The Giving Up Smoking Thread!! Part 2

purist

hi just dicovered this tread wish i had found it sooner
I gave up smoking about 3 mnts ago cold turkey and feel i have delt with the cravings well but still miss that nicotine buzz and occasionally find myself thinking how nice it would be to have one i im never going to give in and smoke again but was wondering if that craving or feeling of something missing will ever go away?

do all ex smokers have this problem or will i never really be free of that evil weed!!!

dazco

Hello newbies :wave:

There seems to be a few new faces round these parts, and that is a very very good thing :T:T

I am going to use the age old cliche, if I can give up anyone can

I was on 50 a day.
I would not consider a job if you could not smoke whilst doing it.
I woke up in the middle of the night and lit up :eek::eek::eek:
I would not go on long haul flights.

My whole life was planned around being able to smoke.

But watching both your parents die of cancer at the age of sixty, made me re-evaluate my own life. My Dad did not even smoke.

Anyhoooo, unless we all give up, and stay given up, we are going to die prematurely of cancer, whilst our children cry. Not a nice thought. :mad::mad::mad:

So those who are giving up, please keep your eye on the big picture, one fag = the start of a backwards progression.

But everyone seems to be doing really well :T:T:T:T:T Please keep it up for your own sakes and the ones you love. :beer:

Jammy Dodger
I am really sorry to hear about your personal problems, it must have been quite a kick :(:(:(:(

But please allow me to use your example as a warning to others.

When something traumatic happens in your life it is very easy to go back to the ciggies. A lot of people do it.

What we need to do is prepare ourselves for it. I know it sounds a little macabre but if we all tell ourselves once a week that "if anything traumatic happens to us then we will NOT go back to the sticks of death".

By my reckoning this means that when something awful happens, instead of resigning to the fags and using them as a crutch, the action that will be triggered is the intense desire to beat the urge to smoke.

It must be worth a go because the main reason for re-starting, it seems, is when a massive change occurs to someones life. And let's be honest, big traumatic events are going to hit us all.

Keep up the good work everyone :j:j:j:j:j:j

copperjar

Thanks Catherine.

Like you say, you can look back on things fondly, but in reality the trip to the shop involved falling over, getting wet and cold, arguing about who's turn it was to go and was generally miserable!

dundeedoll_2

Sue-UU wrote: »

DD, that almost sounds wicked flinging her into your bed - can't you afford a hot water bottle??? :mad: Mind your toe-nails don't pierce her!!!

:rotfl::rotfl:You've seen 'the beast', Sue - she needs rough handling!!


Ross, your signature is amazing, a lot of thought's gone into that, which it tremendous.

I thought that too

Sue x

Catherine25 wrote: »

Ok im ready to crack up here, Iv just spent ages writing out a msg and it disappeared, so I typed it again and lost it too :mad:
well hopefully 3rd time lucky:rotfl:

When you've typed a bit, right click on mouse -select all - right click again - copy...............then if it all goes Pete Tong you've saved at least some. My wireless just randomly goes off and of course I lose messages then :mad:

DD where is the thread for crocheting? I have started doing my knitting again. I take a notion every few months but I never get very much done lol! I started about 4yrs ago and I so far I have knitted a quarter of a scarf and the back of a kids jumper :rotfl: I decided to knit the jumper for my 2yr old girl but am going to turn it into a handbag now saying as she is 6 :rotfl:Is crocheting any quicker or easier than knitting? I get bored if my project doesnt take shape quickly lol!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1402877

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:at the above bold!

Iv put my tree up today its so exciting and lovely and christmassy with all the snow, I cant wait!:xmastree:

Catherine xx

I normally spend a whole day putting up my tree/decs but this year I am doing a garland across the fireplace beam and that's it. Seems no point.............gone from being me & OH + 5 children to just me & the cat for Xmas. (Split with OH - he has 3 children + my 2 were going to be here, but DS1 is going to his dad's as DS2 is now going there because he's decided he doesn't want to spend the day with me as I said he will NOT be spending xmas day in the extension on his x box. (16yr old 'Kevin the teenager :mad:)

dundeedoll_2

dazco Teriffic post - as always :T
Brilliant to see so many recent visitors to the thread - WELCOME!


mustkeephoping So please you posted :T to you and hubby!

copperjar I can understand your worry.............BUT...........just because we have cravings, it doesn't mean we have to give in to them, does it

That's NOT said in a horrible way............I've had a few lately (have always found giving up easy to start and after about 6-12 mths it gets harder and after 2 yrs even worse - done that twice)

First thing I thought when 'Kevin' (see previous post) told me he wouldn't be here for xmas was 'I'll be able to smoke by the woodburner' :eek::eek:

Of course I had a stern word with myself.............if I was still a smoker that would be maaaarvellous (as Anton de Beke would say) but I'm not, so it's not even an option

Sue-UU

copperjar wrote: »

I'm now starting to worry a bit about coming off the Champix. Last time I "quit", by this time in I was forgetting to take my tablets and really felt that I didn't need them. I'd basically gone down to one a day...but even then, only if I remembered. This time I take them religiously am and pm - I'm worried that when I come off them totally, I might start again. Because the cravings are still there this time.

