Post for everyone who QUIT evil fags

remembering

off them since 10 January, was at a outdoor party yesterday and lots of people were smoking so that was really hard. missing them a lot the last few days, think its the nice weather and people are in beer gardens smoking and drinking.. another day down i guess!!! well done everyone that has given them up, its not easy at times!

Lelbell

I know the feeling! I associate summer with being outdoors & smoking... off them 5 months, so it is my first summer without them... ah well i'm still hanging in there

Vizzy

Glad to report that I am now 12 weeks smoke free tonight.
That is a saving of €820 ( approx).:):)
No real urge to smoke at this stage but I still loooove the smell of them.

largepants

Ages since I posted here and glad to see the same names because that means ye're all still off the fags. Thank God I'm still in the same boat as I'll be off them 5 months now in a few days.

To those who are in the early stages - seriously keep it going. If there is one thing you can do for your family and friends let this be it. If you have kids remember you'll be able to run around after them and play football with them without having to give up after five minutes. I can safely say its the best decision I ever made in my life. I'm saving money, I'm healthier and I don't have to listen to my kids giving out to me as I light up.

Do not give in to it. You'll be along here in 5 months time giving the same advice to those who are in the early stages. And it feels good.

remembering

Lelbell wrote: »

I know the feeling! I associate summer with being outdoors & smoking... off them 5 months, so it is my first summer without them... ah well i'm still hanging in there

well done!!! ah well we're doing great, such a bloody addiction but i wont give in to the evil weed!! fingers x anyway!! :eek:

Cheeky_gal

Been off the cigs for the past 73 days.

Had my first one last night while I was out with friends, it tasted horrible! I had difficulty inhaling it and coughed like mad. Delighted!!!

username123

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

Been off the cigs for the past 73 days.

Had my first one last night while I was out with friends, it tasted horrible! I had difficulty inhaling it and coughed like mad. Delighted!!!

Why were you having one? Was it a moment of weakness or to test yourself?

I dont know how many days I am now, but its since Jan 1 so its over 5 months.

I would never ever test myself - I have failed that test 10 or more times daily for over 20 years - no need to check again.

I have thus far managed to resist all moments of weakness. Tbh Ive only had a few real moments of weakness once I got through the first 3 weeks.

I hope I can stay off them permanently. It would be too easy to go back,it frightens me to think of it.

Love2love

username123 wrote: »

Why were you having one? Was it a moment of weakness or to test yourself?

I would never ever test myself - I have failed that test 10 or more times daily for over 20 years - no need to check again.

I feel the exact same... maybe this forum has conditioned me to growl when I hear or read someone's post saying they've tried one after x amount of weeks/months off them!

I am over 4 months off them. I have just come back from 2 weeks in Spain and I am very proud to say I didn't give in. I was so very worried about going there and smoking - before when on holiday I would sit on the beach and smoke my brains out and I LOVED LOVED LOVED it. I took my e-cig with me just incase I was tempted but I am delighted to say that I didn't smoke!!! It too a few days of adjusting believe it or not but no part of me desired a cigarette - it was just something was missing in the first few days untill I established a routine over there without them.:rolleyes:

I understand what people mean when they say they love the smell of them. Funny enough when I smell them after I have had a beer its disgusts me like when you smell it and you have a hangover but sober I think its the nicest smell in the world :o:o

laura2011

Just smoked my last cigerette, and really want to quit this time, have made plenty of half arsed attempts previously but i mean business now.

Is anyone else starting from scratch today, i already have a horrible anxious feeling in my stomach

im 25 and really very unfit, which i put down to smoking- i couldnt run to the end of the road without nearly dying and this is really beginning to worry me.

username123

Im not brand new anymore Laura (Im more kind of cobwebby and dusty ), but congratulations!!

Its the best thing you can ever do for yourself! And you are so young, you will be back to healthy fitness in no time!!

The first 3 days are the worst, thats all, after that, youre flying. Do it!

