stopping smoking on the 1st of jan 2009

TheBigGuy · 05-02-2009 4:23pm

@ dolly K,
go stand beside a smoker and ask yourself if you really want to smell like that! i find it helps put things into perspective!

@ Sean Mc
I have been off the smokes for 1 month and 2 days, i have not smoked 598 cigs and i have saved €244, i have added 2.08 days to my life

smoked for about 10 years, i was on anywher between 15 and 20 a day, this is the longest i have ever lasted and the first serious attempt.
TBH i think the day i wrote that post was my lowest point. since then i have improved and i feel a bit better.i truely felt f**ked up for a while there though.

Today was good, tomorrow might not be, but right now i am a non smoker and f**king delighted about it! Viva LA REVOLUTION!

dollyk · 05-02-2009 11:49pm

no i didnt have one believe it or not, somehow i feel like all you fookers are watching me, omg im losing my mind:eek:, aw well tomorrow is another day, ill make it tonite, and every other night...mad thoughts eh

carebear2 · 07-02-2009 10:26pm

Hey guys glad to hear you's are all doing well. Well I had the worst day ever today (I wont go into it) but I lifted my boyf fags this morning and had one abd then ended up having another 5!! Im so disappointed in myself so have decided to forget its happened and just start again in the morning. Funny thing is I didnt even enjoy them I just smoked them because they were there. Great to have this to log onto and give me all the good reasons to quit for a 2nd a d hopefully final time.

dollyk · 08-02-2009 12:06am

aw carebear, it doesnt matter, just keep trying, ill kill myself in the process:D
today was ok, but who knows about tomorrow, wish there was a magic wand that i could wave to stop thinking about them , but who knows maybe this time will be for good, maybe not

:P

mjg · 08-02-2009 1:33am

Carebear, it was just a pothole, not a dead end. No problem to you girl.

Dolly, the fags are sneaky b***ards, fair play for ignoring them.

Bigguy, standing next to a smoker is good advice, stale smoke is really rotten. Three weeks for me today and all alright. Even going into the small staff room at work there's a horrible smell of stale smoke from the smokers' jackets. The smell from a smoker is probably the biggest thing keeping me from dwelling on them.

Crystal cahunas to all who are off the f***ers. We might live long enough to see the end of the recession.;)

Gremlin · 08-02-2009 9:02pm

Late comer to this thread. Gave them up Jan 1st and I know I will look on Jan 1st 2009 as the best day of my life. The day I finally said, 'I've had enough'.

For years I tortured myself and at one point last year I decided that I could never give them up, but now here I am nearing 6 weeks later and if my world falls around me tomorrow I know I'll never fall into the trap of smoking again. I'm sorry I know I sound cocky but thats the way I feel.

I'm using the patches alright and they certainly help a LOT.

I'm convinced that mental state is everything. I read Alan Carr's book a few times and to be honest I pooh-poohed it a bit. I now realise that this was because I didn't really want to give up at that time. Now that I *really* want to stop, I can see sense in everything he says.

I have my little mantra. 'The cravings will go away all you have to do is not smoke again'. I enjoyed Paulie's post (#4) thats exactly my thoughts. I love not having to go out in the freezing cold to poison myself and pay through the nose for it. I love not smelling like an ashtray and being afraid to sit too close to someone. I love looking at my pink hands and face instead of the old gray ones. I love having all that money in my pocket. So many things I love about not smoking and I'm damn well not gonna give those things up just for some smelly cancer stick. I also keep telling myself anytime I even get the slightest doubt. 'There is no such thiong as just one. One = where I was before and as I already mentioned, there is no way in hell I'm going back there.

Its funny how the right mentality makes the cravings a LOT less and easier to deal with. My advice to anyone giving up is 'get yer head straight' there is NOTHING nice avbout smoking, and there is LOADS nice about not doing so.

A-Trak · 12-02-2009 6:04pm

adrenalinjunkie wrote: »

Me too, unbelievable insomnia to the point where I sometimes cant sleep all night, don't give in to going to bed during the day and still can't sleep the next night so I've gone for periods of 36 hours at a time with out sleep :eek: I'm on day 18. Does anyone have any idea how long this lasts for?

Am off the smokes 6 months now but was in the exact same place as you - literally didn't sleep for days at a time!
Lasted about 30 - 40 days tapering off at the end.

I found exercising (running, weights,) helped immensely. Also feeling how much you can breath again is a huge boost to staying off them as well.

I literally was running on adrenalin (Shouldn't be a problem for you!;)) but remember that having a smoke won't cure that insomnia!
It WILL get better and you'll find a normal sleep pattern again. And it IS definitely worth it.

