I gave up smoking!!! 5/03/2007 9pm!!!

[Don Vincenzo]

Hello everybody!!
it is around 3 am and I have that terrible urge to tell everybody that I gave up smoking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after 23 years of a miserable dirty filthy expensive smelling habit.........yes!!! I have to say to the whole world that I managed to kick the smoking habit. How do I feel? ....fantastic!! energy level extremely high..so high that I cannot sleep, wife has got an headache, too dark outside to do some gardening, gym still closed and here I am!!! writing all this not related gardening subject with a bottle of home made cider and waiting for day light!!
Regards
Don Vincenzo

[Nicos]

Well as I appear to be the only other person in the Vine at the moment- I thought I'd better reply!!

WELL DONE!!!!!!

Must be really hard for you (I've never smoked but I get the jist of giving up)
A few of the guys on here packed in last year- check out this thread...
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...hlight=smoking

Some of the guys might be able you give you tips which worked for them!

Daylight will be here soon though it looks like we have a frost here at the moment. Long night for you eh?
Let us know how you get on....it will be worth it I'm sure!
I'm back off to bed now so ta ta!!!

[Sue]

Don
Hope you can feel the envy waves wafting your way! Congratulations and how did you do it? Sheer willpower???
best wishes
Sue

[Snadger]

Well done Don!

Just remember the old adage ' If God had meant us to smoke. he would have put a chimney on our head'

Keep up the good work!

[yoanbob]

well done DV, trick now is to keep it up.
congrats

[bubblewrap]

I gave up the habit in October after 40 years of poluting my kippers(lungs)
The most difficult bit is when I go for a pint.
Madderbat gave up the"weed" at the same time & she has been great support without her I don't think I could have done it.

[Earthbabe]

Well done DV, be proud of yourself.

[Don Vincenzo]

Don
Hope you can feel the envy waves wafting your way! Congratulations and how did you do it? Sheer willpower???
best wishes
Sue

Many thanks Sue,
It was something I always aimed at. Reasons for giving up beside cost are: 1)older non smoking people still alive and more energetic than smokers. 2) proving myself that I can have total control of my body and mind. 3) Cannot let my GP down ( She is a lovely little authoritarian dictator who loves to inflict pain ). The first few days were extremely painful not so much for the nicotine but for the habit, I found locking myself in the front room and going to sleep on the sofa at various stupid hours, not letting anybody in and in a horrible mood. Didn't eat for three days. After two days I found that my energy levels were increasing together with smelling things completely in a different way. My blood circulation must have improved as I found that I could walk uphill without pain, deeply breathing and not running out of breath, this is when I new that I really gave up smoking. I also have been bombarding myself with quotes from ex smokers about the benefits of giving up.
Person A: You find yourself reborn
" " B: I couldn't walk because of poor blood circulation till I gave
completely up
Person C: Never have a single puff again as you will find yourself smoking
again in a no matter of time.
Yesterday was the first day that I got up without thinking for a cigarette. Yes I made it!!! I only hope that my wife hasn't got a headache today otherwise she will be the next thing to go!!
Regards
Don Vincenzo

[bubblewrap]

Another good reason is you tend to smell a little sweeter.
Also your taste buds recover.

[shirlthegirl43]

Congratulations DV. Keep up the good work.

I gave up about 8 years ago now. No patches, gum or anything and at a very stressful time in my life (my mum had a breakdown and total personality change the day after I stopped smoking).

To those who want to give up - do try. I kept a full ashtray in the house and if I felt the urge to light up I smelled the ashtray. If that didn't put me clean off, I put a bit of water into the ash and sniffed again - it smells so bad that when you realise that is what you smell like as a smoker you won't feel the urge any more.

[bubblewrap]

Also try putting the money you would have spent on fags into a tin for a month & see how much you save.

[johnty greentoes]

Well done Don

[smallblueplanet]

C'mon all you 'Quitters' from last years thread - http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...hlight=smoking - how are you all doing. Maybe some more tips from you will help Don keep off the fags!

Keep on saying 'I don't smoke' Don.

[srodders]

Also try putting the money you would have spent on fags into a tin for a month & see how much you save.

I also found that saving that money for something specific that you want also helps - it gives you a target to aim for and when you get it you have something to show for your effort.

I gave up 5 years ago and can now cycle (my other hobby) further and faster than before.

[Geordie]

28 June this year will be 2 years quit for me....(oh yeah and its paid for a 1st class flight to New Zealand to visit my brother as well!)