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The Giving Up Smoking Thread!! Part 2

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  • rmplc
    rmplc Posts: 165 Forumite
    tattycath wrote: »
    You have a good memory ;) i can't remember that far back!!!:rotfl::rotfl:

    Well done on your achievements :T -continued good luck!!

    LOL I just seen that .... all changed now :) at least im not at work today, whenevert i work early NYD i always end up putting the wrong date on everything, last year i dated something 1998!!!!

    Im just trying to figure out how much weight I have to loose and its not looking good lol

    Ross
    xx
    Smoke free since: 13th November 2010
    SPC Member No: 1128 £328.70/1000 32.87% saved
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  • topsyturphy
    topsyturphy Posts: 1,785 Forumite
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    Thank you for the welcome. Happy new year to everyone.

    I am on day 1, doing ok, need to keep busy I think. I have no cigarettes in the house so may get out my knitting or cross stitch. I have been taking sips of cranberry juice when I have a craving which seems to be working. I have my chart stuck on the wall but I am just doing 1 day at a time at the moment. I am on day 7 of the champix.
  • larmy16
    larmy16 Posts: 4,324 Forumite
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    Happy New Year one and all. :)

    So I stopped in 2009, stayed stopped in 2010, and am still stopped 2011, which means I am three years free does it not?:cool:

    All the best to you new quitters. Just keep going, one day at a time and before you know it you will be three weeks down the line and physically free and then will have only the odd fleeting association.

    The worst thing to do is flirt with the idea of smoking as it can cause so much anguish.

    Just tell yourself it is either stop or continue - it really is as simple as that!
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  • penelopedee_2
    penelopedee_2 Posts: 2,698 Forumite
    edited 1 January 2011 at 3:23PM
    I've done the first morning, cravings are there but I'm going to be bl**dy minded about this. Determined to do it :)
    This time I haven't smoked since 6th Jan 2014 and still going ok.
    Fingers crossed x
  • AandELee
    AandELee Posts: 25 Forumite
    The wife and I are starting as soon as we can get an appt at the docs to see the quit smoking nurse. Willpower alone isn't going to do it for us, tried that before!!!

    Happy New Year to you all.

    Lets hope that mine is better than last years!!!
    :j£5 a day Jan 2011 £88/£155:j
    :)Sealed Pot Challenge #1203 - £14.10:)

  • onetomany
    onetomany Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    hi just to let u no i havent smoked for 20 hrs keep up the good work mse
  • rmplc
    rmplc Posts: 165 Forumite
    edited 1 January 2011 at 6:48PM
    I've done the first morning, cravings are there but I'm going to be bl**dy minded about this. Determined to do it :)

    Well done Penelopedee, I hope the cravings are not too harsh for you? it does get easier
    AandELee wrote: »
    The wife and I are starting as soon as we can get an appt at the docs to see the quit smoking nurse. Willpower alone isn't going to do it for us, tried that before!!!

    Happy New Year to you all.

    Lets hope that mine is better than last years!!!

    AandELee, I quit via the smoking nurse, I used Champix tablets, which in my opinion are excellent as they helped me achieve the unachievable, im sure your aware there are many products on the market, which one are you and your wife interested in?
    onetomany wrote: »
    hi just to let u no i havent smoked for 20 hrs keep up the good work mse

    Well Done Onetomany, hearly your first whole day smoke free (and that is an achievement in itself) its is not that long ago that I was ion your shoes (and my they are uncomfortable lol) but it does get easier with time, back in November when i was on day 1 i thought i would not succeed, but it is doable.

    I wish all our Newbies the best of luck to a smoke free future

    Ross
    xx
    Smoke free since: 13th November 2010
    SPC Member No: 1128 £328.70/1000 32.87% saved
    Total Debt PAID: £1032/£13,220 :eek: Est DFD: 1/12/2012
  • rmplc
    rmplc Posts: 165 Forumite
    Thank you for the welcome. Happy new year to everyone.

    I am on day 1, doing ok, need to keep busy I think. I have no cigarettes in the house so may get out my knitting or cross stitch. I have been taking sips of cranberry juice when I have a craving which seems to be working. I have my chart stuck on the wall but I am just doing 1 day at a time at the moment. I am on day 7 of the champix.

    Well done Topsyturphy, if your getting hte knitting out i need a new scarf lol, i like the cranberry juice idea, never tried it though, if it works for you then stick with it :)
    larmy16 wrote: »
    Happy New Year one and all. :)

    So I stopped in 2009, stayed stopped in 2010, and am still stopped 2011, which means I am three years free does it not?:cool:

    All the best to you new quitters. Just keep going, one day at a time and before you know it you will be three weeks down the line and physically free and then will have only the odd fleeting association.

    The worst thing to do is flirt with the idea of smoking as it can cause so much anguish.

    Just tell yourself it is either stop or continue - it really is as simple as that!

    OMG! Larmy, how jelous of you am I right now!! Big time congrats, when in 2009 did you quit? lol

    Ross
    xx
    Smoke free since: 13th November 2010
    SPC Member No: 1128 £328.70/1000 32.87% saved
    Total Debt PAID: £1032/£13,220 :eek: Est DFD: 1/12/2012
  • hattiefats
    hattiefats Posts: 140 Forumite
    Hello all. Just thought I'd pop in for motivation and inspiration. I'm on day 1 of my new quit and its going ok! I'm a serial quitter though with varying success rates! My longest quit was 3 years and I started again due to a sudden death in my family which seems crazy now I think about it. I've probably stopped about 3 times last year for between a day to six weeks. I hate smoking but have always turned to ciggies in times of massive stress. It's finally clicked that I am much less stressed when I'm not smoking.....I wish everyone lots of luck with their quits and am determined this one will be the one that means I never take another puff.
    TRYING VERY HARD TO START SAVING!
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  • rmplc
    rmplc Posts: 165 Forumite
    hattiefats wrote: »
    Hello all. Just thought I'd pop in for motivation and inspiration. I'm on day 1 of my new quit and its going ok! I'm a serial quitter though with varying success rates! My longest quit was 3 years and I started again due to a sudden death in my family which seems crazy now I think about it. I've probably stopped about 3 times last year for between a day to six weeks. I hate smoking but have always turned to ciggies in times of massive stress. It's finally clicked that I am much less stressed when I'm not smoking.....I wish everyone lots of luck with their quits and am determined this one will be the one that means I never take another puff.

    Hi Hattiefats, glad you came to us for inspiration, and well done on your first day smoke free, hopefully this quit will be the final quit.

    Many of us here have had many previous quits, and some odd reasons for starting with the ciggies again, my longest quit was around 20 ish days, and that one ended because it got me a break on a night shift lol.

    Al the best of luck Hattie

    Ross
    xx
    Smoke free since: 13th November 2010
    SPC Member No: 1128 £328.70/1000 32.87% saved
    Total Debt PAID: £1032/£13,220 :eek: Est DFD: 1/12/2012
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