Hi copperjar and very well done with NOT having smoked!!! :T:T I was so sad to hear of your job, but pleased you have the time to look around for another before first. I'm sure that all the worry about not being able to cope when you finish with Champix is down to the stress you've been under, and are under still to a degree. However, after all is said about Champix you should be ok so try hard not to worry too much about something that just might not happen anyway.

When is it you finish with it? Come on here as much as is possible after that and please take not of all the advice and tips we give everyone to help you too. Pt it this way, copperjar, you may not be able to have a 2nd chance of quitting in such a positive way (Champix) in the future IF you were to go back!!! Aside from that...you NEED to be saving as much as possible just in case you're out of work for a while! Much to ponder on, but don't worry about it, it'll do you no good! If you need a positive post to read look at "mustheephoping's" then ask yourself if you can't cope! Be firm with yourself, be strong and focus on quitting for LIFE - your own!

mustkeephoping wrote:

Sorry if I've focused on the "smellies" apart from the obvious health advantages, but I really do find the smell of cigarette smoke, fresh or stale truly disgusting.

Not at all mustkeephoping, I think it really helps us to focus on all the benefits we gain from quitting. I also cleaned everything in our wardrobe when I quit and it really gives you such a clean, fresh start, oulook too! You have done yourself the world of good in being so strong and quitting as you have. I'll bet your Consultant wishes he had many more yous! I didn't ask about you hubby last time as you didn't say anything, but it's wonderful to see that he too has quit so well. You're both amazing! :T:T:T

Oh dear Catherine, you gave me a laugh with how you and knitting get on as - I'm exactly the same!!! :rotfl:I get times when I long to go back to it again, and I do, but every time I fall flat and it remains on the stitches! The only things I've made have been 2 cardis for my eldest Granddaughter and, if I say so myself, a super pram blanket with embroidered flowers on too ...that's the extent of it! Well done on the cold turkey start, keep focusing hard and make it happen and congratulations on the 2 weeks!!!! :T:T:T BTW, keep on 'saving' your work (in posts or e-mails) as you go then if it goes you've still saved it and just need to paste it on again.

Hi purist, and a warm welcome to the thread! To answer your question: NO - all ex-smokers do not spend their lives perpetually missing fags, honestly we don't! I quit almost 12 years ago and the 'feeling' of something missing every now and then very soon left me. It gets less and less the further you get away from it - BUT - if you do have one of those times, the longet you've quit for it becomes a fleeting feeling - then it's gone without you even realising it! Please, don't take it up again just because you're fearful of a future without them as it just doesn't happen like that - truthfully!!

Another cracking post, Daz! So sad for your poor parents though, but they'll both be so ptoud of their Son!!! :T:T:T

Pleased to hear you have your tree up, DD, it's good to have some Christmas cheer around you. Well, if nothing else you'll be able to celebrate your very first fag free Christmas, and that's something of such great significance!!! :T:T:T

Another week, and another fresh start folks. The beginning of a week always felt a huge achievement to me when I was quitting and I LOVED it!! I sincerely hope you do too. You're ALL doing so very well, keep at it folks!

Sue xx

jammy_dodger

hi everyone

wonderful advice and suppport , I AM NOT going down the if only route i am proud to be starting over and wiser of pit falls .... as posted kept myself unintentionally busy yesterday with all the snow fall, thankfully no more during the night so wont have to start over again with the path clearing:)

i was pleased not to use any gum either but shall take it with me (going down south ..if i can get to train station !!!) to visit my best chummy for a few days ..shall keep posting on here though




Dundeedoll ..i think you should just go ahead and put up all the decs you usually do sounds like its something you have enjoyed preparing and doing in the past so why settle for a wee garland ...go for it ..

onwards and upwards folks x x JD x x

debie_2

Hi everyone,

Well I am 1 week smoke free now, I was out at a friends birthday on Saturday and it was actually fine, it was good not having to go out in the cold to have a fag.

Also I can relate to what someone was saying about the smell, I could tell when someone had just come back from having a ciggie.

Well done everyone else, this thread is so inspriational.

I was thinking this morning of the following

I no longer want to be a prisoner to the cigarettes
I no longer want to always have to plan ahead for next cigarette
Eg. How many have I got left, what time does the shop open etc etc.

My breathing has already improved.

We just have to learn to hate it and not get sucked in to the I'll just have one, which I have done so many times in the past and have ended back on them.

MissGolightly

can't believe it has been 2 months! longest i've gone yet. i don't have cravings as such, i just find myself thinking about a time when i could have a smoke if you know what i mean. like, i'll think, well i'm going out on sat night, so i might want one then, and would i be able to have just the one or would it be a slippery slope. then i get to the time when i thought i would want one, and they don't even cross my mind!

it scares me to imagine never smoking again, because to be honest, i quit for money reasons more than anything, and didn't really resent them, apart from how much they cost! so i just break my quit down into weeks, i'll tell myself i'm not gonna smoke this week, and see how i feel at the end of it. so far it's working, as the weeks are mounting up, and can hardly believe i've managed this long! maybe 3rd time really is lucky!

rmplc

itselliebell wrote: »

it scares me to imagine never smoking again.

Itselliebell you have read my mind as thats is exactly what goes through my mind about quitting, its scary to think that I will never smoke again, and like yourself I didnt really resent it, I just got fed up with the smell, the cost and the lack of health.

But together we can do this

Ross xx