The Giving Up Smoking Thread - Part 3

topsyturphy

Day 9 champix

Hi everyone

Today was harder, had a couple cravings, but didn't give in. I am feeling better today and had arranged to meet a friend who smokes for coffee. She smoked in front of me at 1 point but I didn't want 1 and the smell, yuck.

I do struggle to address everyone individually, but I am so impressed with how everyone motivates each other. This thread has helped me to take each day and read how everyone else is coping and suceeding. I think sue uu is a complete star assisting each of us to achieve our goal with her advice & encouragement.

Keep going everyone and take care.

Sue-UU

So very early days for you, ASue, but it's another day nearly over with. Put things right with your DS2, it'll help you and you can explain it all to her, which in itself will help. Any time you feel tearful - let go - they're all part of the emotions we go through at time such as this and will help - so long as you release them which is as natural for us all as breathing. When you get like you've been today, think of the others here, some who are at the same stage as you..others who have got through the first days and are happy with themselves; we all need to get from A to B, but with determination, a strong will and plenty of courage you'll soon find yourself at your next stage and feeling so very much happier with life and yourself. Keep hard at it and stay strong, Sue....you CAN get through this. Stay with us all and get some exercise whenever you can, it really does help! Well done with the fruit and water!!! BTW Keep reading the threads tomorrow while the Forum's closed.

Well done on Day 13, DNM!! Don't worry about your present feelings, just remember that Old Nic will go on trying tempting you back into old ways. Remember you were smoking for a long time and in all that time nicotine was running your life, now the tables have turned and though most of you is getting free from the effects of those years, it leaves a lot in our heads that we still need to fight against - but - we CAN and DO get through that time as well. Having had a stressful week won't be helping, but imagine how much harder the stress would have been with the additional stress smoking brings us! Well done your mechanic, bless him, a great man. Look ahead to Morocco DNM and never let that blasted Nic win!!!

Hello Sabrina237 and welcome if you're joining us and wish to give up. The times I've heard people say here that they thought they were enjoying smoking until they stopped and truly analysed every fag they smoked. It sounds as though you too want to give it up, so really you can't 100% be enjoying it - right?!! We don't get many people talking about Zyban any longer, Champix seems to be more effective and quite possibly less likely to have the nasty side effects. Thank you so very much for congratulating all our "quitters in progress" they need every bit of support given, after all, by golly they deserved it. Still, they're all hell-bent on seeking a healthier life and getting as far away as they're able from any nasty diseases. Why not rethink your habits and what the fags are doing to you, then read through the threads and join us whenever you wish, if all of us here can do it - so can YOU no matter how you think about fags now - they're no friend of yours, quite the opposite - yet we've all paid to let them muck us up! Come on Sabrina - YOU too can kick it!!!

Hi Az, just noticed you there, you're even stuttering with the 2 posts! :rotfl::rotfl:Will read them in a mo, but need to post this.

Keep it up everyone!! Stay strong because you ALL know you can defeat this vile, dirty habit that wishes to rob us of our health. Will we allow it to any longer??? Not [STRIKE]bloody[/STRIKE] bloomin likely - I hear you!!! :j:D:j Onward and upward....forward too!

Sue x

jammy_dodger

a very good evening folks

at last back from work and had chance to speed read through most of posts ive mised , have a day off ..just the one mind but see forum is down tomorrow and i am back to work sunday so just wanted to continue to offer my support and encouragement to you all:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T

seems like you are all doing fantastically well , this forum is a godsend both in moments of weakness and triumph , so encouraging to know that whatever course this road to freedom takes us there are others that have gone or are going through just the same thing so can relate

a warm welcome to new folk joining our smoke free gang

i cant believe that its 2 whole weeeks penelopedee you should be so pleased hope you are treating yourself this weekend even its a hot soak and a fav mag you deserve it

poor dundeedoll with whats been happening to your home are you sure you havent had frank spencer round to visit whilst you where out ? you are coping remarkably well i have been thinking about you while i have been away from the forum

sabrina a warm welcome and thank you for posting , i used to enjoy smoking and only reached my discission to stop smoking when i got fed up being a smoker it wasnt thta i hated smoking it was just the consequences smoking caused

panicking when running low

spending far too much money when could be used elsewhere

having to go out just for fags (20 mile round trip ) just to buy them then wuod end up spending more just to justify the trip

constantly thinking when out ....when / where am i going to fit in my fag breaks

not sitting in compant after meals as rushing outside for my fix

getting cold and wet just to keep my fag dry .

