The Giving Up Smoking Thread!!

feedumall

morning, everyone seems positive ,another week to be smoke free .you can do it:D ,richard dont scratch the bites it makes them worse:eek: ,only pregnant mozzys bite so at least you are feeding the next generation:D .hope eveyone finds today a doddle in the quitting stakes ,i will be thinking of you all battling away as i work(lie on swing bed reading book). feedx

Little_Pickle

good luck today everyone...

we can do it!!!

woo hoo!
LP
xox

naomi234

I feel absolutely brilliant, i feel like running down the street screaming i have give up smoking, i must admit i thought it was going to be a lot harder than this. Mowed the front and back lawns this morning, going to do some housework now, also i think you get more done when your not stopping for a fag break every 5 minutes. Well done everyone.

Can i ask also what were everyones reasons for giving up eg health, money, etc.

My reason was me and my partner have been trying for a baby for 3 years without success and i thought giving up smoking could help as there seems to be no other reason why we cant conceive, my partner gave up 6 months ago.

Waspeze

Morning (ish) all ... hope we're all having another lovely smokefree day!

Saw some of you were struggling a bit over the weekend .. all I can say is that it does get better but it is hard I know

Cold turkey folks are doing amazingly .. could never do it that way :T

naomi234 wrote: »

Can i ask also what were everyones reasons for giving up eg health, money, etc.

Personally I had two main reasons ... first is because a while a go I had a punctured lung, shortly followed by acute bronchitus and the doc told me i should... tried really hard but failed (after a few months smokefree :mad: )

This time though.. it's because I went bankrupt .. realised that a fair chunk of my surplus income would be going on ciggies and thought that that really isn't the way I want to live for the next year, went to docs and asked for champix and so far so good

Richard_S

feedumall wrote: »

,richard dont scratch the bites it makes them worse:eek: ,only pregnant mozzys bite so at least you are feeding the next generation:D

Hi feedumall,

The mozzies have never bothered me before; it must be that my blood is tastier without all the nicotine and other yuk floating around.:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Richard

Lula-Hula

Hey everyone,

Richard, sorry to hear about your toes , if you dont mind I shall think of them each time I have a weak moment.

Got through saturday fine, the b/f came over & I very firmly told him that he must not smoke within sight or smell of me & he's now thinking of quitting himself .

Yesterday we spent all day in the garden, chopping down unruly trees, digging, weeding, teaching DD to play badminton (much patience required ) & generally having fun.

Know what, we were so occupied I didnt even think of having a cigarette all day, so didnt even use a nicorette .

Busy day with work today then going to stay out in garden as long as possible with DD, keeping busy certainly helps.

Keep up the mission everyone
lula

ZTD

Richard_S wrote: »

Hi feedumall,

The mozzies have never bothered me before; it must be that my blood is tastier without all the nicotine and other yuk floating around.:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Richard

Nicotine is an insecticide.

Richard_S

naomi234 wrote: »

I feel absolutely brilliant, i feel like running down the street screaming i have give up smoking, i must admit i thought it was going to be a lot harder than this. Mowed the front and back lawns this morning, going to do some housework now, also i think you get more done when your not stopping for a fag break every 5 minutes. Well done everyone.

Can i ask also what were everyones reasons for giving up eg health, money, etc.

My reason was me and my partner have been trying for a baby for 3 years without success and i thought giving up smoking could help as there seems to be no other reason why we cant conceive, my partner gave up 6 months ago.

Hi Naomi,

It seems as though you've had a busy morning, and that's what works for me. I also noticed how much longer I can stay working at something and I'd only been stopped 4-5 days over the weekend.

As for reasons for stopping they were health primarily, I'm no longer in the glorious "flush of youth" and of course the financial benefits. We no longer have access to credit so we need a cash cushion to smooth over any unforseen circumstances, and quitting smoking seemed like a good way of adding to it..

Richard

Richard_S

ZTD wrote: »

Nicotine is an insecticide.

Thanks ZTD, I guess that'll explain all the bites this morning.:beer:

Richard_S

Lula-Hula wrote: »

Hey everyone,

Richard, sorry to hear about your toes , if you dont mind I shall think of them each time I have a weak moment.

lula

Hi Lula,

I was only jesting about my toes, but I appreciate it's not a joke. I've got a summary of the scary things smoking does to your body and gangrene is just one of them; particularly affecting extremeties like toes.:eek: :eek:

Fortunately, I'm still in one piece and continuing to feel the improvement of not having had a smoke since last Tuesday.

Richard