Giving myself a pat on the back. It's a year today that I packed in the ciggies. It's been hard and I still get a craving from time to time but it passes in a few moments.
I had to give up my cup of tea in the morning 'cos I associated it with a ciggy. So now I have fruit juice.

What's the next step ? A pint of vinegar, listen to verdi's requiem mass and probe my main arteries with a 6 inch nail. ? Only Kiddin'

Well done you My mum gave up about 2 years ago and she used to be a very heavy smoker. Never thought she'd manage it but she did

WELL DONE MICKY
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Yes well done miicky i know how hard it can be i gave up over a year ago
i did have a 2 day spell off the wagon as you might say
i was on holiday and stayed with a good friend from the forum they both smoke so i did for that 2 days
but stopped straught after leaving their house
i wouldn't have had it anyother way
2 of the best days i ever had and no it wasn't because of the fags / cigarettes

Please don't smoke whilst online. This is my workspace and smoking in workspaces is illegal.

on my way HQ i'll stop the buggas

Well done micky.

I quit social smoking two years ago and that was hard enough when having a drink because I am a very social person.

Hello Mickfyfin why did you start smoking?

i smoke and i dont care !!!

Way back when !!!! We were told it was good for us,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Eg. "Consulate are as cool as a mountain stream."

I smoked fourty a day for fourty years until May 5th 2007.

That's a great achievement, well done.

I gave up last July... but started again in December when the stress of Christmas proved too much for me.

I give up every morning, then have a cig when the stress of getting out of bed proves too much.

I,v given up...giving up

here's something that might interest you all (take it as you want)

http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/cancer%20list.htm

Some interesting entries on that list, fact is you could avoid the vast majority of those things and still end up with cancer. Cancer after all all is a result of DNA damage that cells are unable to repair and grow out of control, most of the list leads to DNA damage. I gave up social smoking because it was my choice - just like it is people's choice to carry on. Interestingly I look at the list now and think why would I want to regularly subject myself to something proven to cause cancer.

I doubt the list btw - just my opinion.

I agree but interesting don't you think.....................

I gave up twice, once for eleven months and the second time for seven years but went back to it each time. It's a bit like being an alcoholoic I suppose, smokers will never really be non smokers just ex smokers.

Must try again soon though.

Very true, I'm always stopping and starting, the longest time stopping was 3 years...I was well over wanting one, it was just a bit of fun having a few "puffs" of someones fag, but it leads on............

Still don't think it's an addiction though, it's a habit.

I kept trying and failing, but finally managed to give it up 2 and a half years ago

Good boy

I just do 2 packs of trident peppermint gum a day instead lol

So you've stopped smoking, but yr teeth are dropping out?

Just call me gummy bear

If the only way to stop your craving for a cigarette is to smoke one, then you are addicted to nicotine.
It's pointless trying to deny the science.

*lights one up for the sheer bloody-mindness of it*

That'll teach me!

Nah.

I'm aware of the damage and the anti-social aspects of smoking.

But I seriously enjoy a ciggy. Some are just addicted, but I'm that rare bird that finds a ciggy in those quiet moments of peace, the perfect thing.

I had my last ciggy on my birthday 5th May 2007. After smoking 40 a day for 40 years. I went to fag ends and they gave me nicotine patches and I existed on them for 3 months. Now when I go to my doctor, it comes up on the monitor screen 'Non Smoker.'
Who am I fooling ? I still want a ciggy ! But I just get up every morning and say to myself ,,,,,,,I don't think I will smoke today.