The Giving Up Smoking Thread!!

Chrismaths

From a 10 month ex-smoker - use snuff. Snuff is just ground and powdered tobacco, and it's what you see gentlemen sniffing in period dramas!

Patches are great for providing a baseline of nicotine whilst you break the smoking habit - but you are used to having a "hit" of nicotine.

Therefore, when the urge to have a fag overwhelms you, have a pinch of snuff - this provides a similar hit to a ciggie, without the nasties. Indeed, there is no evidence that nasal (or "dry") snuff causes any ill effects - as opposed to oral snuff (dipping tobacco), which is nasty.

It's also good for long flights, when previously I wanted to rip the head off passing strangers, this was reduced to only passing violent tendencies. Much better.

suki1964

skintnow wrote: »

Me again..well some bad news i caved in... in moment of weakness.

but i have an appointment a the smoking clinic tomorrow... i want to try champix, but i don't think our health authority has approved its use...

i may be down but certainly not out.

You are right, your PCT wont fund it, but the NHS Stop Smoking services will
http://gosmokefree.nhs.uk/what-suits-me/local-nhs-services/

jo1972

Evening all :wave:

So sorry I've not been around much, got teenage daughter suffering angst which is causing lots of problems indoors at the moment, plus this new job I've got means I actually have to work rather than sit on my backside on here all day :eek: (missing you all but loving the job )

ILA & IDA, love seeing you posting on this thread, so good to get the updates

Hi to all the newcomers :wave:, I have just sat and read the last 3 pages that's turned up since the last time I manged to log on and I will do personals but you'll have to wait till tomrorow cos the youngest 2 kids are playing up and not going to bed so I can't concentrate. Good luck to you all and congrats for making a huge decision in your lives. We will all be here for you, I am reading a few times a day but not always having the time to post so if there is a while before someone replies don't ever think for a minute that your post has not been read

Please post frequently, don't feel you should only check in once a day or something. Post your thoughts, rants, tips or anything that will help you forget the weed, we are/have all been in the same boat at sometime or another and are happy to be here for everybody else

Right, gotta go tuck the youngest 2 in......again :mad:

xx

suki1964

I cant believe Ive nearly finished day three:j

On a whole its been relatively easy, very easy compared to my past attempts. My worse times are the mornings when walking the dog. The cravings are at the highest then and I get to feel really nauseas and tetchy but Im drinking water and reminding myself that it will pass.

Took a big step and cleared out my car of fag packets, fags, lighters and the ashtray. Also chucked out my emergency ciggie thats been sat by the back door just in case. Tomorrow I shall go around the house and make sure I dont have any stashed anywhere like coat pockets.

Had a smoking dream last night, woke up and could even taste it Had to get up and brush my teeth my mouth felt so stale and yucky. However today my tongue has started to loose the fuzz and is looking quite pink

Looking forward to going into town shopping tomorrow and not being stood outside shops puffing away double quick to finish of a fag before I can go in

oops_a_daisy

:hello: Hiya fellow quitters - Im back! and I havent smoked :T Ive been away for 2 days on a training course at my head office. I have been with a collegue who I used to smoke with and she had to keep popping out for a quick cigarette and asking for breaks - I didnt miss it at all :T I couldnt actually believe that I didnt have any cravings. Also I took 3 exams while I was there - failed 1 but re took it and passed second time I still feel something is missing but also feel so good that I dont care.
I havent caught up with everything over the last few days so welcome to newbies :hello: and well done to everybody who is managing to stay stopped :T a quick message for skintnow re champix - if your pct refuses it tell them it costs less than a 12 week course of patches and inhalators and has a higher success rate BUT it has a side effect of drowsiness so you can not take it if you drive if they offer zyban instead it has the lovely side effect of depression - take your pick :rolleyes: I was going to try champix last year but was refused it initially untill I fought for it but then found out about the side effects and I do a lot of driving so was not suitable. Good luck and keep on trying - I have failed so many times but you never know, this time I might just do it

chrissie55

When u really WANT to stop u can do it - it's when u think y're 'missing out' that yer tempted to start again! The Allen Carr book is good; I used it b4 packing up fags >17years ago & haven't had a stink stick since then, hooooray! I bought the Allen Carr tape for Himself 13 year ago & after hearing it, he never had another fag! Saved thousands of £££££ & our health & cleanliness. Patches r expensive & just keep u hooked - the habit with fags is stronger than the chemical addiction. After 3 weeks fagless u start to be totally free of the muck that smoking's put in2 u. Best wishes - u can do it if I cd!;) Nuts to the rotten tobacco companies!

