The Giving Up Smoking Thread - Part 3

Needstochange

Thank you so much for that old reekie :A and I will be thinking of you thinking of me which will be a great motivation

No more skanky bus shelter
No more dumping my lovely parents early cos they hate smoking and I need one
No more making excuses for a stinky house, breath, clothes

Eddie Mair will always be my hero now he was my trigger to do this thing
Cant wait for his last show tomorrow

Going round getting rid of anything connected tonight and have put up my sticker chart (:rotfl::cool:) ready for day 1
Hope on the brink is still on board after the wee spat its not the norm that I have seen honest

Catch you all tomorrow as a non smoker :T:T

pondskater_2

Needstochange wrote: »

Thank you so much for that :A

Going round getting rid of anything connected tonight and have put up my sticker chart (:rotfl::cool:) ready for day 1
Hope on the brink is still on board after the wee spat its not the norm that I have seen honest

Catch you all tomorrow as a non smoker :T:T

Good luck:T

oldreekie

Needstochange wrote: »

Thank you so much for that old reekie :A and I will be thinking of you thinking of me which will be a great motivation

No more skanky bus shelter
No more dumping my lovely parents early cos they hate smoking and I need one
No more making excuses for a stinky house, breath, clothes

Eddie Mair will always be my hero now he was my trigger to do this thing
Cant wait for his last show tomorrow

Going round getting rid of anything connected tonight and have put up my sticker chart (:rotfl::cool:) ready for day 1
Hope on the brink is still on board after the wee spat its not the norm that I have seen honest

Catch you all tomorrow as a non smoker :T:T

That has to be parent abuse! Seriously, I'm sure that in the old days, I did worse than that.

Hope you have planned some treats .... rewards ... pampering? I had my feet nibbled by fish :rotfl: changed my hairdresser, bought some Penhalgon perfume and booked a 1-1 pilates lesson, once a week. New me!!

oldreekie

Needstochange

oldreekie wrote: »

That has to be parent abuse! Seriously, I'm sure that in the old days, I did worse than that.

Hope you have planned some treats .... rewards ... pampering? I had my feet nibbled by fish :rotfl: changed my hairdresser, bought some Penhalgon perfume and booked a 1-1 pilates lesson, once a week. New me!!

oldreekie

mmm haven't really planned anything in but needs to be done. Lots I would like atm so ill have a think. I did the fish thing once too and it surprised me how gorgeous it was

thebrink

Im still up for the journey the first thing i do tomorrow morning is not have a smoke but a squirt of my nicotine nasal spray all the ashtrays will be hidden and smoking objects i have a few days to keep busy at home i look forward to getting my sense of smell and taste back that my goal is to say goodbye to my last cigarette tonight and hello to a life smoke free for good i went to the supermarket today and took one last look at the cigarette counter it was empty i no longer need to get my fix from a nicotine hit with all the nasties thrown in if its the single thing that i can do right now to dramatically improve my health then consider it done i have a bad taste in my mouth with that film all over coating my tongue i bought a new outdoor waterproof fleece as an advance treat i will not wear it until i have been smoke free for a week the last one i bought had 2 burn marks on the arm within a week good luck each and every one of you staying power will keep you going

smileytiger

Good luck to Needstochange & thebrink for tomorrow...you guys will be fine...just remember - you aren't having to do without anything - you're choosing to enjoy life more.

I've found that the best way to think of it - if you're not deprived - you're not missing anything;)

Tons of hugs amd welcome to the 2 new smoke free forumees


Chrissie .x

Sue-UU

A brilliant post, oldreekie!

Every best wish for you both, Needstochange and thebrink. We'll all be right behind you both all the way.

Please both, any problems at all, please talk to us about them and let us help.

All the best with Eddie, NTC, do please let us know what he says tomorrow, seriously!

Sue x

Lotus-eater

Farzackerly wrote: »

My new e-cig arrived today - just a cheapy from HK, but by'eck it works quite well.
I've no intention of substituting one habit for another, so will wean myself off the nicotine over the next couple of months by going down in juice strength.
My fag consumption has remained steady at 15/day since Jan 1st (a third of what it was) - today it was less than 10. I'll be starting afresh tomorrow with only the e-cig to see how it goes.

Right then. Farz, your e-cig may work for you and I hope that it does, if it doesn't you may need something better to deal with the hand to mouth addiction.

If you struggle to deal with no fags at all, you can be helped to get a better e-cig, which might deal with the real fags, then when you've got over them, you can deal with the nicotine strength.

Pm me, if you want a link to a e-cig community which will help you, no matter which way you want to go.
I can't put the link here, as it's not allowed.

If you manage as you are and you can give up with the HK e-cigs then great, carry on and get the good advice you get on this thread.

Sue-UU

Triangle wrote: »

Hi

I just wanted to say thank you to the support I received from this thread back in September/October when I was really struggling to give up cigarettes. My first attempt - to give up by reading Allan Carr - failed but shortly after I started the patches, having been a smoker for 9 years and on about 30 a day. And very shortly after that, I found out I was I pregnant :):)

So today it is excatly 4 months of being smoke free :j:jand to top it off, I have a healthly little boy bump growing very nicely indeed :j:j

Thank you again, especially to Sue who was so very helpful

T

Many congratulations on having stopped smoking, Triangle, and for the birth of your little boy! :A

Congratulations to you and all those you hold dear, you've done yourself proud!!!

All the best for a healthy future.

Sue x

Farzackerly

Sue-UU wrote: »

Sorry Farzackerly, but the thread below is the one you now need as we here have no knowledge of e-cigs.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1243625

All the best with it and quitting.

Sue

Many thanks, Sue. See you around
In the meantime, I leave record of my successful attempt to reduce using patches - which dragged me down from 50/day to 15/day - proof that they do work for that, at least.
I would like to thank Sue for all the Sterling work she's doing on this forum to help, encourage and work with others in their fight against this dreadful, filthy addiction and wish her good health and the power to carry on the fight.
Nill Illigitimi Carborundum