i could go on and on

but its the fed up being a smoker the control fags have over your life thta i got fed up with and decided enough was enough

i even saved up tabbies and put em in a jar, have a whiff ...YUK a fine deterrent

i am sure you will reach a disission whatever is best for you

help and support is at hand we all wish you well x x


well folks i had better get to la la land been a long tiring day

wishing you al a super duper weekend get out and enjoy whatever rocks your boat

catch up soon

jd xx

salski

Still no patch added for me today, and blummin heck - what a difference they make. I have craved smoking once today - literally once! Yesterday with a 21g patch on I had at least 5 bad cravings?!?!
How weird is this?!
My friends came and that was my 1 and only craving, about an hour after they were here - so I got up and made a brew and it passed! How odd!

It seems everyone is doing so well, but some are struggling - I reckon (and Im deffo no expert) that it must be all in the head rather than a physical thing as surely the drugs are out of our/your system? I know that might not make sense, but what I mean it, that it might be easier to think of your cravings this way - rather than 'I HAVE TO HAVE A FAG' maybe change it to 'its all in my head' - does this make sense or am I barking up the complete wrong tree?! Haha

Sorry for rambling - I know what I mean to say, but dont think I have write it down very well!
Hey ho - bed time! Haha
Nah night all - keep up the fab work

Azkaban_2

salski wrote: »

that it might be easier to think of your cravings this way - rather than 'I HAVE TO HAVE A FAG' maybe change it to 'its all in my head'

Hi Salski I like that saying 'Nah,it's all in my head' :T I've not really had 'mega' cravings, just the odd/rare fleeting thought. So next time that happens I'm gonna shake my head and say 'Nah, it's all in my head'

We're all like Tesco with our little tips and post....

Every Little Helps

I think all the post should be published in a book, much better than all the books I've read

Sue-UU

Hi again Az, sorry, but I just had to whiz off earlier, get a cuppa for hubs and I then get washed up etc. Congratulations on a fortnight's freedom from fags!!! :T:T Terrific news! Thanks for recommending your friends, I hope when they feel ready they join us and can quit in time too. I'm not agreeing with your nieces, though one or two things could be wondered about! :rotfl:Now you know I don't mean anything not nice, you're just a little bit....funny! Go about blessing your animals...then send a prayer up for me would you...all your colleagues too - we've a lot to put up with!!! :rotfl:All the best with your bank charges!

BTW. you could have a point with - "I think all the post should be published in a book, much better than all the books I've read" Then given away free at Cessation Clinics, GPs surgeries etc.

Well done on struggling through the day, topsyturphy, :T be so very, very proud of yourself as it's a GREAT achievement!!! Step by step and day by day and you'll get there. I've got to add that, unless you didn't tell your 'friend', then I think she was really mean to light up in front of you like that...talk about hitting a person when they're down!!! :mad: Still, you are the one with the sense and willpower to push on with this and free yourself from such nasty things that fags can bring IF we don't say goodbye to the evil things. Hopefully today will be much better for you, but you know how to help yourself, just keep on reminding yourself of the things to do at such times and stay strong.

Well done dear Jammy, a great and very motivating post that helps everyone, me too! Thank You! :T

Very well done with your friends Sally, you coped admirably with the brew!!! How well you're doing without the patch too!!! :j Not designed for everyone, and at least you'll free yourself from nicotine a lot quicker - 3 days without any nicotine or NRT to be clear from it all. Though that is NOT to knock those who get on well with them, if they work for you then they're a marvellous tool to get you through the transition from fag to mouth period. You're definitely right about those with problems IF they've passed the 3 day period without nicotine in any form, Sally. The affects of Nic is still working in their heads (for now) and throughout the years has been such a strong influence on us all - but we don NOT need him anymore. Don't worry, Sally you weren't rambling at all and I think all of us would understand exactly what you're saying - well done! You keep up the fab work too, your little darling will be so proud of you when she understands that you gave it all up for you both!!! Never, ever be tempted to return to it all...though somehow I can't see it happening as with weight and fags you've climbed a mountain and deserve to feel ecstatic about yourself!!! :jOn with the wonderful work, Sally.

