The Giving Up Smoking Thread!!

Lurkio

emmy05 wrote: »

i love being smoke free and the idea of not running my life round 'having a fag' now is just great, hugs to ya xx

snap - and hugs right back

bev79

shucks guys everyone is so sweet!
Munching carrot sticks (or cucumber or whatever) is a good alternative to crisps, when you fell like you need something to get your teeth into!
Feeling a bit calmer now thanks everyone.
Do you listen to music when you run Lurkio & Boatie? xx

Lurkio

bev79 wrote: »

shucks guys everyone is so sweet!

:kisses3: :kisses3:

bev79 wrote: »

Munching carrot sticks (or cucumber or whatever) is a good alternative to crisps, when you fell like you need something to get your teeth into!
Feeling a bit calmer now thanks everyone.
Do you listen to music when you run Lurkio & Boatie? xx

Do you know it had never occurred to me , though I think I would prefer to listen out for traffic and idiot cyclists who seem to think its MY fault that I'm using THEIR pavement :mad: :mad:

bev79

ha I suppose so, I used to have dance music on my ipod and it spurred me on a little bit.

Lurkio

bev79 wrote: »

ha I suppose so, I used to have dance music on my ipod and it spurred me on a little bit.

kind of stuff I listen to would put me in casualty :rotfl: :rotfl:

ZTD

Britney Spears?

Lurkio

ZTD wrote: »

Britney Spears?

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

God no! She would have the capacity to put me in casualty, but for entirely different reasons. Look what listening to her own music has done to her......

compulsivespender79

Hey Everyone, how are we all in smoke-free corner?

I've been hiding for a while because I was too ashamed to admit that I haven't quit smoking yet.:o
Lurkio - I haven't even picked the book up yet that you so kindly sent to me. Why? I don't know. Fear?
I don't know what my problem is. I want to quit, I know all of the negatives of smoking, and I read through this thread and see how happy you all are to be finally free, but something inside me won't let it happen. What have I got to be afraid of? Why can't I pick up that book?

Please help

emmy05

I don't know what my problem is. I want to quit, I know all of the negatives of smoking, and I read through this thread and see how happy you all are to be finally free, but something inside me won't let it happen. What have I got to be afraid of? Why can't I pick up that book?

Please help

you will do this when you feel right to do it, the more you bombard your mind with 'i must' and 'everyone says how happy they are' the more you are likely 'not' to do this, when the time comes, youll know. yes that sounds bizarre, but thats how it was for me, i spent literally months going over the same as you have, its not easy, its an achievement, and something you will do. hugs x

Lurkio

compulsivespender79 wrote: »

Hey Everyone, how are we all in smoke-free corner?

I've been hiding for a while because I was too ashamed to admit that I haven't quit smoking yet.:o
Lurkio - I haven't even picked the book up yet that you so kindly sent to me. Why? I don't know. Fear?
I don't know what my problem is. I want to quit, I know all of the negatives of smoking, and I read through this thread and see how happy you all are to be finally free, but something inside me won't let it happen. What have I got to be afraid of? Why can't I pick up that book?

Please help

Sounds to me like you're putting too much pressure on yourself. You feel bad for not stopping yet and bad because you think that you HAVE to now you have the book.



DON'T

Take the pressure off. Don't feel obliged to do anything at all. Accept that you will do it when YOU are ready and not when anyone else tells you to. Don't read the book thinking that it has the answer, because the 'smoker' in you will then think of approximately 73 reasons NOT to pick it up. Read it out of curiosity, just to see what it says. At worst you have a bit more information for when you do decide to stop

Just relax about it all. Don't think you're letting me or anyone else down by not stopping. I completely understand and know that you WILL do it - at your own pace.

HTH