smoking?

Tomorrow all our family will be 2 years smoke free......we found out dgd was on the way .....myself husband and 2 sons ....hypnotherapy cost 200 each and we decided we could not smoke till cost was recuperated.......no longings or lapses ...all over 20 a day smokers......best money we ever spent

However you do it,please stop. My dh is very ill from a smoking related illness and I am looking at losing him to it. He stopped cold turkey but the damage had been done, I say this, only with a heartfelt wish that you find a way.

Thank you swanny.I am not saying anything to family-theyve heard it before.many times? am also going to take indinana's advice and have that one cig in the morning!! Give it my best shot.only people who smoke/smoked/live with a smoker can truly understand the habitual addictive grasp of nicotine....✨

Oh thank you notoveryet and a prayer for you too?

Previously I tried patches, gum (yuk!) but the e cig has worked. My one doesn't look like a cigarette, and it did take me a few tries to find the mix that worked.
ly, all the tobaccl flavours were not my cup of tea at all, whe
Oddn someone suggested cherry my initial reaction was but after trying oodles of different flavours, I now find that cherry or coffee are my preferred vape.

you can do it

Good luck sue1169 - I really hope you manage to do it this time. The only person I told when I gave up was my DD because she quit the same time! My DH didn't notice for about 3 weeks, by which time I was feeling really confident about succeeding.
Just keep coming on here for support and to update us about your progress, especially if you are
having a bad day! It might be all you need to keep you on track

Good luck for tomorrow, Sue1169, you CAN do it! There's been so much helpful advice on this thread so hopefully you'll feel the waves of support and encouragement throughout your first day.....

Oh Maimeo I am so feeling the suport-haha i actually cant wait for tomorrow!! Stop smoking .hopefully put some much needed weight back on.smell nicer feel fitter and ..get out of the red and into the black...ALL because of smoking!! Excited now?

Failed failed failed....SO try try try again!!?please all keep rooting for me..just re-read ALL your posts and it helps!! Gives me hope!!?

Try sticking your nose near a full ashtray of cigarette butts, then telling yourself that this is what you smell like to other people.

Cold turkey.
Jump up after a meal and do something.
Try a hobby like crochet, knitting baby clothes for charity if you don't know a baby (you won't want them to smell of smoke!) - anything to keep your mind occupied.

if anyone offers you a cigarette, take it and snap it in two.
They won't offer again.

Sue, keep going, we are all here for you,remember Rome was not built in a day.

As Jalima says, find something to fill the gaps left from not smoking. It's much harder just to stop, without something to substitute for it.

I gave up after 40 years of heavy smoking because I had a cough which made me feel ill. I never tried to stop before and enjoyed smoking but decided I had to stop to get rid of the cough. I didn't use patches or gum as I felt I needed to get rid of the nicotine addiction so went cold turkey. I think anyone can stop if they really make the decision. When you are a smoker you think about it all the time so it's not really any different when you give up. In the first few months I had excema and hugely swollen feet and ankles but it gradually improved. My cough went immediately and I have much more puff now. I would not start again as I don't want to go through the early withdrawal again.

I stopped almost 2 years ago with an ecig , it is the best thing I have ever done !! It takes a few days to get used to but after that you will NOT crave ciggies at all . Don`t have any in the house and puff away on the ecig all day if you need to . Don`t buy a cheap one either , go to a specialist shop and they will help you choose the right one for you . Mine was £50 but I still have it and use it , smoking is a very strong addiction so don`t beat yourself up . Whatever people say they are 95% safer than ciggs and you will smell so sweet and be better off financially xx

Sue Please do not have that first cigarette at all in the morning. I found that if I cleaned my teeth instead of lighting up, it made me do something with my hands and made me feel better through smelling fresher instead of smelling of tobacco.

