The Giving Up Smoking Thread - Part 3

rmplc

Yorkshireman79 wrote: »

5 days smoke free - Patches 2 days then cold turkey....

Hi all,

Hoping I can join for moral support. I smoked 15 a day for 15 years. Day 1 and 2 for me were fine, once I took the patches of though that's when I found the going got tough. Have been drinking lots of water, straight from work I have been in the gym or out for a run. At the moment I am not looking too far ahead as when I think of a life smokefree for some reason it scares me a bit. Taking one day at a time. Tonight will be difficult as I normally go for a few pints after work. Don't know whether to chance it or just go straight home. The benefits at the moment are fab. My OH keeps commenting on how nice I smell! The only time I have spent money this week is on petrol and my tastebuds are definitely on the mend. I swear the bacon sandwich I had yesterday was immense. I woke up this morning and it was the first time in years that I didn't automatically think of having a smoke. I hope thats a sign of things to come and not just a one off! Good luck to you all.

Hi Yorshireman, welcome, you will be well looked after here with us.

the scare feeling i perfectly normal, we all felt it, it does pass with time.

well done on 5 smokfree days, i would advise you to read back through the thread as there are some good hints and tips.

best of luck

ross

salski

Yorkshireman79 wrote: »

5 days smoke free - Patches 2 days then cold turkey....

Hi all,

Hoping I can join for moral support. I smoked 15 a day for 15 years. Day 1 and 2 for me were fine, once I took the patches of though that's when I found the going got tough. Have been drinking lots of water, straight from work I have been in the gym or out for a run. At the moment I am not looking too far ahead as when I think of a life smokefree for some reason it scares me a bit. Taking one day at a time. Tonight will be difficult as I normally go for a few pints after work. Don't know whether to chance it or just go straight home. The benefits at the moment are fab. My OH keeps commenting on how nice I smell! The only time I have spent money this week is on petrol and my tastebuds are definitely on the mend. I swear the bacon sandwich I had yesterday was immense. I woke up this morning and it was the first time in years that I didn't automatically think of having a smoke. I hope thats a sign of things to come and not just a one off! Good luck to you all.

ROFL - I know what you mean about the bacon butty! Haha
And well done on your smoke free days! I too gave up the patches on day 2 and went cold turkey and personally have found it easier without as the patches made me crave like I dont know what!
Keep up the good work and well done

Sally x

Sue-UU

Thanks a lot Ross and well done to your Dad too! :T Well done on the amount of time you've been free for now too! :T:T


Very well done indeed on having 5 whole days behind you, Kiwisaver, you're doing wonderfully and you sound so proud...keep that up as it's well deserved! Meanwhile try a bit of toothpaste to get a fresher mouth. I think I'd agree with your patch thoughts, so long as you really aren't chewing them???! Enjoy the weekend without the [STRIKE]bu*gers[/STRIKE] blighters!

A very warm welcome, JokerDurden. Well, you've quit before and we know you can do so again, just don't allow any thoughts, anyone or anything put you back again this time around as it's never worth it - and IF you did - you'd be older next time around! Allow yourself a week or two then go back for another Carbon Monoxide test and hear the praise for the reading then!!! So, by my reckoning you've quit for 4 days + now, so all the best with a complete Quit for life this time around, you'll get plenty of support and help if you keep coming to chat here, good or bad, we can take it we're good for folk wishing to let off steam too! Rolling Blu-Tak's fine or get a packet of Plasticine or Play Doh..so long as it works for you - why not!! See you again soon.

A very warm welcome to you also, Yorkshireman79. You're sounding as though you're doing wonderfully so far, the water and gym will be great helpers in quitting. Don't let fear stop you from living life smoke-free, though you're not the only one that gets scared at those thoughts, they only last prior to stopping or in the very early days though and you soon adapt to feeling great about yourself and at how well you can feel on being smoke-free. Please come on the thread as much as you wish and let your feelings out, whatever they are, it really helps. All the very best and I'll send you a PM in a moment. Beware of drink and stay inside while the smokers go out and freeze, be proud you don't need to any more!

Well done Sally!!!! :T:T Keep your thoughts as you have today and YOU will be free from any life filled with the drudgery of fags and the consequences of living under them and their control - cut yourself loose as you have done and stay free from their nasty, evil hold always!! You don't want to be having your little one too quickly, you've a little while to go yet, be patient, Sally, she's so worthy of the wait!

Have yourselves a wonderful weekend everyone, enjoy it to the full and be so thrilled that you're free from the burden of fags. We all know this CAN be done and it gets better and better day by day so live it in the same way....a day at a time and be darned proud of each and every one.

Sue x

Triciaxx

Hi all :wave:

I haven't been around because we have been out a lot making the best of the sunshine - after all, it may not last long.

I cleaned my cooker this afternoon (:A) and was thinking about where I've got to and how far I've got to go - all positive thoughts, I hasten to add. Then when I came to read through two days of posts, I was struck by the way my thoughts related to others as well as myself.

