Post for everyone who QUIT evil fags

molly77 · 03-01-2011 12:05pm #1

Hi all
Starting new thread here, so that everyone who gave up the fags can post how there are doing here, all in the one thread, so that we wont be going from one to another, quiet annoying sometimes.
Does that make sense or am I cracking up here

best of luck to everyone today. We can all beat these evil fags together Think I am going crazy haha

Shinshin14 · 03-01-2011 5:22pm

Molly

Great idea .Not being an ace on computers I've been going around in
circles with my rants. So much more productive .

Day 3 going well and health improving but still in and out of bed with
the dose.

No cravings so far but no doubt they will hit me when I least expect it so
must be on my guard.

No access to fags at present as have not been outside since Dec 27th.- so its easier. When I get to work next week and start to feel better then I need to be on my guard.

If we stick together we'll get there. I cannot allow myself to stumble this time as I've done too much of that before and its taken me months/ years to get back on wagon. I will focus on staying free for each day and not even contemplate failure.

Keep it up and good luck

PWR · 03-01-2011 5:28pm

last one at 01.30 this morning. Hanging tough so far. Good luck all.

keithclancy · 03-01-2011 5:55pm

Last one on New Years eve/day at about 1am ...

molly77 · 03-01-2011 6:58pm

Hi all
day 3 nearly over thank God:)
Shinshin join the club, this is my second time typing this,lost the first one. haha
Ur doing great no cravings, the past 3 days have like been one long craving for me. Cant give in now, I have no intentions of going through all this again. its hell.:(
Well back to work tomorrow and another big challenge for all of us.

PWR and Keithclancy well done
Best of luck for tomorrow everyone. Day 4

mjg · 03-01-2011 8:10pm

Good luck to all that are quitting, have recently quit and are intending to quit. Haven't smoked for six weeks now, lost count of previous attempts but this time it feels right.

It takes most people multiple attempts to break the habit, I could not swear that I will never smoke again, but I know that if you want to stop smoking, you will eventually, whether it is a personal trigger that initiates the succesful attempt or experience gained from previous unsuccesful attempts, or both.

Good luck with the filthy little b'stards.

Dalan · 03-01-2011 10:28pm

I didn't know which ring to throw my hat in - now here it is! It's great to have a place that's just for those of us going through the pangs etc right here right now as we read and type. There are a good few newly quit posters on other threads - maybe they'll end up here as time goes on.

I had my last gasper on Boxing Day morning. I've been smoking for 35 years. This is the fifth attempt I've made to stop.

I intend to blag away here a little bit most days - or at least once a week.

Good luck mjg - keithclancy - PWR - Shinshin14 - and last but not least Molly of course!!

SnoozyS · 03-01-2011 10:58pm

Best of Luck to ye all lads.

Just finished day 2 now....bring it on

SnoozyS

That_Guy · 04-01-2011 12:41pm

9 weeks as of yesterday.

Best decision of my life.

Fairway Jim · 04-01-2011 1:49pm

Today is Day 4, smoking 24 years, have to do it this time, purely for health reasons, so far so good, trying to battle off the cravings, my other half doesn't smoke she hates them.

Best of luck to all.

Must try and try and up the exercise now if possible, maybe if a craving comes just drop everything and go for a quick walk.

One minute at a time, now or never.

Dalan · 04-01-2011 3:24pm

Well done all of us!! No small thing giving up the auld sins...

I may have got this completely wrong way round, but as I understand it so far the Nicotine Anonymous approach is big into the 'One Day At A Time, Sweet Jesus' aspect of freedom from addiction. I think the idea is to begin each day with a short prayer (spoken aloud rather than silently - and possibly also literally on the knees) to the Higher Power of your own choice and imagining, where we ask for the strength to have this day without the substance at issue; and then same again at beddie-byes, where we thank same for the free day duly delivered. I'm not exactly religious myself, but there's something strong and appealing and helpful about book-ending each day like that... Can't manage to say it out loud though...