Shazanne

Hi Laura,
I remember my Day One very well - and that awful panicky feeling! I remember being almost afraid to go to bed that night in case I couldn't get up the next morning and face the day withour smoking:eek::eek:
But I did it and, believe me, I was the very last person that anyone thought would/could give them up:rolleyes:
That was January 27th and I am cigarette free since then:cool::cool:
I won't lie to you and say its been easy - it hasn't. I won't lie and tell you that I don't still miss them - cause I do at times. But what it most definitely has been is really worth it!!
Stick with it Laura and you will get there. And we are all here for you. Nothing you will experience hasn't already been experienced (and conquered!) by someone on here. We are with you all the way;):D:pac:

laura2011

Thank you both for the words of encouragement, i wont lie, i am nervous about tomorrow, i usually stick on the kettle and reach straight for the cigs in the morning, ive decided not to go out at the weekends for the month because i think that if i had a drink in my hand when i was only getting started the temptation would be too much, also joined a gym today!!....something to keep me occupied. Ambitious perhaps, but my theory is this will pay for itself if i am successful!! fingers crossed!

Cheeky_gal

username123 wrote: »

Why were you having one? Was it a moment of weakness or to test yourself?.

It was a moment of weakness. But I am glad I experienced that moment of weakness because I thought I would enjoy it but I didn't. Not one bit. I know I will never smoke again now.

Love2love wrote: »

I feel the exact same... maybe this forum has conditioned me to growl when I hear or read someone's post saying they've tried one after x amount of weeks/months off them!

Don't let my experience bother you. What works for one person may not work for the next. I am a non smoker and delighted to be one.

Love2love

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

It was a moment of weakness. But I am glad I experienced that moment of weakness because I thought I would enjoy it but I didn't. Not one bit. I know I will never smoke again now.



Don't let my experience bother you. What works for one person may not work for the next. I am a non smoker and delighted to be one.

Ah no offence was meant

Its just when I first gave them up I was surprised when reading this forum the amount of people who "just had one" months after they had stopped smoking. In fact, its scared the bejayus outta me that I would never break the habit!!

But it has taught me that, for me at least, there would never be just one cigarette.

username123

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

It was a moment of weakness. But I am glad I experienced that moment of weakness because I thought I would enjoy it but I didn't. Not one bit. I know I will never smoke again now.

Oh, sorry to hear you got caught, good that you didnt like it. See Im too frightened that I WOULD like it. I fought hard the first time around to get hooked - who didnt eh?

username123

laura2011 wrote: »

Thank you both for the words of encouragement, i wont lie, i am nervous about tomorrow, i usually stick on the kettle and reach straight for the cigs in the morning, ive decided not to go out at the weekends for the month because i think that if i had a drink in my hand when i was only getting started the temptation would be too much, also joined a gym today!!....something to keep me occupied. Ambitious perhaps, but my theory is this will pay for itself if i am successful!! fingers crossed!

I really hope you are now on Day 2 - and if you are - well done!!!

I think your idea of avoiding going out is brilliant, I did that too - best way to give a proper fighting chance.

You will enjoy the gym now that you dont have to struggle from choking yourself on a regular basis

abacus120

So nearly off the fags 7 weeks,all going well,have had a few bad moments and at times i would still love one but i expect that it will be a long time before that totally passes,am noticing weight gain big time,close to a stone i would say,not really eating any more than i did,will have to go for a longer walk in the evenings!

username123

abacus120 wrote: »

So nearly off the fags 7 weeks,all going well,have had a few bad moments and at times i would still love one but i expect that it will be a long time before that totally passes,am noticing weight gain big time,close to a stone i would say,not really eating any more than i did,will have to go for a longer walk in the evenings!

I wonder if us ex smokers finish meals more often now, as a smoker I used to find myself leaving a bit behind so I could go and have the after meal smoke. Or did the smoking suppress the appetite a bit?

Well done on the 7 weeks. Theres still times Id love one too, very occasional, and Im nearly 6 months off them.

spider77

Have not posted in a while but glad to sy I'm still off them since jan 3rd, so nearly 6 months soon. I completed my first half marathon and it felt great. Onwards and upwards. I no longer fear standing in the smoking area with friends. I had one weak moment at a wedding asking ppl for a smoke but everyone just kept saying no to me!! Family n friends being very supportive - even the ones who smoke.

Hang in there everyone and use this forum for motivation.

Wind and Wave

Im currently off the fags a year and four months now and my wife is off them since February. What I found worked for me was to examine when I smoked and changed my routines. For example I loved a fag after my dinner. In the beginning I had to get up straight a way and find something to do until the longings went. When I went to the pub I changed my drink, decided to drink Guinness instead of Heineken as well as changing the time I went. For the first three months I had to keep looking at how not to put myself into a situation that would cause me temptation as well as keeping my routine busy. Idleness provides the greatest temptation.
My wife found that the patches worked forher

abacus120

Having a hard few days,keep thinking about cigs,not sure why,am off them two months and have been doing great,not stressed about anything etc,i just feel very close to having one,i wont,not going down that road again,guess im just having a few tough days,feel really cranky and on edge.

username123

Sitec wrote: »

I'm still off them, noticed my sense of smell is much better. I keep dreaming about smoking!! I cant stop eating though any advice? don't want to put on a load of weight!

The hunger fades off after a couple of weeks.

Fishermans Friends were my friend! And glasses of water. The water will help flush the toxins too.

BunShopVoyeur

Hi all,

I'm on day 7 at the moment and feeling pretty good. I must say I've found this forum to be a great help over the past week, I've pretty much read all 40 odd pages

I chose not to post here or tell anybody for the first week as I just wanted to get through it alone.

Craving seem to have eased off hugely yesterday and today but Thursday was horrific, I've also decided to stay away from alcohol for a couple of weeks just in case.

Anyway I just wanted to say hi, get the ball rolling and hopefully post here as a non smoker from now on.

Good luck everyone

votecounts

day 13 myself, the only time i've missed them is when i go out for a few scoops.Smell is a lot a better and eating a lot more which i read is very common.

Love2love

Almost 5 months later

99% of my day is now free from cigarette thoughts - unless prompted 100% free

I was at a wedding last Friday and I got my first real craving in months. Funny enough it had nothing to do with alcohol. It was when the ceremony was over and we had to hang around the church for about 45 mins. Boredom I suppose, that and seeing so many people smoking at one time whereas before I usually avoided seeing people smoking.

Happy to say that I wasn't really tempted - more acknowledgement of a thing I used to do that I don't do anymore.

I am afraid to stand on the scales though - I can see peoples reaction when they see me now. Now my new thing is giving up chocolate :pac:

cyrusdvirus

GRRRRRRRR

12 months............12 feckin months i was off them.

Then last month the fit hit the shan at work, at home, at play, and i caved....


Day 7 today. Still having cravings like a motherfucker.

But i will beat this. Again.

username123

@Love2love - great to see you here again!!

So, nearly 6 months for me. Genuinely dont really think of cigarettes from day to day, the odd time I see someone smoking or am in a situation where I think 'oh, I used to smoke'.

I had surgery last week, and had to fast from midnight the night before. It reminded me of giving up smoking, I kept thinking Id accidently eaten when I hadnt!!

I can confirm that the effects of a general anasthetic are not as bad as a non smoker.

When I see or walk through a group of people smoking I dont feel any pangs of regret, I just acknowledge to myself that I was one of those (usually shivering!) people once.

I am proud of quitting. A friends father has just been diagnosed with lung cancer. A lifetime heavy smoker. I hope that I escape that. I wish Id stopped years ago.

@gatecrash - thanks for posting that, its posts with that kind of honesty that help keep me on the straight and narrow. It could happen to any of us. That is the nature of the horrible addiction of smoking, it has the ability to pull the strongest of us back in unsuspectingly.

Best of luck on the quit - you KNOW you can do it. Just a hard 3 weeks, thats all it is. You are stronger than this thing.

Cheeky_gal

100 days on Sunday..! My family are taking me out for dinner on Sunday to celebrate!

Had a giggle at the person who said "next thing to give up - chocolate!" .. I'm in the same position, I haven't put on a lot of weight, maybe half a stone which isn't too bad, but I am really enjoying food more. A few pounds definately doesn't bother me when you compare it to smoking..

Dead Man Walking

Ground zero for me tomorrow. Gonna knock the grog on the head too for a while until I get past the gravitational pull of planet smoke

GastroBoy

Dead Man Walking wrote: »

Ground zero for me tomorrow. Gonna knock the grog on the head too for a while until I get past the gravitational pull of planet smoke

Well done on making the decision and good luck