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I managed to not smoke for a week and today had 2 puffs of a friend's - how can I stay stopped?

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souvenir · 28/09/2008 20:50

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pipsqueak · 29/09/2008 00:00

souvenir - you go back to 2 weeks at half dose to wean yourself off of them so the course is 12 weeks in total but by then i had started to forget to take the tablets anyway. when i realised i had missed 2or 3 days i jsut stopped taking them and certainly had no desire to smoke and still dont having finished the tablets in June . i still feel nostalgic about smoking and miss the feeling of pleasure you get from lighting up but know that i can not have just one . i have no craving or urges though and can go outside with friends who still smoke without feeling tempted. i think its a win - win as there are no side effects with the tablets so if it doesnt work you have lost nothing . my gp told me success rate is about 75% so doesnt work for everybody but still very good compared to many other methods.

blinks · 29/09/2008 00:02

i had a polo mint every time i had a craving and it worked really well...had to wean myself off the polos mind you but still. used to get the shakes from the sugar.

i also tried to remember an occasion when i felt utterly shitty and chesty/wheezy after a night out and then tried to focus on that feeling whenever I felt weak.

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