Diamond78

Hello everyone,
Hope your all ok and well done for all doing so well.Im so upset.I was doing so so well and 2day i caved in...Im so angry with myself as I was doing so well.I had app today at smoking clinic as I had no patches or inhaler but they rang up to say nurse had cancelled.I got app tomoro with the doc to get the prescription(sorry about spelling) even under the stres I was a few days ago I didnt smoke.My ex's mum rang me accusing me of not allowing her son to see my son.I was hocked as that was not true, anyway I was so wound up but i stayed away and not smoked,I rang my ex and recorded his call so I had the evidence to prove to his mother im not lying and that his just a compulsive liar.Anyway I was due to go round and see the grandparents today but my son didnt want to and its my bday tomoro so was suppose to be going out for a meal with my brother and some friends but i ended up having a row with my brother via txts and he said some very hurtful things,then i caved in.My son saw and i felt so ashmaed as he was telling me off in the shop but i lied and said it was for the neighbour, he said what neighbour, you dont know them, i lied to him and he belived me-how bad does that make me.I must of smoked 4 and then told him to break him up yet again as i stink of it and i feel pain in my chest.I wont buy it again as it tastes disgusting but i honestly feel liek such a failure, a looser and awful mother lying to my son like that.I know im not buying them again but why did i in the 1st place when i was doing so well.Im rubbish and usless

oops_a_daisy

Diamond you are not rubbish nor useless - if you are then everybody on this thread who has had a failed attempt at quitting smoking is the same. Sometimes the craving is too much for you to handle at that time - but at another time it wouldnt bother you as much. You have managed to pack in and have simply had a set back. Go to see the smoking cessation service tomorrow and have another try. Do not beat yourself up about it - this will only make you feel worse and will get you nowhere
Explain to your son - Im sure he will forgive you.
Have a lovely birthday tomorrow.

Diamond78

Thanks oops a daisy-i dont think i will be having a good bday tomorrow hun, its just another day for me.This has been a lesson for me and it didnt do nothing for me smoking apart from make me feel low,angry and upset and i dont want to feel like this again so I will take it as a lesson to be learnt. Why cant I do well???Smoking thise fags didnt take the row i had away,its not changed anything apart from make me feel guilty.That is the last now I am going to be positive and stay stronge.Like you said i will go and see the doc tomoro and hopefully will feel better.Thanks for your support and kind words.x

tattycath

Hi diamond. I quit smoking last year for 6 months, I started again and never told my kids I had. My eldest one caught me smoking about a month/ six weeks later and I felt awful-unfortunately not bad enough to stop, however, for the remaining time I smoked, nearly every time I lit up I felt I was a let down and a failure and resigned myself to these low feelings of self worth. It was on one of these occasions that I decided that I would rise above it and I would quit smoking, then I could justifiably feel proud (and healthier) and the kids would be happier too-and I did quit beginning of december 2007 and I am healthier and we're all happier-my OH is happier too but not enough to stop smoking himself- however, if he does decide to quit, he has to do it for himself and no one else. I stopped smoking for lots of reasons but mainly for myself, coz if I was doing it for someone else I don't think I could stay stopped. You're not a failure, rubbish or useless. You may feel like sh*t but you just have a temporary glitch-you felt guilt and that's good, that's positive, no one will beat you up about your lapse more than you will yourself. So you have to pick yourself up, dust yourself down and carry on regardless, tomorrow is another day and you can beat this and you will. We are all here to support you. You can do this, if you need us drop us a line. Take care.