What have you been doing today?

[Mottie]

Still going to be a no from me. Stop and stay stopped.

It’s easy to stop. I stopped loads of times…..

 

[securespark]

Smoke yourself silly until you are literally sick of it.

Then throw all your smoking stuff away and do not look back. Don't give any of it away. It's important to throw everything in the bin as it is symbolic. Once you have bagged up everything, take it to the tip so you are not tempted to retrieve items.

Use distraction if you feel like you want a smoke. Nibble things like celery, carrot and apple.
Keep yourself and your hands busy.

If you are thinking about smoking, you are not occupied enough!

Don't forget, no-one is addicted to smoking enough that it wakes them up in the night for a nicotine fix.

Baby steps, if you can manage an hour, stretch it to 2. Soon you will have managed 24 hours and if you can do that, you can do 48 and so on.

 

[gant]

Might be of interest conny from people who've been on and are on the journey.

I didn't want my cancer diagnosis to affect my relationships. But of course it did | Hilary Osborne

Being seriously ill tests you and those around you to the limit, says Hilary Osborne, the Guardian’s money and consumer editor

www.theguardian.com

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Then throw all your smoking stuff away and do not look back. Don't give any of it away. It's important to throw everything in the bin as it is symbolic. Once you have bagged up everything, take it to the tip so you are not tempted to retrieve items.

I didn't do that, I had several thousand ciggies stored up. I had an open packet. I just put the open pack on the shelf, stopped, and the packet sat on the shelf for months afterwards.

Use distraction if you feel like you want a smoke. Nibble things like celery, carrot and apple.
Keep yourself and your hands busy.

If you are thinking about smoking, you are not occupied enough!

I was the opposite, an habitual smoker - occupy myself doing something which needed thought - light up. The more intense the thought process, the more I felt the need to smoke. I would not even consciously notice I had lit up. Put them out of direct reach, and I would have to engage brain.

Don't forget, no-one is addicted to smoking enough that it wakes them up in the night for a nicotine fix.

Well, I never did, but I know some who did wake up, to light up.

My assumption was, given how easily I gave up, that I was an habitual smoker, rather than an addicted smoker. I never took the smoke in deep, just a quick puff, then put it well away from me.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Smoke yourself silly until you are literally sick of it.

That's what I did 30 years ago. Got myself some Navy Cut unfiltered and smoked so many I didn't enjoy it any more. Did start rollies about 10 years as I got a sudden yearning to smoke - still do. But I soon came to my senses and quit. Won't go back to it. The fire safe cigs they sell these days taste disgusting anyway.

 

[Mottie]

Spent the morning soaking scraping soaking scraping painted lining paper off of one wall that’s going to be papered with ‘paste the wall’ paper thinking it might prevent the paste from sticking. Read the instructions on the paper “For best results, line the wall”. FFS! Currently outside B&Q having just been in and bought some lining paper……..

 

[Brigadier]

As the wheelie bin was quite honky, I thought I'd give it a clean.

Screwfix degreaser in a bucket, top up with water, slosh it in and scrub away with an old yard brush.

Upon lifting the cover from the pit on my drive (down which I was going to tip the stinky water), found that the pit wasn't draining, and there was a foot or more of bog paper and turds gently circling in the gloom......

Off to Screwfix to buy some drain rods (lost my old ones) and shoved 9m down there, with no joy.

Went back, and bought 4m extra rods.

Eventually, after a bit of back-and-forth (trying to get a water hammer action going), pulled the lot out and was very relieved to see a very strong draining going on.

Slung the hosepipe down there, and ran 20 mins' worth of water down it, to make sure it was running properly clear.

Don't know what caused it though, as a bit of bog roll is the worst thing that goes down there.......

 

[chirpychippy]

My buddy and myself took a kitchen out in a rather posh end of Folkestone today.

Found small digital scales and a bag of crack coccaine behind a plinth.

We got smashed , not really, had the awkward moment with the client.

Is this your Crack are these your scales, they were mortified.

 

[fillyboy]

Spent the morning soaking scraping soaking scraping painted lining paper off of one wall that’s going to be papered with ‘paste the wall’ paper thinking it might prevent the paste from sticking. Read the instructions on the paper “For best results, line the wall”. FFS! Currently outside B&Q having just been in and bought some lining paper……..

Will you line the wall before putting up the lining paper?

 

[chirpychippy]

Conny.

I stopped smoking after smoking 30+ a day from the age of 14, i stopped at the age of 33, i read this book. This book is centered around addiction and the mental and physical effects of addiction, whether it be cigarette's, alcohol or drugs.

It gives a comprehensive understanding of addiction and strategies for withdrawal.

It put me in a much stronger place rather than "Cold Turkey" I'm now 49 and haven't touched a cigarette since.

I hope this helps.

 

[Mottie]

I stopped smoking (on the 3rd attempt - 3 months, then 9 months) at around 44 years old and 12st. I’m now 65 and 17st.

 

[crystal ball]

Running more CH pipes under the lounge floor, I found a copy of Experience porn mag (65p) must have been from a previous owner as house was built 69/70, also found a delivery note for emulsion from a local wholesaler (1969). alas no stash of coke or cash

 

[Mottie]

Running more CH pipes under the lounge floor, I found a copy of Experience porn mag (65p) must have been from a previous owner as house was built 69/70, also found a delivery note for emulsion from a local wholesaler (1969). alas no stash of coke or cash

I’ve posted this before but these are under the loft insulation. 50p each! Obviously left there by a previous owner.

 

[Mottie]

Currently on a break from decorating. I’ve popped up to my workshop to fit a couple of new tyres on the Golf. Fitting them on the rear wheels and then swapping the rears to the front and the fronts to the rear. Can then fit the skinny spare back in the boot. I tell you, times have changed up here - it’s a different place after dark! Had two different people walk into the workshop, eyes everywhere, both asking if there were any jobs going when challenged. Didn’t look like they (a) were old enough to work and (b) had done a days work in their life. It was obvious they were on the rob. I knew it and they knew that I knew it. Told ‘em both to píss off. People generally follow that instruction when you have a hammer in your hand. Right, off back home for some tea and possibly a bit more decorating. Mrs mottie has taken a week off work next week so I won’t even be able to skive!

 

[securespark]

I got told by a tyre fitter that on FWD cars, the new tyres should go on the back. Is there any truth in that?