Howdy, Stranger!
Categories
anyone else kicking the weed?
The materials in this website are in no way intended to replace the professional medical care, advice, diagnosis or treatment of a doctor, qualified personal trainer, therapist, dietitian or nutritionist Runners's World, Part of the Hearst UK well-being network © Copyright 2017
Comments
Good luck!
I'd say focus your effort into the AC clinic and use the time to really build up to it. It'll be March before you know it.
Just give up then !!
You spend far too much time worrying about giving up !
patly true DTS
is driving me crackerser
Hoose I gave up about a month ago, maybe more not sure don't really pay any attention to it any more. Used Paul McKenna's "Quit Smoking Today without Gaining Weight" it is a book to rerad and a CD to listen to everyday for two weeks. You can get it for about £10.
Anyway I would recomded it, haven't really had any cravings don't really think about smoking at all.
Of course (and I don't want to preach) but any of these methods will only work if you want them to.
Hoose just prefers moaning about giving up !
he has been in the 6 years since he first said he was giving up, and the 5 years since I did give up
Ross
Carr book stopped me for 2 weeks and Carr clinic for 3 months last time. It was good and easy at the time. I felt great. Just lost the switch these days.
thanks for your support.
well got the stop smoking clinic tomorrow. Tbh -getting really fed up with hoose as smoker andf the whole damned business. Realised that the idea of smoking being rock and roll was a strong association with me and maybe to stop strips that off me. That is of course nonesense but addiction feeds on associations like that.
I will still be a wild child without the weed after tomorrow
Have you seen those electronic cigarettes? They might help - you can wean yourself down to smoke nothing, but still "smoke", so it becomes totally benign and there's no chemical barrier to quitting
Ta Candy. Yes I have really had enough and I am not shoulding on myself at all. If this does not work I will try the lecky ones. Maybe if you got a shock with every puff ,that would help-lol.
I actually are missing the 3 months of feeling good when I stopped long term last time-that will help
Hoose - Interesting reading your posts over (a long) time. You sound like a classic addict – can’t imagine life with or without your drug. Not a good place to be, I know as I’ve been there with a number of things, including nicotine.
As my name suggests I’m in recovery now, from all mood altering chemicals, including nicotine.
For what it’s worth, among the things that have helped me are realising that I can’t beat an addiction, rather the answer is to realise that it’s beaten me. Instead of “doing battle with it” I need to surrender. Accept that I can’t do it and move on with my life. Think of getting in the ring with Mike Tyson every day, getting battered every time but our addiction trying to make us think that “this time will be different”. The answer is to accept that it won’t be different and simply stop getting in the ring.
Other big help is to think about doing it a day at a time. It’s too hard to give anything up forever, but I can not do it, just for today. I can’t affect yesterday or tomorrow so I can only focus on being here now. Today I’ll do whatever it takes not to use; tomorrow is another day and I’ll worry about it when it gets here.
thanks for support folks.
Lillian - yes I am already doubling up on fruit and stuff and loads of water before I stop. Depression is what i have to watch but have been pretty immune to it lately. I cried when I went back after 3 months. Yes it can play havoc with your emotions.
RR--yes -it is easy to set yourself in battle with an addiction. Guess you could get into depression if you are a walking battle field.. Yes I will worry about tomorrow tomorrow but of course it never does arrive.
I am absolutely fed up of them-they bore me and I dont want to be controlled by them Sometimes I cant scratch me bum efore lighting up-that is crazy. Well in my mind is how good and free I felt when i stopped for 3 months.
tis clean up time for old hoose. Starting to sniffle now at the support here-
well done both on your quits
thanks again
x
Hoose - Good Luck.
I quit about 4 & half years ago through hypnosis - was worth every penny.
I try to go on holiday around the same time each year to `celebrate` my giving up. I was on about 20 / 30 a day depending on what I was doing (& yes I had a totally different lifestyle then).
well done on your quit Mr K and thanks.
I am an athlete at heart who could have made a name wrestling years ago.Would never had thought the fags would be my biggest oponent. Now I just wanna run well and enjoy an healthy life.
lots of holidays for me and pay off some mortgage too
My Dad used to smoke EIGHTY a day when he was younger, and started smoking at about 11/12 years old. My mum demanded he quit, and eventually he underwent hypnotherapy. He hasn't smoked since.
I haven't touched cigarettes in two weeks after a slight re-lapse, and it helps that I have had a horrible cold and cough, as the thought of smoking makes me feel sick at the moment.
I'm hoping when the cold has gone it'll be out my system long enough to keep it up, and I'll be out of the habit of doing it.
Good luck Hoose
You CAN do it
well done nom and keep it up. I am smoking now and it is damned awful, so you are missing nothing. Glad your dad managed it. Many a strong, beautiful person has been crippled by them - I dont want to be another victim of something you crave and when youdo it, you wish you were not. A crazy state of affairs.
keep at it
Cheers Mr Guy
I would wish you good luck but luck's got nothing to do with it.
Go to the session and make sure you concentrate and soak it all in.
Tell them that it lasted for 3 months last time and see what they say.
You have hundreds of Runner's World peeps relying on you. Don't let us down or there'll be trouble.