The further we all get away from the fag habit the easier we feel about it, yes we may get a fleeting thought, but that's all it becomes - you'll all see it's true! Have a GREAT weekend everyone and please - for YOUR SAKES keep on the journey you began - it has an amazing conclusion! Treat yourself to something you want to pamper yourself with, you've deserved it and it'll really help your head space!

Love and best wishes to you all, Sue x

Sue-UU

An attorney arrived home late, after a very tough day trying to get
A stay of execution.

His last minute plea for clemency to the governor had failed and he
Was feeling worn out and depressed.

As soon as he walked through the door at home, his wife started
On him about, 'What time of night to be getting home is this? Where
Have you been? Dinner is cold and I'm not reheating it'.

And on and On and on.


Too shattered to play his usual role in this familiar ritual, he
Poured himself a shot of whiskey and headed off for a long hot soak
In the bathtub, pursued by the predictable sarcastic remarks as he
Dragged himself up the stairs.

While he was in the bath, the phone rang.
The wife answered and was told that her husband's client, James
Wright, had been granted a stay of execution after all. Wright would not be
Hanged tonight.

Finally realizing what a terrible day he must have had, she decided
To go up stairs and give him the good news..
As she opened the bathroom door, she was greeted by the sight of her
Husband, bent over naked, drying his legs and feet.

'They're not hanging Wright tonight,' she said.
He whirled around and screamed,
'FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOMAN, DON'T YOU EVER STOP?!'

Kiwisaver_2

Triciaxx wrote: »

Kiwi You probably won't take as long to quit as I did. I started seriously thinking about it in October last year and finally hit that point (half way through a cig) on 19th December.

Thanks Tricia, I took another step forward today as I don't use my car at the weekends, I have cleaned it out, polished every bit of the interior that could be polished with strong smelling orange Pledge and sprayed carpet deodoriser all over the mats and seats. It's parked in the garage now with all windows wide open, so at least on Monday morning it should be well aired and not too stinky. :T

I'm still in the 'thinking' phase at the moment whether Sunday night will be my last smoke or Monday morning. Whatever time it is, it will be Monday that the first patch gets slapped on.

My anxiety Sue-UU I think is brought about more from thinking too far in the long term. I've been here before and given up for some quite long periods in the past (last time was ten years ago for 18 months) and I know myself only too well to know that for me this is a long and extremely hard battle to fight and can so easily be undone. Me and Mr Nicotine have had a thirty two year on/off relationship - periods of not smoking, being 'just' a social smoker and at times also a secret smoker. I can convince myself that just one a day won't hurt, or that I can control my smoking because I have done it before, but as we know too well it soon creeps up to more and more each day.

However, I am a different person now; my lifestyle bears no resemblance to what it was ten years ago when I last 'tried' to quit - I hardly ever go out, rarely drink alcohol anymore and none of my friends smoke, so I feel now that I have the best possible chance of being a quitter than at any previous time in my life.

sailorswife

Hi all

Im now at 48 hours of escaping the fags after reading Allen Carr's Easyway. I do not have the feeling of wanting a cigarette but I am experiencing nausea and dizziness and just plain off colour. Is this normal??

anna2121uk

Hi All,

How we all doing today? Firstly I would like to say AuntieSue I found day 2 one of the hardest days - since then things have got a bit easier everyday, and I am really starting to feel that I have made the right decision.
Odd one today as I was really worried about the weekend as I spend alot of time on Saturdays doing chores round the house and USED to pop out for a cig quite often......so far though its going ok - have kept myself really busy this morning so thats helped.....
When I first looked on this thread i was so jealous of all the people that had given up for sooooo many days and I know I am still only on day 4 but I am really starting to feel proud of myself....and I even went for another small jog yesterday - its like a whole new me, cant quite understand.

Well done everyone - you are all doing really well keep going.
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