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Another Quitting Smoking Thread...
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My dad has offered me £100 to quit smoking. 25 quid every two weeks then 50 quid after 6 weeks...
so im going to do it, i need a new cpu so this money will get me started. I need major quitting tips, ive heard some before but just to refresh my memory....
so im going to do it, i need a new cpu so this money will get me started. I need major quitting tips, ive heard some before but just to refresh my memory....
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I say apparently because I've never smoked, but I know people who do and people who've given up.
Also, if you post in the Health forum you'll probably get a few more well-informed replies
cheers everyone
itll cost more than 100 quid...
(and the nicotine patches, hehe. )
The fact that im saving the money to get a new computer, till around september or so. It can be taken off me till then though if you get me...
And ive got the willpower, i just keep getting sudden urges to light up.
I wanna get a nicorette inhilator, but you have to be 18 to get them i think
The thing with the inhalor efforts, is that it helps with the physical cravings, but still reinforces the psychological hand to mouth, tube sucking thang.
Best things I found were the 24hr patches. The Nicquitin ones were great. But the crazy assed side effects from the Nicotinell ones just smelled of wee. MAJOR insomnia, crazy fucked up dreams when you did get to sleep (they were quite good though!), sweating buckets all night and crappy irritated skin rash thing where the patch was.
Everyone reacts to different ones in different ways. The only way to find the right thing for you, is to try it.
Other hints, hmmm... stay clear of beer (aarrrrggh), always tend to smoke more (or "forget" that you've quit) when pissed. keep away from fellow smokers for a while until you are ready.
Be prepared to feel a bit shitty & depressed for a while (nicotine withdrawal causes this & it is a big contributor to saying "sod it" & sparking up a cig.)
drink plenty of water or fresh orange, eat more fresh fruit/veg.
take up a sport or exercise related hobby thing, that tends to be a great help when quitting. but at the end of the day, all these things help, but the main fight has to be done with willpower.
glances up at reams of text Bloody hell, I sound like a sodding whingy arsed doctor!
Good luck. How are you going to smoke dope now though... without tobacco? :eek2:
They cost me about £6.30 for a months worth! Damn sight cheaper than ciggies!
Thanks so much for that, just reading it took up a load of time i would have otherwise been smoking in! lol. Thanks a lot, some good ideas there. Staying off beer is going to be hard though... and i thought you could only get the patches at 18?
Duffy
Dunno. Best bet would be to ask your GP. Maybe he can wangle it so you can get some. Otherwise you could always get your parents to get you them from the chemist. Unfortunately, without a prescription the bloody things cost about £17.50 for a weeks worth! Goddam money grabbing gits!
Someone's going to be putting on some weight eating cake.....
Thats the thing... ive stopped smoking it for the time being, and havent done it for a month or so, as i could see this was coming. When im sure ive quit ill do it with little or no tobacco, or maybe not at all...
Eat it?
Make some nice cakes and invite elderly relatives around for a chortlesome tea party?
exactly. But, i can see in some ways why they arent allowed for children, there would be a flood of kids selling them in schools or something... idiots.