The Giving Up Smoking Thread!! Part 2

choille

It's the thinking that you can have just the one that started me off after I'd been stopped for 4 months - I was under stress & someone gave me a cigarette 'as it would make me feel better.' Arggggggggggg.

20 plus years later of smoking about 30 a day I'm back to stopping again.

I think i'll be like a dry alcoholic - it would just take the one to get me back on them again.

I would love it if I could just smoke 3 cigs a day but I can't. I'm an all or nothing type of smoker - I think.

jammy_dodger

hi oldreekie maybe if you could find something to reward yourself with it would replace the loss and enjoyment you experienced with a cig ? YOU are doing sooo well .stay strong ..My mantra is "cigarettes are not my friend they wil not make me feel better !!"i kepe it in my head but it DOES get easier

amelierate i have stopped and restarted on a couple of occasions and am taking each day at a time .
I think looking back when i restarted last time after 2 months , i never really wanted to give up as i thought i enjoyed smoking i just felt like i should give up , and restarted as i thought O well i,ve done it ..given up ...and lost that sence of achievement and motivation . as i,ve said this time I DO want to stop fed up smoking being social outcast freezing outside just to have a puff , having tp drive 20 mile round trio because i,ve run out ,, the list is endless

great to read your post mumof2 iu remember readiing your posts when you were in early days great news and inspiration

KEEP UP GOOD WORK EVERYONE stay strong and enjoy a smoke free journey x x

MumOf2

Thanks everyone for your congratulations and best wishes!
Oldreekie - my worst ever time was between 2 and 3 weeks after the last one, with the very worst day being at 3 weeks. I thought it would get better each day, but at that time it seemed to be terrible, terrible feelings of loss and no end in sight. I remember coming on here and having a virtual weep… BUT just keep going - it does get better and memories of the difficult days will recede. And it is so worth it, it really is.
Regarding not telling anyone you’ve given up, I only told very few people. Sometimes its better that way. No-one else even noticed, which puts a lie to their silly disapproving expressions and turned up noses whenever I came in from obviously having been out for a cigarette. They make such a big thing of marginalising smokers, but then don’t even notice the lack of the smell of cigarettes.
Ameliarate - I stopped for 18 years and never thought about it in all that time. So much so that when someone I knew offered me a cigarette I didn’t have my guard up - just thought, what the heck just one for a laugh. Then it was one every few days, then one a day - that went on for a few months, but then something dreadful happened and the flood gates opened. I remember only two days later smoking 40 cigarettes in a 24-hour period - actually went out in the car to get some more from a petrol station at 2am having had far too much to drink. It’s a painful memory but serves as a good reminder never, ever, ever to have a single puff - it’s not just a laugh, it’s never just one puff, it’s not about being sociable or joining in what others are doing.
By the way, I’ve only put on 2lbs which is great - I needed it really. My wedding dress came in last week and it has to be taken in from an 8 to a 6 - am ridiculously pleased that it wasn’t the other way round! I’m sure it’s the walking and jogging that’s kept the weight under control.
Keep strong, keep determined and if all else fails walk, drink water or have a good cry.
MumOf2

larmy16

Fantastic post Mumof2. I agree never let your guard down when it comes to nicotine. I gave up for 3 years and was so happy being a non smoker. Then I went on a blind date one night, was nervous and ended up having "just one" and before you knew it I was puffing away like I had never stopped!

Then it takes an enormous amount of will to attempt another quit it's just not worth it.

oldreekie

Mumof2, congratulations on the wedding! And well done on not putting on weight. I remember that "virtual weep" and at the time felt that you had the strength to see you through. I do admire the way you (and others) are able to express your thoughts and feelings. I have scrambled eggs in my brain at the moment. Thank you for the encouragement.

jammy dodger thank you, too. Last time, I rewarded myself with visits to the hairdresser every week! This time I am booking some facials but most of all I am saving for dental implants and will enjoy watching the fund grow. Another reason not to start smoking again.

ameliarate

Struggling this morning with the nausea from the champix and cravings. I have just got into work (passing various shops and garages which sell tobacco) and am going to get my head down and hopefully they will pass.

janiebaby29

Blimey !!! :jApart from my weight increasing I couldnt be better , my skin is glowing , Im a lot happier and less stressed out, I'm also seeing my smoking lady today which is my 3rd appointment with her !!!
Keep going everyone and happy smokefree days !!!

Neenie_o

Hi ameliarate - I'm still suffering with the nausea after nearly five weeks on the Champix. I started taking my tablet after I got to work instead of first thing. I walk in (am assuming you do too as you say you pass tobacconists and garages) and I was finding I couldn't really walk as I felt so sick. I wasted about twenty minutes in the morning at home sitting on the edge of my bed with waves of nausea washing over me. Now I come into work, have a banana (I can't do breakfast proper) take my tablet and wait for the nausea. When it comes I usually take twenty minutes "break" from what I'm doing (still sat at my desk, but just not ploughing through like I usually do - and usually typing my morning post on here ). People are really supportive as they know how difficult it is to stop smoking....

However, I did have a couple of quite nasty cravings last night that I haven't experienced while I've been on these tablets up to now. I wasn't even stressed out - I don't understand. They did pass, but I was pretty ratty by that point so I went to bed (about 9.30pm LOL).

Fine today though! Hope everyone else is too!

xx

ameliarate

Neenie_o wrote: »

Hi ameliarate - I'm still suffering with the nausea after nearly five weeks on the Champix. I started taking my tablet after I got to work instead of first thing. I walk in (am assuming you do too as you say you pass tobacconists and garages) and I was finding I couldn't really walk as I felt so sick. I wasted about twenty minutes in the morning at home sitting on the edge of my bed with waves of nausea washing over me. Now I come into work, have a banana (I can't do breakfast proper) take my tablet and wait for the nausea. When it comes I usually take twenty minutes "break" from what I'm doing (still sat at my desk, but just not ploughing through like I usually do - and usually typing my morning post on here ). People are really supportive as they know how difficult it is to stop smoking....

However, I did have a couple of quite nasty cravings last night that I haven't experienced while I've been on these tablets up to now. I wasn't even stressed out - I don't understand. They did pass, but I was pretty ratty by that point so I went to bed (about 9.30pm LOL).

Fine today though! Hope everyone else is too!

xx

I have had a variety of cravings over the past 5 no 6 (:j) days of not smoking. The long slow ones, that I can deal with easily then the "jabby" ones, which I find much harder. Today I have niggly little "voices" that just don't want to shut up.

The nausea has passed now, fortunately. Strangely I only get it either in the morning or the evening, never both.

I knew yesterday was too easy but equally I know tomorrow will be easier than today.

One day at a time..............

choille

Hi Ameliarate & Neenie - I found eating some bread, a piece of toast before taking the morning tablet really made a difference to the nausea. It was bad last week & I had to go to lie down on two days as I felt so sick. Hope it passes for you too - it's horrid is that.

The cravings today haven't been bad (cravings too strong a word really) - more of a something's missing but it passes really quickly if I make myself busy. After eating is the worst time & in the morning but I am doing okay & pleased that I have got this far.