The end of a 40 year relationship.

Congratulations phoenix and good luck with turning the "nisi" into the decree absolute.

Good luck phoenix good decision.

Well done Phoenix !!

Oh well done phoenix. Keep at it girl - I gave up 9 years ago after 40 years and put quite simply, if I can do it, anyone can. I was seriously addicted and towards the end was getting through a frightening amount of the little buggers each day.

I found the hardest part of giving up for good was making the decision to do it. And you've already done that, so it'll be plain sailing from now on

Oh well done - it is not always easy I know but well worth it in the end.

My SIL smoked very heavily then decided that he would give up one day and did - just like that!

Thanks all!

I'd been working towards it, although had asked my boss to get me some duty free from his trip to the USA. He came back and said that he hadn't managed to get any duty free, he had been to the local supermarket and got me 200! As this was the day after the Chancellor had slapped an extra 21p per packet of 20, I was a bit concerned about what I would owe him (I was of course planning to pay him for the duty free)

He told me that it was a present for doing such a good job on organising his trip! He wouldn't have got very much change from £100!!

So, I decided that once they were gone, that was it, I wouldn't buy any more.

Before I paint myself as completely virtuous, I am using one of those vape things, just to get me through the initial phase!

Currently on the Columbian Coffee one, quite pleasant!

Oh well done Phoenix

I gave up 30+ years ago when I heard my (then) young son telling his even younger sister that mummy wasn't just killing herself but she was killing them too....??

Needless to say - I stopped there and then!!

Keep going ???? ❤️

I gave up and really can't stand the smell of smoke now. Good luck Phoenix. I always used to have my first cigarette of the day with my 10.00 am coffee so I gave up the coffee for a while and that helped.

The title made me sad. So glad to find out it was about cigs! Good luck and well done!

Well done, That Girl! ??

I'd had several failed attempts at giving up, and I had realised that the worst thing, for me, was going to bed before the BIG DAY, and knowing I would never smoke again, knowing that I couldn't have a smoke with my cuppa in the morning. It was always the first thing on my mind as I woke up and it put me immediately into a negative frame of mind.

So when I did finally manage it, I decided that I wouldn't give up until after that first cuppa and smoke. So going to bed wasn't scary, and getting up the next day didn't feel all doom and gloom. Quite the opposite - I enjoyed that last cigarette and felt 100% positive as I stubbed it out. It worked!

You go girl ?

Well done you I stopped over two years ago, before my granddaughter was born. I really don't know how I used to afford to smoke. There are too many positives to list. I really can't bear the smell of cigs now. It will literally change your life.

Well done Phoenix. It must be very hard to give up after 40 ears, and I hope you feel some benefit for doing so. Keep up the good work - bolt that door!

Well done Phoenix. I smoked for many years and loved it. When I reached 60 the lines round my mouth became highly visible and this bothered me. Also my teenage grandson nagged me. I stopped 4 years ago without any problems (which really surprised me).

Read the first couple of lines and thought you were referring to your husband. Glad that's not the case.

Good luck with your resolution Phoenix

Well done you, hope it goes well!

Well done phoenix - crossing everything for you.

Congratulations! You will certainly reap rewards. Stick with your decision.

I have never smoked, but understand how difficult giving up must be, ?.

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About 20 years ago when Mum was quite poorly and in and out of hospital in Scotland, I had driven up on my own and was sitting in the hospital car park, girding my loins, as it were, when I found a packet of cigarettes in the door pocket of the car, probably left by DD who was dallying with the odd cigarette as a student. There were also some matches and although I hadn't smoked since my first pregnancy in 1973, over 20 years earlier, I wondered if that was what I needed. So I lit up, and thank goodness it did nothing for me. It stuck to my lip and just "tasted" of burning so I simply stubbed it out.
Now, if it had had the effect I had been hoping for, I do wonder if I might have succumbed and taken it up again. I think I had a lucky escape.
Very best of luck phoenix you can do it and I am sure you will.

Well done to you Pheonix . I gave up 18 months ago and am also using a vape , I have tried many times to give up but with the vape thingy it has been much easier . Keep it up !

I don't know if this will be any help, Phoenix, but when I decided not to smoke anymore, after over 40 years as well, I thought that "giving it up" was too drastic. Choosing NOT TO SMOKE THAT DAY was, however, different and it helped me tremendously - I was in control, and even now, if anyone asks me if I have ever smoked I say that I used to, but now I choose not to. Good luck - you CAN do it.

Go for it Phoenix I smoked for 30ish years but gave up almost 20 years ago. It's the best thing, health-wise, that I ever did.

I'd tried many times before but that ime I was determined and stuck a few signs around the house saying 'I will NOT be dictated to by a cigarette'

Well done P, you may feel worse before you get better, but you will feel better in the end.