tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261734209263497063.post302845435207814946..comments2023-10-25T13:47:46.779+01:00Comments on All and Sundry: I give upAngus Deihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00436552827944508728noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261734209263497063.post-2884434795322852612012-12-19T10:08:49.246+00:002012-12-19T10:08:49.246+00:00Ta very much Blackdog, I really am too trusting:)
...Ta very much Blackdog, I really am too trusting:)<br /><br />Thanks CherryPie:)<br /><br />Woodsy42, stopped sugar and biting my nails years ago, seems this tobacco thing is a bit more difficult:)<br /><br />Like your thinking Banned:)Angus Deihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436552827944508728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261734209263497063.post-33650280499024091812012-12-19T05:13:15.771+00:002012-12-19T05:13:15.771+00:00I like smoking and have never attempted to stop; h...I like smoking and have never attempted to stop; having said that I would never encourage anyone else to take it up if only because it merely funds our spendthrift robber government.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261734209263497063.post-8798299281876574472012-12-19T01:42:26.554+00:002012-12-19T01:42:26.554+00:00I tried various ways over the years, the only one ...I tried various ways over the years, the only one that worked was to to just stop. I started again 12 years later because I found I missed the relaxation of an after dinner ciggy and missed the choice of 'treat' behaviour.<br />I am convinced that the (supposed)addictive effects are mostly irrelevent and very minor. The drugs companies talk it up to brainwash people that it's hard and thus sell stuff to you. In reality it's mostly a behavioural addiction not a chemical one. Stopping is no harder than stopping biting your nails or stopping having sugar in your tea. You just need the mindset.Woodsy42https://www.blogger.com/profile/12355671210161625647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261734209263497063.post-49956357084071210062012-12-19T01:28:34.255+00:002012-12-19T01:28:34.255+00:00One of my TU colleagues, a smoking addict gave up ...One of my TU colleagues, a smoking addict gave up immediately after a chest infection.<br /><br />My Dad gave up smoking, no meds, just cold Turkey. If you get your head in the right place you can do it! A bit like me and my shedding a few pounds (which I haven't quite managed ;-) )<br /><br />So the bottom line is you can give up smoking and I can shed those few pounds. We just have to decide that is what we will do and keep focused on the goal.CherryPiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788084724907992076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261734209263497063.post-91893266363244043182012-12-18T13:55:39.627+00:002012-12-18T13:55:39.627+00:00Silly old sod. I would have thought by now that yo...Silly old sod. I would have thought by now that you might have realised that Big Pharma doesn't do benign (drugs that is). Varenicline is a nasty molecule and has caused a few problems, as just like nicotine it's a nicotinic agonist, which means it mimics ACh. There are lots of side effects (should have read the leaflet), most of which you seem to have had in short order.<br /><br />At least you did not suffer the fate of some who promptly ended it all, perhaps because of the side effects or actually as one of them. So that's a relief then. Half life is about 24 hrs so you should get back to normal soon, but really there's not a lot you can do other than cutting down slowly and then stopping. There isn't really an easy way to stop; I've cut down hugely but not quite stopped yet.<br /><br />Please don't do this again. Champix has not been a huge success so far as the patient is concerned, although it has made a lot of loot for Pfizer. It's only a partial agonist so it's success as a smoking cure was unlikely to be good. Remember in the US it carries a 'black box' warning about mood changes and suicidal tendencies.<br /><br />Pity you don't drink, a little helps, but I suppose you'd become addicted to that as well!blackdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955864390301639553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261734209263497063.post-69381546641394454092012-12-18T13:52:13.811+00:002012-12-18T13:52:13.811+00:00After the last 3 weeks I am definitely giving up g...After the last 3 weeks I am definitely giving up giving up this year, orf to see thr general medic on the morrow-we shall see.<br /><br />Checked with the chemistry dept dahn Tesco-no contra-indications:(<br /><br />Cheers AK<br /><br />Here's to the next 45 years:)Angus Deihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436552827944508728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261734209263497063.post-66066268570740150282012-12-18T11:07:55.164+00:002012-12-18T11:07:55.164+00:00Welcome back, I wondered what you were up to.
I ...Welcome back, I wondered what you were up to. <br /><br />I suspect the stuff you tried is at least as risky as smoking - possibly worse as you've already survived forty five years.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261734209263497063.post-73057037127848461922012-12-18T11:04:02.578+00:002012-12-18T11:04:02.578+00:00I don't think it is a good idea to 'throw ...I don't think it is a good idea to 'throw in the towel' on giving up Angus.<br />I know it's easier said than done, but my blog friend Foody is now having to suffer the consequences of being married to a life long smoker.<br />Now it's up to you if you read the bit on the end of this link, as it is about what many smokers fear.<br />It may however encourage you to have another try, perhaps a different method? But please don't give up trying. :) <br />Cheers...B<br />ps Could it be, that it reacted badly with any other medication?<br /><br />http://www.ciaochicken.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/fauna-friday-equestrian-shopping.htmlBernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024557597864373705noreply@blogger.com