Becoming a Non Smoker

I've lost count to be honest. I'm still visibly shocked with what I saw, so its sunk in now, and I don't want my girls seeing that one day.

I will.

Well done. Just keep checking in to mlf it does help to have a laugh and giggle about something that is very serious. I am sure you can do it. I am in to my 9th month now. I love sharing that on this forum because everyone was so supportive.

At this point I can only dream of nine months. But I will get there. Thank you for the support Ray. I appreciate it. and Will def keep logging in here. I just hope you guys survive... lol

Wahey!!! About bloody time young lady!!!!

Great news, and now you've gone public there's no going back

There you go Ray, you've inspired somenone else

Go for it!

Food'll taste better, your skin will stay young and unwrinkly for much, much longer and you can count on being around to enjoy your family when they're grown up.

I never really knew my grandad - just a few vivid memories of a very short, very gentle, caring man who was as enthralled as we were (aged around 5) by toy monkeys climbing up sticks, garish caps and pier amusements. He smoked up to 60 cigarettes a day, was ill for weeks every winter with bronchitis and unsurprisingly died of lung cancer. The tobacco firms knew at the time that smoking killed people but they weren't letting on; they made quite a lot of money from grandad.

My dad passed away about 3 years ago. He didn't have lung cancer, but emphysema instead. I didn't smoke as much as that, at any given time, but my dad did ( he loved his Rothman's 30's), and took pride that after 40 years, the doctors found no trace that he was a smoker.... Not too long after that though he was diagnosed. My dad was young, He would have been 75 this year. IT was harder for him to quit when he was sick as well. Docs kept saying the next one could be his last, but try as he might he couldn't stop. lol and he had the willpower and stubborness of an ox, so I just hope I can succeed where he failed.

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I think a lot of it is a generation thing. I watched my Grandad limp along on 1/4 of a lung, permanently attached to an oxygen tank and still puffing away with minimal quality of life and waiting to die. It shocked me into stopping, but not my dad who still puffs away, is now starting to get health problems and has used the same argument for the last 10 years, "well it's too late for me, and I enjoy it".

Hopefully the cycle is now broken and my kids won't start...

So stick with it, inspire your kids and break the cycle

Willing to be a guinea pig for hypnosis round about now. As long as they don't convince me I'm a chicken. .

Thanks guys. I really appreciate this

You want to stop smoking, all you're looking round for now is the best, most efficient way of doing so. I think hypnosis is a great idea.

My aunt tried it and it worked for her (she needed to lose weight for health reasons - and because of those health reasons, slimming through exercise wasn't practicable).

Hope you find stopping smoking very much easier than you imagined ... try planning a regular supply of treats to reward every day, week and month that you're smokefree.

lol will have to plan that as well, or its dieting for me on top of the frustration. Technology maybe. Seems to be one of my biggest loves. So maybe I'll go that way, or kit my kitchen out like I always wanted to (with more gadgets lol).

Seriously though, how bad is it when they say you gain weight after you stop? I have been craving, and wanting to make snacks and such. I know Steve mentioned that he chewed gum a lot. I'm at home. lol permanently, and have been eating a lot of bruschetta. Which is cool, I'm not at the point where I am adding toppings to it yet. But its worrying because I wasn't snacking this much before.