Hi all
Hi all ... I'm working my way to stop smoking went 11 hours without one for me this is amazing I'm such a heavy smoker. Does anyone have any helpful hints with the cravings ect should I get some patches to kick this off I really want to stop as soon as I can this is my first time even cutting back to stop. What is the best ways and tips you have to stop I have smoked 20 years and 30 pk a day all the help would be great thanks so much 😀😀
Hi Sam, congratulations on your first steps to quitting. I quit cold turkey and today will be my 57th day. I've never tried any other means of quitting, I don't like the idea of other drugs which have side effects and also don't like patches which are still putting nicotine into your body. However, it does work for some people, so whatever works for you is the best for you. All I know is cold turkey is best for me and so far so good. I suggest you read as much as you can here and work out some really strong reasons why you want to quit, write them down and keep them with you. It is a difficult but rewarding journey where you will find out more than you think you will about yourself & your life. It's a challenge but we like a challenge don't we and we like winning, so go for it, do your best & you will come out a winner! I think whatever means you use to quit doesn't really matter, it's your mind set that will really keep you on track. No matter what you do you have to truly WANT to quit, that's what will keep you going. Good luck!
Hi and thanks so much for all the helpful info and congrats on you not smoking that's so awesome 😀😀😀😀
Hi Sam,
I'm on week 10 now, I like you was a heavy smoker. A packet a day for 21 years. So if I can and other members can, you can too. Just telling yourself you want to quit won't cut it. You need to look deep with in yourself, find the true reason you want to, have to quit. Believe in that, believe in yourself, push forward and never look back. Good luck and I know you can do it.
Sam, mate you can do it I have just quit after a 35 year habit, the last half of this as a heavy smoker, 40 a day. I used champax but still you just need to take one day at a time, take time off work especially that first few weeks, treat it like a sickness you are overcoming, I took panodol every few hours For the first week, helped. I treated it as getting over a sickness not giving up, this also helped me disociate the smokes from the cravings, also found reading the stop smoking forums on the net were of great support. You gotta read from the people who have been through the journey not the wankie government and sponsored sites, I am nearly 3 months now, yeah sure still want one but not going to, one smoke and I would be. back at and have wasted 3 months of a tough quit, not one more ever and you can do it
Sam, mate you can do it I have just quit after a 35 year habit, the last half of this as a heavy smoker, 40 a day. I used champax but still you just need to take one day at a time, take time off work especially that first few weeks, treat it like a sickness you are overcoming, I took panodol every few hours For the first week, helped. I treated it as getting over a sickness not giving up, this also helped me disociate the smokes from the cravings, also found reading the stop smoking forums on the net were of great support. You gotta read from the people who have been through the journey not the wankie government and sponsored sites, I am nearly 3 months now, yeah sure still want one but not going to, one smoke and I would be. back at and have wasted 3 months of a tough quit, not one more ever and you can do it