Giving up

[woodelf]

I'm in my third nearly fourth week without a cigarette, but I'm wondering if roll-ups are an easier option than fags...I'm grasping at straws here...maybe I'll smoke some straw...someone say yes and help me out with these "withdrawal" symptoms. Ta Muchly.

[cazzz1975]

also roll ups are not the safer option

[woodelf]

Okay you guys!...and postdog is a mind reader...smile. The pharmacist who is part of this Quit for Life thing says that if one thing isn't working 'perfectly', then I could also try another product to work side by side, so I might try that Nicoretter inhaler...at least it looks like a fag!

[Rosetta]

Keep going woodelf. You can do it. Yes you willstill get cravings for a while yet but they do get easier and less frequent. There will come a point when you wonder why you ever smoked and stank in the first place.

Don't give in even with rollups. Its your body and mind trying to fool you. You are now going through the phase where your mind is trying to give you reasons to start again. "I'll just have one, I've given it up once, its only when "etc etc .

Having gone this far do you want to go through it all again.
I'm sure you don't . Dont give in, you can beat it and it is hugely better when you don't smoke

[ummmm]

Sorry to say this but your problem is probably the patches. You're still giving yourself constant nicotine which means you stay addicted.

Try reading the book 'How to stop smoking the easy way' by Alan Carr. It's worth the read.

[woodelf]

Yes Rosetta I know and I Thank You as well as all the others. That seems pretty wierd Um, as they seem to take great pleasure in recommending all these nico... products and it's not as if they're after my money, cos I don't have to pay for 'em - though you or someone will probably say "no, but we non-smokers do!".

[ummmm]

I think they work by trying to break the habit of the 'hand to mouth' but you're still getting a nicotine fix.

Try the book. It really does work. It helps change how you look at cigarettes.

The book costs �8.99. Less than the price of two packets so you have nothing to lose.

Good luck x

[Robinia]

I appreciate this might not be your thing woodelf but both my sons went for hypnosis & it's been successful, neither have smoked since & nor have the 7 or 8 work colleagues who went to the same place. Might seem expensive but so are the alternatives & they soon recouped the cost. One session, �100.
Best of luck!

[chattykathy]

The book ummmmm sugggested is really good. There's a section on 'just having one more' that really made me realise I shouldn't crack when I was craving. The NHS always recommend nicotine replacement without even considering that it doesn't work for everyone. You are not suffering physical withdrawal symptoms now, it's all psychological. You need to resolve to yourself that you will never smoke again but only if that's what you really want to do.
Have you worked out how much money you've saved yet? You could maybe treat yourself to something you really want as a reward. Good luck, stay with it & one day you'll realise you haven't thought about a fag - very liberating!

[mandimoo]

i will vouch for that book as well after my other half read it and gave up when he wasnt even sure if he wanted to!