The Giving Up Smoking Thread!! Part 2

larmy16

Much nicer to do some ironing for a change.Hope they are not scrunched up after days in the drier like some of my clients' shirts are!!

Well done for getting through that rough time though.

debie_2

dundeedoll wrote: »

Yes it is larmy!

I wasn't actually craving at all yesterday, but I knew I was feeling vulnerable and if I was in the shop I may just get a 'oh stuff it, just 10' moment and I was NOT prepared to take that risk.

Off to work I go.............just had a text to say 'Forget the cleaning, there's 30 shirts to iron' from my first client of the day.
:eek: :j:rotfl:

Just want to say well done for not giving in its not easy, and I wasn't as strong as up last week.

Onwards and upwards.

copperjar

Hi larmy and DD. Hope you've both had a good day. No cigarettes for me today, I felt fine all day until home time, then had a craving but resisted. I've told myself that my wobble and "just one" was yesterday, if I want another cigarette I'm making the conscious decision to start fully again. That seemed to do the trick today!

Thanks again for your words and support last night

dundeedoll_2

18 weeks 1 day willpower

larmy16 wrote: »

Much nicer to do some ironing for a change.Hope they are not scrunched up after days in the drier like some of my clients' shirts are!!

:rotfl:They used to be all 'scrunched up', sleeves still rolled up, buttons done up, inside out...............:eek: Now after a quick bit of dundeedoll training.............they are now unbuttened, right way around, sleeves down and get immediately taken out of washing machine when it's finished and put on hangers............:D:j:rotfl:

Well done for getting through that rough time though.

Thank you.

debie wrote: »

Just want to say well done for not giving in its not easy, and I wasn't as strong as up last week.

Onwards and upwards.

Thanks debie. As I said, I wasn't actually craving at all, but I was feeling sooo low, I just didn't trust myself.

copperjar wrote: »

Hi larmy and DD. Hope you've both had a good day. No cigarettes for me today, I felt fine all day until home time, then had a craving but resisted.

WELL DONE CJ!!!! :T :j :T

I've told myself that my wobble and "just one" was yesterday, if I want another cigarette I'm making the conscious decision to start fully again. That seemed to do the trick today!

I had a little word with myself today too - see below

Thanks again for your words and support last night

You're very welcome

Had 4 hours of ironing on my second job of the day too, so that gave me 8 hours of thinking time.

Now, I must explain that I really, honestly haven't been craving at all (Since my 1 time when DS2 was off to dad's for weekend and that was always my 'smoke time') BUT I have noticed that I have been THINKING like a smoker a couple of times. By that I mean that I've forgotton for a few seconds that I am no longer a smoker.

Anyway.................My thinking is:

If I decide to stay a non-smoker then there is a chance I MAY:

experience a craving which will last seconds........minutes at the most and cravings are NOT guaranteed!
That is the ONLY negative.

it is guaranteed:
i will feel so very very proud of myself
have less chance of any of the things below happening



If I decide to become a smoker again then there is a very high chance that it will: (in no particular order )

affect my sinuses (and the suffering is torture)
make me have a hacking cough
feel the cold more because of bad circulation
have a very negative effect on my teeth/gums and lead to loss of teeth
affect my skin
affect my lungs/breathing
increase my chances of cancer
increase my chances of suffering a stroke
increase my chances of suffering a heart attack
increase my chances of thrombosis
increase my chances of gangerine/amputation
force me to come off of my HRT patches

it is guaranteed it will:
cost me between £60 & £70 a month
make me and my clothes smell horrible
make me FREEZING when I have to stand outside to smoke
make me anxious having to worry about when and where I can smoke (was a secret smoker)
make me anxious having to think whether I've got enough/am running out
make me feel very disappointed with myself

Hope that makes sense................X

larmy16

Great post DD. Here is another incentive - over the past couple of years I have paid near on £5,000 on getting my teeth sorted with a view to keeping them!!

dundeedoll_2

larmy16 wrote: »

Great post DD. Here is another incentive - over the past couple of years I have paid near on £5,000 on getting my teeth sorted with a view to keeping them!!

As i've said before I never actually decided to stop smoking this time - it just happened as I went from running out one Sunday morning and not getting any to coming on here on the Thursday.

I think it was an unconcious thing as I'd been watching reruns of '10 years younger' at teatime for a couple of weeks and every single 1 of the toothless ol' hags was a smoker :eek: and also seeing Alex Higgins (RIP)

Sue-UU

Catherine, that is some of the best news I've heard so quickly into quitting and it was a delight to read, your hubby's success too - you too are so very, very strong and deserve to be so very proud of each other. Congratulations on your success so far!!! Stay strong at all times and slowly who knows, you Mum might just find she's able to find the strength you both have, I sincerely hope so. Go easy on the evening snacks, sip water, eat fruit (doesn't taste like chocolate, but...), try a little exercise. All best wishes Catherine, you're GREAT!!!!