First, on Monday, when I dug in my bag for a non-existent pack of cigs, it was my subconscious mind at work, not a physical craving. Think about how we manage with two feet and three pedals when driving (not to mention changing gear, signalling, watching the rear mirror and STILL managing to steer :eek::eek:.) We couldn't do that if we had to think all the time. It's the same with so many things and our subconscious has our smoking behaviour programmed in as well. Somewhere on whyquit.com, there is piece about how we will need to experience at least a whole year to get the full range of situations in which we smoked and I think it is true - first time on holiday, first time coming out of cinema/concert/shopping centre, first time seeing certain friends, etc. We went into our local town for the first time since I stopped (I am not a shopper if I can avoid it ) and I did actually think about where and when I would have smoked. We split up to do our errands and were meeting for lunch. I would have shot round as fast as possible so I had time for a smoke (or 2 :rotfl:). Because I thought ahead, I took my time and actually arrived after DH!

Kiwi asked how long it would take to get to feel like "wanting to skip through meadows all fresh faced and looking lovely. " One of the things that seems to be missing from all the mountain of advice that is available in books and on the web is that we are all physically different so how can they claim that 'after 72 hours, all nicotine will have left your body.' Depending on your metabolism, body weight, etc., it could well take a day less or more. Whyquit.com also says this:

"Although our quickly healing body soon becomes 100% nicotine-free and most of the normal symptoms of adjustment quickly reach their peak, it will take 10 days to two weeks before the ongoing process of restoring natural sensitivities reaches the point where you begin to catch whiffs of the flavor of coming home. These are priceless hours and days during which the mind and body are becoming accustomed to functioning without nicotine and other tobacco chemicals."
see here In fact, read the whole page, it's worth it.

Sally Your brother didn't manage to stay free so he is bound to think it is too difficult for anyone. I can remember thinking similar things about friends who quit, though I hope I didn't ever say it :eek: You've got a really good head start on staying smoke free and you CAN do it. We're all rooting for you.:j:j:j

Lots of new people, Welcome. It's good to see you aboard. I don't think I would have succeeded without the support and knowledge I've got from here.

I've got to go now and use my nice clean oven - can you tell this is something of a novel experience for me . I've probably rambled on enough anyway. :rotfl:

We can do it TOGETHER

*wanders off, singing We are the Champions."
(a bit off key :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:)

Triciaxx

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
:eek: came by for a quick scan and discovered that I killed the thread.

Must have been by singing "We are the Champions." OMG -= I've probably taken the whole MSE site down now. :eek::eek::eek:


Sorry!

jammy_dodger

Triciaxx wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
:eek: came by for a quick scan and discovered that I killed the thread.

Must have been by singing "We are the Champions." OMG -= I've probably taken the whole MSE site down now. :eek::eek::eek:


Sorry!

well on your head be it tricia;) guess i must be the immune one

Deaf ears and all that !!!!

you just keep right on singin

have a great weeekend..I'm workin xx

dundeedoll_2

Posted by rmplc (Ross) 27.11.2010 (copied & pasted from thread 2)


quit on 13/11/2010 using Champix
Hi Debie,

I am also new here (joined 2 weeks ago when i quit) and I have been welcomed with open arms, as im sure you will also be, so from me, welcome, and good luck in your non smoking.

In the same breath I am going to congratulate you, as you say you have had a few hiccups and ended up on the fags again, but you keep coming back to quit, you need to not take that one ciggy that can make it all crumble, although i know how tempting it can be i have every faith in you for your upcoming night out :j

SplishSplash, well done on the amount you have saved and not smoked, I only dream and impatiently wait until i can say ive been quit for 3 months, instead im excitedly telling people i am on day 14 lol, which for me is quite a feat in itself :rotfl:

As you have done splishsplash this is what I have saved so far :T

Time Quit: 1 week, 6 days, 13 hours & 20 minutes
Cigarettes not smoked: 542 (OMG)
Amount Saved: £166.17
Life saved: 1day, 21 hours & 10 minutes

And like yourself i did not take into account the petrol from the silly trips to the shop for fags, and the money saved from picking up pointless bits in said shop, which i no longer do

Good luck all

Ross x


I just had to post this, Ross................look how far you've come!
I am so chuffed for you, I really am. :T

Triciaxx wrote: »

First, on Monday, when I dug in my bag for a non-existent pack of cigs, it was my subconscious mind at work, not a physical craving. Think about how we manage with two feet and three pedals when driving (not to mention changing gear, signalling, watching the rear mirror and STILL managing to steer :eek::eek:.) We couldn't do that if we had to think all the time. It's the same with so many things and our subconscious has our smoking behaviour programmed in as well. Somewhere on whyquit.com, there is piece about how we will need to experience at least a whole year to get the full range of situations in which we smoked and I think it is true - first time on holiday, first time coming out of cinema/concert/shopping centre, first time seeing certain friends, etc. We went into our local town for the first time since I stopped (I am not a shopper if I can avoid it ) and I did actually think about where and when I would have smoked. We split up to do our errands and were meeting for lunch. I would have shot round as fast as possible so I had time for a smoke (or 2 :rotfl:). Because I thought ahead, I took my time and actually arrived after DH!

