Anyone else giving up smoking?

gazzak007

The OH stopped yesterday and not had one since , She is being very grumpy with me in particular , I think there are two reasons for her being grumpy , one is that she is obviosly craving for a cigarette and the other is that I have encouraged her to give up and if she continues being grumpy with me she will think I will say Oh just have a fag and I have then encouraged her to start

Any ideas ?

Tyranny

gazzak007 wrote:

Any ideas ?

Take my hubbys advice and keep out of her way :rotfl:

I've hardly seen him all week :rotfl:

La_Tristesse_Durera

Lasted 25 hours... best I've ever done

Who was it that said Giving up smoking is easy, I've done it a million times?

Very clever! That's it now, quitting booze, smoking and living on a diet of grilled meat and veg is too much for a New Years resolution! I'm back on the browns now.

lil_me

Well I am down to one or less a day, since back end of December, but haven't stopped entirely yet, better than I have ever done before of course. Bad bit is DP hasn't stopped like he said he was going to (and why I stopped to support him) so the temptation and all that goes with it, ciggys, lighters etc in the house.

Well done everyone who is trying

Bellie_2

Managed to quit for 8 weeks when the last no somking thread was up but then had awfull time with bf and started again(so stupid). My quit day was going to be monday but as I have my patches and stuff and after reading this thread I am moving it forward to tomorrow and I have a day off so am going to deep clean my house to get rid of the smell!!! Good luck and well done to every one who has quit/is going to quit!!!!!

mophead

Bellie wrote:

Managed to quit for 8 weeks when the last no somking thread was up but then had awfull time with bf and started again(so stupid). My quit day was going to be monday but as I have my patches and stuff and after reading this thread I am moving it forward to tomorrow and I have a day off so am going to deep clean my house to get rid of the smell!!! Good luck and well done to every one who has quit/is going to quit!!!!!

Don't worry too much about the odd slip up and try not to be too hard on yourself. I have been trying to give up for about 10years the longest i have lasted is 18months and then started again in August this year. I don't really enjoy it it makes me smell and feel like crap. Thing is you forget this when you've been off them a while and only seem to remember the releif you got from yu craving when you light up and connect this to being pleasurable when in reality it's just relief. I am determined that i don;t want to be a smoker i'm sick of it at the moment just taking one day at a time. And visisting this thread is really helping.

Thanks.;)

TTMCMschine

I was ill over Christmas with a really bad chest infection (I'm still not 100% yet), so I haven't smoked since boxing day. I decided to take advantage of the situation by not starting again.

You'd think I'd be well over it by now, but at this moment in time I'd sell my mother for a cigarette.

PS I was on 40+ per day

Boatie_Bird

I had my last ciggie at 10.30 last night (so I've nearly done 12 hours already!). Not feeling too bad at the moment.
I've tried all the methods of giving up in the past and the only one that worked for any length of time (almost 2 years) was cold turkey - so I'm going that route again.

I feel that I've got to do it this time - I have so many reasons to motivate me, but the strongest one is this. I lost my dad at 66 to a smoking related illness, and I've got a 3 year old son and I don't want him to lose me early like I lost my dad. Sadly my dad died 2 days before my son was born and so never got to meet him. I think about this nearly every day and it still makes me incredibly sad. I'm trying to keep that in my mind to give me the strength to stop.

Also I've lost 2 friends to lung cancer and they were both in their mid 30s - that is a very sobering thought.

Good luck to all that have made the plunge and to all those who are wavering - come on in, it's not that bad!

chartreuse_2

Well, my plan is progressing. I had some trouble getting down from 7 to 6, but persevered and made it. My target for today is 5 and I'm still aiming to be well quit by the end of the month.

More to the point, I got up at 7:30 this morning and didn't have my first until 10AM. Two and a half hours and the first time in God knows how long that I've actually left the house in the morning before lighting up. :j

grown_up_girlie

I gave up on the 27th of November 2006. Personally for me I avoid such big things as resolutions coz if I fail them, I then feel that I have lost all drive to try again with it.... you know what I mean???

Anyways thats just me so best of luck everyone in your quest! So I have been a non-smoker for a mere few weeks and initially started on the 15mg patches as prescribed by my GP - wonderful things these are. I used to smoke 20 a day and have done for 11 years and after a month on patches started to forget about putting them on and now for the last couple of weeks I haven't even needed one.

So my point is that even though in the start things DO seem and ARE very awful, it does get easier.... look at me, I don't even think about smoking now. I have thrown myself into temptation and I havent crumbled. I understand that I wouldn't call myself a non-smoker as such at this point as there is still room to fail but with every day that has past is a day towards a healthier body and bank balance!

I guess this is whats become my motivation - if you really do want to give up then you will go through it and ride the motions. So anytime you do have a craving, busy yourself with the thoughts of why you are doing this! After only 10 days of me stopping I went to a bar - jeez I had no idea how bad I smelt as a smoker till I got home and smelt the stale smell on my clothes and in my hair - it actually made me feel sick. This is from a quitters perpective - this has egged me on more and still does. So just try and imagine this - not nice is it.

You can do it!!!!!!

Everyone, please keep us updated and if you need any support just PM me!