The Giving Up Smoking Thread!! Part 2

mustkeephoping

Well here I am and thanks to this wonderful thread. So so pleased to be where I am and hubby is on week 2 also :j.

I did not ask Hubs to stop smoking, but he fully supported me by not leaving his cigarettes around and moving out of my sight while smoking (outside as we never smoked in the house). We both smell wonderful, and funnily enough neither of us are bad tempered !! but have realised that collectively we will save in excess of £350 per month :eek: . I really don't "miss" smoking and feel that I've gained SOOOOOO much but lost NOTHING!!

Apologies if I seem so smug, but my goodness I am so so happy, and it really is getting easier. I've just got through a family wedding of weekend celebrations and can HONESTLY say that over 3 days there was only 1 x 1 second moment (and that was without patches as I had forgotten to take them with me). BTW I will continue with the NRT course just to give myself the best possible chance but I am feeling more confident as each day passes.

To all of you who are on the first steps of quitting - I sincerely hope you suceed, believe me - IF I CAN DO IT - ANYONE CAN !!

Thank you all soooo much for your support and as nemo says - "just keep swimming, just keep swimming"

XXXXXXX and good luck to all:T

MissGolightly

5 weeks - champix

all is still going well, have now started cutting back on the crisps and choc i was scoffing the first coupla weeks. my main mistake i believe the last coupla times, was trying to quit smoking, and trying to eat super healthy at the same time, depriving myself of everything! so this time, i just though, screw it, i will eat what i want when i want for the first month, and then slowly bring myself back to a healthier way of eating.

i still sometimes forget that i'm quitting smoking, not in that i want a cig, but in that i honestly do not think of cigarettes more than once or twice a week, whereas before it was "oooh want a cig, will chew bit of gum/suck on this inhalator". was having a drink at the weekend, and before we left i was saying to OH, i'll probably want a cigarette when i'm drinking, but even if i do have one puff it'll be pointless because these tablets work on the basis that they block your nicotine receptors, so i'll get no satisfaction. ended up not even thinking about the bloody things once while i was drinking, and even sat beside someone who was smoking, i never once thought i want one! haha

OH is on the mend and should be back to work next week (4 months chasing misdiagnosed kidney stones, turns out it's nerve damage) so he'll be coming home soon, and have told him he needs to thump me on the head to wake me in the mornings, haha

dazco

How is everyone doing????

There are a few posters who have stopped posting, I hope they are still off the fags.

ANDY, how did your first non-smoking day go? Hope you got through it alright and with the same positive vibe you have shown already.

Please keep posting on here, everyone, even if you fail. The support is tremendous and the posters on here can help you get back on track again. This thread helped me so so much


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dundeedoll_2

FEE_100 wrote: »

just popping in to say Hi! Galloping at an alarming rate to being smoke free for a year, only six weeks to go and I just cant believe that I have done it!! Even giving up for a day was an achievment for me and I give credit for all my success to this forum it has been truly amazing! ! If your in the early stages of quitting just keep coming on here and Sue and Larmy will help you through to the other side and you`ll be smoke free, along with all the support of the other quitters who will spur you on! I`ll be back on 16th Dec for my party so mind bring the wine.. :rotfl:

Anybody who decides to give up on the 16th December has got to have real determination!!!

The 'norm' would have been:
'I'll just get Christmas etc out the way and then I'll give up.............no point in even trying before then.'

BUT NO.........FEE100 was serious about stopping and did :T

Well done Fee - what an absolutely brilliant achievement...........you must be so so very proud of yourself!

dundeedoll_2

Tippytoes wrote: »

FEE100, I'm 3 days behind you. It'll be a year for me 19 December (overlook the one slip which made me violently ill!).

The time has gone so quickly. If someone had said to me this time last year that by the same time 2010 I'd be a non smoker, I would never have believed them.

Once again, if I can do it, anyone can. Best wishes to all of you who are quitting or thinking about it.

Anybody who decides to give up on the 19th December has got to have real determination!!!

The 'norm' would have been:
'I'll just get Christmas etc out the way and then I'll give up.............no point in even trying before then.'

BUT NO.........Tippytoes was serious about stopping and did :T

Well done Tippytoes - what an absolutely brilliant achievement...........you must be so so very proud of yourself!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

allan673

7 weeks 2 days champix

hi everyone, been busy with work but thought i better update you.
and dazco i am still off the fags lol. its getting easier all the time now. i hardly ever think of smoking to be honest.
i have just under 3 weeks worth of champix left. i dont get so many vivid dreams now for some reason? did yours fade out dazco?????

i feel a lot healthier too, and smell a lot better lol. the smell of smoke on people is so noticeable whereas i never noticed it before. i really dont like how it smells now.

ive also started to eat healthier these last 2 weeks, i was eating loads of junk/snacks when i stopped smoking. but now i dont crave them.
i think it was just something to do instead of smoking? i have cut out crisps, biscuits and chocolate.

keep up the good work everyone.
and thanks for your support.

dundeedoll_2

tattycath wrote: »

This thread helped me enormously when i was quitting. It was 35 months yesterday for me it wasn't easy. I went cold turkey but this thread was a real Godsend!!! Thanks for all the support i got it was brill
Good luck to all you quitters and well done on your achievements so far!!!