Kiwi asked how long it would take to get to feel like "wanting to skip through meadows all fresh faced and looking lovely. " One of the things that seems to be missing from all the mountain of advice that is available in books and on the web is that we are all physically different so how can they claim that 'after 72 hours, all nicotine will have left your body.' Depending on your metabolism, body weight, etc., it could well take a day less or more. Whyquit.com also says this:

"Although our quickly healing body soon becomes 100% nicotine-free and most of the normal symptoms of adjustment quickly reach their peak, it will take 10 days to two weeks before the ongoing process of restoring natural sensitivities reaches the point where you begin to catch whiffs of the flavor of coming home. These are priceless hours and days during which the mind and body are becoming accustomed to functioning without nicotine and other tobacco chemicals."
see here In fact, read the whole page, it's worth it.


Lots of new people, Welcome. It's good to see you aboard. I don't think I would have succeeded without the support and knowledge I've got from here.

We can do it TOGETHER

Tricia What a brilliant post! I love the driving analogy............so so true.

The articles on whyquit.com are very informative - they explain why we feel like we do when we smoke/stop smoking.

I agree, I just know that I wouldn't have succeeded without the support and knowledge I've got from here.

I shouldn't be on here really..........s'posed to be having an early night as I'm off to a MSE meet tomorrow and have a late night tomorrow as I have packed my dancing shoes

At least I wont be having those panicky feelings about where/when I can smoke.

rmplc

Triciaxx wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
:eek: came by for a quick scan and discovered that I killed the thread.

Must have been by singing "We are the Champions." OMG -= I've probably taken the whole MSE site down now. :eek::eek::eek:


Sorry!

Tricia, I literally Laughed out loud when i read this, so much so that people are staring at me, but I dont care, brightened my day up you just carry on singing if it make you happy, i may even join you lol

dundeedoll wrote: »

Posted by rmplc (Ross) 27.11.2010 (copied & pasted from thread 2)


quit on 13/11/2010 using Champix
Hi Debie,

I am also new here (joined 2 weeks ago when i quit) and I have been welcomed with open arms, as im sure you will also be, so from me, welcome, and good luck in your non smoking.

In the same breath I am going to congratulate you, as you say you have had a few hiccups and ended up on the fags again, but you keep coming back to quit, you need to not take that one ciggy that can make it all crumble, although i know how tempting it can be i have every faith in you for your upcoming night out :j

SplishSplash, well done on the amount you have saved and not smoked, I only dream and impatiently wait until i can say ive been quit for 3 months, instead im excitedly telling people i am on day 14 lol, which for me is quite a feat in itself :rotfl:

As you have done splishsplash this is what I have saved so far :T

Time Quit: 1 week, 6 days, 13 hours & 20 minutes
Cigarettes not smoked: 542 (OMG)
Amount Saved: £166.17
Life saved: 1day, 21 hours & 10 minutes

And like yourself i did not take into account the petrol from the silly trips to the shop for fags, and the money saved from picking up pointless bits in said shop, which i no longer do

Good luck all

Ross x


I just had to post this, Ross................look how far you've come!
I am so chuffed for you, I really am. :T.

Dundee, OMG, it really does not seem a few weeks ago that i wrote that, and to read I was only 2 weeks smoke free ... the time has flown by, in reards to the silly trips to shops etc, and the non smoking both have made a major impact on my bank balance ... I actually have some in there still :j

Thankyou Dundee, you really have made my day

Ross
xx

determined_new_ms

morning campers :wave: wow I'm a day off 3 weeks :j I echo what others have said about it being slow to begin with and now it seems to have flown by! Also it is both the easiest thing I have ever done and also at times very hard! :think:

Something happened in the last couple of days - the smell of smoke - well specifically the stale smell of smoke has started to smell DISGUSTING which has left me with the embarrassing realisation that only a couple of weeks ago this was me but at least this is no longer the case :j

ok need to get ready for work now, but will catch up later - I wish you all a wonderfully happy & smoke free day x

bottleofred

determined_new_ms wrote: »

morning campers :wave: wow I'm a day off 3 weeks :j I echo what others have said about it being slow to begin with and now it seems to have flown by! Also it is both the easiest thing I have ever done and also at times very hard! :think:

Something happened in the last couple of days - the smell of smoke - well specifically the stale smell of smoke has started to smell DISGUSTING which has left me with the embarrassing realisation that only a couple of weeks ago this was me but at least this is no longer the case :j

ok need to get ready for work now, but will catch up later - I wish you all a wonderfully happy & smoke free day x

Hi determined new ms,

Well done on quitting. Having quit for almost 5 years, I totally understand where you are coming from. It's amazing that you don't realise how utterly disgusting the smell is when you smoke, but the minute you stop OMG, ashtray city:o! Time does go slowly when you first stop, as I went cold turkey and nobody could look at me for the first 3 days without me biting their heads off:o, but after that, days blend into weeks and months etc. As I've said before though, everyone should do what is right for them, use whatever method they need to quit and only concentrate on not smoking for today. Good luck to you and the rest of the forum members who have quit or are trying to. I wish you all a good weekend with a glass or 2:beer:

Red