The Giving Up Smoking Thread!!

mumzyof2

when my last cig goes tonight thats it. i really want to do this!!!!!!!

BigEars_2

Good luck Mumzy - when you want to, you will! Got my fingers and toes crossed for you (it's gonna be a painful walk home for me!)
BE x

TNG

Go mumzy :j :j :j

elle45

TOBRUK wrote: »

I know it may sound as a total cop out, but I think the reason I keep on smoking if I am totally honest and it is hard to admit is that I feel totally isolated and lonely - there I've said it!

Ah Tobruk!! Do you know what! I felt extremely lonely until I found these forums to chat to peeps on!! I now feel I have a new family and friends to talk to and you can talk about anything!! Why don't you start a new thread on the health and beauty site about ME!! You'll be amazed at the response you would get!! I'm sure there are others in the same situation as you who would like people like you to talk to! You have nothing to lose!
Anyway, still not smoking!:D 2 months now and it is so sureal for me!! Well done to everyone else who isn't and to those who still are, you will find the strength one day!!!:T
IDA so sorry for what happened to you!!

JoeHel

Cheap As Chips - fantastic news - you GO FOR IT!

mumzy - Don't be hard on yourself. Well done you for coming back and being honest - that just SHOWS how much you really do want to do it. I've been thinking about you today, wondering how you got on.

Just keep reading babe. As I read and learnt more about what ciggies and nicotine did to me I started thinking about every one as I smoked it. Tried to describe the taste, how it made me feel, what the wheezing felt like, how it smelled, what I had to "stop" to go and have that ciggie (i.e. 5 mins out of work, etc). I started analysing every single one to see how much I actually needed it out of 10. Most were a 10 before that first drag but then quickly went down to a 1 or 2. So I wondered, if I can just get past that first minute of "urge" would I be okay? So I tried it. And yes, I felt a bit anxious but it didn't HURT or make me feel sick or cry. Mumzy, you have given birth to 2 children. That frightens me a million times more!!!

If you DO want to quit, something will "click" I promise you. I was terrified right up to the night before and I still didn't know if I'd manage to really do it. But I took it one "urge" at a time. Just deal with that one and get on with things. Just say to yourself that you won't smoke today. Tomorrow can take care of itself when it comes round.

Just keep thinking of that day 4 and how amazing you will feel when that nicotine monster is finally dead!!!

mumzyof2

Aww that has really touched me that you have been thinking of how ive been getting on. My oh is taking kids out tomo while i clean the whole house so i dotn smoke! cant wait

mumofcookers

Right, that is nearly day 1 out of the way!!
I am going to bed in a minute just to make the day end quicker!
It has been really hard work but at least I have done it!
I have found it hard and all I have done is think about smoking and keep thinking that I have all this time on my hands. Although I have found myself being on time for things today, even getting the kids to school this morning as I didn't have to have 3 fags before 8.30am. That makes me sound really bad but we were always late for school as I "had" to have 3 before school. It has just got me thinking about how my life does (did) revolve around fags.
Anyway looking forward to day 2.
I hope everyone has had a good day.:T

CHEAP_AS_CHIPS_4

BigEars wrote: »

Cheap as Chips I have just seen your post - GOOD LUCK!!! We will all be rooting for you!! And no matter how many times you have tried - what matters is that you're trying again - don't give up giving up!!



*!!!!!!. I'm off to shoot myself. COuld I sound any more like a terrible TV evangelist!!! OK, Cheaps, that sounds really cliched but I was being sincere!

BE x

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thank you guys!! for all your support you all fab, this is the first time i have loooked forward quitting!!!!:D

JoeHel

mumzyof2 wrote: »

Aww that has really touched me that you have been thinking of how ive been getting on. My oh is taking kids out tomo while i clean the whole house so i dotn smoke! cant wait

Brilliant! Well you can get yourself stuck into housework tomorrow and getting rid of ashtrays and all that!

Please be prepared that you will think about ciggies a LOT! I thought about not much else for ages! But that isn't a bad thing and if you're ready with lots of positive thoughts then it isn't a problem at all. I came up with a really comical mental image of a brown gremlin and every time I got that itch for a ciggie I imagined that gremlin throwing a little temper tantrum like a toddler. Only you don't have to plead with this one - you can ignore him or you can drop-kick him out of the nearest window - whatever will make you smile and get through that urge.

If I had one wish I would love for everyone to know how it feels when you finally get nicotine out of your bloodstream.

You know that time when you are at your calmest and (you think) you happiest - i.e. when you are actually smoking (so the urge is at its least)? Well, it's about 100% calmer than that

yellowmonkey

Well done mumofcookers :T :T :T

Keep up the good work. Excellent so far.

ym