The Giving Up Smoking Thread!!

My_Fathers_Daughter

ailsajayne27 wrote: »

Thanks! I think I'm just trying to get thru the panic of not smoking anymore! Stupid cos I've quit for three wks in the past and didn't really have any problems!

Where did you meet the ailsa on hol? You never know might have been me lol!!

Hiya Ailsa,

It's tough isn't it? You could go on for years and still not be ready to quit. I don't think you ever can be ready TBH.

I have quit for periods of time before but I have always lapsed (keeping a few cigs in a cupboard or drawer 'just in case' so actually smoking 1 a week - we've all done it!) There is a massive difference between that and this time which is going to be my last time quitting.

That panic doesn't really go away if you think long term. Just keep thinking I am not going to smoke today (or this hour, or this week or whatever works for you).

It will be worth it in the long run!

Lurkio

ailsajayne27 wrote: »

Where did you meet the ailsa on hol? You never know might have been me lol!!

If you were the same ailsa, all I would need to say was 'the blue' and you'd know where it was

Adzha

Gosh it's suddenly busy here.

How is everyone doing?
Worked all Easter weekend

ailsajayne27

not me then!!! Wouldn't that have been a small world moment!!

I'm currently blaming my best friend for smoking and moving back up home so I saw her all wkend! I know it's not really her fault but I kept thinking well I#ll be with her and she'll be smoking! problem is she'll be around all the time now so can't use that as an excuse any more lol! Going to keep on reading my Allan carr book and really think this through!

My_Fathers_Daughter

Does the Allen Carr book tell you how to apologise after you have been a complete cow to your poor unsuspecting hubby? He's not talking to me, I have been a monster all weekend so I can't blame him.

Part of me thinks I am deliberately picking fights so I have a reason to smoke (and then blame him for making me slip up). I haven't smoked but I haven't done my marriage a whole heap of good either, jesus I didn't know I had so much evil in me.


Hiya Adzha - shame about the working all weekend, how's it going?

Adzha

Hey

Well... erm... not too well.

ailsajayne27

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Does the Allen Carr book tell you how to apologise after you have been a complete cow to your poor unsuspecting hubby? He's not talking to me, I have been a monster all weekend so I can't blame him.

No... but it does make you see that you don't need to suffer through quitting cos you don't quit (as that conjures up deprivation of something enjoyable) you simply become a non smoker! It did work for me before I only started again cos I was bored at work and missed that social side of going out and chatting with everyone! It goes into all the stuff like you don't wake up in the night screaming cos you haven't smoked for 9 hrs etc... It made sense to me but I'm struggling with being in the right frame of mind at min!!! Going to keep plodding along with the book and keep trying

snails's_pace

im into day 3 of my first attempt at giving up the fags. ive smoked 20 a day for 10 years.
early hours of saturday morning i woke up coughing so badly i pulled a muscle in my back, and without sounding grim ive been coughing up little "plugs" of phlegm and my general health has been better.
so i decided enough is enough, i feel terrible right now though, banging headache and the shakes ,oh said i shouldnt go cold turkey .
my cheeks hurt because ive chewed so much wrigleys gum and im still coughing like a trouper, only its becoming more productive (sorry for the graphics), id feel better if i could stop the shakes and the coughing

My_Fathers_Daughter

Adzha wrote: »

Hey

Well... erm... not too well.

You can't leave it like that! Elaborate! You know you want to.

Put me out of my misery for a while?

My_Fathers_Daughter

((((HUGS)))) snail's pace, sounds like you are having a terrible time.

Still - day 3 is an acheivement :T well done you. Maybe look into NRT if you are really struggling (helped me) or keep braving it if you can. Just don't use it as an excuse to go back to the fags


I had a wierd bout of throwing up earlier - just mucus and stuff, none of the coffee or water that I had been drinking :eek: