my reasons for quittin...

[nsd_user663_11482]

im 25yrs old and have been smoking for around 10/12yrs..... peer pressure, to look "cool" to feel grown up.... this last few yrs i have been smoking 20/30 a day and have noticed its a struggle to get up the stairs with out feeling out of breath...... not good . well 3wks ago a simple cold turned in to double pneumonia and i ended up in intensive care on breathing equipment.... that was enough to scare me in to quitting...... wasnt as easy as i thought..... cold turkey.... not a good idea..... as i was gettin better an out of intensive care out i popped for a fag.. :o. why i will never no.... things had to change i was disgusted in my self for even thinkin about making my lungs worse and doubling my chances of getting the pneumonia agen.... so that was it.... app booked with nurse an champix comenced..... well my quit date was day 12. (26/05/10) by day 9/10 i was down to 4/6 fags a day slight cravings but staying busy helped..... now im on day 2 of no fags at all and so proud of my self. there are times wen all i want to do is light up a fag but think bac to my time in intensive care an thats enough to put me off..... hopefully once im bac to work things will get easier as will be too busy to think about poppin out for 1/2! Any tips or experiences wud be gr8 to hear... reading some of the other posts have helped me so much.... nowin im not on me own is a gr8 help. good luck to all in there attempts to quit.

[nsd_user663_10532]

drink lpts of ice cold water......and keep at it.....you are doing great

[Dannyboy55]

Hi Kenzo28

Like you,it took a health scare, and spell in hospital before I managed to stop and stay stopped and I am now at 7 month quit. You are a lot younger than me so try your very best not to smoke. Over the years I tried Champix, patches, gum , well to be honest I have tried everything including hypnosis but I believe that the scare factor of a hospital visit sometimes gives you the determination to stop.

I see that you posted this back in May so how are you doing? have you managed to quit?

Dannyboy

Stopped: 18th Dec 2009 after 35 years smoking

How: CT

Age: 55