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Giving up now

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  • 10-05-2009 8:49pm
    #1
    MooseJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭


    Right I quit - maybe a thread in here will be a little motivation :)


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    Beruthiel
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    Be aware that day 2 and 3 are the worst. Expect that and know by day 4 you will begin on the road to feeling better.
    Organise yourself so you can handle 2 and 3.
    I found keeping really busy did the trick for me.


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    barkingmadlolly
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭barkingmadlolly


    I also quit - 24 hours ago using Allen Carr. So far so good, no cravings which Im sure will come in the next few days


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    johnnyonionring
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    hey well done to you all for quitting!!! i quit more than 2 months ago after 5 years of smoking 20 a day.

    i used allen carrs book and it has really worked for me! what helped me was anytime early on in his method i felt like i wanted a ciggie i just started thinkking of how great it is to be a non smoker!!

    and it really is great!! i love being a non smoker and i just knoow this time i'm never goinng to smoke again!! and i hope everyone here doesn't either because you know you'll have to go through quitting again if you do, you may as well stick with it trust me its well worth it!;)


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    Pal
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    Beruthiel wrote: »
    Be aware that day 2 and 3 are the worst. .


    Agree fully.

    just see yourself past days 2 and 3 whatever it takes.

    thats the only goal you need achieve

    No matter how crap you feel, it will be the best thing you ever did for yourself.


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    antiskeptic
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    barkingmadlolly wrote: »
    I also quit - 24 hours ago using Allen Carr. So far so good, no cravings which Im sure will come in the next few days

    Remember that the actual withdrawal symptoms of nicotiine were so mild during your time as a smoker that they didn't even make you wake up at night to relieve them.

    Well done.

    Well done all


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    Nomore
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    I am quit just over 2 months and can't say I am an expert, this is the longest I have ever quit for for but I can say that it gets so much better day by day. The first few days are hard with the physical withdrawal, if you are doing cold turkey. After that it really is to keep telling yourself that you won't smoke today. I also avoided smoking areas outside, was very careful having a few drinks, making sure I told everyone at the start of the night that I was not a smoker.

    Now I do think of cigarettes and smoking but it is only thoughts and as soon as I realise I tell myself not to be so stupid - to go back to having one which will lead to where I was before I stopped and as Johnny said, to go back to the start of stopping again. I would rather not.

    Keep going everyone and well done, do whatever it takes not to smoke, it is not worth it.


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    barkingmadlolly
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭barkingmadlolly


    MooseJam wrote: »
    Right I quit - maybe a thread in here will be a little motivation :)

    OP how are you getting on?


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