At least we won't be standing out in the freezing cold in January in the middle of Brum with shaking knees dragging on a fag :rotfl::rotfl:


WELL DONE :T:T:T

copperjar

Hello everyone. I hope you don't mind me joining in - I really feel like I need some support to keep me off the ciggies - and you all seem sucha lovely bunch and are totally inspirational.

I'm 35 and had been smoking pretty heavily since I was 18. Particularly the last few years - going up to between 30 and 40 a day :eek:
I decided at the start of the year that I wanted to give up, but kept on putting it off. Had a few failed attempts on patches, gum and cold turkey - which resulted in massive rows with friends and familty and me being utterly miserable.

In May, I was prescribed Champix and did great. In fact, I think I became too complacent, stopped taking the tablets too early etc, but remained smoke free for 6 weeks. Then stupidly I had one cigarette (had to force it down!) on my 2 year anniversary which led to having the odd one every few days. My partner never really gave up despite pretending!

On to September, and my partner and I split up. It was awful and I'm still having major wobbles. I started smoking again - heavily. Pretty disgusted with myself I decided to get my life back on track and of course wanted to stop smoking again. Went back to the doctors and had to almost beg for Champix again but I got them. The first time round, when I set my stop date I didn't smoke again for 6 weeks. This time round, I extended my stop date, then have smoked 4 days in the 13 days since my stop date. It has usually been connected to feeling stressed out about the split from my ex, as well as work stresses (I work for a local authority and have the threat of redundancy looming). Today I finally think I made a breakthrough - was upset and obsessing about things, went for a drive ( I'd usually have a cigarette or 4 in the car) and despite desperately wanting one, I stayed strong.

So although its only day one (again) smoke free (I smoked yesterday) - I'm feeling much more confident today...with a few wobbles thrown in for good measure!

Sorry for the ramble, its good to get it down though!

dundeedoll_2

copperjar wrote: »

Hello everyone. I hope you don't mind me joining in - I really feel like I need some support to keep me off the ciggies - and you all seem sucha lovely bunch and are totally inspirational.

I'm 35 and had been smoking pretty heavily since I was 18. Particularly the last few years - going up to between 30 and 40 a day :eek:
I decided at the start of the year that I wanted to give up, but kept on putting it off. Had a few failed attempts on patches, gum and cold turkey - which resulted in massive rows with friends and familty and me being utterly miserable.

In May, I was prescribed Champix and did great. In fact, I think I became too complacent, stopped taking the tablets too early etc, but remained smoke free for 6 weeks. Then stupidly I had one cigarette (had to force it down!) on my 2 year anniversary which led to having the odd one every few days. My partner never really gave up despite pretending!

On to September, and my partner and I split up. It was awful and I'm still having major wobbles. I started smoking again - heavily. Pretty disgusted with myself I decided to get my life back on track and of course wanted to stop smoking again. Went back to the doctors and had to almost beg for Champix again but I got them. The first time round, when I set my stop date I didn't smoke again for 6 weeks. This time round, I extended my stop date, then have smoked 4 days in the 13 days since my stop date. It has usually been connected to feeling stressed out about the split from my ex, as well as work stresses (I work for a local authority and have the threat of redundancy looming). Today I finally think I made a breakthrough - was upset and obsessing about things, went for a drive ( I'd usually have a cigarette or 4 in the car) and despite desperately wanting one, I stayed strong.

So although its only day one (again) smoke free (I smoked yesterday) - I'm feeling much more confident today...with a few wobbles thrown in for good measure!

Sorry for the ramble, its good to get it down though!

Ooooh poor you!
I tried sooo hard to stop and couldn't last a day but then I too split up with my partner and I DID give up! Bizarre..........still don't understand how I did that.

We have quite a few Champix stoppers on here, so will leave it to them to advise you regarding that.

Well done for coming on here...........and yes, this thread is BRILLIANT!!!

Sue-UU

Many, many congratulations FEE and Tippytoes!!!! :T :T :T :T You've done fantastically and...so very close to a FULL YEAR! :j We're all so very, very proud of you both for how far you've come! I know you say a lot of credit is to this
thread and maybe some is in the way of moral support and boosting you along, but all of it really is down to the individual because if you don't actually quit no one else can do it for you so its all about you every time!!! Well done girls!

Well, well, well tattycath, has it really been THAT long!!! :eek: Fantastic news and so very many congratulations on almost 3 whole years FREE!!!! :T:T So good to hear you also believe the thread has helped you so much too! I'm sure a lot of it is having others going through the self same thing as each other. Be so proud ALL of you 2, you've been amazing!!! :j

Congratulations mustkeephoping, for your hubby too!!! :T:T It must be such a blessing when you're both quitting together like that. You so well deserve to be so smug, why not, you deserve it!!!
Great news about getting through the family wedding so well too!
Excellent Daz and Alan!!! :T :T The dreams have to come to a stop sometime, Alan, bad luck, but look what you've got instead as a result!

Very well done indeed DD!!! :T You're doing so very, very well.

You too itselliebell!!! :T Great news indeed. I do hope your hubby is soon much better.

A very warm welcome copperjar! I'll send you a PM and be back tomorrow, but right now I HAVE to get to bed as I need to be up early!!! Stick with us and read through some of those posts above for starters!!

Excellent news EVERYBODY!!!

Sue x