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it's driving me nuts!
It will pass. Beware of when it catches you unaware though - will power is an amazing thing but you will be tested. You have to think of the benefits!
All very AWESOME stuff though from everyone.
Anyone, got any advice on how not to think about having a ciggie?
Bizarre as it is going to sound, you want to go the opposite way and think about smoking as much as possible, but think about all the negatives. Think about how much you used to smell, think about how expensive it was, think about the reasons why you stopped etc, etc. This is why I suggest the Allen Carr book, The Easy Way. It's a companion that will give you all this type of encouragement and help you through the initial stages.
Be proud of yourselves.
Last weekend was a bit of a nightmare (not smoking related) so I bought a packet smoked half of them, but haven't had one since Thursday morning now. Fancy one like mad, but trying hard
Last weekend was a bit of a nightmare (not smoking related) so I bought a packet smoked half of them, but haven't had one since Thursday morning now. Fancy one like mad, but trying hard
Don't worry, just a little set back, the smoking that is, start again you're doing well. Keep it up.
If you smoke, I won't kiss you
LOL pass me the fags!!
I went for lunch yesterday with my wife and her parents. We sat in the corner of the restaurant and I had a first class view of where the smokers went to get their fix!
None of them looked very happy stood outside puffing away. It's funny how when you are a smoker you always tell yourself that you have a smoke to reduce stress, but the smokers I saw looked anything but stress-free.
Keep it up chaps and emsz.
As for thinking about smoking all the time it does get easier, but it will take time.
don simon talks sense (a rare occurrence)
The idea is not to put them out of your mind, but to think why you're doing it and all the good things that will become of it.
emsz - seriously dudess - I'm thrilled to hear you're back on the wagon 🙂 Work hard. Good luck. Freedom will be the reward. (Hope everything else is ok too).
Keep at it everyone, the desire will lessen and you'll wonder why you never stopped sooner!
Sometimes reading about smoking, makes me want to smoke 😯
No one's ever called me a dudess before! Thanks Darcy *kisses*
Get outta here. Furry chap will be getting jealous. Actually TSY, if I have a weak moment, I open this thread to see how everyone's getting on. It strengthens my resolve. Awesome. 8)
haha, yeah this thread does work like that for me too.
Just sometimes, especially at around 4:30pm... I'm not thinking about smoking, then I'm reminded!
And, yeah. Where's my kiss?!
How we getting along dudes and dudesses?
I havent had one since 1st Nov
Ah, Awesome.
This thread was at the front of my mind earlier, I was driving along and went to grab a bit of nicotine gum... all gone!! A bit of a panic ensued. Then I got distracted, I think it was by how the suspension of the micra in front was struggling on its passenger side. Hadn't even thought about smoking again since, that was almost 6 hours ago. Looks like today is going to be the first day nicotine free. 8)
For those that think that tagging'one won't hurt' is funny. 🙄
[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12193602 ]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12193602[/url]
Excellent stuff a_a and TSY. 😀
Woo...two undred an wun!
Awesome stuff everyone. I've just come off the motorway and I was stuck behind a micra that was down on the passenger side as well. 😯
(longest ever thread for me 8) )
Was it on an L plate with 2 seriously heavy looking occupants... the passenger being particularly big boned?
That means I got 200. WoooHooo! 😆
anagallis_arvensis - Member
I havent had one since 1st Nov
Well done!
How are you finding it?
Today was hardest so far. Stopped on Thursday, none since then. Friday and yesterday were ok really, but not done much today and really fancied one ALL day.
Can't decide if I want to go for a run either!
Go for a run emsz. Today is the toughest day as receptors in your brain are screaming out for nicotine. Tomorrow they'll be over it.
but not done much today and really fancied one ALL day.
Fancied but didn't, cool. Think about what positive contributuion a ciggy would have made to an otherwise empty day. Nothing!
Go for a run and give yourself something positive. 😆
anagallis_arvensis - Member
I havent had one since 1st NovWell done!
