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i quit smoking :)

lenipenny

lenipenny

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i havent had a smoke for 4 months today i am so pleased with myself :D

i hope everyone here has a fantastic day xxx
 
Well done dude, thats great to here.

How many did you smoke a day?

Just given up myself 5 days ago. I'm 33, I've smoked for over half my life and I've been T1 for 10 years. I rarely smoked more than 10 a day and never smoked at work but I feel like a complete idiot for never lasting more than a week without one. Regardless of how bad it is for us I have always ignored the harsh facts of diabetic smokers.
After seeking words of wisdom from my doctor a few years back he said to me "diabetics who smoke don't retire, they just die"
This left me with a tear in my eye but still failed to stop me.

Hopefully this will be it now....

Keep up the good work




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I quit smoking November 2011 and by the following summer I'd got diabetes. I know I didn't have it Dec 2011 because my bloods were tested with my annual check up.

I must have been borderline and the extra sweets I ate as cigarette substitutes, whilst driving or working at the computer, must have just tipped me over.

On the positive side though, the money I save on cigs pays for the test strips which the GP only hands out whilst doing an Ebeneezer Scrooge impression.

I don't have 'cravings', none of that conflict, that all disappeared after three or four months. It took me a long time to work through all the associations though. Something in your brain would say, when I got off a train for example, time for a cigarette. It's not a craving, just an association, because you've done it so many times before. Those associations are many, but they are thankgoodness, easily broken. I know I'd enjoy a cigarette but fortunately it is no effort to say, 'best not do that'.

Now, all I have to do is repeat the whole thing for mars bars, mint imperials, iced and jam doughnuts, toast and marmelade etc etc etc.
 
Wish I had a vaporiser ! Love those sci-fi weapons ! I would however prefer the light sabre or phaser if given the choice ;-)


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Congratulations and well done, I am so pleased for you :clap: I gave up nearly 4 years ago, one of the best things I did :thumbup:

All the best RRB
 
Well done! You will feel much better everyone tells you but its true:-) I gave up 6years ago and feel so good about one of the best things I ever did!!
 
I seriously want to give up, WELL DONE to all who have! its the substituting one addiction for another, In my head eating sweet stuff will kill me before the cigarettes, I am thinking about being hypnotised.
 
Yay - that's great news, I love it when people can achieve that, it's such a wonderful thing to do..

Just think...

No more stinky breath
More money
Clean clothes
Sense of taste returns
Can take big lungfuls of clean air and more oxygen to the body
Healthy lungs
Longer life
Better Diabetes health

I gave up 6 years ago when I found out I was pregnant with my daughter, best thing I ever did and have never looked back.

WELL DONE :thumbup:
 
Well done for giving up.

I tried but found it really hard and then I discovered vaping ( E Cigs ) and haven't had a rollie in almost 3 years.

I keep thinking I want to give up vaping too and think I would find it a lot easier than when I tried to give up the rollies.

But I enjoy vaping and have saved a few thousand pounds so far. Plus now I have got my devices and make up my own juice it costs me very little now.

I still term myself as an 'ex smoker' but I am now a vaper. OK, I have swapped onto E Cigs which contain nicotine but without the 4,000 chemicals involved in tobacco. Lost my awful smokers cough almost immediately and never ever crave a real ciggie.

Well done you !!
 
lenipenny said:
i havent had a smoke for 4 months today i am so pleased with myself :D
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You should be a week or two past the cravings stage but you'll still have little associations to get around. I found I had them for a year, for example, sailing off on the ferry, I used to lean over the rail and watch the ship set off and have a smoke. Even though I hadn't smoked for 9 months, when I sailed again, I had that feeling that I ought to be lighting up. There are many associations but once broken, they don't trouble you again and none of it is as bad as the cravings. I still smell smoke and know that I'd enjoy a cigarette but thankfully, all that is required is to tell oneself, 'best not '. There's none of that inner turmoil.
 
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