Hi copperjar and that's fantastic news about how you've done!! I honestly believe most of your problems come about because you KNOW you're so determined this time - this time is IS for keeps! That and stress, you're summing it up so well yourself. Just be sure not to become complacent, then push on past this stage and things will look so very much better!!! You have the power to do what you've never done before! Next Day. Ah, sorry copperjar, as I've been quite busy over the last few days, I've been answering posts here as I'm reading them and have just seen your latest post. Let it go, copperjar, forgive yorself and push on with all that you've said at the end of your post - you really can beat this and I still believe what I've already written above so I'm leaving it there. Whenever you get such moments again - please put your head into a pillow and scream hard into it, anything like that to give vent to your feelings! If you feel like crying - go ahead, it'll really do you good. Go on copperjar, we're ALL behind you and will stay that way!

Oh very well done, jammy!!! Those poor souls needing to go out for a puff must almost freeze and though I feel so sorry for them I just hope they'll take advantage of the weather and try with all their might to kick it. It's weird how stopping puts us in a cleaning frenzy, all part of wanting/needing something to do - or wanting to clean everything in sight after we feel so clean ourselves...!

Hi there Hattiefats and a warm welcome to the world where quitting begins and (all being well) ends! You sound as though you could be so very, very close to reall making it for good, you just need that extra bit of passion - not the bedroom kind - although....!!! Let your mind drift back to to the hypnotherapy and how you felt afterwards. Use all the things you detest about fags and actually smoking them and let them be your strengths to pull you forward. Also keep in mind all the bad things about fags, it's never, ever worth keep risking your life for the sake of FAGS!!! You know it can be done...and I bet you can do it! You could also put all money normally spent into your "Sealed Pot"..though I promise I would NEVER say a word about it over there. We also have ex smokers on SPC who have quit using the thread here, larmy's one, so's Alan, Lula-Hula and Paul. I wonder how long it'll be until you're the same!

Good to see you, debie and to hear your news. A shame about "your blip", but you got back into it and have kept on the patches so all in all, you're doing very, very well. Keep at it and next time you'll possibly have a CM reading of 0!!

DD, post 4695 is a marvellous one that should be in the homes of every ex-smoker in progress...thereafter too so they don't slip up or become complacent in any way. You're doing wonderfully well DD...stay strong at all times, though I still say we ladies have it tougher with TITM and all the hormones connected, it doesn't mean we can't master them though, just to expect to feel a little low at times. One for you this copperjar!

dundeedoll wrote:

I think it was an unconscious thing as I'd been watching reruns of '10 years younger' at teatime for a couple of weeks and every single 1 of the toothless ol' hags was a smoker

That struck me as so comical DD, though not the bit about Alex Higgins! If ever there was a deterrent against smoking, that poor man, towards the end, was it!

Keep it up everyone, we're talking about something that is so very worthwhile doing, it alters your entire perspective on life and makes you ever thankful that you took the right decision and went on that journey to good health. PLEASE everyone - stick to it, you'll always be so very thankful you did, you just need to get to that point - and you WILL!!!

Sue x

jammy_dodger

hi all

what a damn awful weed nicotine is when you think you are past the worse of those cravings it dangles it carrot at you when you are at your lowest ,
sorry to hear the wee struggles going on BUT WE CAN BEAT IT TOGETHER ...

we are NOT going to give in
WE are in control how dare a white stick take over and dictate and SHORTEN our lives ..

it has been hard for me too since coming home but a peek out the window through the dripping icicles is a stiff deterent if ever there was one , and i am NOT driving 20 mile round trip for anyone especially such an evil foul smelling purse emptying life shortening weed
stay strong and focused everyone
we are BIGGER and BRIGHTER to not give in
xx JD xx

larmy16

I heard this word described today on the radio and I thought hmm.....I know something that fits that description. Bear this in mind every time you feel like caving in.

nsidious \In*sid"i*ous\, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit: cf. F. insidieux. See Sit.]

[1913 Webster]

1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe. "The insidious witch." --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts. [1913 Webster]
The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]

Just like you were saying Jammy.


3. Acting or proceeding unobserved or in a seemingly harmless manner, but slowly or eventually doing great damage; as, an insidious disease; an insidious plot. [PJC]
Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as it really is.
Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful; circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. -- In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*sid"i*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

copperjar

Some more brilliant advice and motivation on this thread, thank you everyone, it really does help :beer:

Another non smoking day for me - I've got to stay strong to ensure that the Sunday wobble was just that, a wobble!