Lethargic, lost mojo

[collywobbles]

Re: Lethargic, lost mojo

Well done, keep it up. I stopped when I was diagnosed with high blood pressure. - Like you, no patches, gum or anything, just will power. Smoking is one of the worse things you can do to your body.
P.S. I used to work for Imperial Tobacco!

No more smelly breath!!!!!

[Woolley]

Re: Lethargic, lost mojo

Mmm, just think of the lenses you can buy with the money you used to spend on tobacco.

[briansquibb]

Re: Lethargic, lost mojo

Mmm, just think of the lenses you can buy with the money you used to spend on tobacco.

I am addicted to buying lens - scratched that itch tonight

[Muscat]

Re: Lethargic, lost mojo

I am addicted to buying lens - scratched that itch tonight

L fever strikes again, no known cure

[briansquibb]

Re: Lethargic, lost mojo

L fever strikes again, no known cure

I might be able to sneak it in without SWMBO noticing

[Foggy]

Re: Lethargic, lost mojo

Keep up the good work sir !
Roll ups are the worst to quit IMHO , you don't have a large financial reward and they also have not only a nicotine addition , but also the ritual of rolling becomes part of that addiction too
As said it will get better , take advantage of the improved carburettors in your chest , take you camera out on a hike , raise the endorphins and get a natural healthy reward for you resolve to quit .

I have made a similar new start in life , and am working to going straight edge , I gave up the beer , a few months on and the smoking will be quit too .

Oh yes , I am succumbing to lens fever though , and my bank balance is only 40cm from serious injury :P

[SamFisher]

Re: Lethargic, lost mojo

I've never smoked but I know how hard it is to give up.
My mate always threatens to give up smoking - this is when he turns into the "Incredable Sulk" - narky as hell. So much so that its almost come to blows on occassions.
Then after a couple of weeks decides that now as he is a non-smoker he'll go out and buy a new car - takes it on tic - starts smoking again and falls into serious debt - sells the car and ends up with an older car than he had originally.

Stick at it mate - you know it makes sense

Mike

[SamFisher]

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Sorry, here I go again

I often wonder when I see a pretty girl smoking, if she realises that her hair, breath and clothes stink

Mike

[Nathaniel]

Re: Lethargic, lost mojo

Sorry, here I go again

I often wonder when I see a pretty girl smoking, if she realises that her hair, breath and clothes stink

Mike

I fully agree with you Mike. Thats what I noticed when I stopped smoking 40 years ago, after being a 60 a day person (exams- the cause). So David and Cory, keep up the good work.Avoid alcohol as it weakens your resolve.

Nat

[Tartlaghan]

Re: Lethargic, lost mojo

I never smoked - I did try it once when I was thirteen whilst on a family holiday in sunny Portrush. My younger cousin and I sneaked a few of my Dads ciggies and went to the beach for a puff (we were so sophisticated)

Anyway Mum caught us red handed so to speak and made both of us smoke a full packet one after the other - clever woman as I was so ill. I have never felt the inclination to open a packet since and can only assume her masterclass in how to smoke properly aged 13 really worked.

I have watched several of my friends go through the stop smoking routine and it is difficult but well worth it in the end to live a smoke free environment and be able to smell flowers again and taste food properly - well worth the effort.

Good luck with it, we are all rooting for you, post and let us know how you are getting on (even if it is to rant)

[David Stallard]

Re: Lethargic, lost mojo

Thanks for the encouraging words guys. Coming up to a month and all going okay. No problem with avoiding the drink as I gave that up 11 years ago.

I think it's very strange that all the press / doctors etc say that you 'need' a patch or gum to give up and the cravings will be horrendous etc etc - even had a guy at work call me a lier when I said I had stopped with no help. I literally just put down my tin and that was it - Foggy - I agree that the rolling was a big part of the addiction, the habits that are associated with it are the hardest to break without a doubt.

The sleepless nights have gone now and the lethargy has ebbed away, the constant hunger for any food has also just about gone so I am presuming that the worst of it is over. Still waiting for the 'good stuff' to happen like better taste / smell - so far I feel no different at all - guess after 36 years it will take a little more than a month. . . . and yes I'm impatient lol

Thank you all again - now lets get out with the cameras and find that mojo again, it can't have gone too far

.DAVID.

[SamFisher]

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My work banned smoking 6 years ago and the smokers got help by means of patches, gum or lozenges.
Many have given up but since then they have become hooked on the gum and lozenges