Project Clean Lungs

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Giving up smoking, decided to do it a few weeks ago. Today was my start day.

Got out of bed this mornin and put on me patch. Been chewing doublemint since then

Feeling a bit funny at the minute. I'm not feeling any nicotine withdrawl symptoms except for severe lack of concentration

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

my mum stopped smoking on the 16th dec last year, after 30 years of it, not had one since.

She found the hardest bit was a week or so later.

Also your mates (arseholes always are) will try ahd make you smoke again, if they do bin them, don't need fuckwits around you.

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Just got my first niquitin cq newsletter, which is nice Smile

A script on a server somewhere is looking out for me

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Luckily my giving up is the same time hanna moved (not a conincidence, she gave up her friends and country, i give up smoking) so theres a break in my normal routine and i don't see my mates as much.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

good man

i want to quit smoking asap too.
used chewing gums with nicotine in them once but they give me a fuckin stomac ache, let us know how good the patches are chet?

also did you call any help line etc for the cause or just bought a pack of patches and going ahead with it ?

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

I signed up for the personalised plan you see advertised on the telly. www.clicktoquit.com Its free to do and seems quite good, even just for a bit of support.

I tried the gum before but i always found myself sayin "i's rather have a smoke than chew this" at least the patch is always there and always working

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

i gave up 1st jan 2004....havent touched a single one since. dont know how i did it, but i just stopped and never had a problem.

Level 6 User Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 162

I just never started, and never will, all my mates that started at school are all now trying to give up, lol.

Not very helpful but Razz

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Day 3 now

Yesterday was a bit of a pain in the arse but today i feel fine, hopefully it stays like this!

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 728

Started when I was 16 (I'm 24) stopped cold turkey style in Feb this year. 8 months on and still going strong.

Good Luck Buddy! Watch out for the 3 month mark, that was a bad patch for me.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

doing well there chet ,i am proud of you mate Very Happy

but i do believe this will have a negative affect on your chav image Laughing

on the other hand ,have experienced any problems with the patches mate?

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I signed up for the personalised plan you see advertised on the telly. www.clicktoquit.com Its free to do and seems quite good, even just for a bit of support.

what do you mean by free ????? do they supply you with free patches ?

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

I mean the personalised plan and site is free, patches aren't!

Funny you should mention any problems...

I was told to leave the patch on over night to fight off the morning craving but its resulted in nightmares and some wicked hallucinations when waking at 4am. Brilliant lol

Will be removing the patch tonight...

Don't know how you can give up cold turkey. Even if the patches are 90% placebo at least thats somethin!

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Day 5

Still not too bad

Food is starting to taste better and i'm eating a hell of a lot more

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 731

I gave up after spending Â£2k of a minimum wage job on fags every year. Bin without for coming up to a year now but I still have the odd one on a saturday night, having said that I haven't had one at all for about a month and a half.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

so....are you coughing up crap yet? when i gave up i had the worst cough ever for about 2 weeks, coughin up all the shit that had accumilated in my lungs.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

hows it going chet ?
what dosage of patches did you use when u started ??? 21mg ???

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

oii chet whats happening ? you did not have a sneaky cigarette i hope Smile

was talking to a friend the other day she told me she got her patches with a prescription from her gp which costed her feck cheap compared to what they cost in boots etc .
any idea on that ??

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 589

I was on 20 a day for 16yrs then gave up on july 2001, my 1st attempt was on patches and i crashed and burned within days Laughing

my 2nd attempt i just went cold turkey, im not shy to admit i was in hell for the 1st 2 weeks, but i found phoning my g/f everytime i had a bad craving and just talking to her helped tons, then after about 20mins the craving would go, and i became really short tempered, my Army section did'nt come near me in weeks, and i think i slept on the sofa a few times aswell for trying to pick an arguement with the g/f Laughing

on my 1st week of giving up my Battalion was on a huge parade, and i had to march out and give a salute to a royal member, i was a bag of nerves, all because of a fag Laughing

mostly all my mates said i would'nt do it but to be honest that just made me more determined, and i had the last luagh when they all tried and failed,

although i did put on 1, 1/2 stone Embarassed

but trying to sort that out as we speak Cool

Good luck Chet, im sure you'll do it Very Happy

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Day 12 now and not one smoke! Yey me Smile

I haven't got the dreaded cough yet but i'm waitin on it Neutral

21mg sounds about right, i think the plan is 21 for 6 weeks, 14 for 2 weeks and 7 for another 2 weeks.

I never went to the doctor or anything about the patches so i dunno what the story is there. The way i see it, even if they are expensive they're still cheaper than smokin!

I've gained a healthy 2 pound since i gave up, i'll still underweight so if i gain 1.5 stone i'll be happy. Will google now and see my ideal weight...

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

My weight : 155 lbs

Peoples Choice Ideal Weight: 165 lbs

Medical Recommendation: 144 - 189 lbs

I'm hungry Laughing

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

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