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Giving Up Smoking.
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After 55 years of B & H, Consulate, Silk Cut, Golden Virginia and Old Holborn (and a year or two of Black Cavendish pipe tobacco, not to mention years of home-grown cannabis) I stopped smoking mid-December. My smoker's cough and my wheezing and my gasping for breath whenever I manage to turn over in bed have all disappeared. I have started using Nordic Spirit nicotine pouches (non-tobacco sachets tucked up inside my upper gums) and they seem to be keeping me off the inhalation. Anybody else managed to stop smoking without strong will-power?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Thanks, Gully. I'm feeling optimistic. No fags since mid December and I'm not gasping for one. I'm working my way down the strength of the pouches so I'm not getting much nicotine now. My horrible cough before Xmas did worry me, so I felt really motivated (=terrified and hopeful). I occasionally think it would be nice to have the old familiar sensation of that kick in the throat, but it gets less appealing every day.
I'm sure you'll manage it, Atheist. I managed to give up when I was pregnant with my 2nd child, just over 40 years ago. I was a fairly heavy smoker though. Teaching in really tough schools had a tendency to teach you to smoke 3 fags in 15 min. breaks! Never mind the packet of 20 in an evening when marking. There weren't any 'aids' in those days.
To answer your question, will-power is essential. The tricky bit is after about 10 days when you think you are doing really well and have 'cracked it' - that's when it sneaks up and pounces.
Money helped me, amongst other things.
I worked out how much I was spending on fags per day, week, month year and made labels stating this (1 label each cost). I stuck them everywhere around the house, in the car and on the back of No.1's pushchair. I also made labels of other reasons I should, and wanted to, stop and they were plastered all over the place as well.
So, whenever a craving got to me I could look straight at a d**n good reason not to give in to it. Hope this helps, good luck. I was mildly surprised 20 yrs.later to get a craving, but they seem to have stopped now. :)
To answer your question, will-power is essential. The tricky bit is after about 10 days when you think you are doing really well and have 'cracked it' - that's when it sneaks up and pounces.
Money helped me, amongst other things.
I worked out how much I was spending on fags per day, week, month year and made labels stating this (1 label each cost). I stuck them everywhere around the house, in the car and on the back of No.1's pushchair. I also made labels of other reasons I should, and wanted to, stop and they were plastered all over the place as well.
So, whenever a craving got to me I could look straight at a d**n good reason not to give in to it. Hope this helps, good luck. I was mildly surprised 20 yrs.later to get a craving, but they seem to have stopped now. :)
jourdain. I'm saving about £70 a week. My nicotine pouches keep the craving at bay, and my really bad cough over Xmas put me off inhaling a hot poker every day. I have given up in the past, and I know that having given up can tempt me to treat myself with an occasional fag. But I don't want to fall into that trap. I need to finish my book and to see the grandaughters reach their majority, so I'm optimistic.
Thank you all.
Thank you all.