smoking

[exile]

trying to kick the habit reading allan carrs easyway at the moment just wondering as anyone here given up succsefully ?

[Macy]

trying to kick the habit reading allan carrs easyway at the moment just wondering as anyone here given up succsefully ?

6 weeks off them since going to the Allen Carr clinic. Never read the book, but tried all the nicotine replacement therapy's without success (know why since the clinic).

Whilst it hasn't been that hard, still get pangs occasionally for them particularly last week for some reason, and at the Ireland match (first match since stopping, so a bit of a daze tbh - hence trying to avoid Conor and the other bástard cork chain smokers we were sat behind ).

Much better than the nicotine replacement therapies where all I could think about was cigs....

Can defo recommend the clinics if you're in that frame of mind to stop smoking. I now realise I never gave up the first time I was off them for 4 years, as I was still having the occasional weekend one....

[Peadar]

just wondering as anyone here given up succsefully ?

My dad gave up a few years ago.
Just stopped one day and that was it.
No pills, no potions, no patches, just quit.
The body goes through a detox process for a year or so which makes you think the person is dying but it passes.
You just have to want to stop.
Not, just like the idea of stopping.

[aido_b]

Never tried it myself but friends of mine just stopped smoking and that was it, they found that all the replcement therapies and nicotine patches made them think more about smoking so they just stopped. Try and get someone else to quit with you, that way you'll have someone to let off steam at!

[Macy]

Whilst it may take a year for the body to fully detox, you get over the actual nicotine withdrawal much quicker than that (3-5 days). The rest of the withdrawal is mental rather than physical in terms of wanting to smoke. That's why nicotine replacement doesn't work...

[Babysis]

I know someone who claims giving up smoking is meant to be up there with coming off crack - I wouldnt know about either.

Smoking is free choice admitteldy, but I think if anyone is ever waivering about giving up, you just need to look at the adverts showing the effects of smoking. They really are true.

For anyone giving up, I do wish you the best of luck. It is worth it

[Eire06]

I just stopped!
Just ended one box and never bought any more!
Easy if you put your mind to it and have very strong willpower, smoking ban really really helps and the Irish Weather!!

You have to keep yourself busy at all times for the first 3 to 4 weeks

Much fitter now, don't get short of breath so easily! No coughin in the morning anymore either

[Macy]

Smoking is free choice admitteldy, but I think if anyone is ever waivering about giving up, you just need to look at the adverts showing the effects of smoking. They really are true.

And what do they make smokers reach for? People smoke when their stressed, so making them stressed about a horrible death just makes them smoke more. Smoking companies use the same threat in their adverts to sell more. Smokers know all that without graphic ad's.

[exile]

6 weeks off them since going to the Allen Carr clinic. Never read the book, but tried all the nicotine replacement therapy's without success (know why since the clinic).

Can defo recommend the clinics if you're in that frame of mind to stop smoking. I now realise I never gave up the first time I was off them for 4 years, as I was still having the occasional weekend one....

is it dublin ?

[Babysis]

I just stopped!
Just ended one box and never bought any more!
Easy if you put your mind to it smoking ban really really helps and the Irish Weather!!

Much fitter now, don't get short of breath so easily! No coughin in the morning anymore either

Well done. It really is worth it. I never really realised the damage smoking casues. Im behind a ban in the work place here now as a result of seeing the effects.

[Macy]

is it dublin ?

Yeah - they hold them at the red cow. www.easyway.ie if you want more info. Mention Newstalk when booking and you get €20 off too.

I suppose it's still too early to tell, but my previous record was about 6 hours.

[Dricky]

Cold turkey, patience and support from your friends. Best way to give them up.

when you get a craving for them and oh my god you will, well it stops after about 5, 10 minutes.

off them 4 years, toughest thing I've done.

Your friends not reminding you your off them is also of help, many a time I felt like ripping the head off my friends, cause you'd have forgotten about them for days and then the pipe up ' how the quitting goin?"

That just reminds you that you want one really bad and you end up biting the heads off them for asking...... great fun.


Keep busy and replace the addiction with sport.

Best of Luck with it, the money you save is also a bonus, pays for the hols.

[Macy]

Your friends not reminding you your off them is also of help, many a time I felt like ripping the head off my friends, cause you'd have forgotten about them for days and then the pipe up ' how the quitting goin?"

That just reminds you that you want one really bad and you end up biting the heads off them for asking...... great fun.

Now that is true, the ******** in this office askes me every other day, as he's on his way out to have a smoke. cnut. But then he is a ******** anyway....

[Jim Smith]

Now that is true, the ******** in this office askes me every other day, as he's on his way out to have a smoke. cnut. But then he is a ******** anyway....

and the ****** knows exactly what he is doing and wants you to fail because he is an insecure gob****e.... good luck with it!

