The Giving Up Smoking Thread!!

basilcat7

ok just seen sense. dropped them round at friends house and having huge glass of wine. Its ceasing a bit...
you are soo right yellowmonkey-and mrbadexample thank you so much. Literally just got up drove to my friends 2 mins away came back and poured glass of wine..
so sorry everyone x
but haven't had one I promise

yellowmonkey

Well done. Takes a lot to have them there in front of you and to have the COURAGE and WILLPOWER to resist.


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ym

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basilcat7 wrote: »

ok just seen sense. dropped them round at friends house and having huge glass of wine. Its ceasing a bit...
you are soo right yellowmonkey- thank you so much. Literally just got up drove to my friends 2 mins away came back and poured glass of wine..
so sorry everyone x
but haven't had one I promise

How cool is that - you are definately a hero!! To come so close and resist just proves how much you want to quit :T :T ! Well done!
Happy smoke free days.
IDA
x

PS: Hi YM!

viv0147

My friend had his last cigarette in November 2007 he died January 2008 in terrible pain he had Lung Cancer

basilcat7

viv0147 wrote: »

My friend had his last cigarette in November 2007 he died January 2008 in terrible pain he had Lung Cancer

Viv- so sorry for your friend. :sad: What an awful thing to happen.
This is very much a wake up call for me this morning.
This is THE reason that I'm giving up. Yes, all the rest of it (money, smell, etc etc) is important but my health is one thing I do not want to suffer from the foul tasting !!!!!!! sticks. My Dad died of cancer too.

Feeling a bit silly that I got so worked up last night but I didn't cave- THANK GOD. Thanks so much again YM and mrbadexample- you got me through it last night. Thank god for this thread and all of the wonderful people on it. :iloveyou: all !
On Day 30- PHEW

compulsivespender79

OK, so thanks to some banter on here yesterday, I started to seriously think about quitting the stinking, filthy, foul 'habit' I call smoking. Last night I read half of Allen Carr's book, and although he has rather a patronising style, I think what he was saying has started to sink in. Every cig I'v smoked since I put the book down has left a foul taste in my mouth, and I haven't been able to smoke a full one since.
I'll finish the book tonight; could tomorrow be the first day of my smoke-free life? I do hope so.
And if Allen doesn't work, I can always turn to Neil Casey (kindly donated to me by Lurkio in our wee challenge yesterday! Thanks Lurkio!)

Just want to say well done to Basilcat for not succumbing - when you feel like you need a ciggy just think about those of us who are still hooked and how desperately we want to stop. You were like that once, but now you're not. You are in control again! I envy you

Lurkio

basilcat7 wrote: »

Feeling a bit silly that I got so worked up last night but I didn't cave- THANK GOD. Thanks so much again YM- you got me through it last night. Thank god for this thread and all of the wonderful people on it. :iloveyou: all !
On Day 29- PHEW

Seriously well done Basilcat - that was a fantastic thing you did (or rather didn't do )

Really really well done



How's everyone else? Got an eye test today and thinkI'm gonna need specs :eek: - you reach an age and things start to fail.....:o




Notgotapot - "What can I expect withdrawal symptom-wise?"
MrBadExample - "You can expect to want a fag" :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

compulsivespender79

Lurkio wrote: »

How's everyone else? Got an eye test today and thinkI'm gonna need specs :eek: - you reach an age and things start to fail.....:o

Hey! There's nowt wrong with specs!!!!! I'm the tender age of 28 and 10/12, and have been a spec wearer for three years. Personally I think they make you look intelligent and dignified - unless you have a penchant for the Dame Edna Everage variety! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Lurkio

compulsivespender79 wrote: »

Hey! There's nowt wrong with specs!!!!! I'm the tender age of 28 and 10/12, and have been a spec wearer for three years. Personally I think they make you look intelligent and dignified

On a laydee, definitely. I think chaps have to be a bit more careful with their choice of frames......:o

and I'm rubbish...

Boatie_Bird

Oh Basilcat, are you trying to give me heart attack, I've just read through all of last night's posts and when I got to your post about having 10 fags in your hand i shouted 'no' really loudly (I'm at work ).

Well done for fighting the urge and not giving in, I'm really proud of you :T
Fantastic advice from Mr BE about having a glass of wine - It's a trick I used myself in the early days of quitting.

Hello Mr BE, have read your posts over on Old Style and they had me in stiitches - welcome, your humour has found another good home!

I'm on day 21 now and I've saved £61.00 so far.
I still haven't got round to buying some running shoes, but it's at the top of my list of things to do.