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giggirl Wrote:

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> Daizie - how long since you quit?

>

> I quit 8 years ago and it takes a long long long

> time to stop wanting to smoke. Even now - rarely

> - mainly when I've had some booze - I'll still

> want one.

>

> I smoked for over 20 years and I will say that

> life is better without the fags. It's hard to

> stop though. I had a friend to give up with and

> it made all the difference to have someone to call

> and rant at. Maybe some of you ED smokers should

> get together and give up?


giggirl, 8 years as well. Smoked for around 16 years 20-40 cigs a day :-$:-S

I smoked from 13-40 and then gave up overnight and found it ok - I think deciding that I didn't want to die from smoking and 27 years was putting me in the 'when' rather than 'if' box sealed it for me. I just occasionally get a real strong craving at really odd times and places...not when I'm drinking funnily enough.
Quids if you're honest I reckon if you hadn't have had kids you'd probably still be smoking now. I can see that your priorities would have changed somewhat once the little darlings arrived. I've been inhaling since I was 12 and I enjoy smoking. If I didn't I'd give up. There are plenty of other things that are bad for us too.

Keef Wrote:

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> You said it was the smell of smoke. Are you now

> saying that your flat gets filled up with smoke?

> If you are, then that is a completely different

> thing.


Shame the OP left the thread while not remembering to answer this question, ah well.

For me, giving up had nothing to do with having kids, shamefully . Amongst other things, it was when i was waking up with no feeling in my hands and feet or bad 'pins and needles' in hands and feet, i knew circulation was affected. Some people can smoke forever and it not affect them, i werent one of them, otherwise id still be smoking because i did enjoy it .

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