The Giving Up Smoking Thread!! Part 2

Puzzledbubbles · 12 January 2010 at 10:01AM

hey everyone

Well done on staying quit

and hi to all you newbies

I'm still going strong, keep having funny moments, walked past a bloke smoking last week, first thing in the morning and it smelt sooooooo lush, then about 2 hours later, walked past another man smoking and he STANK it was horrible.

I really dont understand what my brain is doing lol.

I still dont use the "quick" counters in the supermarkets because they sell fags (and the last time i went to one i almost asked for my regular brand for no reason other than habit!)

I think that the smell thing does die down Ceebeeby! I have noticed that some of the foods i used to love i dont love quite so much and some of the foods i hated i love more

Random lol

Hope everyone has a nice smoke free day

Puzzled x

MumOf2 · 12 January 2010 at 4:08PM

Well done everyone for keeping going :-) The cravings do seem to come and go but eventually we will be rid of them for ever and how much better to have overcome them than given in.

Latest quit meter readings:

Smober time: 1M 3W 1D 19H 43M
Not smoked: 1056
Amount not spent: £316.93

Amazing! Am feeling so well and very pleased that am now nearly at two months. I'm really looking forward to the time when I would have been buying the next supply in Europe and facing a huge credit card bill - BUT NOT THIS YEAR!!!!

As Sue (and others) say - fruit (particularly of the peeling variety), water and exercise are wonderful weapons in your armoury. Relaxing baths with bubble bath and a good book, manicures/pedicures, clearing out a cupboard/room, etc. are good distractors too.

Thanks everyone for your support and comments.

MumOf2

Tigerlilley1980 · 12 January 2010 at 5:10PM

Hi everyone, well I haven't had a cigarette today and up until now I was fine, I'm just haivng a few strong cravings but I'm determined not to give in. I have asked hubby to go to the shop on his way home so I don't go and be tempted to buy cigs! xxx

mollie123_2 · 12 January 2010 at 5:17PM

Tigerlilley1980 wrote: »

Hi everyone, well I haven't had a cigarette today and up until now I was fine, I'm just haivng a few strong cravings but I'm determined not to give in. I have asked hubby to go to the shop on his way home so I don't go and be tempted to buy cigs! xxx

Hi Tigerlilley

Well done on your first day!!!!

Stay calm and take deep breaths....or stamp your feet and scream!!! What ever works!!

The craving will go soon.

Mollie
x

SandC · 12 January 2010 at 5:32PM

larmy16 wrote: »

I am with Graeme on the vigilance thing but gentle vigilance and not white knuckle vigilance if you get my drift.

I can think of one instance where I might well start again and that would be if my partner left me for someone else. Sorry folks - but I admit that would be the hugest test of my resolve and I don't know if I would be strong enough.

Let's hope it does not happen, but I am just being honest here.

I do think the smoking ban has removed so many of the previous reasons one might be tempted to start again, a drink and cig in the pub being one, relaxing anywhere with a cigarette - the sure knowledge of the illnesses it can bestow etc. etc.

Have a happy non-smoking week everyone.

larmy my dad died less than 2 months after I quit last year - that would've been the easiest excuse in the book to light up wouldn't it? But this time, with the help of Allen Carr clinic, I know that's all it ever is. An excuse. My mindset has now changed and I was even more alert and aware than ever not to fall into the trap of accepting a trigger.

The key is to remember that no stress or situation is ever relieved by smoking. Ever. Of course you know all that but I'm sure if it boiled down to it you would be like the rest of us and have a relapse in a moment of weakness - not in a time of true personal stress.

jammy_dodger · 12 January 2010 at 6:30PM

Hi everyone

a busy day at work so unable to post here yesterday but I'm STILL DOING FINE :j

Must a dmit had a wobbly patch yesterday when i would of reached straight for the packet but i used a wee mantra " THEY ARE NOT MY FRIEND , I WILL FEEL WORSE FOR GIVING IN TO TEMPTATION " I kept on repeating it to myself sucked on a foxes mint and let the moment pass ... I did it it worked ... so chuffed its so e asy to reach for a smoke but i really would of felt like i let myself down . so roll on the days

Just to wish all the new quitters good luck its not easy but SOoooooooooooooooo rewarding . GO FOR IT

janiebaby my first reach in a morning was a smoke and a coffee i have changed my orning routine and switched to tea drinnking and lots of cold water from the fridge . It DOES get better

ceebeebee just to say well done and keep it up

Tigerlilley you will find a w ealth of support on here it really does help you along hearing the ups and downs of everyone elses journey . Your never alone Good luck

My thoughts are with you all x x

Tigerlilley1980 · 12 January 2010 at 6:46PM

Well I mus say that as strong s te cravigs have been today I am really looking forward to getting up tomorrow and it being day 2 of being a non smoker. Keep going everyone, good luck xxx

stclair · 12 January 2010 at 8:05PM

Roxanne_C wrote: »

Stclair- Don't worry about getting Champix (one guy I saw called it Tampax if that makes you feel any better!) over Zyban. 9 times out of 10 I would advise Champix over Zyban anyway. It has a higher success rate, and unlike Zyban, the manufacturers actually know how it works. It triggers something in your brain that reduces the pleasure element of the nicotine, basically it just makes you uninterested in cigarettes.

I know you may feel really determined to stop right now, but in order for the tablets to be most effective it is best if you smoke for the first week.

Best of luck!

Thanks Roxanne,

I popped my first pill at 8am this morning with my cornflakes.

Everythings been okay so far however ive smoked less today and when I did it didnt taste how it normally would, it tasted abit dodgy and got half way down my cig and though I really dont want this !!

Am I better then to chain smoke before my stop date which ive now set as the 22/01/10 for it to be effective.

larmy16 · 12 January 2010 at 8:57PM

Hi all.

I cannot recommend highly enough those little plastic cigarettes that you can get in some chemists. Maybe they sell them on Ebay. They cost about £1.99 and when you get that urge to inhale, they seem to really do the trick as they have some herb type thing in them which does seem like nicotine. It helped me so much. Here they are.

http://www.crafe-away.co.uk/ccorder.htm

mollie123_2 · 12 January 2010 at 9:42PM

larmy16 wrote: »

Hi all.

I cannot recommend highly enough those little plastic cigarettes that you can get in some chemists. Maybe they sell them on Ebay. They cost about £1.99 and when you get that urge to inhale, they seem to really do the trick as they have some herb type thing in them which does seem like nicotine. It helped me so much. Here they are.

http://www.crafe-away.co.uk/

Thanks for this Larmy - your timing was perfect!

For some reason I'm just not with it tonight. I can't seem to be able to concentrate and I've been sitting here playing around with an IKEA pencil. Feel as though I'm going to climb up the wall or burst into tears soon - just don't know what's wrong with me

I'm going to try and find some of these and see if they can do the trick!

Mollie
x

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