General Chat

Thank you

There is a new pill now it is called Champix., you might be able to have it if you cant have zyban.

Amy

Thanks for that info, I am due at the smoking clinic tomorrow so will enquire.

Sylvia

Good for you Sylvia...Well Done!!!

My Nan started smoking at 10 years old and that was just on brown paper in them days or so she says....

She is almost 91 now and gave up 10 months ago...lol

We are all so proud of her and love her to bits....

You keep going Sylvia........YOU CAN DO IT

What an achievement . Hope she is doing ok. their is hope for me yet.

Love to your nan and thanks

Sylvia

Awww thanks Sylvia...

I'l be honest there are times she tries to bribe us to get her a packet of fags!! lol :o)

You can only do your best.....

Thanks for being honest makes me feel better

Sylv xx

My wife and I used Zyban. She stopped smoking and I stopped using Alcohol. I have never touched Alcohol since, about 5 years now.

Early this year my daughter said to me that I smelled bad when I had been smoking and could n't I stop. So I did. No pills, no patches, no inhalers, and I have to say I found it very easy, I just did n't smoke any more.
If I need any reminders of why I stopped, the first smoker I go near is enough to remind me that smokers STINK. And they don't realise it.

Also if you use patches or any other nicotine replacement, you are not breaking the nicotine addiction, but merely teasing your brain with small doses of the drug. You've got to get it out of your body which takes about three days. Remember nicotine is more addictive than heroine. But give it a week or so and it gets sooo much easier.

Good luck at the clinic today, Sylvia. Buy yourself something nice with the money you have saved, no matter how small. `And well done, you are getting there!! BC XX

I gave up smoking 11 years ago. I gave up because i wanted to, i used no patches or tablets or inhalers nothing just good old fashioned will power, i didn't put my fag money away , i just no longer scraped around for money for basic things, i cannot believe that people pay £6.50 for a packet nowadays!!!
Oh and if the smell of a dirty ashtray doesn't make you feel ill, then i don't know what will.

Thank you all for your support, I keep thinking of all the advice you have all given me and it sure helps.

Sylv x

Hi Thanks for that,

I am still having the odd puff but am extremely proud of myself for getting this far.. I know that I will soon be able to resist the" odd puff"

Thanks

Sylvia

Hi Barbra

Just watched the pride of britain awards if I had the stamina of all those people I would have stopped immediately but I am like every one else no will power but I am getting there. thank you for your support

sylvia

Hi again Sylvia.....

You certainly do have will power......

Even to cut down is an achievement in itself....you go girl!! :o).....

One step at a time no matter how long it takes..
xx

Sylvia, I was told that when I feel like a smoke,ie'when waking,or after meals,have a sip of water,& the craving for a smoke goes.I was smoking 80 a day, thenI had trouble breathing.I stopped 35 years ago.I am now 82 teach martial arts.I am sure that if I had'nt stopped when I did,I would have been dead now. Leslie

Thanks once again for all your support

Sylvia x

Sylvia,When you feel the urge for a cigarette,Try eating a Few pieces of Liquorice, it helps, and if you do decide to smoke just after,the taste is really YUK. Good luck with your efforts.and remember, soon you will no longer smell like an Ashtray.**M**.:o))>

Just seeing how you are doing :))

I still fancy having one,I would never do it though.I've been stopped for nearly 25 yrs.Family members told me they had to wash their clothes/hair after being at my house.Dont need to decorate nearly so often and ....I smell better lol.

Have a 'puff' on a pen or pencil if you feel like one,daft as it sounds it does make the urge go away.


Good luck

Marion

~~~~to Barbra.

How it going Sue? :))

Hi All

Still not smoking!! A full week without one single puff, am I proud of myself, yes I am.

Sylvia