Stoptober club 2013 - Lets have another go!

tattycath

I"m not very tolerant today. not sure whether smoking made me more tolerant or whether it's just a passing side effect of giving up. Hopefully the latter.

CKhalvashi

Is anyone in East Herts/Uttlesford area fancies a support meetup, let me know.

I'm in Bournemouth next Saturday, too, if anyone is interested (although I do have a work meeting)

CK

vassa

CKhalvashi wrote: »

I've given up earlier, smoked 4, and chucked the rest of the pack in the bin. The reason for this is that I'm waiting for (cancer-related) blood tests tomorrow, and I feel sick thinking about it.

Maybe also, the stress of working a 14+hr day, whilst unwell, then coming home and sorting two children out isn't enough of an issue, too?

I'm sorry, but I don't agree with you.

CK

You don't have to agree with me, i'm right. I have the experience of going through years of what others try once every few months. Get your head in the right place and you don't get any physical withdrawal symptoms from giving up smoking. Go look up Allen Carr's Easyway. It didn't help me on an immediate basis, but the advice on how to see smoking for what it really is must have stuck with me subconsciously because i suddenly (three years after reading it) saw smoking for what it was, and giving up was incredibly simple. Before my mentality changed i felt strangled by my addiction and a smoke-free life scared me.

And whoever said i'm being smug - i'm not, but by perpetuating this 'nicorette' culture and the nonsense they spread about 'cutting down' and all that tosh, you all need to be told the realities. Google the book i mentioned, you will thank me, because it will go some way to changing your mindset.

Making out like it's something that should be taken one day at a time, that you need to be wary of stress and that it will make you want a cig, that you need to replace it with therapy, that you need to set 'goals' and time limits and all that stuff is damaging because none of it is the truth. If you don't hate smoking, despise the addiction to it and not just 'oh i spend too much' or 'oh it's unhealthy' then you'll never successfully be a non-smoker, whether you stop smoking or not, because those things are fallacies amount to convincing yourself that you like doing it but are giving up for other benefits, when you should be giving up because you don't want to partake in the act of smoking any more.

HPoirot

vassa wrote: »

You don't have to agree with me, i'm right. I have the experience of going through years of what others try once every few months. Get your head in the right place and you don't get any physical withdrawal symptoms from giving up smoking. Go look up Allen Carr's Easyway. It didn't help me on an immediate basis, but the advice on how to see smoking for what it really is must have stuck with me subconsciously because i suddenly (three years after reading it) saw smoking for what it was, and giving up was incredibly simple. Before my mentality changed i felt strangled by my addiction and a smoke-free life scared me.

And whoever said i'm being smug - i'm not, but by perpetuating this 'nicorette' culture and the nonsense they spread about 'cutting down' and all that tosh, you all need to be told the realities. Google the book i mentioned, you will thank me, because it will go some way to changing your mindset.

Making out like it's something that should be taken one day at a time, that you need to be wary of stress and that it will make you want a cig, that you need to replace it with therapy, that you need to set 'goals' and time limits and all that stuff is damaging because none of it is the truth. If you don't hate smoking, despise the addiction to it and not just 'oh i spend too much' or 'oh it's unhealthy' then you'll never successfully be a non-smoker, whether you stop smoking or not, because those things are fallacies amount to convincing yourself that you like doing it but are giving up for other benefits, when you should be giving up because you don't want to partake in the act of smoking any more.

Got the book, went to three (yes three, I was that desperate) of their sessions, still not seen the light and am not prepared for 3 more years puffing away waiting for the penny to drop. Nicotine patches work better in my case.

Sorry but your earlier post did come across as incredibly smug and offensive. I'm glad to know it was based on your personal experience.

HPoirot

tattycath wrote: »

I"m not very tolerant today. not sure whether smoking made me more tolerant or whether it's just a passing side effect of giving up. Hopefully the latter.

On the previous occasions I've tried to stop, I was biting OH's head off over nothing by the 3rd day . I'm hoping this time the patches make the withdrawal easier to ride.

HPoirot

toochoosey - how are you gearing up for tomorrow?

Ok, I have a confession to make, coming forth with clean hands and all that

I am planning to wean myself off over the next 2-3 days and have set aside 5 cigs for that. :eek: I really do hope this is not cheating!!
The reason is that everytime I've tried going cold turkey in the past I end up giving in by the 5th day. I haven't been able to cut down this last week at all. I figured the only way I can stop smoking is to wean myself off using the patch then carrying on clean with the patch, if that makes sense?

Oops, sorry for the serial posting, am trying to work tonight as hubby is hogging the tv and I come on here on my 'breaks'...

toochoosey

HPoirot, you do what is best for you xx I have an e-cig which I will be using. I do have an advantage tomorrow as my DD is taking part in the school fun run, and, as I work in the same school, I won't be having a cig while the children are around. That'll be a couple of hours, then I have to take dog back to vets after his op today and look after him............................filling time? Me????






Hell, yeah!!!!

Granariesgirl

Hi everyone,
I was a bit late in starting as I found a last cig in the packet on the morning of the 1st... & smoked it!:eek:

So I've officially been clean for 3D10H & counting, saved £6.80 by not smoking 20 cigs & have saved 1H40M of life... :cool:

AAAAAARGH!!!!! There are moments of intense craving but I am distracting myself or just lying low & waiting for it to pass saying "just one more hour / day" & so far it's worked. If I fall off the wagon I'll just dust myself off & get back on again... Cold Turkey all the way for me (maybe I should have stopped at Xmas!;))

I don't physically miss the nicotine, I miss the space in the day the cig gave me: time outside, a kind of "Time Out" where I wasn't feeling guilty about what I wasn't doing because I couldn't smoke & hang out the washing / tidy the garden etc. It gave me much needed "head space" & I'm finding that hard to replace...


A HUGE Bravo to anyone who is doing this, whatever method you use - just think of the money you're not giving to the Government!
:T
According to the calculator I found (link below), if I manage a year, I will save £729.27 of which 627.31 will be TAX!!!! :eek:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-1633429/Calculator-tax-pay-beer-wine-cigarettes-spirits.html

toochoosey

Granariesgirl, I think that's what I'll miss..........the 5 minutes breather outside, which is why I'm using an e-cig xx

Kiwisaver_2

Granariesgirl wrote: »

I don't physically miss the nicotine, I miss the space in the day the cig gave me: time outside, a kind of "Time Out" where I wasn't feeling guilty about what I wasn't doing because I couldn't smoke & hang out the washing / tidy the garden etc. It gave me much needed "head space" & I'm finding that hard to replace...

Sounds like you are doing great and have some good coping strategies in place- well done! :T

I understand your feelings about the break times, I felt like that for ages and found it exhausting not having those excuses to down tools and just sit for a while.

However now I see the smoking breaks were such a waste of time; I now have so much more time in the mornings and don't dally around before going to work, have more time to spend on me, more time to make myself some breakfast or a proper lunch etc.

Before I now realise I was just rushing around trying to do everything as fast as I could, so as to make more time to sit / stand around and smoke. :rotfl: