smoking !!

[Chris Myers]

Just used will power and the gym/cycling,nearly 6 months smoke free,feel much better for it,good luck :-)

 

[DooDah]

I stopped last February, initially using patches and then NiQuitin mini mints. I had tried Zyban previously, but it did not work for me (it is well known that it does not work for everyone). I would not recommend electronic cigarettes as they do not break the habit, which is half of the battle. If you have willpower then cold turkey would be best, I have no willpower though. Giving up pushed me to buy my first road bike, and I love it. Feel so much fitter, if a bit fatter.

 

[paulw1969]

This subject has come up before.
Stopped a year ago last Sunday. Was on 20 plus rollups a day for over 20 years.
Just stopped, no patches no nothing, reading "The Easy way to stop smoking" by Allan Carr (yes i know i am repeating myself) helped me. Best fiver i ever spent. I DONT MISS THE FAGS.
Started cycling again in March and never felt better.
Do it, if you want to stop you will.
Link to a previous thread of Peteauds http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/diary-of-a-smoker.92703/

 

[subaqua]

what i want to know is where is all the money I am saving by not smoking , actually going. I am constantly skint !

 

[Psyclist]

What did you use to quit (if anything)?

Nothing, I just started cutting down on roll ups each month - 10 in January to 1 in October. Worked quite well, but then I went cold turkey in November.

How did you find your cycling stamina?

Very much improved, could breath much better, sprint without vomiting. Overall, I felt much better.

Finally well done if you stayed smoke free !!!!

Kind of failed there Bit of a crisis happened in life which caused me to smoke, so now I'm back to square one. On 10 roll ups for now, then going down to 9 in February. Might speed up the process this time though.

 

[compo]

Champix got me off the fags after years of trying. Now coming up for 5 years smoke free. It is nice to not smell. When someone gets on a bus who has been smoking you can smell that person the length of the bus. I sit there all smug and think to myself "I used to smell like that".

 

[dan_bo]

Don't waste time with any other stuff,or that motivation crap, get Zyban from the docs. No pain, all gain.

And don't worry when your old cig box starts talking to you.

 

[MontyVeda]

gave up trying to give up years ago... I'd manage anything from 3 days to 3 weeks every couple of months and just convinced myself i couldn't do it (the nature of addiction there!).

A couple of guys i work with gave up last year, and although they still have 'the odd one', they haven't gone back to regular smoking.

That's maybe my problem, I quit, then have 'the odd one' and instantly convince myself I've failed and I'm a smoker again, so go straight back to 'regular smoking' unlike my wiser colleagues.

Of course they haven't properly quit, but cutting down from 20 a day to 20 a year is better than nothing.

So my advice, if you do crumble and have the odd one... you are not a smoker again! you just fell off the metaphorical bike so get back on it ASAP.

Best if luck fellow pedaller

 

[grumpyoldgit]

13 weeks last Saturday.Did the Alan Carr 1 day course,working for me.I was on 1 ounce of rolling baccy a day,60+ fags.I do miss it but I am sticking in there.
Just starting to notice the fitness level,I can still breath after 15 miles.
Well done to all that have stopped,it is the hardest habbit to kick.

 

[MontyVeda]

feck me it takes me four or five days to get through 25gm of backy!!!!

well done by the way!

 

[inkd]

Good luck on giving up. I have gone down the "im cutting down" route. I hav`nt smoked at home for ages now and leave my baccy at work. TBH i think its just habit as mentioned above "feeding the rat". I have started to miss out the after work smoke so now on 4 a day (5 days pw).
I have only started commuting for just less than 3 weeks so i will probs be trying again to give it up soon.

 

[DooDah]

I have started to miss out the after work smoke so now on 4 a day (5 days pw).

Seriously, If you can leave your smokes at work and not smoke at all at the weekend, then you are nearly there. Sounds like you have a habit, not an addiction (or not a serious one).

 

[paulw1969]

what i want to know is where is all the money I am saving by not smoking , actually going. I am constantly skint !

its called cycling and the scourge that is N+1

 

[sabian92]

Surely the best way to stop smoking it never to start.

I've not smoked (apart from once when I was hammered) but either way, think of giving up as more time with your loved ones. Can't be a better motivator than that, surely?

 

[Peteaud]

its called cycling and the scourge that is N+1

Smoking is cheaper than cycling.

but not as much fun.




To answer the op

Used a mouth squirter for the 1st week, then pig headed stubborn belief.