The Giving Up Smoking Thread!! Part 2

rmplc

Hi all,

I remember when i was on the patches, they would never stick to me...so ended up taping them on with surgical tape lol, then they gave me a rash so it was never ending :mad:

I am now starting day 14 of being smoke free :j and am so proud of myself :j its a great feeling to reach your own mini goals, 1 week, 2 weeks 3 weeks a month etc. :T

I hope everyone else is sticking with their quit, and that it is going well.:A

best of luck

Ross x

debie_2

Hi there

Can I join you guys.

I have quit and started smoking again about 5 times now, I have even given up for 8 months and then gone back on them, thinking I could just have 1 ciggie, be a social smoker ha ha. In the past I have done Cold Turkey, but I found it more difficult this time around. I have been smoking 20 a day since Feb.

I have joined the NHS 5 week Stop smoking programme and started the patches on Monday morning.

So far so good, I find the evenings quite difficult but the patch is working fine and I am not having any side effects which is good.

I have to go back to the chemist this evening for the carbon minoxide test and more patches.

Hopefully we can support each other on this journey.

I have a friends birthday tomorrow evening so know that might be difficult with meal, drinks and dancing I will realy fancy a smoke, as I did last night when out with friend for a meal.

Anyway that my story.

splishsplash

Hi everyone,
I'm still smoke free and finding it strange. I went on a training day yesterday, and I don't believe there was a single smoker among the group of 40 people there:T. Best of luck to all the new names and congratulations to all the familiar names - it's great to see everyone doing soooo well!

I can't say I feel I'm a 'non-smoker', nor do I feel I'm a 'smoker'. I'm still me, and I feel like I could just as easily be smoking as not, the only difference now is that I feel it is my choice not to smoke. The minute I have a cigarette, that choice is gone again and I'd be back to 20 or 30 a day as quick as lightning.

I also realise I have to be very careful about how much coffee I drink from now on - I've become very sensitized to it, and more than two cups leaves me sick and shaky for the rest of the day, as I found to my cost yesterday!

Cigarettes not smoked: 3035
Money not spent: €1313.27
Coffee reduced from 8 - 10 cups/day to 1 or 2
Petrol saved: I no longer hop in the car to run to the shop or to work, so that's a saving I hadn't really taken into account.
I have started back at walking and am dusting off the dreaded workout dvd which I'd let slide over the past few weeks, and the hunger I felt every evening has abated over the past week or so, thankfully, so hopefully the weight will stabilize from now on.
Win win all round!

rmplc

Hi Debie,

I am also new here (joined 2 weeks ago when i quit) and I have been welcomed with open arms, as im sure you will also be, so from me, welcome, and good luck in your non smoking.

In the same breath I am going to congratulate you, as you say you have had a few hiccups and ended up on the fags again, but you keep coming back to quit, you need to not take that one ciggy that can make it all crumble, although i know how tempting it can be i have every faith in you for your upcoming night out :j

SplishSplash, well done on the amount you have saved and not smoked, I only dream and impatiently wait until i can say ive been quit for 3 months, instead im excitedly telling people i am on day 14 lol, which for me is quite a feat in itself :rotfl:

As you have done splishsplash this is what I have saved so far :T

Time Quit: 1 week, 6 days, 13 hours & 20 minutes
Cigarettes not smoked: 542 (OMG)
Amount Saved: £166.17
Life saved: 1day, 21 hours & 10 minutes

And like yourself i did not take into account the petrol from the silly trips to the shop for fags, and the money saved from picking up pointless bits in said shop, which i no longer do

Good luck all

Ross x

larmy16

Welcome Debie. I am like you, a many times quitter!

Splishsplash, well done you.

Rmplc keep it up, nice to see you welcoming and helping newcomers.

We are just one big happy family really aren't we?

Have a good weekend all of you. One day at a time and easy does it.

I can't remember who used to say this but it went something like this.

"Take it easy. Take it - but take it easy".

Sue-UU

A very warm welcome to you debie! It's always so good to see folk wanting to quit, and here you'll have plenty of support and encouragement to help you through your journey. Keep coming to the thread and telling us your feelings, there is almost always someone her to chat to, but even if not, it does good to pour your feelings out.
I hope the monoxide reading was good and will urge you on.

Keep eating fruit to help in the evenings, sipping water too. Ice Poles are good, so is taking up a hobby. Find something you LIKE doing as that will help even more. Start a new language maybe?! Well done on starting...and I dearly hope you can see it through - this time! Do be careful not to have too much (or any) alcohol tomorrow night, and look forward to not going outside to smoke - a great up side of quitting!!!

Very well done Ross!!! :T:T 2 weeks is a long time when you're fresh to quitting, so be thrilled to bits at your achievement!!! Helping others also makes you feel good and want quit even more so, keep it up Ross!!!

