Stoptober club 2013 - Lets have another go!

penelopedee_2

Just stop and see what happens. Giving it a try costs nothing x

Ok, do you want me to dare you to stop smoking tonight?

pogg000

Ok, do you want me to dare you to stop smoking tonight?[/QUOTE]

LOVE IT x

thriftylynny

Yes please, dare me Penelopedee...i'm scared tho, as stupid as that may sound? Will this thread carry through past October,i'm hoping so as i have no other support apart from the encouragement from non smokers.

pogg000

I hope it does last until we all fail or start again next year lol x

angelicious

Thanks CK and penelopedee, starting again as of now:D

observations_from_a_hill

Feeling more positive now - thanks pogg00 for the brain/oxygen connection. Maybe after a month I become Einstein!

To any who have given in today, don't worry. Just take a blip as a blip, you still want to quit, so carry on accordingly -a fag at that particular stage was unavoidable. Doesn't mean you have to quit the challenge unless you choose to.

Each of us is trying this for our own individual reasons. We just need to keep reminding ourselves of those reasons. Thread encourages & cheers us.

By the way, I now absolutely hate tic-tacs (refreshing little lifts my !!!!!) having been chewing them all day. I have also got a mechanical pencil, which provides silent fiddling opportunities.

Best of luck everyone on the journey.

thriftylynny

Oh god now thinking about the morning cuppa/ 2 fag time in the morning? If i can just get through that!

Candlewick

I have *delurked* to pop in and wish you all lots of luck with your endeavours. :T

I gave up on 1 January this year after smoking for 33 years, the last 10 years at around 25 / 30 a day depending on if I was out socialising.

I used the 21mg / 24 hour patches for the first 5 weeks with the additional support of the inhalator and then went down to Step 2 with 14mg for 3 weeks and then just relied on the inhalator for another couple of weeks. I admire anyone that gives up, whatever method you use.

I downloaded the NHS app on my phone and the quitkeeper widget on my laptop. I don't bother much with them now until I pass another milestone although I am constantly reminded of them as I update my signature, something I intend to stop when I hit a year. The feeling you get as you pass another milestone is easily the equivalent of watching your debts go down or your savings going up.

I promise you, it will get easier. As an incentive, I have saved £1868 on cigarettes alone so far and added over 3 weeks to my life.

I hope I don't sound like an ex-smoker as they can quite often be sanctimonious, something I have always tried to avoid.

I will popping in to see how you are all getting on and watching your progress.

penelopedee_2

thriftylynny wrote: »

Yes please, dare me Penelopedee...i'm scared tho, as stupid as that may sound? Will this thread carry through past October,i'm hoping so as i have no other support apart from the encouragement from non smokers.

thriftylynny, consider yourself dared! I dare you not to smoke for the whole of Stoptober x

(Oh and I'm scared too, so you're not alone)

And I will still nag you after then if you want

penelopedee_2

angelicious wrote: »

Thanks CK and penelopedee, starting again as of now:D

Nice one