dolliemix · 04-01-2011 4:26pm

I'm off them just over a year now (Jan 1st 2010) and used a few threads on this forum to get me through the first few months. Managing to stay off them has been my greatest achievement! Initially I could not cope with the idea that it was a long term thing, so I'd just tell myself, I'll try and get to the end of this week.....or when the cravings were really strong I'd just try and hang on for one more hour!!! The best feeling was when I'd wake up in the morning and realise I hadn't smoked the previous day. For the first three weeks I could think of nothing else except cigarettes and I was obsessed with reading how other people were getting on and counting the days/ hours/ weeks....I kept hearing the cliche.... it gets easier and I wondered when?? I thought I'd never stop thinking about cigarettes. I was anxious going out to places where I used to smoke....I found going out drinking especially hard, but I faced the music pretty early on and came home when the cravings got very strong. After two or three nights out I realised I was actually more anxious before going out than being out itself, and I learned to relax and enjoy my friends company without constantly wondering when can I go out for my next cigarette. It helped me, to brave all the 'firsts' and get them over with....it helps if you have somebody who is gently supportive.....and the posters here on boards do that job if you don't have someone like that in your life.

I took up the C25k program to substitute my nicotine addiction and ended up running the Mini Marathon for the first time in ten years. I lost two and a half stone and I'm training for a Half Marathon this year

I had one slip up in early April....one cigarette.....but got straight back on track and I haven't had one since.

Anyway well done for being brave enough to give it a go. It does get easier

.....to the point that I actually forgot all about my year anniversary on Jan 1st 2011!!!

Good luck guys

alex andrews · 04-01-2011 4:34pm

Well done to everyone!
Havin great new start for myself this year! woo hoo

my brother gave me a cd program on stopping smoking, used it new years day, totally brill. havent had any bad days at all. i did lose my job though to this crappy reccession

but at least i'm not smoking

and i don't plan on going back soon, feeling soooooo much healthier and happier now!

anyone who really wants to stop smoking totally reccomend this program heres the site: www.StopSmokingWithPsychology.com

sniffingchimp · 04-01-2011 4:47pm

Hey all, congrats to everyone who's on this strange and difficult journey... lets hang in there!

molly77 · 04-01-2011 5:25pm

dolliemix wrote: »

I'm off them just over a year now (Jan 1st 2010) and used a few threads on this forum to get me through the first few months. Managing to stay off them has been my greatest achievement! Initially I could not cope with the idea that it was a long term thing, so I'd just tell myself, I'll try and get to the end of this week.....or when the cravings were really strong I'd just try and hang on for one more hour!!! The best feeling was when I'd wake up in the morning and realise I hadn't smoked the previous day. For the first three weeks I could think of nothing else except cigarettes and I was obsessed with reading how other people were getting on and counting the days/ hours/ weeks....I kept hearing the cliche.... it gets easier and I wondered when?? I thought I'd never stop thinking about cigarettes. I was anxious going out to places where I used to smoke....I found going out drinking especially hard, but I faced the music pretty early on and came home when the cravings got very strong. After two or three nights out I realised I was actually more anxious before going out than being out itself, and I learned to relax and enjoy my friends company without constantly wondering when can I go out for my next cigarette. It helped me, to brave all the 'firsts' and get them over with....it helps if you have somebody who is gently supportive.....and the posters here on boards do that job if you don't have someone like that in your life.

I took up the C25k program to substitute my nicotine addiction and ended up running the Mini Marathon for the first time in ten years. I lost two and a half stone and I'm training for a Half Marathon this year

I had one slip up in early April....one cigarette.....but got straight back on track and I haven't had one since.

Anyway well done for being brave enough to give it a go. It does get easier
.....to the point that I actually forgot all about my year anniversary on Jan 1st 2011!!!

Good luck guys

Thanks Dollymix u answered some questions for us all.

spadesaspade · 04-01-2011 5:33pm

dont think that smoking weed is not smoking because it will lead you back to square one

molly77 · 04-01-2011 5:35pm

Hi all Day 4
How did ye all get on today, back at work

Woke up this morning and was dying for a fag, so turned on the computer and read some posts, that worked. put me back on track again.
I thought it would be a lot harder today been back at work but was,nt to bad now.

