I gave up..............

[Arthur Little]

I'm maybe losing the thread (or plot, or sense of humour) but I understood this was a serious attempt to stop smoking. It's bad for you .... fact. It affects others (secondary smoking) ... fact. It costs more in personal ill health, and the health service (whether NHS, Philippines, or any other country than alcohol misuse ... fact. I assumed my namesake recognised this in asking how to give up smoking. With respect, few Filipinos have heard of Barr's Irn Bru ... there's no clinical trial to my knowledge which proves it's a cure for smoking addiction.
I'm sorry, but this is a serious matter and I hope my namesake, Alan, has gained some useful advice. I wish you well Alan.

that there has been some *digression ... and that 'Barr's Irn Bru' is one *such example. But, to be fair, Alan, smoking has become such a contentious issue, over the past 4/5 decades, that people ... not only on this forum, but in general ... just want a bit of [even seemingly inane] banter, for the sake of "lightening up" an otherwise serious debate.

[Doc Alan]

that there has been some *digression ... and that 'Barr's Irn Bru' is one *such example. But, to be fair, Alan, smoking has become such a contentious issue.

... meaning causing disagreement or controversy ??? Really ??? I will leave the lightening up and jokes to others. If people wish to continue smoking despite the risks which are proven beyond doubt, despite the suffering it causes, despite the pain and sorrow of losing a dear friend or relative from smoking ( 1 in 5 deaths in the UK), then let them carry on. Alan, my namesake, wanted help and I repeat my good wishes to you, Alan.

[aromulus]

When ever has one of Alans posts caused controversy...???

He wants to stop smoking..... He cannot according to him...

At least he is trying.

Yeah... Very, very trying....

I tried to stop many times over the years, I did even do an 11 month stretch without a single smoke, but somehow cirscumstances made me start again.

After my recent heart attack, which smoking may or may not have contributed to , I decided to put the time spent in hospital to good use and go cold turkey.

None of them namby-pamby faggoty gums, tic-tac stuff or patches for me again.

After nearly three months, I still kind of miss it, but I know that I can easily live without it.
I don't know if I am any happier, as I am piling on the weight, but I feel slightly healthier in a strange sort of way...

[Doc Alan]

When ever has one of Alans posts caused controversy...???


After nearly three months, I still kind of miss it, but I know that I can easily live without it.
I don't know if I am any happier, as I am piling on the weight, but I feel slightly healthier in a strange sort of way...

I can tell you Dom, without meeting you or examining you (!) you ARE healthier, even if you gain weight.
I would rightly lose any reps I might have or be banned from this Forum, and by the General Medical Council (but I'm retired anyway) if I ever joked about smoking.

[vis-a-vis]

the cheapness of the fortunes was a nightmare,

I quit partly for my girlfriend.For about 4 months prior to us meeting i gave up and then in the last week before i flew over there i started again.

the stress of meeting a girl you think you might love but have never met, and the workload beforehand so that my bosses would give me the time off work never helped.
I am really scared of flying so was bricking it also he.
The worst bit of this was trying to appear sincere when explaining that i had quit but started again just before we met

[KeithD]

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I don't know if I am any happier, as I am piling on the weight...

Never noticed, I thought you'd always had a big

[Arthur Little]

[SIZE=4][SIZE=4]I tried to stop many times over the years, I did even do an 11 month stretch without a single smoke, but somehow cirscumstances made me start again.

After my recent heart attack, which smoking may or may not have contributed to , I decided to put the time spent in hospital to good use and go cold turkey.

None of them namby-pamby faggoty gums, tic-tac stuff or patches for me again.

After nearly three months, I still kind of miss it, but I know that I can easily live without it.
I don't know if I am any happier, as I am piling on the weight, but I feel slightly healthier in a strange sort of way...

Like you, Dom, I tried breaking the habit several times ... [in MY case] without really wanting to; on each occasion, I was simply testing my willpower. Then, on Father's Day, 2005, I seriously decided to quit ... at my family's insistence ... and remained "smokeless" for nearly 4 months - without any "ill- effects" - before starting again when I visited China, because tobacco products were a lot cheaper in the Orient.

I stopped *once again when the Scottish Parliament implemented the Ban on in Public Places ... and *THIS time, managed to abstain for seven months - with even less difficulty than before!

It's too long a tale to recount HERE, why I resumed the "love affair" with my pipe. Suffice to say, it seemed a suitable means of combatting the anxiety I suffered during the long waiting period when my daughter was having her first child delivered by caesarean section.

Thus, I have continued ever since. But I would reiterate ... in moderation! Unlike Dom, I cannot imagine living the rest of my life WITHOUT being able to enjoy a smoke now and then. And, likewise, I differ from "Cebu Alan" in that I honestly have NO wish to give up. To say otherwise, I would be being less than truthful ... and that simply ISN'T ME!