Many congratulations SplishSplash!!! You've done marvelously and I'm so delighted for you!!! :T:T What a savings you've made - already! :eek:That and all the fags NOT smoked too and that's nothing compared to what your health will now thank you for!

The coffee may be ok after the Champix gets our of your system, so don't give up on that.

Take care all and keep up that amazing work!!!

Sue x

debie_2

Hi everyone and thank you such a lovely welcome.

Thanks Sue for the private message with all the hints and tips

Well I have just come back from the chemist and feel quite chuffed as the Carbon reading has gone from 17 last Friday to a magical 1 and that is just with the 5 days not smoking so I am really suprised at how it has come down so quickly.

I will treat myself to something nice tomorrow as a reward, maybe a nice wooly jumper for this horrible cold weather. I thought today how good it was not to be going out for a ciggie in this weather.

Thanks again everyone, and I am so glad I started to try again. I have another weeks supply of patches at the same strength and then they will start to be reduced.

Take care everyone and I'll be back to say hello later.

Onward and upwards :j

Beaney

Hey everyone I have just got in from work and have been looking for help online to stop smoking and found this forum, :j
So My name is Laura i am 22 and this will be my second attempt at giving up smoking! I only starting smoking again in June this year after giving up for 8 months and I really want to keep it up, the reason i strruggled last time was because at my job smoking is the 'thing' to do socially. I have to have more will power this time. I have a stash of patches and an inhaltor which i will start on again as I had my last cig at 20.00 this evening!

Everyones stories are amazing i hope i can do as well as everyone

I wish everyone lots of luck! :T

Laura

xxx

Sue-UU

debie wrote: »

Well I have just come back from the chemist and feel quite chuffed as the Carbon reading has gone from 17 last Friday to a magical 1 and that is just with the 5 days not smoking so I am really suprised at how it has come down so quickly.

I will treat myself to something nice tomorrow as a reward, maybe a nice wooly jumper for this horrible cold weather. I thought today how good it was not to be going out for a ciggie in this weather.

Hi again Debie and good to see you back making use of the thread. You're most welcome to the PM. Congratulations on such a wonderful CM reading as 1 so soon is fantastic!!! :T Treating yourself to a nice wooly jumper is a really good idea as it helps keep us motivated.

All the best Debie - you can do it!!!

A very warm welcome to the thread, Laura! Welcome to MSE also, aren't we honoured to have that very first post! I'm really pleased you found us. At such a tender age of 22 it would be brilliant if you can quit for good now whilst so young. Whatever happens this time - pleased don't let anyone or any thoughts take you back to that awful world of fags again, it's never, ever worth it!!

You remarked about: "Everyones stories are amazing i hope i can do as well as everyone"

You, Laura will have your own story to tell too, and we'll all be with you as you create it, step by step, day by day. You'll get all the courage and support you need here, so use us for all the feelings you have - good or bad - write them down and help yourself. Keep busy doing something you love, it'll really help you; so will reading through the posts. All the very best!

Have a lovely weekend everyone and enjoy NOT going out in that bitter cold to put smoke down into your lungs. Breathe fresh clean air instead! :j

Sue x

dundeedoll_2

splishsplash wrote: »

I can't say I feel I'm a 'non-smoker', nor do I feel I'm a 'smoker'. I'm still me, and I feel like I could just as easily be smoking as not, the only difference now is that I feel it is my choice not to smoke. The minute I have a cigarette, that choice is gone again and I'd be back to 20 or 30 a day as quick as lightning.

Cigarettes not smoked: 3035 WOW!
Money not spent: €1313.27 OMG!!!
Coffee reduced from 8 - 10 cups/day to 1 or 2 I cut out coffee/tea as they equalled fag time
Petrol saved: I no longer hop in the car to run to the shop or to work, so that's a saving I hadn't really taken into account. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:The amount of times I 'nipped' to the 24hr petrol station at 11pm to get 'petrol'! (That's what I told my son anyway )
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Sue-UU wrote: »

A very warm welcome to you debie! It's always so good to see folk wanting to quit, and here you'll have plenty of support and encouragement to help you through your journey. Keep coming to the thread and telling us your feelings, there is almost always someone her to chat to, but even if not, it does good to pour your feelings out. Posting on this thread has been a lifesaver for me - literally. It has given me enourmous strength and determination.
Sue x

Hi Laura, debie,smash7 and ross and a very warm welcome. Great that you are determined to stop smoking and you are in the right place for lots of support here. I found it very helpful to read back over old posts as well as the current ones - great when I found 1 from someone who has stopped for a while at the start of their journey.

Keep it up everyone....................because you're worth it!