To ask you what has changed in your life once you quit smoking?

[proseccoaficionado]

That's it, folks.

I set my date for the end of January (some stressful events in January).

Please tell me the positive aspects of quitting smoking, what has changed in your life and please, your top tips to stay away from it.

I have to admit I'm a bit terrified and never tried to quit before. I want to do it once and for good.

Thank you and a Happy New Year, everyone

[proseccoaficionado]

@Newbeginnings2019 that's exactly what I am going to do. They're going straight to the holiday fund

@Saucery You're a star. Thank you! I now realised I wrote it wrong in my OP. This is so so so outing but set date is 24.02.2019. I know it's a bit far but I wanted to make sure I don't change my mind. I hope I didn't ruin my secret spy coverage my outing my username (joking!)

[Saucery]

That’s ok. I hadn’t put it in my diary to follow you round the boards asking how you were getting on 😄

[proseccoaficionado]

@Saucery I wish you did though, lol. I'm a pain in the ass. Actually I have a friend who asked bloody Siri to remind her my quit date. And all of that because of that bloody Alan Carr who said "set and a date and tell your family and friends"😂

[Saucery]

We all got to this point via different ways, so don’t beat yourself up for any hiccups, having to try something other than Allen Carr etc. If it comes to that and I’m in no way saying it will. But you will get to the point of knowing what the liberation feels like. Which makes me sound like one of the Dreadful people I used to run away from and light up! You’ll get there though. 🎉

[proseccoaficionado]

@Saucery I choose to trust you. your kindness is much appreciated❤️

[Banjax]

How's everyone getting on?

[BovrilOverkillOhMyInsides]

My asthma is so much better these days.
I'm not forking out for fags.
I don't smell.
No second hand smoke for my kids.
However, my weight rose drastically and I've still not gotten it off. So make sure you occupy yourself with something like a workout if you find your cravings getting unmanageable and don't binge eat.

[jessstan2]

I stopped coughing! It was amazing.
Also stopped getting various respiratory infections which almost always followed a cold, even hay fever.

It was a great decision.

I've had the odd lapse and always ended up coughing my heart out which shows I should not smoke. However, I'm getting on a bit now and when I was young, practically everyone smoked and coughed!

My experience shows it's never too late to give up. I can't undo previous damage but can prevent any more and slow down anything that is already there (which I do not want to know about).

[flameycakes]

9 days now, I'm feeling so much better, tend to get tetchy in the afternoons for some reason, not biting anyone's heads of anymore x

[Ifangyow]

Shamelessly bumping this thread.
Keep going ladies. You CAN do it. It DOES get easier, trust me.
Each time you want a cig just think HEALTH and WEALTH instead of I want a cig.

[WhoKnewBeefStew]

I love being able to go out and not have to remember my fags. I’d risk being late for work, after turning round to go home to collect my fags

[Banjax]

How many did you all smoke?

I smoked 5-8 a day and hoping that its not too bad in terms of damage etc....could smoke loads if drinking but I dont drink that much, share a bottle of wine with husband at the wekend and apart from that dont drink.

[BobbyGentry]

@proseccoaficionado best of Luck 🍀 Quit smoking, alcohol and lowered meat intake on the 29 December (so almost 30 days smoke free, dry & meat(ish) free. Lost about 1kg in weight as have been more active through swimming 2 or 3 times a week.

Being nicotine free has given me more:

Time
Energy
Love
Money

Thanks for the Allen Carr recommendations up thread. They really helped, listening on Audible to all three on smoking, alcohol & eating. The food one has a hypnosis relaxation motivation thingy on chapter 23 which has proved most useful.

With the time gained, I taught myself how to make naan bread from scratch. One turned accidentally into pita bread so then I purposefully taught myself that too, made fresh pasta and today will try to make tortillas wraps. It is all very possible. Just need to keep the momentum going.

[proseccoaficionado]

Shameless bump again. My date is approaching. I am so so so ready!

[Anon10]

Please please do it. I quit in 2011 and smoked a lot before that. I wish wish wish I had done it sooner. In the end it was so easy once I was truely committed. I regret smoking so much. It is the only thing in life I actually regret. You will be liberated.

[Anon10]

Forgot to say I used an inhalator a bit when I was desperate, and patches which I weaned down and even cut into quarters and eighths before I stopped them altogether.

[BobbyGentry]

@proseccoaficionado

How’re you gettin’ on?

I’ve managed 37days, 6hrs & 40 minutes smoke free, alcohol free and minimal meat consumption (lost 2kg in the process.)

Wishin’ you great success in February.

It does get easier!

Good luck 🍀

[Daffodillie]

I run half marathons, i dont feel guilty when I go to my dentist, i don't feel like a slave to disappearing out for a cigarette, I don't smell, I'm richer, I feel healthier.... ten years post smoker; still have the occasional one when on a night out but it makes me feel so yuck now. But it took me years to give up. Good luck x

[MaidenMotherCrone]

I stopped on January 1st. Effortless with Allen Carr.

Ive just read his book Bad Sugar. Happier, healthier me now

[WinkyisbackontheButterBeer]

I feel so much better for quitting. I don’t stink and I don’t have that awful social shame when lighting up in public.

I used a vape to quit but wanted to make sure that I didn’t fall into the trap of puffing on it constantly, like you see so many people doing.
I only ever smoked outside so decided that I would only vape in the same spot. In the early days it tricked my brain into thinking that I was having a cigarette and later it made it more of an effort so I quit that easily.
Good luck. It is so worth doing.

[proseccoandbooks]

PLEASE READ:

I forgot my last account and can't log in😭😭😭

HOWEVER: this is my day ONE!!!! 🥳🥳🥳

[proseccoandbooks]

I won't lie. It's so damn hard. But I made a decision and that's it.

[Littlemissdaredevil]

Good luck

[importantkath]

@proseccoandbooks goodnfor you!

11 years for me. I carry a few extra pounds now (I took up snacking) but the doctor told me it's better yhan smoking. Hangovers are much easier. My skin is amazing, teeth, hair all great. I no longer cough and am generally fitter.

Keep going. It is worth it! X

[proseccoandbooks]

@importantkath I can't actually believe I just cried. I feel so soft.
But I know I can do it!