The Giving Up Smoking Thread!!

My_Fathers_Daughter

Hiya slates - :T Well done for making day 3.

As far as getting easier is concerned it is different for everyone...for me day 4 was a pig then 5-9 okay but 10 and 11 were mean.

What I can tell you though is it definitely DOES get easier - hang in there.

feedumall

hi all ,hope we are all well,i think i am on the mend well not so ill anyway,slates i found first week okay ,except for my brain telling me to smoke,as in oh you could have a ciggy now:eek: ,second week the novelty had wore off and feeling unwell so ,third week ok so far less thinking of ciggs ,more thinking how good i feel about giving up,and bad i feel with this virus:eek: .used patches at first which i think helped as took the edge of ,x carole

FiBe_3

FiBe - you had better tell me whether you are a lad or a laydee cos I get a little confuzzled (is this the right time to tell carpetbelly I thought he was a woman too??) :T

We're in this together!!

I would be a laydee lol

Ok so Day 1 of not smoking for the fifth time in my life. Times 1-3 weren't too bad in that I didn't really have any cravings and (un)successfully stopped for over 3 months. I caved under stress pressure though Time 4 was a waste of time as I think I lasted 10 days if that.

I admit to being slightly irritable and on edge, whereas I am aiming for calm and serene :shhh:.

If I'm honest I only became smoke free because I can't afford it....................... I liked smoking ........................... work and nights out are going to be the hardest. Work it is a social thing where everyone catches up and is a break from the computer or when you are feeling stressed so it's going to be a hard habit to break

Ok think of the things I didn't like about smoking:
1. Going outside to have a fag in the freezing cold and rain
2. My nicely new decorated rooms slowly turning yellow
3. The smell on me and my clothes
4. The nicotine stains on my fingers which I needed to scrub off and my teeth
5. That it ages you (yes I am that vain)
6. The price of cigarettes
7. Not being able to smoke in pubs

....................... erm can't think of any more.

doltage

Well done to Redkelly, Slates and any other potential non-smokers who are lurking here looking for motivation, say hello and make yourself known, we don’t bite, well, not much

Come on here early and often and you’ll find people at all stages of quitting who are experiencing or have experienced everything you’re going through and their advice will help you get through the day.

Also, be proud of yourself-come along here and shout from the rooftops that you’re not smoking and we’ll join you in shouting!

Bellie, a reply should’ve reached you by now, thanks!

Hope everyone’s well this morning, I’m tip-top, :j I’ve gone two weeks without smoking :j and I’m over the moon with myself so thought I’d blow my own trumpet

Go me, I rock :cool:

Thanks a million to everyone on here, the support you give is amazing and really has helped me through some of the darker moments and has been much appreciated :T

Lurkio

FiBe wrote: »

....................... I liked smoking ...........................

FiBe wrote: »

Ok think of the things I didn't like about smoking:
1. Going outside to have a fag in the freezing cold and rain
2. My nicely new decorated rooms slowly turning yellow
3. The smell on me and my clothes
4. The nicotine stains on my fingers which I needed to scrub off and my teeth
5. That it ages you (yes I am that vain)
6. The price of cigarettes
7. Not being able to smoke in pubs

There's far more to dislike than to like, FiBe

If you stopped for three months previously with few/little cravings, then if you get your mindset right, you CAN quit permenantly. Nobody likes smoking, they just talk themsleves in to believing that they do

Read some of the stuff in jo's first post and look at some of JoeHel's posts earlier in this thread. Go to whyquit website. Just get a real understanding of it. It will help!

Morning others

Congrats MFD :T :T :T - great achievement

Lurkio

doltage wrote: »

Hope everyone’s well this morning, I’m tip-top, :j I’ve gone two weeks without smoking :j and I’m over the moon with myself so thought I’d blow my own trumpet

Go me, I rock :cool:

You certainly do rock, doltage. Well done!!!!

:T :T :j

carpetbelly

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

(is this the right time to tell carpetbelly I thought he was a woman too??) :T

lol I don't know what to say :rolleyes:

doltage

FiBe wrote: »

Ok so Day 1 of not smoking for the fifth time in my life. Times 1-3 weren't too bad in that I didn't really have any cravings and (un)successfully stopped for over 3 months. I caved under stress pressure though Time 4 was a waste of time as I think I lasted 10 days if that.

I'm going to guess that if you hadn't tried to stop before you'd be in the minority of one, I think we've all tried in the past to break this cycle and you're doing well to have tried again. 3 months is a long time to go without them so hopefully you can do better than that, but just take it one step at a time, don't set yourself any targets which will make it seem impossible.

As you mention that work is social, try and break that habit as well*, you don't want to be putting yourself into situations where you'll be tempted to smoke, try during your next break to align yourself with the non-smokers, instead of having a coffee/tea have a glass of water, try and break the connections between your breaks and smoking.

Most of all keep your chin up, it's difficult to stop and your colleagues (most of whom will have tried to stop in the past and will be secretly jeaous that you're stopping) should offer you help and support as you try and stop, if they don't offer it come on here and whinge and there'll be somebody along shortly to reply to you and to offer support.

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*Of course, I'm not advocating not going to work, that's one habit I'd love to break, but when at work try and vary your breaks etc.

feedumall

hi doltage i am the majority of one:cool: first time trying and because of this thread it's working:j i'm sure i would of caved if not for you angels:A .you make me feel good when the going gets tough,so thank you all

doltage

feedumall wrote: »

hi doltage i am the majority of one:cool: first time trying and because of this thread it's working:j i'm sure i would of caved if not for you angels:A .you make me feel good when the going gets tough,so thank you all

You would have to prove me wrong Suppose it had to happen at some point!! or possibly you're the exception that proves the rule? I'm clutching at straws here, serves me right for tarring everyone with the same brush!

Back to lurking for me!

(not really of course, just being an idiot, in one of those moods)