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[BrilloPad]

I finally gave up(10th time) when I realized I can't have just one cigarette

[weemster]

Right, I have drivelled enough for one evening and work in the morning beckons. I'm going to have a G&T, stick a DVD on and fall asleep while watching it.

Night all

Nighty Night

[BrilloPad]

Yeah.... had a few hours in bed

In PJs, negligee or nothing?

Were you alone?

[BrowneIssue]

Everytime I try and quit it goes fine for a few days then a couple of drinks and away we go again

I read umpteen books and web sites and all sorts.

What I learned was it is different for everyone and there is no one solution.

However, the most useful book was one of Allen Carr's book "Easy Way to Stop Smoking" (or some similar name). It did not stop me smoking (it does for many) but it is packed with loads of useful advice to make it easier. Worth reading.

http://www.theeasywaytostopsmoking.com/

One of his (he's dead now, by the way - lung cancer! - oh the irony) bits of advice is:

if you fall off the wagon, don't worry about it. Carry on being a smoker for the rest of that day. But, in the morning gather the fags, matches, lighter and throw them away (preferably destroy them). Then wash the ash trays. Better yet, get someone else to do this. Then, you are a non-smoker again. Carry on as a non-smoker. If, a few months later, you fall off the wagon, don't worry about it. Repeat as required. It is better to smoke 10 fags 4 times a year than 20 fags 365 times a year.

NB: but don't go in for "social smoking". There's no such thing. Social smoking is like casual heroin use.

[BrilloPad]

Nighty Night

bye - pop in again soon

[oracleslave]

NB: but don't go in for "social smoking". There's no such thing. Social smoking is like casual heroin use.

Agree with this as it's where I got it wrong initially.

[BrilloPad]

It's good for my skin though!

2 litres of water a day and you don't need to moisturize

[BrowneIssue]

I have to confess, I didn't have more than one drink for at least 3 months after quitting, I didn't dare take the risk!

Ditto. I stopped about 3 years ago and didn't enter a pub again until about a month after the smoking ban. That was hard!

I think that's why my wife bought me all the home brewing gear 20 months ago.

[BrilloPad]

Agree with this as it's where I got it wrong initially.

How long have you given up smoking? Or how long have you given up heroin?

[cailin maith]

In PJs, negligee or nothing?

Were you alone?

Nothing actually, I was sooo tired, I just got undressed and climed into the bed!!