The Giving Up Smoking Thread!!

deb68_2

Morning all
its really early been up since 2am hubby snoring head off an doing mine in lol,he's even got a breath strip on his nose worked great last week not this.ANY way i am having my last fag now my mam died in may she had opd(obstructive pulminry disease)
do not want my kids going through what i did watching her die an not being able to help.So thats it no more i will save the £35 a week for christmas.Thank you for starting this thread good luck to everyone
take care

shadydaz

Just a quick pat on my own back to say three months today.

Lovely Jubley.

If i can do it, anyone can.

Keep up the good work guys.. It is much more worth it than you think during those dark moments of temptation.

Lula-Hula

shadydaz wrote: »

Just a quick pat on my own back to say three months today.

Lovely Jubley.

If i can do it, anyone can.

Keep up the good work guys.. It is much more worth it than you think during those dark moments of temptation.

Well done shadydaz, 3 months wow :beer:

Today is my 4 monthiversary & I couldnt be happier , if anyone needs encouragement then I'm currently looking for a new ( used new) car & the ones owned by smokers are just not nice. No matter how clean & shiny they look, they still stink

so glad to Waspeze back :j & as always huge thanks to Sue :A

Keep up with the quitting everyone & will try to pop in more often

lula x

Waspeze

Congrats Lula and Shady


and all the best Deb and Debbie for your quit days


thanks as always to Sue for your kind words


Will be starting on the Champix on the 5th November .. with an aim to be off the ciggies by the 15th .. once back on the pills i'll be regular here but in the mean time i'll pop in and see how everyones doing :A :A

Sue-UU

Hi Waspeze, you're welcome. That's so good to now have a date ready to start off. I'll be watching you with such a keen eye as I so want you to get there, you really do deserve to!:T

Congratulations Daz!!!!!:T That really is marvellous news, yours too Lula!!! :T How about your wife Daz, did she sick to it? I really do hope so.

deb68 wrote: »

Morning all
its really early been up since 2am hubby snoring head off an doing mine in lol,he's even got a breath strip on his nose worked great last week not this.ANY way i am having my last fag now my mam died in may she had opd(obstructive pulminry disease)
do not want my kids going through what i did watching her die an not being able to help.So thats it no more i will save the £35 a week for christmas.Thank you for starting this thread good luck to everyone
take care

Hi Deb and a warm welcome to the thread - to quitting too!!! My condolences to you about your mum, it must have been awful for you to simply stand by being so helpless. With your hubby and children to care for (and for your mum too!) you now have great motivation to quit for good and I wish you all the very best in your goal. Put that money aside and watch it grow ....and know the chances of you having opd will be diminishing and you'll soon feel a whole lot better in all you do!

The thread's here whenever you wish to sound off ....or to brag!!! Just come on and talk to us, we'll help you as much as possible!

The very best of luck!!!

Sue PS. ....no suggestions for hubby I'm afraid. Well, I have a couple but not for the board!!! :rotfl:

Mintoze

I'm a newcomer to this thread and have been reading everybody else's experiences with interest.
I gave up (after 45 years of 20 a day) a couple of years ago after reading Allen Carr's books and didn't miss it a bit. Huge success! After a year I became complacent and asked my son for just one puff of his cig. That was it. It was downhill all the way after that in a very short time. Whatsmore, I seem to be making up for lost time and smoking more than before. I have read AC's book again, twice, but it didn't work. Went to his clinic in Leeds, twice, and that didn't work either. I do believe in his book and will probably read it again (and again and again) because I'm reluctant to go on to the replacement therapies.
My message to all those who have given up is DON'T EVEN HAVE A PUFF.

Sue-UU

Mintoze wrote: »

My message to all those who have given up is DON'T EVEN HAVE A PUFF.

What great words of wisdom they are too! I think many of us have had those evil thoughts go through our heads ...that just one puff won't affect us - BUT it's just our heads toying with us to spark us off again - AND it works every time - unless it makes us feel ill!!!:o

A warm welcome to the thread Mintoze and I sincerely hope that, after such great success the first time, you'll get there again when things feel just right to do so. When you get there then do let us know, you'll certainly get a great deal of support here, but thanks for the above last words, I hope any who are tempted will see them!

All the very best and never stop trying to quit.

Sue

frazzmunch

time to confess....i went to the funeral of a nineteen year old kid yesterday and i have fallen seriously off the wagon...i have smoked about 30 fags.... i just can't think about not doing it at the moment....i hope to get back off them soon, but need to deal with this first....:o

debbiemc_2

Hi :wave:

Just an update from me - today is Day Three without cigarettes and so far, so good!

Debbie. x

Sue-UU

Extremely well done Debbie!!! That's the worse 3 out of the way. Take it all a day at a time, but you've made a GREAT start!!! :T Try now to look to the week marker and with each passing day you're closer and closer. You CAN do it!!!! :j:T

frazzmunch wrote: »

time to confess....i went to the funeral of a nineteen year old kid yesterday and i have fallen seriously off the wagon...i have smoked about 30 fags.... i just can't think about not doing it at the moment....i hope to get back off them soon, but need to deal with this first....:o

Very bad luck frazzmunch and how terrible for one so very, very young. How I sympathise with his/her parents. Of course it will have "knocked you for six", all deaths do, but with one so terribly young..... it all seems so very unfair and wrong.

As soon as you feel able, grab hold of whatever makes you think of quitting again and seize that chance with all you have! All the very best for now, and for then.

Sue