to want some help giving up smoking

[AuntiePickleBottom]

i have been to the doctors, which gave me an inhaler but i couldn't get along with it, it made me have a dry sore mouth and i coughed every time i used it.

the patches gave me a reaction and i can not chew gum... i can't even chew normal gum as the texture make me feel ill.

so i asked for the tablets, but because i have a history of depression the doctor will not prescribe.

is there anything else that could help

Excellent. Keep up the good work.

Well done! [jealous] but Keep at it. I am going to get the Alan Carr book after so many recommendations.

Good woman Pickles.If you're there Custardo, are you still the mighty non smoker ? I hope so. Good luck to all of you 'netters giving up.If Ican anyone can even for just financial reasons.In 3 years, I've saved just over £9,000.

I am 2 years free next month along with hubby, we have bought a mobile home with what we knew we would save. Making it impossible to start again because we committed to the payments.

We have both been smokers for 40 years. He had never stopped and I had only ever stopped when I was pregnant.
We were lucky as we could have the tablets. Its not easy but it does get easier and the feel good factor when you have that realisation that you have "got there" is AMAZING!

In two years , between us we have saved almost £9,000.

Good Luck OP , keep with it,

yes yes still mighty non smokering

gl all

Well done on the lack of smoking OP! One word of advice, if you are doing Allen Carr, don't 'deprive' yourself of cigs you want to smoke. Sounds mad but it's actually counter-productive to cut down and be craving a cig while you're reading his book. Just smoke as normal. I read it over ten days or so and by the last few days I was down to one a day naturally as the book was having an impact, but don't think 'I must cut down' and sit there all day feeling stabby because you want a cig, that will derail the process.

I agree. Allen Carr is clear on the point about not cutting down. The whole point of this book is to change your view about cogs. Don't be afraid to carry on as normal do as Allen says and it will work.

Go girl. If we can do it so can you.

Allen Carr is seriously the only way .

you are either a smoker or a person who dosnt smoke . By having one fag this makes you a smoker . So you still smoke and havnt given up . Read Allen Carr and do yourself the biggest favour .

Ahem.

Never read Allen Carr.

Non smoker for over 5 years.

I had Zyban last year and it was great for about a month but then I felt very weird and a little bit paranoid and stopped. Next week I am having elective surgery and the surgeon said he would not operate unless I stopped for 2 weeks prior to surgery. I was going to try in a half hearted way but today I went to get the mammogram done and the stupid nurse confused me with another patient and for 10 minutes while waiting to see the doctor I thought there was a problem with the x ray. In that 10 minutes I suddenly realised how I was going to feel if I had a smoking related illness. I have smoked for 20 years regularly. I came home determined to realy try. I have now in my possession a clean mammogram and chest x ray. I want to keep it that way but I am scared that when I forget how the fear of illness felt today, I will revert to my old ways. I say try the Zyban if you want to, it suits some people more than others and it leaves your system fast enough if you have side effects. I am lucky that all smokers in the Middle East get it free without prescription once and |I do believe that UK doctors are reluctant to prescribe because of cost.

Paul McKenna's Quit Smoking Today is meant to be very effective. Listen to the cd every night and carry out the exercises in the book. It reprogrammes you to thinking and acting as a non-smoker.
Alan Carr is also v effective - DH gave up after seeing him and reading the book (25 years ago now!).

Can I join? I've been smoke-free (with a couple of small lapses) for about 2.5 months now. A mixture of NR and worrying about my teeth falling out (apparently I am prone to gum disease, which is a million times worse if you smoke) seems to be doing the trick for me.

Good luck Auntiepicklebottom and all the other giver-uppers!

Hope it's ok that I found this thread ( new to Mumsnet ) I haven't smoked for 4 days now, going cold turkey, but today is the toughest day so far. My fingers are itching to roll a fag! I decided enough was enough after going to a festival last weekend and smoking almost nonstop for 4 days honestly my mouth was so sore when I got back I thought I can't do this anymore. It is really hard though.

Still smoke free

Well done, AuntiePickleBottom, that's one hell of an achievement. Now keep going!