Tomorrow day 5 best of luck everyone, and dont give in to the evil weed:)

Shinshin14 · 04-01-2011 9:22pm

Hi all

Great to get the feedback from all and the sucess stories of those who
have quit the habit .

l'm like someone in an incubator at present- away from temptation and the pressures of life. I'm still confined to be bed moslty - coughing my lungs up and not fit for work at least until Jan 10th. and feeling as weak as a cat. However, I am using my time to re- inforce my determination not to touch those filty fags again.

Champix have definetely helped me through the last few days . I haven't had any cravings or little voices telling me I can have one or two . I'm not very strong willed so the tablets are definately helping me and giving me the confidence to succeed.

Molly keep up the good work you are doing great.

Good luck to all and remember on this site we have one thing in common we are all fighting addition to nicotine - no matter how we want to dress it up. By supporting each other through the bad and good we will succeed.

Roll on tomorrow

.;)

madon · 05-01-2011 9:42am

Good luck all!
I gave up year and half ago after reading Alan Carr. I really thought I would never give up and was destined to smoke until it killed me.
For the first few weeks all I thought about was cigarettes but that gradually fades. What really got me through it all was I started C25k like dolliemix.
It will help greatly if you take up a new 'habit' even if its just to head out for a leisurely stroll it will really help get your mind of things- also drink loads of water to clear toxins from your body.

Dalan · 05-01-2011 5:33pm

SnoozyS recommending this site for info and support - it is excellent - includes two free e-book downloads http://whyquit.com/ffn.pdf & http://whyquit.com/NTAP_large_print_212_pages.pdf

Thanks S!!

molly77 · 05-01-2011 5:42pm

Shinshin14 wrote: »

Hi all

Great to get the feedback from all and the sucess stories of those who
have quit the habit .

l'm like someone in an incubator at present- away from temptation and the pressures of life. I'm still confined to be bed moslty - coughing my lungs up and not fit for work at least until Jan 10th. and feeling as weak as a cat. However, I am using my time to re- inforce my determination not to touch those filty fags again.

Champix have definetely helped me through the last few days . I haven't had any cravings or little voices telling me I can have one or two . I'm not very strong willed so the tablets are definately helping me and giving me the confidence to succeed.

Molly keep up the good work you are doing great.

Good luck to all and remember on this site we have one thing in common we are all fighting addition to nicotine - no matter how we want to dress it up. By supporting each other through the bad and good we will succeed.

Roll on tomorrow
.;)

Thanks a lot Shinshin well day 5 and we are still going strong:)

:):):)
Hope ur feeling better today. u will be grand when u go back to work, We have the hardest bit over , Best of luck on day 6

molly77 · 05-01-2011 5:48pm

Hi all
Day 5 not too bad at all now. Just have to get over that frist hour in the morning, thats my worst time of the day, few craving today but over all i think its getting easier

Hope ye all are doing ok. keep strong
best of luck tomorrow guys

Shinshin14 · 05-01-2011 6:04pm

Hi all and well done .

At least ye are back at work and doing so well - take a bow.

Can't wait to get back and looking forward to the challenge of practicing what I 've been preaching . Its easier when I can't get out to buy any . My sister called down to see me yesterday and asked me was I sure I would be ok without the fags. She knew that I would risk life and limb if I needed one and didn't want me out getting pneumonia. I told her I would be ok and that I was not going to smoke.

So far so good and each morning I thank God for another smoke free day. I 'm not big into religion but I find it helps if only to re-enforce my reasons for quitting .

Thank God for the Champix and all the support that I am getting from you all. It takes the isolation away from it.

We'll stick together through thick and thin and we'll get there

Biglad · 05-01-2011 9:54pm

Hello fellow "quitters", well done to all. I've been smoking since I was about 16 and I've made a few attempts to stop like most of us. Longest i was ever off them was 6 months. Now, at 41, I think it's time to go for it again.

Today is my day one. I'm reading Alan Carr (again) which always get's me of to a good start and i am also using (disgusting) lozenges for the "worst" moments, something i haven't tried before.

Wish you all the best of luck with the quitting process!!

clicli · 05-01-2011 11:01pm

I quit smoking today. I listened to the Paul Mckenna cd's and haven't smoked all day until now, just had one and really didn't enjoy it at all!

