Any advice please on how to quit...............

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grego

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...............being a social smoker???

don't know what it is but get me in a bar or a club with a drink and i always end up spending £5 on some fags that i dont really want. smoked for about 6 months when i was 11 but gave up and have never smoked regularly since only the odd one or two when out in a bar or club or afterparty.

i don't get any enjoyment out of smokin (other than i like to have somethin to do with hands to do whilst i'm havin a drink). think its more a habit/mental thing rather than anything else.

any advice on how to get over this??? :? :?
 
have you tried flipping beermats onto the top of your pint glass from the edge of the table?
 
stephen said:
have you tried flipping beermats onto the top of your pint glass from the edge of the table?
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played table football at space once when i was a little worse for wear :roll: :roll:
 
I used to be a social smoker too, about a year ago I lit up and had to run to the loo to throw up, this cured my social smoking! :roll:

Not that i'm advising you to throw up. :lol:
 
I used to be the same, I wouldnt smoke all week but if I went out at the weekend (especially clubbing) I could easily smoke 20-30 in those two days 8O
I used to wake up every Monday morning with a horrible phlegmy cough, where my poor lungs were so un-used to this amount of smoking 8O
I tried giving up loads of times, but each time I went out I'd have a sneaky puff on a cigarette, which led to me then buying a box of 20! :roll:

The only way I can suggest doing it is by not going out for a while. I've not been out for a month now due to having exams coming up, and Ive not smoked since 15th September!
I've been out drinking, and even though it's been hard, Ive managed to resist having a cigarette. When I am tempted I think of how rotten I'd feel on a Monday morning and how horrible smoking makes your teeth/hair/skin etc 8O

I've not been out clubbing yet, but hopefully when I next do it'll have been so long since I've smoked that I wont even want to!

Good luck anyway ;)
 
In these situations, I find it easier to convince yourself to pretend you don't need or want to quit.

Job's a good'un
 
x-amount said:
In these situations, I find it easier to convince yourself to pretend you don't need or want to quit.

Job's a good'un
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so you mean like not making it an issue and then it'll naturally just deal with itself...........i like this attitude :D :D
 
Social smoking is the best argument for a smoking ban. So many people who wouldn't dream of smoking normally or who have given up fall off the wagon while on a night out. Tell your mates not to let you smoke and emphasise that you REALLY mean it.
 
I used to be the same. I'd not smoke all week and after 1 pint I'd be asking strangers to sell me a single, then smoking any offered all night. Fortunately for me all my mates decided to quit at once so there were no cigs being offered around. After a few months my tolerance disappeared and I've probably had about one in the last year - which tasted like sh1t.
 
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