your mind too much. You need to get yourself relaxed and take it as it comes, if you slip up and have a fag then you just start again. When you get cravings sip water (not gulp) or have some fruit or go for a little walk.
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Jambo
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quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
Jambo, when you gave up, did you have a really dry mouth for the time that you felt sick?
cos i have felt sick since i stopped, and have a dry mouth
yup dry weird mouth thing where my toungue felt like it needed to be bitten/chewed or scraped or some shit.
Fookin horrid!
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Robin
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thats ok then, i thought i was dying
went to the doctors today and had blood tests for no reason then 
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Jambo
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Well better ot be blood tested than to have lost blood  
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CCA
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theres something you can take to stop that but cant remember the name
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Robin
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useful then 
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X 60RSA
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Another bloke from work, been smoking 30-40yrs packed in and he's never been so ill in his life since giving up. I know 2 people like it who've felt terrible after quitting, even 3-4months down the line, but they have both smoked since the ages of like 13-14 and in there 50's now!
I think its our body cleaning itself out of all the crap, pay back time so to speak!
[Edited on 16-03-2006 by X 60RSA]
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Robin
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the upside of having blood taken is i get to know my blood type
downside is i will probably have to change my diet
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CCA
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You'll can be quite ill for about 5-6 months after quitting with coughs and colds and chest infections due to your body trying to get rid of the crap you've put into it
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B3KYR
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i gave up in november, it was the best thing i ever did 
I didnt plan on stopping, was poorly one day and didnt feel like smoking. Because i went that day without smoking, the next day i thought to myself.... " i didnt smoke yesterday and it didnt bother i'll try and go today without a smoking" and it worked i dint think to myself " ive stopped smoking" because that makes it worse, when u know u cant have something u want it more!
does that make sense
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by CCA
You'll can be quite ill for about 5-6 months after quitting with coughs and colds and chest infections due to your body trying to get rid of the crap you've put into it
this upsets me, i dont wanna feel ill for 6 months
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CCA
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not constantly for 6 months but like a cough for a week then maybe a weaker cough a few weeks later.
It all depends on how many a day you smoked and for how long.
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Cosmo
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tell all your mates, family, whoever to punch you everytime you smoke. You'll soon get fed up of getting punched you'll give up...or get beaten to a pulp and no beable to smoke...either way it'll probably work.
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Mad Moe
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Mate of mine went down the Hypnotherapy route and he hasn't smoked for about 18 months now, so money well spent in his case.
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Tom
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I get a dead tight chest if I give up
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