The Giving Up Smoking Thread!!

JoeHel

Hello newbies!! You are gonna LOVE this quitting lark. We've had our ups and downs but I think we're all doing pretty well at the moment!! Geenie - age definitely IS just a number and the way you need to look at it is that when you reach the average retirement age of 65 you will already have passed the far end of the scale of "recovery" and have as little chance as a non-smoker of all the horrible illnesses you are trying to avoid by quitting. :j You will have heaps more energy and feel so much better too. My nan quit after a lifetime of smoking when she was about 70 and she DID regret not quitting earlier and having all that new-found energy while she could still dance... I thought that was so sad and was determined to never say those words myself!!

Hello to all the regulars too - glad to see everyone is doing so well. Everyone's in a VERY good mood too - there must be something in the water ... :rotfl:

TNG

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Geenie, MJay, Adds - meet JoeHel. Read whatever she writes 'cos its jam packed with common sense and good stuff - and it'll kill an hour or two 'cos there's TONNES of it :rotfl:

Watcha Hel - how you doin?

JoeHel

Hello TNG!!

Well I'm not here for long this afternoon (dratted work gets in the way of EVERYTHING!) but I am having an "interesting" time at the moment... Discovering the 3rd month "rage" that is apparently quite common. Sounds like Mrs T might have encountered it too... heh heh :rotfl:

Geenie

JoeHel wrote: »

Hello newbies!! You are gonna LOVE this quitting lark. We've had our ups and downs but I think we're all doing pretty well at the moment!! Geenie - age definitely IS just a number and the way you need to look at it is that when you reach the average retirement age of 65 you will already have passed the far end of the scale of "recovery" and have as little chance as a non-smoker of all the horrible illnesses you are trying to avoid by quitting. :j You will have heaps more energy and feel so much better too. My nan quit after a lifetime of smoking when she was about 70 and she DID regret not quitting earlier and having all that new-found energy while she could still dance... I thought that was so sad and was determined to never say those words myself!!

Hello to all the regulars too - glad to see everyone is doing so well. Everyone's in a VERY good mood too - there must be something in the water ... :rotfl:

Thanks again for all the words of encouragement and I know I will feel better with every day that passes. I've been de fugging my bedroom today inbetween looking on here, as it is only when you stop smoking that you realise how much everything you wear etc stinks. I have stripped down my bed, started washing clothes in my wardrobe, even though they are clean, still pick up the cigarrette smell......... and horror:eek: ...I found a packet with 3 ciggies in it just now which had fallen behind something. I chucked it on the woodburner, but heck it had me in a grip for a few moments. But I was strong.

I also found a bag Of Jelly Tots which I bought for a young nephew ages ago and forgot to give to him. So I ate them just now while looking on here. They don't taste as nice as I remember from when young, or seem so soft and chewy. Must be because they have had all the artificial stuff taken out!!

oops_a_daisy

Good afternoon fellow quitters and hello to Geenie and the other newbies :hello: does that mean I am not the new girl on the block anymore
Day 10 for me too today :dance: It is my 40th this year and I have smoked since my early teens :mad: stupid stupid stupid but hopefully I have finally kicked the habit this time. I have packed in so many times over the years - twice for over 8 months :doh: I have been shamed so many times like when my DD got accused of smoking at school because her school books smelled of my cigarette smoke because she left them in the same room as me. My DDog also doesnt smell of smoke any more - mind you she just smells of dog now so Im not sure which is worse If you check back through this whole thread I think you will probably find at least 2 of my failed quit attempts :rotfl:
My moodiness seems to have subsided - thank goodness I hear everybody say :T dont know if it was withdrawal or PMT but blamed it on withdrawal anyway.
Now where did I hide that chocolate :EasterBun

melbury

Hello everyone - how are we doing today?

Thanks for your reassurance, just don't ever seem to feel well and suppose I expected stopping smoking would cure all my ills and make me feel wonderful. Anyway have to go back to doctor next week to see how I am getting on, so I will tell him absolute c**p!

Even OH said it probably wasn't the best time to give up cigs what with being put on that drug etc, but it just happened then because of the flu bug and I am certainly NOT going to start puffing again after two weeks of abstinence. That would just be a complete waste.

Keep it up everyone, surely it must get easier.

MJay

Hmmm, can I just check summit out, TNG...

Do I take it that Geenie, Addictedto n I need common sense... And Joehel talks too much..... :think: :think: :think:

Think carefully before answering.....

Old Northern Proverb says: "Beware women without fags... They can be worse than the worst thoughts of a rupturing volcano as it spews molten mushy stuff into sky...... "

Mary

Hey, hey, hey....Just found out how you put in a subject matter.... things can only get better...

TNG

MJay

I know what Northern women are like and their proverbs - it's the 'N' in my TNG after all

I'm sure you have PLENTY common sense - when did I say otherwise.....

JoeHel can be...errrr....enthusiastic.

JoeHel

TNG wrote: »

MJay

I know what Northern women are like and their proverbs - it's the 'N' in my TNG after all

I'm sure you have PLENTY common sense - when did I say otherwise.....

JoeHel can be...errrr....enthusiastic.

heh.... "enthusiastic"... yup, I've been called worse.. :rotfl: :rotfl:

You did read the bit in my last post about the RAGE, didn't you TNG? :eek: I have discovered that natracalm works wonders... Joe and Dan are actually staying in the same room as me this evening so there's an improvement!

Don't worry peeps, I'm not in the mood for long speeches today.

But Melbury - totally applaud your commitment when you're starting up on the thyroxine too. You WILL feel better than you would have done if you'd carried on smoking. People do often say they feel worse when they've just quit, but smoking can mask other symptoms that you're too busy wheezing and coughing to notice. All I know is that your healing body will be a lot stronger to deal with anything else that needs taking care of WITHOUT the smoking so you know you've made the right decision.

addictedtolush

Ta very muchly for the warm welcome. Feel much happier and brighter this afternoon. I did 2 exercise dvds which I NEVER do, had a burst of energy and felt really good afterwards. I have even managed to go 3 hours without thinking about a cigarette. I havent reached for my 'fags' or been tempted to pop out so think its getting easier. I can smell things really clearly which is good in some ways and not in others (poo in potty and wet dog). Feel less like I am cracking up and more like a human. I seem to have a strange thing about calling myself a non smoker though. I am determined to give up and really want to but I dont like saying I am a non smoker. Its weird and not sure why. Maybe its because I have been a smoker for so long, it might take some getting used to?!!?!