Re: Stopped smoking

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:33:38 +0100, BGN <nickmooney@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I normally get through 40 Dunhill International's a day.
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I suppose I'm fortunate in that I seem to be able to just stop smoking
without really cutting down. Getting through 280 in a week (Or over
400 in a bad week) and then just stopping... I didn't think it would
be this easy.

Take it one day at a time. I've never smoked as heavily as you but
there will be a key time in the day where your body really expects a
cigarette - for me it was just before going to bed. Once you can get
through the trigger times with reasonable ease then it will get easier
but don't fool yourself into saying it is easy.

I don't appear to be craving cigarettes but I do realize that when
I've got nothing to do I 'notice' that I'm not smoking. 10 minute
tea-breaks and lunchtime (and before I've started and after I've
finished but haven't left yet) at work have caused me to try and find
other things to do to fill my time, like tidy my desk, do some admin
or have a natter to fill up the time.

Provided you can get your mind away from the "notice" stage each time it
happens you should be OK.

I think I'm doing fine. I feel fine, and I don't have to keep
repeating it to myself either. People do keep offering me fags and
saying "I've got 200 Superkings, yours for £20" and stuff like that
and I do think "Ooh, that's quite good value" but that's as far as
it's gone so far. Is this normal? Am I likely to come up against any
horrid situation in a few days time (Apart from Derby, obviously) that
I should deal with in a certain way relating to smoking?

As per WUN's post the real issue is the completely unexpected stray
thought where your mind goes "I really fancy a cigarette" and before you
know it you're walking out of the corner shop with pack in hand even if
you haven't had a smoke for a year! It's happened to me a couple of
times since I gave up - bloody stupid really but it just goes to show
that the temptation / craving is always there. The other really obvious
thing is some traumatic event where you suddenly need "a crutch" and
it's so easy to fall back "on old friends".

I think you will be on your guard for the weekend and I'm sure you'll do
fine. If nothing else you'll soon start to notice the difference
financially if you were getting through 40 a day - that must be £70 a
week, £280 a month? Ooh new bike time!
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