The Giving Up Smoking Thread!! Part 2

Naomim

Shimmershelly - I came off the champix probably around the 3 week mark. Not because of side effects but I just kept forgetting to take them so thought what's the point. To be honest it didn't make much difference to me, I had two HUGE cravings but still not enough to make me want one. I told my nurser I'd stopped taking them about 3 weeks after that and she said that was fine if I felt I was ok and could deal with it, but that I cannot ever have "just one" cig (as we all know)

Mazza111 - Try not to think about cutting down and giving up days.. I found my desire to smoke became less and less as I took the tablets and went from 20 a day to about 7 so a big difference. I picked a "stop" day but then I panicked and carried on smoking until day 14.

Hope this helps

Naomi x

Neenie_o

Morning all, I had (unwittingly) cut down on my cartridges so that probably explains the awful cravings I've had.
Feeling pretty good today though - and have got our weekly meeting later which I'm looking forward to.

Hope everyone else is doing well and feeling good. :T

Even though I've been crabby this week I have still got a massive self-esteem boost from doing this.

I'd had a really stressful day yesterday and as I drove past the shops on my way to yet another work meeting (at 7.30pm!) I was so tempted to go in and buy some cigs, but I didn't and that strength made me feel so good! :j

xx

mazza111

Thnx Scrimpnsave, was getting really worried that i wasn't feeling any effects of the pills, had a headache for the first 2 days but that may have been unrelated, would have been glad of a side effect or 2 to know that they were working, hehe.

Have actually smoked less today, only because I hate the smell in the car. So I made the effort not to smoke in there on way to work, on way to pick son up for school, on way back from dropping son off at school. Pretty sure the smoking in the car is just a habit and not due to nicotine addiction. Have smoked a lot less so far today. Smoking my 6th atm, would usually be on about 12 - 15 by now, being up from 4:30 this morning.

Chrissy61

DAY 16 COLD TURKEY

Hi all, how are you all doing today ? Well I can finally report that I had a much improved nights sleep last night. I think I only woke up twice which is brilliant for me as I think I have turned a corner at last ! Thank Goodness.
Sue- I dont think youre being rude at all ! I walk to work and back which takes me about an hour and I take my dog out 3 times a day but thats it . I probably need to do a bit more, but everything I see tells me not to exercise on a full stomach, well this it it, my stomach is never empty. I have been buying a lot of the 3 bags for a quid from Sainsburys, jelly beans, chocolate buttons etc and shoving them in my mouth like someone demented. I have been feeling very lethargic this past few days, I dont seem to have a lot of energy at all but I am hoping that will soon pass now I hope I am going to sleep better.
Anyway, Im rambling, keep strong everyone, we have quit we now need to stay quit- NOT ONE PUFF EVER

Chris xxx


I have been quit for 2 Weeks, 2 Days, 4 hours, 54 minutes and 5 seconds (16 days). I have saved £95.18 by not smoking 405 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Day, 9 hours and 45 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 16/03/2009 07:45

73bugz

Hi everyone

Woohoo i've made it a month!!!! Never smoked at all during March and the last packet of fags i bought was in February.

But do i feel any different? - yes, i feel like running! i havn't ran for about 18 years, but i have this desire to go running now. I've been walking loads lately and think i will take up running to shift the half a stone in weight i have put on.

Over the last week, my sore/dry throat has eased off. This was really getting me down to be honest and it's almost not there at all now! I was chewing some gum to help me keep the cravings at bay, but this was actually making the dryness worst, i started snacking on carrots and cucumber strips and this has seemed to help a little.
I only had a couple of days at the start coughing up some green stuff, but no brown gunk, so maybe i missed it? or still have it to come?

I'm really so glad that i have quit though. I'm sort of mad at myself for not doing it earlier, i've wasted and missed out on lots of stuff really because of smoking. But still, keep looking forward and not backwards.

To help me get off the fags i have trained (or think i have!) my mind to see cigarettes as the enemy. A bad friend who hung around me for years, but even though was always there for me, they were just using me and making me ill. Taking my money and making me smell too. I don't want that around me no more, it's hard to do but i am so much better off without it.
When you smoke you go into denial and i remember telling people i enjoyed smoking. I didn't enjoy smoking, i just couldn't be bothered or face the "hassle" of having to give up. It was a week of weirdness for me when i gave up, but after the first week, things got a whole lot better. It's strange but now my sense of smell has returned, i can smell a smoker from 8 foot away in the supermarket, i can't believe that i used to smell like that. It's really not that pleasant.

Anyway, keep quitting people and all the best.

Chrissy61

Brilliant 73 bugz- well done to you, fantastic achievement !
Chris x

Chrissy61

Sue U -U - Sorry to be a pain in the harris, but can you check if you can PM me please ? I think I have sorted it but I am not very good with pooters
Thanks
Chris xx

ClipClop_3

Hi,

Im not going to admit to my previous name... just to say that it was all going so well and then disaster not even entirely sure why but everything went to pot, moneysaving, smoking, house tidying, diet, well just about everything really.

So Im back ready to try again... stocked up on OJ, plenty of fruit in, ready to go as of this evening after work. There I said it now I have to try again.... really do have to stop for good now.

Hope you will have me back :rolleyes:

Dreamingalound

CLIPCLOP welcome back! good luck and talk to us about your problems! we can help you! not one of us are in a position to judge, just support everyone!

Chrissy61

Hi
Yep I can relate totally to what youre saying- in fact it could be me. I dont know how long you quit for, but I have tried so many times and somewhere along the way I seem to lose my motivation and all of a sudden the reasons why I have quit dont seem as important. Plus, I used to get fed up of the constant battle going on in my head , it used to exhaust me. I didnt want to get out of bed on a morning because then the day would start and I would have to go through the battle once more. This time, I feel completely different. I dont feel negative about this anymore, in fact I look forward to a new day and say " Bring it on " I think I am 100% ready for this now and it is my "time"
So I wish you every success in your quit, please let us know how youre going on
Chris xx