SnoozyS · 05-01-2011 11:08pm

Whoop day 4 done and dusted

Congrats to all who are doing so well

Being back in work is a god send as I don't really have the time to be thinking about smoking. So now I just have to keep my evenings busy and I'm sorted. Started back running last night too so that's motivating me to stay strong this time

Till tomorrow me dears
S

That_Guy · 06-01-2011 12:20pm

This website helped me a lot in the first 2 weeks. Sign up to their email support and they'll send you daily tips on how to survive without cigarettes. Plus it'll give you an indication as to how much you'll have saved/will save.

www.giveupsmoking.ie

dolphin city · 06-01-2011 1:51pm

keep up the good work everyone and remember in just about a month it will be so much easier, you will feel brilliant and really proud of yourselves. Im on week 20 at the minute and its great.

two tips that really helped me and might help you too

most smokers think that they don't stink - in fact they cannot smell the stink of smoke whatsoever. After a few days off them you will grow to actually feel like puking when you smell the clothes of a smoker. remember ALL SMOKERS STINK TO THE HIGH HEAVEN - just because your sense of smell has diminished don't think you are one of the lucky ones who does not stink - YOU DO.

put your 8.55 away EVERY DAY in a jar - believe me after a month you will look at it and amaze yourself with what you are saving- after two months you will be delighted - after three months you will be abhorred at the amount of money you were actually blowing up in smoke. Its no good just doing the calculation in your head - you need to actually do it every day as a ritual to help you along. it works.

keithclancy · 06-01-2011 3:18pm

Day 6 now

Sense of smell is back and the smokers smell terrible.

Also food is starting to taste different and stairs isnt as hard.

Getting the odd craving but nothing major.

robla · 06-01-2011 5:47pm

I am also on Day 6 now & am finding it HELL !! I had thought thaty things would get better but they are getting worse instead of better.... Hence why have joined this Board thread to help me thru !...:(

Feownah · 06-01-2011 5:52pm

Robla I hear ya!

I am on Day 5. And I don't know whether it is a cold that has me feeling physically awful or giving up the ciggies.

My head is all fuzzy / lightheaded, is that normal?
My sinuses are at me
I'm cranky
I'm developing a luverly cough

When will I start to feel better , cos i feel like crap now

dolliemix · 06-01-2011 5:59pm

robla wrote: »

I am also on Day 6 now & am finding it HELL !! I had thought thaty things would get better but they are getting worse instead of better.... Hence why have joined this Board thread to help me thru !...:(

Hi Robla....everyone is different but like you I found the first few days hard but manageable. Week 2 and Week 3 were much harder!!! Sorry to tell you but just so you know.....stay strong. There will be many hellish cravings to come, but honestly, you will get less and less as time goes on. You have to be really really hard on yourself at the beginning. Remember you're doing this for yourself. You will make your life easier in the long run even though its hard to feel that way now. For the first three weeks all I could think about were cigarettes and I thought that feeling would never end.

....and to let you know, I never thought I'd give up successfully but I've completely surprised myself and I'm off them over a year!

Well done for joining this thread. I hope it helps......Stay strong you are doing really well!

dolliemix · 06-01-2011 6:06pm

Feownah wrote: »

Robla I hear ya!

I am on Day 5. And I don't know whether it is a cold that has me feeling physically awful or giving up the ciggies.

My head is all fuzzy / lightheaded, is that normal?
My sinuses are at me
I'm cranky
I'm developing a luverly cough

When will I start to feel better , cos i feel like crap now

Hi Feownah....likewise I was sure I had the swine flu when all the crap started releasing itself from my body. It didn't hit me until two months after I gave up though. I think it happens at different times for different people. I still had a smokers cough three months later.....But even though I felt like crap....i had a smugness that I'd never experienced before...I wasn't contributing to whatever was wrong with me by smoking anymore. When I was a smoker and I got sick I used to feel so guilty that I deserved to be sick cos I was smoking. Now, if I get a cold or feel sick, I genuinely feel sorry for myself without the guilty feeling!

Its all normal. Its good....think of all the toxins leaving your body now that will never re enter if you keep this up.If it is a cold, you will recover much quicker as a non smoker.

