The Giving Up Smoking Thread!!

wannabemoneysavingstar

Hi Pulmanji,

Congratualtions on finding us, you have done what I did lurked for a bit and read everyone elses posts, it is great to have the support on here.

The first thing you need to do is to decide why you want to stop, most people money appears to be the main reason. I have found that have a silk quit, quit meter helps as it counts up exactly how much your saving.

Hawthorn wrote: »

http://www.silkquit.org/stop-smoking/quit-meter.aspx

Use the button under the donation panel for a free copy!


I am almost at nine hours now. Strangely, I have a bit of a cough forming? Think that's anything to do with not fagging it, or just coincidence?

I have tried countless times before 8 + to stop and I feel more positive this time, only using the gum this time as well but there are hundreds of ways to stop you have to choose the best way. I find the gum works well as I use it instead of smoking / at the same time as rambling on here when I am at work.

As I said before some where is like having big brother watching you, in a good way and it does really help. Just keep rambling it really does help, sure there are far more professional ideas like going to NHS group, doctors, pharmacy but I find rambling works well. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Good luck the support is here if you need it :T

pulmanj

Hi,

Thanks for the prompt reply, I will have a look at that link. I think just reading what other people are going through and how they are handling it is a big help.

happymumof3

Have finally conceeded that we are TOO far in debt... and my £5 a day smoking habit is definately NOT helping us in any way, so time for me to finally try and dump the ciggies (HEEELLLLPPPPP!)

Have got 3 patches sitting in the cupboard leftover from a previous attempt to give up, and have invested in one of those inhaler things that are supposed to help you... hmmmm we will see!

Anyways, tomorrow is my start day of NO MORE SMOKING... hopefully will manage longer than 3 days, the most I have ever gone in over 12 years without a ciggie

Will let you all know how I go... and well done to all of you who are already doing fab with not smoking

yellowmonkey

Good luck for tomorrow happymumof3 and to everyone else :T:T

ym

rizla01

Hi All,

I have packed it in.

Last fag was about 18 Hours ago.

No patches, just determination.

Must admit that I was worried that I would have difficulty as the last addiction that I gave up was Seroxat (About 10 years ago) and getting off that was REALLY bad, and I feared that I might get some kind of flashback but nothing yet.

Feeling pretty good but feeling GREAT that I have made that move.

I did it!

NOW, I guess, the hard work starts.

Wish me luck.:)

Incidentally, if it helps I used roll-ups and have done since 1969 (minus 4 years) and for the last 3 Mths have cut my usage down to 50G over two weeks. (About £7.00)

Hawthorn

Well done you!

Is Rizla as a user name connected to the evil habit perchance?

Good luck with it. I know you can do it! I'm currently coming off Citalopram, as well as the tobacco. Anti d's suck, huh?


Happymumof3, how are you doing?

rizla01

Hawthorn wrote: »

Well done you!

Is Rizla as a user name connected to the evil habit perchance?

Good luck with it. I know you can do it! I'm currently coming off Citalopram, as well as the tobacco. Anti d's suck, huh?


Happymumof3, how are you doing?

Oh Yeah.

Forgot about my name.

That will have to be a legacy of my smoking days.:)

And YES Anti-d's are not very nice at all.

Good luck getting off them too, Hawthorn.

Good luck to you also Happymumof3.

feedumall

afternoon all i see we have some new blood:D ,well done you for quitting the dreaded el nicotina:T :T ,rizla keep it up you can do it ,happymum well done your a fiver a day is what i spent:o ,have saved approx 340 pounds in two and a half months:eek: .ym hope your well,pulman hello and happy birhday for tuesday my birthdays wednesday but i'm a lot older than you:p we gemini are the best:D .

happymumof3

Ok, so I smoked my last cigarette at 9pm last night, felt dreadful this morning, really bad headache, but has cleared now and am actually feeling quite positive

Went to the shops to buy bread and milk, managed to resist the temptation to buy some cigarettes, and we are off out to the school summer fete now, so that will keep me busy for the next couple of hours at least!

Will keep you all updated with my progress, I have to say that having the SilkQuit tab on the bottom of my computer is actually really helping me, as is this forum!

FieryBlondeScot

hi all

just a quick check in. my quitometer is now at 1yr 2m 1d :beer: so ive kicked the habit but now need to kick the NRT habit :mad: am on the nasal spray :mad: and the odd bit of gum so have come :eek: :eek: :eek: but also the money im spending on that had cancelled out most of the savings :mad: so this is my new challenge also gonna check into stayquit too :j

overall though i am quite impressed i thought the stop smoking thing would be a lot harder than it was it is definelty down to your frame of mind so anyone whos still newly quit and going thru hell - relax it does get easier :T