[cullenswood]

You just have to want to stop.
Not, just like the idea of stopping.

I think that is the key...I gave up loads of times before I actually quit, but all those times, I never really wanted to give up, just thought it was the right thing to do. When I finally did quit, part of me actually wanted to. Also the smoking ban helped loads.

[drinkfeckarse]

Read the Easyway book and as Macy says, it really was easy when you looked at how stupid your addiction was. Unfortunately while I was able to stay off them for months, I found that when I was out on the p!ss I didn't have enough willpower thus ensuring that eventually they crept back in.

I'm not a big smoker anyway (5-7) a day but that is bad enough I suppose and sometimes I'll not have any at all. Makes you feel more stupid because you know you're being a mug. Not sure if I'll read that book again though because that's twice I've done it and twice I couldn't go without one when I was drinking.

I suppose I'll probably try the clinic sometime but at the moment I'm not too bothered about it. Definately true that you have to be in the right frame of mind and want to give up.

[Green Tribe]

I just stopped!
Just ended one box and never bought any more!
Easy if you put your mind to it and have very strong willpower, smoking ban really really helps and the Irish Weather!!

You have to keep yourself busy at all times for the first 3 to 4 weeks

Much fitter now, don't get short of breath so easily! No coughin in the morning anymore either

Nice one! Congrats! I am really anti-smoking, always have been, always will be, it's just vile. When people blow it in my face, it makes my blood boil. I was so happy when I went out to pubs in Monaghan and Dublin after the ban in Ireland, I was so proud that they had the courage to do it, Irish pub culture etc ( am quite annoyed Northern Ireland didn't follow suit soon after , and they still haven't confirmed anything, suppose it helps if you have an assembly ) Hate pubs over here, smoke makes me bad-tempered.

One thing I have to say to smokers, I cannot understand how difficult it must be to come off them, thank God I have never had to try, I watched my Grandmother try in her later years, but she had been smoking since she was 18, so she found it impossible, and I know it cut her life short by about 10 years, she was so able and active for a 78 year old and should've lived to her late 80's like her non-smoking parents. Important thing I am trying to say is, give up now whilst you are young, it's so much more difficult 50+ and by then you've already done so much damage.

I always yap at close friends(none of my close family smoke thank God) to stop as I wished someone had yapped at my grandmother to stop when she was young...

Think of your health
Think of your family's health(if u smoke around them)
Think about how much money you will save too.
Your tastebuds come back to life again!
And you won't end up with a smelly yellow mouth when you are 50+ (this is one of the things that scared me as a child, family smokers in their 60's-70's wanting to hug and kiss me and it really scared me, rotten manky mouths.. aaaaahhhhhh!

Good luck to all those trying, well done to those who stopped, I admire you.

Sorry, just one more thing, I cannot believe the big deal over a smoking ban in England, why are they so stubborn about change, this is a positive change, they even think it is a big deal to have non-smoking pubs which serve food!! Jesus, wisen up!!!!!

[hamish]

I always smoke more when Ireland play a competitive game - think I'll give up warching footie then the fags will go too.
I'm now on 40 to 50 a day!!! I'm ashamed to admit.

Gonna make an effort to stop from this Saturday.

[Baker]

Im off them over two months after reading the Allen Carr book. It does feel strange but not difficult or depressing for the first few days after quitting. Just had to get used to doing things like watching a match, or waiting for a bus without having a smoke. Hardly think about them now, have had just the odd pang once or twice since when Ive had one drink too many but didnt light up. Definitely feel a million times better already.

However Ive used the Allan Carr book twice before so hopefully this will be the last time!!!

First read it about four years ago was didnt smoke for over 18 months and then one night at a party had a smoke and was was back on them a few weeks later. So I read it then again and didnt smoke for about a year when the same story happened again.

Even though I mightn't be the greatest advertisment for Allen Carr its the easiest way by a mile. After a few days you feel fine and its not anywhere near as hard as going cold turkey or nicorette gum(which made me sick). I think the problem Ive had before is that after a few months I just forget why I wanted to quit in the first place and the advice given in the book. So this time Im going to keep a hold of the book and have another read of it in six months or so as a reminder.

[Plastic Paddy]

trying to kick the habit reading allan carrs easyway at the moment just wondering as anyone here given up succsefully ?

That's exactly how I quit. Half a day's hypnotherapy and the Allen Carr Easyway method. Six years on, from forty plus a day (plus *ahem* "herbal" rollies ) to no fags at all. I also used their methods to help me coontrol my weight and I've lost four stone in the last year. It does work, but only if that's what you want. I've proved it twice.

PP