I've been free now for just over two years and I don't miss it a jot. I say free because it had me in it's grip, panicking if I hadn't got any, wondering where money was coming from to get some, going without something else to afford tobacco. It was horrendous when I think back and knowing now how I used to smell. If I get into a taxi and the driver is a smoker it stinks. I can't wait to get out.

I had to just quit, just like that. I was struggling to breathe. If I had taken another drag I dread to think what would happen. So out went the cigarette and never another one. I can't say that I didn't crave one at first, because I did, I even had the taste in my mouth for a good while but I used the teeth cleaning trick. Don't use mints or chewing gum, go and clean your teeth. By the time you have finished the craving has passed and you can go on to find something to do to take your mind off the beast trying to lure you back in.

Just keep trying. I tried for ages before I finally stopped. Make November your stopping month, don't worry about not doing it last month, the important thing is to stop and not ruin your health and not to give the government all that money in tax. Plus your purse will thank you, I can't believe how much I can treat myself now to other things. Keep posting, that is the key. Good luck, I will keep seeing how you are doing. X

It's like a bad lover, one you keep going back to even though you know it isn't doing you any good. Be strong. X

Sue, just start over with the giving up, I am so willing you to succeed, smoking related diseases are horrible. Positive thoughts always succeed more than negative so how about saying to yourself " I am a non smoker" and if offered a cigarette " not for me thank you, I don't smoke" Really, really wishing you success with this.

Also second using hypnotherapy ( qualified in that area myself) You will have invested time and money and the outcomes are usually positive.

ruby is right - do not have that first cigarette.

If you've had a shower, are wearing clean clothes, nice fresh mouth why ruin all that with the smell of smoke?

Thank you All! I need this forum..I truly do...?

You need a strategy; when did you light up?
with a drink? - have a few carrot batons, celery pieces etc to crunch (you could have peanuts but they are fattening!)
First thing in the morning - do the shower/teeth clean routine
After lunch? have a little stroll outside if possible
If someone smokes around you, just notice the smell and think that you don't want to smell like that

Know that the three month mark is the difficult bit when your resolve wavers and be strong!

Sue, I stopped a couple of guys while out looking at cars the other day, they were from another showroom. One of the guys had a vape thingy in his hand and I asked him how it was going. He said he was doing well, then the other guy, only young showed me his cigarette and said that he wasn't! He did say that he had a new baby and stresses. I told him that he would always have stresses but smoking wouldn't really help them. In fact, since quitting I have become calmer in one respect. Anyway, after a lot of ear bashing about how his wife had devoted nine months to giving life to his child, I said it was his turn to step up and stop smoking, if only for the sake of being around to see his child grow up. He agreed with me and said he was going to try. He was only 23 as it turned out and I told him he didn't want to end up like me in another 30 years, not being able to breathe, going for motobility cars.

After I had drove off, I was chuckling to myself. I shouldn't really go around preaching to innocent young men. He was probably really looking forward to going for his cigarette, having five minutes away from work and this mad women turns up in her car and gives him a lecture on his way of life! Poor chap. I need to rein it in, but I seem to be getting worse as I get older.

I shouted at a guy at B & Q the other day as I took some paint back. He wanted my postcode, followed by my house number. I protested but he insisted they needed it for the refund. I was fuming at them having data about me which I wanted to keep private. Anyway, I asked for a manager and she said I could have refused and he would have had to accept it. I said I refused but got told I couldn't. Then I told her to train her staff better. She came back and told me that only guide dogs were allowed in the store as I had took my doggie in her pram for me to hold on to and walk better. She didn't ask me to leave though. I'm going to get thrown out of somewhere soon!

I hope you are well, and just keep trying. Do you drive? X

Haha nothing like a good rant rubylady?!! Yes i do drive?

Two years ago we were having our grandaughter to stay......we decided after 40 yrs it was going to be a smoke free zone. We both got hypnotherapy cost about 600 for both.....my thoughts were we cannot go back on them till we gained the money back....
Neither of us has had any desire or longing for a cigarette..should have done it years ago....it was so easy.