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When I was about 11, my Mum was very ill and spent a couple of weeks in intensive care. When she got better, the craving for nicotine had gone, so she didn't restart smoking ... for about 6 months. She said she needed something to do with her hands.
Hope it carries on going well for you, obv.
I've just switched to vape, mainly because I know I'll struggle if I don't. It's been just over a week, and I can already feel my breathing's easier.
My problem is social interaction. I can't maintain it for long 'cos of the whole ND thing, and going for a smoke was my escape hatch. It didn't even matter if others came with me, because that is - by definition - a time-limited interaction.
I don't know how I'm going to handle that when lockdown's over, and it's worrying me.
I tried lots of times to give up but always cracked. Mainly due to stress at work. Getting out of the office for a few minutes to get away from the stress and that hit of the nicotine which really did help to bring the the stress levels down.
Two things then happened, firstly the global pandemic and then being given the green light to start IVF.
Having my entire daily routine changed really helped me. The habits and routines that the cigarettes had become part of weren't there anymore. No longer was I commuting into work, stopping along the way to watch the sea and have a cigarette.
Living in a rural area during lockdown #1 meant i couldn't really just pop to the shops to buy a packet of them either.
The IVF looming really played on my mind as well. I'd had a sperm sample tested a couple of years previously and was told that it was on the low side, but in my late 30's this wasn't unusual and it was still enough to do what needed doing. But i wasn't going to jeopardise anything so I stopped. 6 months later had another test and my sperm count was now way higher and healthier than average.
So that was just shy of a year ago.
In November I had something really stressful going on in my personal life and was craving a cigarette really badly. I went to the Petrol Station and bought a packet. My wife was so cross with me. I lit it and instead of experiencing the instant hit of the nicotine all i got was this horrible taste and smell. After about three drags on it i had to put it out. Threw the rest of the packet away and was so shocked that I used to enjoy it. £10 well spent I think !
I worry that When/If we go back into the office and When/If gigs return that I'll be tempted again but I'm determined not to crack.
@digitalscream Just tell people you're going for a wank. That way you can justify a longer break away, and be guaranteed solitude.
2. Quitting smoking.
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Donald Trump needs kicking out of a helicopter
I'm personally responsible for all global warming
Do not, on any account, give in and start again, thinking 'it wasn't hard to quit, I can do it any time'. This first quitting is a gift; it won't be given a second time. Trust me on this.
Move forward into your smoke free future where you, your clothing and your surroundings do not smell like an old ashtray. Women, men and dogs who previously never gave you a second glance will be drawn by your newly revealed manly musk. Enjoy.
I also remember a while later realising what an odd thing that was to have felt, and how it is very much part of the trap. Now it seems strange that I ever was a smoker.
Fast forward nearly 40 years, my best mate has given up smoking and has gone a year now without a fag. He was a 20 a day guy. Plasterer by trade (dust) it was never a good mix and he was diagnosed with COPD. He can't say he wasn't warned and neither can anyone who smokes. He knows it too, no excuses on his part. But even though he is healthier now (runs a kids football team), the condition isn't going away.
One of the saddest things I have heard recently (and bought a tear to my eye), was when he text me to say he was proud of me for travelling the world at such a difficult time but it was likely that if he got Covid it would kill him.
I joked back that I would be next because I've breathed in his shit for 40 years!
Seriously, you've done the right thing giving up. Don't let anything make you put that fag back in your mouth again. Don't let your health restrict your freedoms. Don't let COPD or worse come knocking on your door. And yes, you will probably live longer, have more money and not smell.
Advice: Go walking! I've said this many times on here, but the singlemost positive change I made to my life following my wifes passing in Feb 2019 was to get out and walk. Breathing in that air, realising that my body was fit and well aged in my fifties, taking in the magnificent British countryside, losing weight from 17st to 14st and enabling myself to get off my backside and travel, all for free has been a revelation.
Beat this cigarette shit into the ground with double power...giving up and walking.
how’s it going?
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
A guitar shop proprietor near me keeps joss sticks in the back room, ready to burn after visits by similarly fragrant customers.
I gave up on the spur of the moment 30 odd years ago. At today's prices, that puts me about £100k up and still breathing. Keep it up!!
I think some temporary weight gain is unavoidable, but easier to shift that than give up again right? Haha