The Giving Up Smoking Thread!!

taxi73

THAT'S A LOVELY STORY LMTP..very heartwarming esp the hugs from your little sister...bet that made it all worthwhile....kids can be so wonerful

My_Fathers_Daughter

you're not allowed to pm me now I know you're a man ab - what would my hubby say

Taxi - sounds like you are doing well - good luck to you - remember, if we can all do it then you can too...

My nurse was talking to me yesterday about the 'little men' as she calls them...apparently they start calling to you when you think you have mastered it and saying:

'just one mfd, come on, you'll enjoy it, and you have quit now so you've done the hard bit so just one won't hurt'

If anyone hangs around in the arms you may have seen I am a big fan of the programme 'Lost' and all I could think of was the two 118 men - you know the ones that look like the chuckle brothers but worse :eek: and I am thinking - if one of the 118 men starts calling to me it will send me running...in the other direction :rotfl:

Where's bellie and mumzy hiding today - hope you are doing okay!

Happy pedigree day :beer: (I only had 2 pints!!)

Bellie_2

Hi I am here :wave:. Been getting my house ready for my dad to visit for his birthday. He lives in Saudi Arabia but has a week off as he is turning 50. So I have been a mad cleaning demond today. But I am still not smoking:j. Its been 1 week, 1 day and 2 hours, woo hoo!!

Hope every one had a good day as I have only had a chance to skim the thread. Will catch up while watching Desperate Housewives.

HannahandMark

Hi all and well done on the great efforts.

Week nine smoke free now. :j

Had a slight setback last Saturday; went for my usual weekly chat with the pharmacist and to collect this weeks microtabs and he was off for personal reasons. Had a moment of horror at having to pay for them then remembered I had 1 "emergency" box stashed away at home. Looks like this box is going to last 'til next Saturday so the outcome may be very positive as I am obviously cutting down on the nicotine support.

To all who are just starting out, keep going. It's a long journey but can be done with will-power and support and is really worth it in the long run. It will get easier, promise, and the tastes and smells you can enjoy if you are a heavy smoker are amazing (25/30 a day for 27 years).

Good luck all and keep posting

Mark

HannahandMark

Well done Bellie on completing week 1. Keep trying it's worth it

ageing_biker

mfd I think you had more than 2 peds you sound quite afected shud that be 2fs g nit

Sue-UU

greenpixey wrote: »

Been on the patches now since yesterday lunchtime and it has worked really well. Not had any cravings for a fag so far and no mood swings either. Took the advice I'd been given to eat carrots, drinking OJ and relaxing hot bath. The patch were supposed to be on 24hrs but I removed it before I went to bed and applied a new on this morning. Noticed that I opened the wrong box and started on the lowest patches.:o Since they seem to work well I might be able to kick this disgusting habit a bit quicker than I thought...

Reading your posts I'm so impressed with you all. I look forward to the day when I can say I've been able to go a whole day or even a week without any nicotine.

Excellent GP! It made me grin with you opening the wrong end, but... meant to be perhaps! I'm so pleased you're doing the things that help so much, keep it up and you'll soon be declining fags with "I don't smoke thanks!" Keep going..one day at a time and you'll be seeing clearly!

All the very best, Sue.

littlemissteapot wrote:

Hi everyone
My day got a little better when my 7 year old sis come running in from school smelling me & staring at me "did you smoke?? did you did you??" of course I havn't so she looked at me with them big brown eyes gave me the biggest bear hug & smothered me in kisses & told me how proud she was of me & how much she loved me!!! made it all worth while!! then even better my mam came in with the biggest bouquet of flowers to say how proud she was too them my dad followed with cake!! hehe!!

Knowing I've got their support & all of yours makes me feel better. Thanks to you all for your replies & ageing biker its not ladylike to scratch your a***e !!!!!!!!! lol!!!

Thanks so much for telling us all about your little treasure of a sister, what a compliment and her actions along with your Mum & Dad's brought tears to me eyes, absolutely wonderful.

All the best to you and to EVERYONE! You're all doing so wonderfully well.

Sue

feedumall

hi all well done all day five here and going strong ,using patches for eight hours a day but after this week will use less and less:D .was dancing around the living room shouting i dont smoke,when hubby had gone to work he has no idea i have stopped ,he has no sense of smell ,there is an ashtray with butts a packet of cigs and lighter on coffee table ,told him i need to go get some today .never smoked much around him anyway so hope he doesn't cotton on can't believe how happy i feel ,so positive ,i know this could change though:eek:

Waspeze

Morning feedumall!

Well done on day 5.. :T :j don't know how i'd be if I had to see a full ashtray etc


On day 6 now, feel a bit icky but thats coz i'm waiting for the call in 10 mins :eek:

ageing_biker

morning everyone
feedumall wot do you do at 4am
waspeze hope it goes well for you today, got to work this morning:mad: so will pop in later