Quittin' Smoking

[Millymollymandy]

three days (how long it takes for nicotine to leave your body)

Yet Allan Carr says it is 3 weeks. How do you know WHO to believe?

Well done anyway and keep up the good work! I'm afraid my cravings lasted all day long.

[thecornflake]

three days (how long it takes for nicotine to leave your body)

Yet Allan Carr says it is 3 weeks. How do you know WHO to believe?

Well done anyway and keep up the good work! I'm afraid my cravings lasted all day long.

Having been through it, I would say 3 days is about right and the chemical cravings do seem to be 3 minutes when you actually time then. Nicotine withdrawal skews your sense of time.

It's the triggers that are hard - getting up in the morning, leaving work etc. But once you understand it, I think that's the key to coping with it.

[Millymollymandy]

I think it is just different for everyone and everyone needs to find what 'works' for them (i.e. my experience last year was completely different to yours in terms of cravings etc, I found the first 3 days easy compared to later on). I've yet to find it but when I do I'll let everyone know!

[TheGoodEarth]

If you want to read the story it is here but be warned the picture is not pleasant.
http://whyquit.com/whyquit/BryanLeeCurtis.html

That really really isn't pleasant!! No wonder it helped you stop. You have to feel for the liittle boy in the picture.

[rockchick]

If you want to read the story it is here but be warned the picture is not pleasant.
http://whyquit.com/whyquit/BryanLeeCurtis.html

That really really isn't pleasant!! No wonder it helped you stop. You have to feel for the liittle boy in the picture.

Everything about that story is so desperately tragic - I hope that little boy doesn't take it up and I hope it stops other people too.

[thecornflake]

If you want to read the story it is here but be warned the picture is not pleasant.
http://whyquit.com/whyquit/BryanLeeCurtis.html

That really really isn't pleasant!! No wonder it helped you stop. You have to feel for the liittle boy in the picture.

Everything about that story is so desperately tragic - I hope that little boy doesn't take it up and I hope it stops other people too.

It is - Especially the fact that it all happened so quickly. That and the similar age, I think that's what makes this story stand out for me.

[Green Aura]

Six days and I still want to kill everyone!

Onwards and upwards, eh?

[Annpan]

Well done, keep going.... you can do it.

[southeast-isher]

Help!!! I would love to quit cigarettes if i thought i could do it but at the same time i can love them - i am finding more and more they are not compatible with what i want to do so all in all herein lies the mammoth dilemma i keep having! Any thoughts or advice welcomed with open arms.

[pumpy]

we both managed to quit (eventually) & i can assure you that you will feel so much better, & have surplus money in your pocket (money to burn??). Stick with it........ a few days effort (yes it can be difficult) are well worth it. Try the patches along with the inhalater. But in reality, you will only quit if you actually WANT to. Good luck. Andrew.

[southeast-isher]

Great news Pumpy that's good to hear. I should set my date - i feel i will smoke myself out over the next few weeks and quit so that on the 1st of September i start afresh. Maybe the start of a new month will be beneficial to me psychologically. Or maybe i am putting it off :-s

[Millymollymandy]

Today is the start of a new month! Yes I think you're putting it off!

[Penny Lane]

Well done Green Aura & Pumpy!

Good luck Andrew! I quit smoking nearly two years ago after smoking for more than half my life, feel so much better now

[southeast-isher]

haha Mandy i know i know but i need a little bit of time - my Dad smokes too and we're just buying a bit of land... it doesn't seem like i could make a smooth transition into not smoking this month with all this going on and him being away on holiday too... bit pathetic i know but...

[Millymollymandy]

I smoke too so I know all about pathetic, reasons not to and putting off! Good luck to you when you do try anyway.