Cherry Blossom · 13-02-2009 4:14am

A-Trak wrote: »

Am off the smokes 6 months now but was in the exact same place as you - literally didn't sleep for days at a time!
Lasted about 30 - 40 days tapering off at the end.

I found exercising (running, weights,) helped immensely. Also feeling how much you can breath again is a huge boost to staying off them as well.

I literally was running on adrenalin (Shouldn't be a problem for you!;)) but remember that having a smoke won't cure that insomnia!
It WILL get better and you'll find a normal sleep pattern again. And it IS definitely worth it.

Thanks! Almost a month now and starting to find it a bit easier, I go to kickboxing twice a week and horse-riding and general running about after horses in between and haven't found that much help in exhausting me. I'm not working at the minute though so it's not a huge problem (the insomnia) but I'd probably be finding it easier to sleep if I was as i'd be more worn out:rolleyes: Even with all the exercise I'm still relatively inactive for most of the day!

dr.bollocko · 14-02-2009 3:03pm

2 weeks down now. I am so glad I made it until valentines day. The ole mood has suffered a huge amount because of it. Losing the rag left and right but even that is on the wane. Since quitting I have smoked two cigarettes and no thought of going back on them. I still get the moments of weakness but just know I do not want to be a smoker anymore. Reasons I was able to keep going when it was really crap:

Gamucci electronic cigarette thingy. My love for gizmos helps me no end.

The fact that when I wake up in the morning I no longer have a coughing fit.

The sense of smell has returned. I can smell cigarettes from a 100 yards.:)

rescue26 · 18-02-2009 10:30am

Hi Guys, gave up the fags 2 days ago and finding it tough. On the patches but one minute I think its a great idea and the next I think Ill just have one, Not sleeping great, had nightmares all monday night which im presuming is linked as I never have nightmares. Moods are all over the place. Not really feeling any benefits, when do you start to feel them. At least if I felt abit better I would think it was worthwhile. HELP!!!!!!:(

dollyk · 25-02-2009 8:55pm

well im still here, its getting easier i suppose, not dwelling on the issue too much tbh, will pop back in a week or so, good luck to the rest of you :P

bluecell99 · 10-03-2009 8:28pm

rescue26 wrote: »

Hi Guys, gave up the fags 2 days ago and finding it tough. On the patches but one minute I think its a great idea and the next I think Ill just have one, Not sleeping great, had nightmares all monday night which im presuming is linked as I never have nightmares. Moods are all over the place. Not really feeling any benefits, when do you start to feel them. At least if I felt abit better I would think it was worthwhile. HELP!!!!!!:(

Takes about three months before you do notice any benefits as such in terms of your stamina or better breathing.It certainly wont be noticeable before then and many people feel worse than when they were smoking - with sore throats,catching every bug going,maybe even more coughing than usual.This is just the body repairing itself and getting rid of the toxins and becoming used to normal air again!

Dont give up,try to get more fresh air every day and walk a bit more.

As a by the way three months is considered by most surgeons as the minimum time a person should be off the fags and considered an ex smoker.Before they undergo procedures such as heart bypass operations and stents .

thebouldwhacker · 13-03-2009 1:58pm

Hey Dolly, How are you getting on????:D

dollyk · 22-04-2009 10:17pm

still here , thanks.. still going strong..

moonboy52 · 23-04-2009 11:47am

Good job to all who are still off them cursed things:P. I will be off them 4 months next tuesday. I still think about them but my resolve is stronger than the desire.

We can do this!!!!

jamescc · 02-05-2009 10:37pm

hi

it's great to hear all the people that have quitt and still off the wagon .
I quit on the 1st may am using champix great now and again i get a craving lasts about ten mins. and it goes .

i was surprised to hear about most having sleeping problems, throught it was just me
well i am on day two, third attemt giving up . THIS IS THE LAST .

james

Zombienosh · 02-05-2009 11:05pm

jamescc · 03-05-2009 11:46am

day 3 still of the fags.
got up this morning, and without thinking went to grab the smokes that wernt there.
I have a small craving this morning but still not going to give in.

jamescc · 03-05-2009 6:38pm

well am near the end of the third day and am just writing , somehow it makes the throughts that bit easier to deal with the cravings, Did not think that you get cravings with champix but i am , they are coming and going. I would like to know if any1 else using them has any cravings , still not smoked but i throught about it . then i would be back to square one and i do not want that.
later

the GALL · 28-06-2009 11:24pm

hey Dolly
just a quick 'hows it going? hope alls well'
the Gall

stopping smoking on the 1st of jan 2009

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