Has anybody on here quit smoking? If so do they have any helpful tips? The unflavoured gum's disgusting and I need an alternative.
Is my problem mate. I adore them, but studying in London's a ridiculous way to live, in a financial sense. Especially with summer coming up. Belt needs to be tightened. When I'm finished and working full time again I'll be back on them faster than lightning.
I can try that. As soon as I graduate I'm going to try to move abroad to work for whichever agency advertises Lucky Strikes or Camels in some backwards country where it's still allowed. Free tabs. Jack pot.
I like the cut of your jib mate. Free tabs = Utopia.. They are €4.50 a pack here now. Cheeky ****ers.
They should knock the tax of tabs and put it on flat shoes for birds. Sorted. The whole nation is either a) happy or b) in heels.
Me and wife both stopped together after 20 yrs of it. She'd had pleurisy for the second time so we went cold turkey. Had the last one after tea on Fri night and tolerated it overnight. No socialising over the weekend and kept ourselves occupied with housework, window cleaning, car polishing,anything to keep our hands and brains busy. Virtually became hermits until Monday worktime. After that it was all uphill for a couple of days with sore throats mouth ulcers etc but by Wed felt a change. Still a struggle for about 10 days but then never thought about or craved for one. That was in 1978 and we gained tremendously leading to new furniture and replaced the car. By today's finances reckon we gained about 60-70quid a week.
Aye it wasn't easy and the bodies reaction to no nicotine was horrible but by the following weekend food and beer tasted alot better and wallet was good too. My son has tried hypnosis, patches and other what have yous so you pays your money. Keep thinking of the wallet ass the greatest incentive.
9-10 weeks ago, the day before the derby, woke up, thought, not having one, and if I can get through today and tomorrow without one, then i can get through any day. Just went cold turkey, after nearly 25 years of smoking. My wife still smokes, so i still see/smell it when she smokes so i do crave them now and again for a couple of minutes, but tbh i havnt really been tempted since about 4-5 days after i stopped. (gagging for one and have to have one, so pinch one off her)