How are you finding it?
Its been fine really, I've smoked for years on and off but never quite had a reason to stop till my son was born. I also havent been pissed much since he was born either!
But it's raining!
Have to say though, it's this thread that's made me do this and is keeping me going. I think were all well awesome! Especially Yeti and Darcy
Stay on that wagon emsz. Any word from binners?
Awesome stuff a_a! You and I are on roughly the same timescale then.
*hangs head in shame*
Sorry folks, I've been rubbish. I have lapsed fairly regularly. Or put in a positive light: I've cut down fairly spectacularly
So... I'm taking the positives and I'm going to keep heading in that direction. I'm aiming for a smoke free day, sort of naturally, by the end of the week
Well done you lot. I'm really proud of you and taking it all as an inspiration
Don't worry about it binners, get back on whenever, have a little think about why you picked up the fags again and what positive effect resulted in having a smoke. Did the beer really taste better? Did it cure the boredom? Perhaps it was a smoking [i]friend[/i] offering a ciggy and challenging you like the tags up there. These folks are funny, they want you to fall off the wagon because they know they can't give up and want to see you fail too.
Again I would suggest reading the Allen Carr book.
Go for it. 😉
Keep at it at your own pace guys 😀
If you give in- **** it. Its only a matter of time.
binners - take control. Do not have your life dictated to by a cigarette. [b]YOU[/b] are in charge. Yes, you can do it!
Good luck this week binners. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for us both. Check back for inspiration to this thread. Cos it makes me want to try really hard to stop (that and I can't afford it lol)
Good stuff emsz. Keep at it. Your body is already repairing itself.
binners, have you considered trying nicotine lozenges rather than insisting on cold turkey? If you're really struggling with a ciggie at a certain time of the day, a lozenge can take the physical edge away while you work on the mental side of it. Boots and other chemists will do them for a prescription charge. (Tesco do their own brand very cheaply too).
Hoo har! 2 weeks ciggy free, 44 hours nicotine gum free.
Keep it going people.
Binners... what about the 'Fags U Can Kick Easy Ride'S' gatherings you were talking about in the summer... I was getting excited about those.
Keep at it. We are all going to die, thats a given but imagine bone cancer etc as a slow and painful way to go?
****.
emsz?
binners?
KT1973
whippersnapper?
I discovered today that it's not Nick O'Teen lozenges to which I'm addicted, but ****in' sucking on sweets. Halls soothers - yum 🙂
[insert predictable joke about sucking on something]
Well I thought I'd put it out there... 😀
There's no place for your smut on this forum Mr Darcy. So can you see a way off the NRT then? 8)
Another day done. Finding it pretty ok at the minute. After last week when I was desperate for a fag, this time has been really...easy. After that it's bound to to wrong LOL!
Not sucking on anything 😳
I suppose the question is emsz... did smoking help you last week? Did it make you feel better?
Hmmm if I'm honest it was a reaction to the shit that was flying about. And yeah it helped me to calm down. I think you need to be in a good place to give up the fags.
Don't wanna go through that again
Remember at this time of year you"ll feel like crap anyway. If you slip- no wirries, just climb back up onto the horse. Onwards and upwards with your ladder to success and we can beat this mike-tyson style...
Now for less puns.
Binners- quiting may make your ginger mane grow back 😮
Hora - I don't want my mane back, ginger or otherwise. I'd have to bother about shampoo and haircuts and stuff. Terrible faffy nonsense!
Anyway. Myself and my quitting buddy got together for a progress report and a glas of wine of five last night. While watching with a wry smile the episode of Father Ted where he gives up fags for lent. Anyway - We've both lapsed a bit but we're heading in the direction. namely - we've stopped the daytime smoking but have both succumbed to temptation while having a beer
So we're opting for some assistance from here on in. We're giving the patches a go to try and get us through. Should make things a bit easier
Well done you lot. I'll catch you up soon. I'm determined 🙂