The Giving Up Smoking Thread - Part 3

dundeedoll_2

*Spike* wrote: »

Can i join please?

I am stopping smoking tomorrow! I have tried and failed a fair few times over the years, having just become a single mum i have to do this for my children and my health!
I haven't read the thread yet but will spend some time tomorrow having a browse through it :eek:

Thanks Spike x

Have PM'd you!

Spike!

Lovely to see you and :T on your decision to stop smoking!
Great idea to have a browse of the thread (see my previous post) and make sure you keep coming on here

little_evo

Well, as of 8:30am it will be offically 7 full days without a cigarette.

Small steps in the broader range of things, but a full week without them and to be honest, do i miss them? No!

I feel quite good!

Keep up the good work everyone!

jammy_dodger

little_evo wrote: »

Well, as of 8:30am it will be offically 7 full days without a cigarette.

Small steps in the broader range of things, but a full week without them and to be honest, do i miss them? No!

I feel quite good!

Keep up the good work everyone!

Fantastic you should feel right proud and rightly so :T

JD xx

**Kat**_2

Well done everyone and thank you for your continued support. Have said "no" to people offering me cigs, not with a wish I had said yes, but with full meaning and I don't want one!

Not sure how to track my progress. As I haven't personally bought cigs since I joined the thread, my original silkquit metre shows me how much money I have saved but maybe if I start again it would be better to track actual smoke free time..... suggestions on a postcard please

determined_new_ms

**Kat** wrote: »

Well done everyone and thank you for your continued support. Have said "no" to people offering me cigs, not with a wish I had said yes, but with full meaning and I don't want one!

Not sure how to track my progress. As I haven't personally bought cigs since I joined the thread, my original silkquit metre shows me how much money I have saved but maybe if I start again it would be better to track actual smoke free time..... suggestions on a postcard please

no keep it as it is Kat, it will be disheartening otherwise and it really was a blip (1 evening) rather than a full blown relapse. I now say "its been 2 months & 19 days since I gave up smoking" rather than since I smoked

Welcome spike :hello:

Any word on Sue?????

**Kat**_2

Thanks In that case:

I gave up smoking One month, one week, six days, 13 hours, 49 minutes and 3 seconds. 623 cigarettes not smoked (give or take ), saving £172.44 . Life saved: 2 days, 3 hours, 55 minutes.

Can I ask as well, has anyone had a really bunged up nose? I lost the cough but now have to blow my nose way too frequently for my liking (it's even been pointed out in work )

Mrs_P_Pincher

I smoked my first cigarette in July 1973 on a train from Jever to Bremerhaven. Hopefully I smoked my last one yesterday morning at 11.00am. I have to do this or I risk losing all my teeth and I'm not ready to do that just yet.

I cannot use nicotine patches because I have a skin condition and any NRT that you put in your mouth just makes me retch, so I'm going Cold Turkey and not enjoying it one bit. I have some really unpleasant symptoms and I'm wondering how long they will take to go away.

Previous attempts have failed, but I really need to do it this time and yes, before anyone says anything about motives, I do want to, deep down.

Mrs P P

jammy_dodger

Mrs_P_Pincher wrote: »

I smoked my first cigarette in July 1973 on a train from Jever to Bremerhaven. Hopefully I smoked my last one yesterday morning at 11.00am. I have to do this or I risk losing all my teeth and I'm not ready to do that just yet.

I cannot use nicotine patches because I have a skin condition and any NRT that you put in your mouth just makes me retch, so I'm going Cold Turkey and not enjoying it one bit. I have some really unpleasant symptoms and I'm wondering how long they will take to go away.

Previous attempts have failed, but I really need to do it this time and yes, before anyone says anything about motives, I do want to, deep down.

Mrs P P

A WARM WELCOME TO YOU

the physical withdrawal symptoms i assure you do pass quite quickly , the wretched nictine in your body has to leave its the psychological addiction to smoking that folk find harder to cope with , its all those i'll just have a fag and then i'll .........moments

so plan reschedule prepare takes exercise , occupy yourself ( many of us here took to cleaning house but its not compulsory ) drink plenty of water and keep posting and reading experiences of like minded folk we all with you

JD xx

dundeedoll_2

Mrs_P_Pincher wrote: »

I smoked my first cigarette in July 1973 on a train from Jever to Bremerhaven. Hopefully I smoked my last one yesterday morning at 11.00am. I have to do this or I risk losing all my teeth and I'm not ready to do that just yet.

I cannot use nicotine patches because I have a skin condition and any NRT that you put in your mouth just makes me retch, so I'm going Cold Turkey and not enjoying it one bit. I have some really unpleasant symptoms and I'm wondering how long they will take to go away.

Previous attempts have failed, but I really need to do it this time and yes, before anyone says anything about motives, I do want to, deep down.

Mrs P P

Mrs P!

Some good advice there from Jammy - as usual!

I have sent you a PM. Hope it helps.

Mrs_P_Pincher

Thanks everyone for our support. This is really unpleasant, but I'm not sure how much is withdrawal and how much is because I have not been tolerating my thyroid meds since Saturday. It's difficult to differentiate between the two sets of symptoms, but sleeping with the window wide open and no duvet can't be normal for March.

Feel myself very close to cracking at the moment,mostly I think because I have not had a full night's sleep since Friday because Mr P has a cold and is snoring like a warthog.

Currently feel really hot and weak. Not nice at all.

I haven't said anything to Mr P and he doesn't seem to have noticed yet. I wonder how long it will be before he does? We are not home together until Wed night.

Mrs P P