Drink plenty of water and liquids to speed up the process

IamtheWalrus · 06-01-2011 6:08pm

Man up you wimps. I stopped smoking 3 years ago by will power alone. I had tried to give up before reading Alan Carr, didn't work. Then one day I said to myself 'Enough of this trying to quit nonsense, just quit!'. Never touched, or craved, a cigarette since. Too much emphasis is placed these days on how hard it is, peddled to us by the help book sellers, patch sellers and so forth to make them money. It's 2011. With all the information we have about the dangers of it, humans should not be smoking.

I was going to say best of luck but you don't need that either.

noboc · 06-01-2011 9:03pm

Hi All.Hope ye dont mind me joining ye.I am on day 6 today.I am 31 year old female was smoking between 20-35 a day,Looking back now i think a lot of it was been bored.I actually cant believe i am off them 6 days.I am on the patches(which i think are brilliant)didnt have any cravingYET.Thought iwould find
the mornings the hardest as my morning fag was my lifeline as i used to call it.But i had decided i would just have to change everything i did well the way i did it.I did find last night the hardest so far been honest but i just got up and did something,I have been followong all ye and i most say it really help knowing there are more people there..hope ye are all doing great,as i say to myself everymornig i wake is.i am wining the lotto everyday,with my health and my money.

molly77 · 06-01-2011 9:49pm

Hi All

Well day 6 over with and we are all doing great. Cant believe I am still off them, Today not so bad, The first half hour in de morning is my worst time of the day

Day 7 best of luck guys,

molly77 · 06-01-2011 9:51pm

dolliemix wrote: »

Hi Robla....everyone is different but like you I found the first few days hard but manageable. Week 2 and Week 3 were much harder!!! Sorry to tell you but just so you know.....stay strong. There will be many hellish cravings to come, but honestly, you will get less and less as time goes on. You have to be really really hard on yourself at the beginning. Remember you're doing this for yourself. You will make your life easier in the long run even though its hard to feel that way now. For the first three weeks all I could think about were cigarettes and I thought that feeling would never end.

....and to let you know, I never thought I'd give up successfully but I've completely surprised myself and I'm off them over a year!

Well done for joining this thread. I hope it helps......Stay strong you are doing really well!

Thanks for all the info, its great help

Shinshin14 · 06-01-2011 10:44pm

robla wrote: »

I am also on Day 6 now & am finding it HELL !! I had thought thaty things would get better but they are getting worse instead of better.... Hence why have joined this Board thread to help me thru !...:(

Robla
well done to you on day 6. Don't let the withdrawls get you down. It effects most people in a similiar way if not today but at some time in the future
Remember these are only effects of not having smoked in 6 days. some of the effects are physical eg dry throat sinus, cough but some of them are the mental effects of endless brainwashing that we as smokers have subjected ourselves to . These thoughts have been re- inforced in our subconscious mind as a smoker.

Things go better as smokers we can cope with anything and if we had a cigarette that could solve everything. Of course our rational mind knows this is totally untrue and that cigs have played their role in the physical effects that occur when you quit. It it is a constant battle between the two mindsets.

Do not give up we are all in this together . Everytime you feel tempted remember think tha tyou are not alone - we have the support on this site and we can all learn coping mechanisms and share experiences . It could be me tomorrow .

I often wonder if cigs disappeared from the planet today for ever . Would we all die ? Go beserk?
Certainly not . We would have withdrawls probably but life would go on with all its trials and tribulations. I often look back on the good days when I never smoked and hated the sight of them. I coped in those days I can cope again. Did I solve all my problems then ? did I solve them while smoking ? The answer is no to both - just added more health problems as a smoker. There will always be challenges and trials in this world whether we smoke or not . Its how we learn to cope or resolve these situations determines our quality of life .

So well done and keep on track . Being part of this forum is really whats keeping me on track along with the champix . Looking forward to day 8 . Finishing my medication for bronchitus tonight so hopefully I will have more energy tomorrow

kev1.3s · 06-01-2011 11:04pm

Off the fags for nearly a year now and haven't looked back. This has been my second attempt to quit and I put my past failure solely down to well wishers offering advice, one will tell you one thing and another will tell you the other! the fact is that now two people experience withdrawls exactly the same and while it's generally positive to take on board don't get dishearten'd by other people's experience. I think a strong will is the most important and giving up for the right reasons I personally had grown to despise fags.

