The Giving Up Smoking Thread!! Part 2

hellnearth

Yea, good on you Lucky. It really is a horrible, nasty insidious drug and habit isn't it? I wonder if that nagging, sneaking little voice ever disappears completely?
Had a couple of glasses of wine with my dinner last night to see how it felt without ciggies. Bit strange without a fag but yummy, the wine tasted totally different.
Sounds dangerous, huh? But our shops shut at 8pm here and there's no all night garages etc. Mind you, I could pop over to my neighbours, but the urge just wasn't there :j
Choille hunny, there is no pressure to start stopping I think it's important you know exactly what to do with the Champix and that mentally you feel strong enough. We're all here for you when you decide.

Luckycharm_2

So far so good today. Made it past 3pm without a craving.

I'm back in the game!!!!!!:j

Thank you all! :A

captainspam

OK so my husband is really stressing out now. He is on day 7 and turned into a monster.

I am on day 13 and i havent thought about smoking at all today.

jammy_dodger

hi guys

have be real busy at work past few days so unable to post .Luckycharm SO glad to hear you have not continued to smoke , you would of really hated yourself for doing it to yuorself so well done , this thread is amazing for support isnt it:A

Glad to hear to mr and mrs captain spam that you are staying with it ,,, am sure your monster will adopt a softer side soon x x

there have been times i've had real bad cravings but read through some posts on here old and new and it has so helped me .

like others on here i dont feel i can ever say never at the moment to being smoke free , i so want to get beyond the 2 month quit i did last time before stupidly restarting again

i keep in my head my wee mantra "Cigarettes are not my friend they wont make me feel better " I've been quoting it at work some think i've gone mad

Keep it up everyone you are all in my thoughts

JD

jojododd

Hi all

Im feeling depressed today. Im still determined but, think because my chest is bad again. (I was feeling great). Im feeling really down again.

Dont worry about the blip we have all done it. Good luck to you.
Im sorry I have a terrible memory.

Im reading a carr easiway and also the idots guide to stopping. Interesting reading.

Im feeling sorry for myself at the moment. I know I should get up and do something but, I just cant seem to motivate myself. I am still pleased with decision to stop and I will definately not start again.

Mums still smoking. I dont want to nag her because I know what it feels like to be on the receiving end of that. But, she was going to give up at the same time. She doesnt smoke in the same room as me but, I can smell it. Eww it smells horrid.

Well done everybody and dont be too hard on yourself we are only human after all. Keep up the good work everybody. Congratulations to all who have not smoked. How much better do/will you feel.

I am going to make a pledge: I will not smoke again.

Joanne x

peedie

Hiya, need to tell everyone,am just about to have my last fag ever over the years I've tried several times but have given in after a couple of days. It has to stop. I have smoked 20 a day for the last 30 years:o
I dont like it,
I dont enjoy it
I cant stand the smell
I cant afford it- health wise as well as money wise.
I spend a small fortune on trying to cover up the smell of fags at home, and have to eat lots of mints and spending trillions of pounds on smellies (not to far from the truth) to hid the smell of fags.:o

When I've tried to give up before I feel that much of the addiction is about behavour as addiction. Were I work the only way to get any head space is to go out and have a smoke, if not the expectation is that I will be at my desk all day except if I take a lunch break-and I work for the NHS!!!
Away from work I punctuate jobs around the house by stopping and haveing a smoke to reward myself:o:o:o

Once did try to read the Alan Carr book-but never got to the end-then lent it to someone who did manage to give up forever--- theres a message there somewere dont you think!!!!!

Sorry I'm rambling, think I might be trying to put off the final one:(:(:(:(
Good luck to those who are stopping, ready or not here I come to a new life smoke free:A

Luckycharm_2

Go for it Peedie. You can do it and we'll all be with you.

Larmy...how many blips did you have and how long did they last? I'm surprised and chuffed that I've managed to move on from mine at all but I still don't understand what happened. Or why yesterday without smoking was easy and felt more like my normal way of being now. :j

I think I believe in blips now. I have to, cos I just had one. And now it's over.:j

Ooh...maybe I'll change my sig back to my original quitting date.

captainspam

good luck peedie.

Day 14 for me today. I hardly think about smoking now which makes it so much easier.

SandC

Hi everyone, haven't been here for a while. Hello to all new, congrats to those who remain smoke free and for those who might have succumbed recently but are trying again - it will come good for you, promise.

I was 10 months smoke free at January 20th so not far off my full year. I'm so happy to be a non smoker. For those who struggle I would recommend you serious think about attending an Allen Carr Easyway clinic in your area. I was a 15-20 a dayer (and more if I was drinking), have had some unsuccessful givings up and just got sick of the expense of it and I just didn't want to do it any more. I knew from past experience that my will power is just shocking and that I had so many of these perceived triggers that I thought there was nothing to lose by paying for a clinic.

There really was nothing to lose. If I could explain how it works I wouldn't have needed to go (the book didn't work for me), but it did and I found giving up smoking easy.

One thing I am not, though, is complacent. Those who find it easy are often the ones who 'try one drag' some months down the line. So I am careful to keep reminding myself how far I have come.

The money I have saved has been going straight from my bank account monthly to a savings account via standing order. This year it will be paying for a holiday in Kenya.

The other new bit of good news is that I went to the dentist last week. I had given up a couple of months before my last check up but he'd never asked me whether I was a smoker or not regardless. So this time I'm 10 months smoke free and he declares 'your gums are a lot healthier'. I can only attribute that to having stopped smoking and over the months it has made a difference. Not that he ever mentioned my gums were bad, or I ever noticed something myself - it just goes to show, you might not have any symptoms of anythng, but the nicotine and other harmful chemicals in fags are doing stuff to your body all the time.

Keep up the good work everyone. I honestly mean it - if I can do it then you can too.

larmy16

Luckycharm I did not post in too much detail about my blips as I really do not want to deter anyone from stopping and I think sometimes psychologically we can think ...."Ah well...everyone blips.......not a problem....I can give up again!"

Let me tell you, it is the worst of all worlds. You are never free from the dependency if you do this. I am living proof.

I have had about three quite successful (by that I mean longish) quits.

3 years!!! (yep)
10 months
10 months and several two week and three day goes. I don't recommend it naturally.

This is why I never say never.........even though I fully intend to never smoke again.
It is my way of handling it. I just cannot imagine turning to nicotine again.

I saw my neighbours the other night outside having a fag.....no-one wants to smoke in their house anymore, forgetting that they are taking their most precious asset outside with them. Their body!

All the best LC.