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10-03-2011, 03:02 AM | #151 | ||
V8 wannaabeee
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i don't smoke tobacco.. does that count? although... I do smoke...?
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10-03-2011, 04:38 AM | #152 | |||
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20-03-2011, 08:35 AM | #153 | ||
Banned
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Convinced myself that smoking was going to kill me and gave up - cold turkey. Fourteen years ago.
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20-03-2011, 08:49 AM | #154 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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i had given up heaps for an hour, a day, a week. I gave up on the train by throwing the smokes and lighter out the window then bought more at the station.
When i got married and we wanted to have kids i gave up cold turkey when my wife fell pregnant then got back on them 12 years later for a year then gave up cold turkey. You can't give up unless you want to and if you don't want to give up stop giving yourself grief and enjoy them. |
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20-03-2011, 09:46 AM | #155 | |||
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21-03-2011, 01:51 AM | #156 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Get drunk, smoked to much woke up the next day feeling terrible and didnt have a smoke. Next day i had one and felt worse so i just gave up.
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21-03-2011, 06:57 AM | #157 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I gave up 27 years ago, cold turkey is the only way to go IMHO, but you gotta wanna give up
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21-03-2011, 10:10 AM | #158 | ||
Mopar/No Car
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I've been off them 5 weeks and 1 day. Was smoking about a pack and a half of Marlboro Reds by the time I quit. Was costing a fortune, I was constantly coughing and generally felt like crap.
Can't believe advertising worked on me, but I was smoking on the verandah of my motel room in Alice Springs, had just finished coughing up a lung when I saw the current anti-smoking ad where the guy coughs up blood. That seemed like a pretty real danger, so I finished the pack the next day and I haven't had another. Cravings were terrible for the first 3 or 4 days, I was irritable, had weird headaches/muscle pains, the whole lot. Only getting a bad craving every few days now, but the worst of it has passed and I should be right.
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21-03-2011, 10:14 AM | #159 | |||
Cane Farmer
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The missus just gave up using champax or whatever it’s called…dunno what the pills do other than put her in a foul mood, but hay, her breath doesn’t reek of smoke now and she actually looks healthier….Plus I find it really unattractive when a girl smokes..
But yeah, those pills worked for her…Although I think it’s very much all in your head.
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21-03-2011, 10:16 AM | #160 | |||
Chasing a FORD project!
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Day 21 for me. Finding it easier as the days go on.
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21-03-2011, 11:56 AM | #161 | ||
Ford 4 Life
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im trying the champix now....
They make you feel a bit of , but so far after the 1st 7 days, my smokes are down to about 5 a day from 25-30 and i dont feel as eager to have one as i used to ...Hopefully in another 4 days or so i wont need em at all
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21-03-2011, 01:16 PM | #162 | ||
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are you getting depressed or bad dreams?
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21-03-2011, 01:18 PM | #163 | ||||
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21-03-2011, 01:28 PM | #164 | ||
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yeah thats what they told me, but they wont put me on them until i sort out my anxiety, she actually told me to continue smoking
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21-03-2011, 01:33 PM | #165 | |||
Cane Farmer
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Took the missus a few goes to get them...Ended up some indian fellow from the local bulk billing joint wrote up the perscription for her..
They made her pretty snappy too....Would just lash out at me for no reason.
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21-03-2011, 01:36 PM | #166 | ||
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I quit last year, (May I think). Used Champix, and they worked for me. Coming upto a year soon. Glad to be off em.
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21-03-2011, 01:41 PM | #167 | ||
Nikon
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Gave up 20yrs ago,I had my molars(Wisdom teeth pulled out) and was asked to stop for 1 week and have never looked back.
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21-03-2011, 03:19 PM | #168 | |||
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21-03-2011, 07:45 PM | #169 | ||
Reading & Learning
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Location: Northern Sydney
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I quit a few years back now. My trick was to count every day and NEVER even touch another smoke. 1 day became 2, 2 became 7, 7 became 70 and so on
Never felt better. Good luck |
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21-03-2011, 08:29 PM | #170 | ||
Stroking it...
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I gave up 2 years ago on champix, wasn't really ready to give up so started again 4 months later..
I decided that if I really wanted to give up, this time I'd do it cold turkey.. Now at the end of day 2! |
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10-04-2011, 02:43 PM | #171 | ||
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four days in of kicking a ten year cigar smoking habit... had enough just ready and wanted too.. cold turkey and dont really miss it much....
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10-04-2011, 02:47 PM | #172 | |||
Chasing a FORD project!
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Day 41 for me now, going great! The nicabate lozenges are really doing their job.
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10-04-2011, 04:24 PM | #173 | ||
Off smelting
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Location: boyne island
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i've found the best thing since i've quit is not to count the days since you last had a durrie that way you don't feel like your counting down to starting again.
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10-04-2011, 04:28 PM | #174 | ||
Back to N/A land
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Location: Perth
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Keep up the good work guys
Myself and my missus are just over 3 months cigarette free. Well worth it. |
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10-04-2011, 09:06 PM | #175 | |||
RPO 77
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this man speaketh the truth - I was in the same boat untill very recently you really do have to WANT to give up i tried several times but always ended back on it cos i wanted one then something just changed, i just really couldnt be bothered with it anymore - they keep putting the prices up so it ends up costing more and more to kill yourself, cant smoke inside, cant smoke in work vehicles, health was deteriorating, getting up and down basketball court was becoming a struggle - i could go on and on truely WTF is the point was smoking a pack a day, $100 p/wk - gave up cold turkey - cant even be F'd thinking about having a smoke anymore
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10-04-2011, 09:22 PM | #176 | ||
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I'm just over 3 months off them now. Its funny how, when you are stuck in that nicotine addiction prison, it seems so hard to get out. But once your free you cant believe it took you x amount of years to wake up. My fiancee is still smoking and I'm a right a$$. I know I'm meant to be supportive but I just cant do it. I quit with easy way. Best book I've ever read. I highly recommend it to those thinking about quitting.
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10-04-2011, 09:22 PM | #177 | |||
Chasing a FORD project!
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The money I've saved not smoking has gone into my savings and my tattoos. I can't believe how much I was spending on smokes until I noticed the money quite literally piling up in my account. It's pretty good to actually get a shock from checking your bank balance that's not a negative one!
Since the quit, I've worked out roughly 4-6k in savings a year. This is pretty sobering, as I only make 27k annually. So with the saved money I'm saving for my new truck and getting my tattoo finished. So much better than smoking myself to death!
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10-04-2011, 09:36 PM | #178 | ||
Regular Member
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I smoked a lot 1-2 packs a day from age 14 to 21
then just gave up overnight It was when the budget came down and they put smokes up to $1 per pack Never looked back |
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10-04-2011, 09:39 PM | #179 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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god i wished i could give up, 2 packs last night :(
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10-04-2011, 09:43 PM | #180 | ||
Loving The Blown Goodness
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A mate reckons it's costing him $600/month and he is now in the pills. I gave up about 15 years ago cold turkey. Girlfriend then (now my wife) asked me to give up and chucked the pack of PJ's in bin. Have only had two since. Second one made me spew. Was a hard 3 months straight after but got through it.
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