Joe10000 · 06-01-2011 11:13pm

It's the crankiness that bothers me, all in my mind I know but have had two rows today and only off them since yesterday. Just found a pack with two in it and smoked them both.

Start again tomorrow...

SnoozyS · 06-01-2011 11:35pm

And so another day (5) has passed smoke free

My worst time of day seems to be between 4-5pm (ie hometime) so am just focusing on keeping busy while the cravings pass. Out for another run tonight and can't believe the difference the last 5 days has made to my chest.... Not one bit of discomfort at all this evening so this has helped motivate me to stick with is (this may purely be my imagination but who cares if it helps right?

)

Hope yiz are all doing well, and fair play to all. No-one said it was going to be easy but worthwhile things seldom are.

SnoozyS

dolliemix · 07-01-2011 1:45am

kev1.3s wrote: »

Off the fags for nearly a year now and haven't looked back. This has been my second attempt to quit and I put my past failure solely down to well wishers offering advice, one will tell you one thing and another will tell you the other! the fact is that now two people experience withdrawls exactly the same and while it's generally positive to take on board don't get dishearten'd by other people's experience. I think a strong will is the most important and giving up for the right reasons I personally had grown to despise fags.

1000% agree with you that its a different journey for everyone....but for what it's worth I'm just giving my experience incase somebody relates to it.....it helped me reading other people's stories this time last year. Strong will is most definitely the important thing.......so keep going guys....

.....I'm just in from a night out and I'm so happy for all of you who have made it to Day 7!/6/5

I keep coming back to this thread because I really want you to keep going.....one day at a time........each day is a wonderful achievement!

Looking forward to hearing from you all tomorrow.....the weekend will be hard guys.....

My first weekend last year, I went out with friends, but just kept thinking about cigarettes and came home after two glasses of wine and started posting on here. Some people might not be ready for going out yet, some people might, just letting you know what I did......

.....the following week I was able for three glasses of wine...:D

Good luck this weekend guys!

Dalan · 07-01-2011 9:31am

It's great to see the gang getting bigger and stronger by the day! I love reading about how it's going for other folks who're putting the weed away, and I really appreciate the input from the old hands passing by to help us through the various writhing torments...

NavanEPS · 07-01-2011 11:08am

Well done to everyone who has made the decision to quit - it IS one of the best decisions you have ever made. I can tell you from experience (quit six months ago on 5th July 2010) that it is not easy, and at times mentally excruciating, but I am so proud I have achieved the 6 month mark. I never thought (nor did anyone else!) I could achieve this. I smoked 20 Carrolls a day minimum for 25 years, so I wasn't a casual smoker.

However I feel as accomplished now as I did on day 4 or 5 or 6 - The cigs had so much control over my whole life which I hated. If it was about money or health I would never have started, but it was the thought of the control that made me quit eventually.

After six months I can tell you that the ONLY thing, at times, that kept me off them was that I couldn't go through the withdrawal again. You guys have done that, the first 3 days etc etc. so keep that in mind. It can be crap stopping smoking but you only have to do it once. Don't let yourself to have to go through it again.

I am really delighted to hear more people are stopping smoking - please keep it up you will not regret it.

robla · 07-01-2011 11:22am

The Thread definetly helps me have to say...... Knowing that folk are going through the same crap....

I am still carrying around some in a pack, dunno how many as am afraid to open a box in case one mysteriously floats out of the pack & into my mouth....... ! At the moment they are just like a comfort blanket - they are there if I need them & I keep telling myself I just had one & that is getting me thru the cravings......

I sooooooooooooooo nearly gave into temptation last night but remained strong..... Getting the nearest tea-towel & twisting it really tight and then biting really hard into it for about 20minutes helps !!!... But I rode out the temptationb which did last about 15mins & then that was it..... I had the chance to sneek out the backl garden & nobody would have seen me !!... But kept telling myself that I would be only fooling myself.... so I did'nt....

