Off Topic Stoptober
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Can anyone recall the Park Drive football books.
Seem to remember you had to collect a quantity of Empty packets to obtain one.
What method are you going to use to stop Kempton? I'm spending roughly what you quote above and I'm down to part time(my choice).I stopped back at the beginning of March(when this pandemic was beginning to kick in) and I was doing great until my young sister in law became unwell and sadly died at the end of April.....First thing I did? 20 ***s and a bottle of whisky and I was hooked again!!!
Well Ric, I'm ashamed to tell you I'm failing again.
The nearest I got to stopping was a couple of years ago now. I went four weeks without so much of a puff then. It was kind of strange in that I actually enjoyed not smoking. I got a buzz out of it.
I had a weeks worth of patches (Nicotinel) but once I'd used them, I went the next three weeks 'cold turkey'. I'd stopped drinking at the same time as well.
Then one night.... Well our lass was erm, on her monthly madness and she just wanted trouble. I do understand these women things, but that night she just kept on drilling a hole in my brain.
Alas, I eventually cracked
I proclaimed 'Oh **** this ****', went to the corner shop, bought 20 ***s, half a bottle of Vodka and four Tyskie beers.
Since then, I've had numerous attempts at stopping, but never get passed the first day.
I'll go again and try the patches, but you can't rely solely on them, because you're still staying reliant on nicotine.
I bet you wish you hadn't asked now
I was off them for just short of 6 years back in the mid 90's,went to Tenerife and very stupidly bought 20 one night when I was enjoying a drink...That was that and the regret is still there to this day!!! Ultimately,you can try everything on the market(I've also tried Champix and Zyban) but willpower is key.?Well Ric, I'm ashamed to tell you I'm failing again.
The nearest I got to stopping was a couple of years ago now. I went four weeks without so much of a puff then. It was kind of strange in that I actually enjoyed not smoking. I got a buzz out of it.
I had a weeks worth of patches (Nicotinel) but once I'd used them, I went the next three weeks 'cold turkey'. I'd stopped drinking at the same time as well.
Then one night.... Well our lass was erm, on her monthly madness and she just wanted trouble. I do understand these women things, but that night she just kept on drilling a hole in my brain.
Alas, I eventually cracked
I proclaimed 'Oh **** this ****', went to the corner shop, bought 20 ***s, half a bottle of Vodka and four Tyskie beers.
Since then, I've had numerous attempts at stopping, but never get passed the first day.
I'll go again and try the patches, but you can't rely solely on them, because you're still staying reliant on nicotine.
I bet you wish you hadn't asked now
Willpower is the only way really. Maybe just things like patches to get us started 'Erm Stopping'.
We need to lose the nicotine addiction.
A little story....
My bro-in-law stopped 25 years ago, whilst on duty in Northern Ireland. He was 20 a day. Now he'd stopped about a week before he went.
He was a Sargent at the time and how he managed to stay stopped is anyone's guess.
One of his lads did a common trick whilst cleaning his rifle. You load your rifle and half cock it.
"Check this out Sir", he put the rifle to his own head and blew half of it off.
My bro-in-law, clearly in a state of shock, tried to put the lads head back together.
Of course there was no chance of saving his life, but...
My point though is, he still didn't light a cigarette. How? I don't know.
Willpower?
I’m over a month in now, cravings are few and far between.m and the going is generally pretty easy.
Chocolate cravings are a whole other level. I’m actually contemplating starting smoking to see if it will help me quit chocolate. I’m not even joking.
It’s difficult finding a bee coping mechanism when **** hits the fan. I’ve been smoking since 10 or 11 so as long as I can reasonably remember, and having a smoke and gathering myself would obviously always be the default reaction to things not going to plan. That 5 minutes break and nicotine rush would always be enough to restore rationality. Now I don’t really know what I do but it usually ends in downing tools and eating chocolate.
Chocolate cravings are a whole other level. I’m actually contemplating starting smoking to see if it will help me quit chocolate. I’m not even joking.
It’s difficult finding a bee coping mechanism when **** hits the fan. I’ve been smoking since 10 or 11 so as long as I can reasonably remember, and having a smoke and gathering myself would obviously always be the default reaction to things not going to plan. That 5 minutes break and nicotine rush would always be enough to restore rationality. Now I don’t really know what I do but it usually ends in downing tools and eating chocolate.
Rationality needs to kick in before that 5 minute break Mr H. Attack ONE addiction at a time.Eliminate problem # 1 first (smoking) and if you find chocolate becomes a problem, use your new found discipline that helped you with your smoking habit elimination, recall & re-inforce those traits to wean yourself of the chocolate.
Keep at it.
It’s a bit like getting to the boss fight on a video game but missing/forgetting to pick up the weapon, ammo and health potion first.
Sometimes it’s better to cut your losses, reload an old save and approach again properly prepared.
Honestly nicotine cravings have nothing... NOTHING on chocolate cravings. They simply cannot be ignored, your insides start rumbling and your hunger just doesn’t go away, it gets worse. The longer you leave it the more chocolate you end up binge eating. If you are unfortunate enough to suffer a chocolate craving at night, good luck getting to sleep without satisfying it first. [HASHTAG]#impossible[/HASHTAG].
How many minutes does each chocolate bar take off your life?
Haven't a clue. Can it lead to obesity if ingested excessively? Diabetes ?You'll need to figure that out.
COPD, severe asthma and even sleep apnea are potential side effects of long term smoking.
Not to mention lung and throat cancer. Heart failure and/or stroke.
I speak from experience as I've said in previous posts.
Take your pick. I'll not mention it again.