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[Hannah]

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Hey, Star. I'm with Irishguy, don't bite off more than you can chew. Not saying you shouldn't try at some point, but I wonder about doing it when being AF is still a pretty new thing. Maybe wait a bit? Perhaps just taper down a bit? Don't set yourself up for a fall. And when you do, be ready, and I am sure you will tackle that new challenge with the determination you beat the first one!

[Flip]

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I say run with it! Strike while the iron it hot! you know you can do this, after all, you've stopped drinking right?

I stopped smoking cold turkey, it was only hard for a few days and after that it was a piece of cake - much easier than the grog.

Go for it!

[Going Strong]

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You will know!

Starlight,
You will know when you are ready to stop. Maybe start by only smoking outside. If the weather is off it does deter you and you will notice your home smells better.
My girlfriend who knows my struggles has sent me a coffee mug. It says

I have quit smoking!
I have quit drinking!
When I quit sex
BURY ME!

All the best.

[Bella]

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I have stopped smoking now. Had to coz of pregnancy. But I have sneaked in 1 or 2 here and there.

If you try and stop smoking using will-power, you will fail. Its not about will-power. If you are serious, you have to change your attitude towards smoking completly.

The way I did it: I decided that I did not fancy a cigarrette anymore. I just didn't want one. I did not need it for survival and it was a pain in the arse rolling them.

I was determind NOT to be one of those people who sit there craving a fag. I wanted to smile and be a happy non-smoker! A few years ago I went to an Allen Carr 4 hr session and this is his therory. It works. But I found it only worked for 1 year. Then I went back to smoking due to stress. You can't have even 1 with this method.

I have smoked 20 a day for 24 years and after a session of hpyno-therapy I stopped and the thought of putting a fag in my mouth was as ludicrous as putting a fag in my ear!

The only way to do it properly is to have hypnotherapy or hypnotism. Thats my opinion.
You don't want to be miserable and desperate to smoke. You want to walk about with fresh air in your lungs and loving it! I'm doing well. As I said I've had 1 or 2 now and then but I don't crave because I think " I don't fancy a fag!" You kind of have to turn your way of thinking on its head.

Good luck to you Star. Bella xxx

[Guest]

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Thanks for everyone`s input here. Think my mind is possibly already half way "there", as I truly have became very conscious of the "stink".

Thanks Louise........am definitely going to go down the hypnosis route........want not to crave fags or feel deprived. Guess hypnosis is seemingly pricey, but not at all, when I consider how I`m spending a whopping ?2000 a yr. on a thoroughly disgusting habit.

Nancy and Bella.......am glad you brought up Allen Carr.......am definitely going to pick up his book. I was looking for his book about stopping drinking in the local library when I was still desperate to get off the wine.....it wasn`t available. His stopping smoking book was there though, but I determinedly passed it by at that time, as I felt I had enough to cope with in trying to quit the booze. I feel strong enough to tackle the fags now, so fingers and toes crossed guys. The stink is suffocating me, not to mention killing me.

Starlight Impress x

[paula]

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Hi Starlight,
I have Allen Carr's stop drinking book, the thing I found difficult with it, is he encourages
you to carry on drinking until you get to the end of the book, it's the same with smoking.
I have never smoked, but a friend of mine recently quit with hypnotism. She only had 2
sessions which cost ?30 per session, and hasn't smoked since. She no longer smells of
fags either! Best of luck Paula.x

[Deilight]

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Hi Star!

Remember to not give yourself such a hard time! Nicotine is the second most addictive substance on earth- after sugar!

I'm lucky that I only smoke very little and sometimes nothing. There's a book which is GREAT. it's called "The easy way to stop smoking" by Alex Carr (I think that's right). You start reading while you're still smoking and it takes you through a step by step process of actually not enjoying it anymore. Try it, I've heard great things- but like anything you have to WANT to.

Good Luck! I must say I have started smoking more since I've left the booze and weed but I'm okay with that for now.

[Deilight]

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Oh! That post wasnt' there when I started typing!

[Flip]

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I have quit smoking!
I have quit drinking!
I HAVE quit sex
BURY ME!

[Guest]

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I DON`T!!!!!!! believe you!!! LMAO

[Flip]

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But it's TRUEEEEE REALLY!!!!!!!! I SWEAR!!!!!

[Flip]

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I thought about having sex on the weekend, but that passed in about 2 nano seconds... honestly.

I gave it up last February! NO MORE SEX FOR FLIP IT GETS HER IN TROUBLE IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE!!!

I stopped smoking in 1986 and stopped drinking December 1st 2006.

[Guest]

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............on the Bible? ha ha ha

[Guest]

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Aherrrm!!............gave up the wine, planning on giving up the fags, BUT!!!.......have to beg to differ, Auntie Flip..........a girl can live in hope, you know!!! lol

[Flip]

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My hope has been dashed on icey ground.... there is no love left in this world for me that comes in a sexy male body......