Dollymix not looking forward to week 2 & week 3 if cravings are to get worse as you say.... that may now be a good thing or a bad thing.... i.e. I am expecting the worst... so they may not be as bad as I now expect.....

Joe10000 you made me laugh.... I understand Totally what made you smoke the 2.....

So onwards Smokerless Chums.... Lets show Iamthewalrus that we can get thru this as easy as he could....:D

robla · 07-01-2011 11:26am

NavanEPS wrote: »

After six months I can tell you that the ONLY thing, at times, that kept me off them was that I couldn't go through the withdrawal again. You guys have done that, the first 3 days etc etc. so keep that in mind. It can be crap stopping smoking but you only have to do it once. Don't let yourself to have to go through it again.

NavanEPS.... you are dead right - the only thing that is stopping me from stepping outside now to have a smoke is having to go through this withdrawal crap again..... I never want to go through this crap again....

syklops · 07-01-2011 11:46am

into month four now. After the first week, I stopped missing them. Now I dont even think about them, and the smell off people who do smoke is enough to keep me off them. Withdrawal was terrible for the first 10 days, after that it broke, and I never got a craving again.

I just wished I had saved more money while quitting.

NavanEPS · 07-01-2011 11:53am

syklops wrote: »

I just wished I had saved more money while quitting.

Me too!

Biglad · 07-01-2011 5:07pm

In day three, going strong. Slight cravings every now and then but I'm trying to turn these in to "positive signals", the poison is leaving the body and I will be free very soon...

Walking around with some fags in a box is not a solution to deal with withdrawel in imo. The lozenges are working for me. Had two yesterday, none so far today.

If you want to stop smoking dispose of everything that can make you fail the attempt, left over ciggies, lighters, ash trays etc. You have to, stop fooling yourself!! Do not hide ciggies in the house and do not get in that thinking pattern of sneaking out and having a sneaky one. Remember, one is enough to start the cycle all over again, don't do it. The biggest mistake imo is convincing yourself that "you can stop" by having one, after two days of not smoking, and saying it tasted awful. The very first ever cigarette you smoked tasted awful to remember and that was, what, 20 something years ago, 20 something years of smoking how many a day...

As Carr says, once you make the decision to stop see your self as a non-smoker and look at smokers with "pitty" as they would like to be what you are, a non-smoker. You are not missing out on anything, smokers are junky's, simple, addicted to nicotine. Nobody wants to be a smoker, absolutely nobody.

My biggest help when having cravings is a photo of my best friend and late father in law who died at the age of 56 of lung cancer, and my two lovely children who never got the chance to meet him.

When having cravings go and do something to distract yourself, read a book (Alan Carr works for me during those moment), drink a pint of water, go for a walk around the house, post a message, keep a diary, phone a friend etc.
Avoid situations where you want a smoke most. For me it means drinking less tea and coffee. After dinner I start cleaning the table and putting away dishes etc. as normal procedure would have been to go and have a smoke first...

Be proud of being a non-smoker and start thinking like one!!

After only three days my little shallow smokers cough is gone, the taste in my mouth has changed, I saved close to 30 Euro already, this time it's going to work.

syklops · 07-01-2011 5:25pm

Wash all your clothes! The smoke smell will still linger around you as a reminder. Wash everything, sock, jocks and whatever else you have and you will feel and smell better.

molly77 · 07-01-2011 5:53pm

noboc wrote: »

Hi All.Hope ye dont mind me joining ye.I am on day 6 today.I am 31 year old female was smoking between 20-35 a day,Looking back now i think a lot of it was been bored.I actually cant believe i am off them 6 days.I am on the patches(which i think are brilliant)didnt have any cravingYET.Thought iwould find
the mornings the hardest as my morning fag was my lifeline as i used to call it.But i had decided i would just have to change everything i did well the way i did it.I did find last night the hardest so far been honest but i just got up and did something,I have been followong all ye and i most say it really help knowing there are more people there..hope ye are all doing great,as i say to myself everymornig i wake is.i am wining the lotto everyday,with my health and my money.

Hi noboc wellcome to our thread

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