D Day almost for smoking

Me and the OH have nearly run out of baccy (both over half way through our last pouch) and thats it hopefully no more , refuse to drive to Belgium for lower advised limits and won't risk having my personal; suipplies confiscated. Mrs is packing in the business so less money and think the time is right

Good for you if you can pack it up.

My Dad smoked for about 30 odd years and packed up about 20 years ago, he has stayed off it too. It can be done.

I think you have to want to stop though. Good luck, just think of all the spare cash you will have.

TBH the cash won't be noticed as for the last 3/4 years we've took a trip to Belgium and bought in bulk so only regularly buying papers and filters, I think I could manage a lot easierr if we were buying tailor mades from the shop between us we'd be on 3 packets a day at about 6/7 pounds a pack we'd have noticed a benefit there

Good luck, I enjoy it so no point even trying to give up

I enjoy it and can afford it , just despise how much it costs to buy packets of fags or baccy from the shops here and the government have made the guidelines too tight for cross channel shoppers like me due to white van man

In fact when I'm seriously agitated after being off the fags for a few days I'm going to find a baccy baron and punch him in the face

good luck dave to you and your oh,i tried a few months ago and failed miserably ,a cup of coffee just was'nt the same without a roll up.

stella wrote:good luck dave to you and your oh,i tried a few months ago and failed miserably ,a cup of coffee just was'nt the same without a roll up.

Probably be posting next week that we won't be around the weekend as going to Belgium

You can do it girlfreind

least your both giving it a go,are you going cold turkey or use patches?

Jo's got a prep payment cert so we got some patches in readiness a few months ago

its good you got each other for support,you can do it!

Good luck :d just realised I've been off the cigs for a year last week

Good luck Dave & Mrs Dave! You can do it!

stella wrote:its good you got each other for support,you can do it!

Wouldn't call it support , I would say "Glad you got each other as punchbags" :-$

You can do it Dave, I'm sure you will feel better for packing it up, eventually. Why not make a weekly donation to a charity of your choice with the money you have saved. This could be a motivation for staying off them.

<<-- was a right smoker for about 14 plus years but i have pack up for 3 years now but the amount of weight i put up was just silly keep away from fatty food dave

Steve wrote:<<-- was a right smoker for about 14 plus years but i have pack up for 3 years now but the amount of weight i put up was just silly keep away from fatty food dave

Yes this is an issue with packing up the smokes, you do have to keep an eye on the waistline. There had to be a down side to it.

Dave my last fag was at 6.30pm on the 30th september so i have been smoke free now for 11 days now. Im not gonna lie it has been hard but ive done it with just will power alone and would sugest if ur nervous about giving up getting some gum or patches to help u through the hard bits. I think im just getting to the stage now where i am not craving really badly. I find its the habits that are harder to break ie) kids in bed=coffee and fag, break at work=fag. I was in the same position as u....got backy pretty cheaply and was only spending 14ish quid a month so on it and really actually enjoyed smoking lol. It was my kids that were desparate for me 2 give up.......summer said to me the other day "mummy im so proud that u are not going to die anymore" thats whats made me do it lol

blaze wrote:.......summer said to me the other day "mummy im so proud that u are not going to die anymore" thats whats made me do it lol

That put a lump in my throat, bless her

10 months and counting for me dave it can be done it got to much when i relised i was spending ni on 100quid on a weed

Well done to everyone who has given up i brought one of those electronic cigs the other week.So far so good and cheaper then a pack of normal cigs

kathytake2 wrote:

blaze wrote:.......summer said to me the other day "mummy im so proud that u are not going to die anymore" thats whats made me do it lol

That put a lump in my throat, bless her

Tell me about it lol

Lisa &amp; Cairo wrote:Well done to everyone who has given up i brought one of those electronic cigs the other week.So far so good and cheaper then a pack of normal cigs

here here

You can do it Dave! I don't know what it is like TBH, but I kinda live in a health-freak part of the world.

It's getting close now Ben , probably got 1 day left in my supplies and got our big dog walk on Sunday , it's normally my escape from the house to have a smoke like it used to be going to the pub:(

Dave wrote:It's getting close now Ben , probably got 1 day left in my supplies and got our big dog walk on Sunday , it's normally my escape from the house to have a smoke like it used to be going to the pub:(

Dont get biting my head off then Dave a couple miles in

Best of luck, I've never tried to quit completly enjoy a cigarette with the morning coffee too much

kathytake2 wrote:

Steve wrote:<<-- was a right smoker for about 14 plus years but i have pack up for 3 years now but the amount of weight i put up was just silly keep away from fatty food dave

Yes this is an issue with packing up the smokes, you do have to keep an eye on the waistline. There had to be a down side to it.

You don't put on weight just because you've given up smoking. Smoking deadens the taste buds so food tastes less appetising. Once you give up, the food tastes better so you eat more. Also, you need something to do other than smoke so you snack.

If you keep to your normal meals & amounts, don't snack just for something to do, you'll be fine.