The Giving Up Smoking Thread!! Part 2

LondonAndy

kezzae wrote: »

I have noticed that Ive felt a bit light headed this morning and had a terribly dry mouth, is this normal, can't remember getting it last time I tried to stop.

This light headed one is actually a VERY GOOD symptom according to my stop smoking counsellor - it means that oxygen is flowing around your body more freely and clearing out the carbon monoxide. It should pass after a couple of days. Sure the dry mouth thing is completely normal too. Congrats on your decision !

sar050680

Well done guys on giving up, keep taking it day by day and I'm sure you'll be fine, I'm still using this thread as a massive inspiration on my mission since quitting so thanks to all for posting...Paul.

larmy16

LondonAndy highlights a very good point, that in my opinion is not highlighted enough when we are given all the health horror stories about why we should stop smoking.

That is gum disease. I had it (well apparently 98% of us do but it is particularly virulent in smokers) and I was a very light smoker, with long long periods of not smoking - in multiple quit attempts.

It is very frightening to be told you may lose your teeth and to see how your gums have receded.

Yet having said all that - I had a terrible day yesterday. So much is going wrong at the moment and naturally Nick made a whispering appearance yesterday on my way home from work. Unbelievable!:mad: He said "Just buy a packet of ten, smoke them and then stop again tomorrow" - it was actually thinking about all you guys on here that helped me march past the shop - sadly home to a Cadburys caramel, but it was either that or attack someone!!!!

It is frightening to think that he lurks inside the bad days. Prior to this, I was of the illusion I was free at last. And yet I am still Free!

Keep it up everyone.

kezzae

Thanks for all your replies.

Well I had a good day yesterday, didn't have any cravings although my kids said I was a bit ratty late afternoon. The light headed feeling has passed, thank goodness, I spent most of yesterday walking around like I was drunk;), Im sure the teachers thought I'd had a few when I picked my youngest up!!!!:rotfl::rotfl:The dry mouth has also gone.

I woke up feeling quite refreshed and energetic today considering I felt like I was awake most of the night, I kept having really weird vivid dreams, and I don't normally dream!! Wonder if it's anything to do with my patch, I left it on all night. I might take it off a bedtime tonight to see...........

Im quite liking how calm I feel, Im a right stress-head normally, always running around like a headless chicken.

We normally get a Dvd and have a few drinks to chill on a friday or saturday night but Im thinking it may be a good idea to give alcohol a miss for a few weeks, from reading the thread it's seems this will give you a wobble?

Theres £22 in my pot at the moment, Im liking this part of not smoking, Im wishing tommorrow would come quicker so I can add that lol.........:j:j


Anyways, got to dash, hope everybody else is feeling great and will check back laters...............:D:D:D

funkymonkey

well some people find they can have a little drink straight away! I found that i cant lol. See how you feel! you shouldnt change anything about your life - just enjoy being a non-smoker right away! Except that alcohol can make you loose your rational brain for a little while as we all know im sure!

as for the pot - mine has £60 in it as of today! woo hoo!!

funkymonkey

Morning all! Hope everyone is doing ok! have £65 in the pot now so on day 13. (im not counting the couple of puffs of a friends i had on saturday) Feeling great! It has helped that ive been working nights this week and so i get up go to work come home go to bed and thats about it! no social life to push me off course!

kezzae

Good Morning Funkymonkey!! Day 3 for me so £33 in pot...............
I felt quite restless late on yesterday and was very snappy:eek:, so my daughter and I decided to go for a wander round the shops, well it was more window shopping as I didn't feel like buying anything, which is so not like me!!! Daughter kept asking if I was ok:rotfl::rotfl: I can't seem to make a decision about anything lately and for some reason I dont want to spend any money lol!!!

I tried one of the 'mint' lozenges that I got with my patches, never again, it was like inhaling ground black pepper, my throat was on fire and by the time I had finished sucking the damn thing I was green!!

I have noticed that I can 'smell' the people who smoke and the people who don't which makes me think omg, I used to smell like that!! In a way though it's making me more determinded to quit for good now that I have begun to notice these things.


Anyway got to run now, got pent up energy to burn off.................Hope you are all doing ok? sys x:D

Pobby

I was a 30 a day man and was coughing like crazy. If you click on the link it will show you what I have been using. My aim was to substitute 15 cigs a day with this. I have done far better than that and I am aiming to kick cigs for good. There is a bit of a price to get yourself set up but in the long run it is far cheaper and also much healthier.

My coughing has almost stopped and I am feeling better. Nice, easy breathing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_cigarette

funkymonkey

Not sure i like the idea of that electric cigarette - all those chemicals it must use to reproduce the smoke taste LOL (as if real ciggies are any better!)

Kezzae - Congrats! three days is great! - The dizzy strange feeling will go! i promice. As for the lozenges - i have a full box but one here! i tried them and they are gross! the burning at the back of the throat was too much for me! And £33! can you believe that you spend £300 a month on cigarettes!

kezzae

Im with you on that one funkymonkey, I'll defo pass, electric ciggies yuk lol.

Have been re reading through the thread and am interested in knowing a bit about this Alan Carr bloke, so if anyone can help and give me some info plz???

Oooh and forgot to mention earlier that Hubby is doing really well at quitting aswell....... We're both very stubborn and competitive so it's turned into a competition that neither of us wants to lose!!!!!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: