Stopping smoking!!

Khani – you might be feeling completely knackered at the moment, but:

– are you still not smoking? Hell Yes!

Therefore you are all still AWESOME 🙂

Actually, I found that stopping smoking (cold turkey Mr Elf!) really messed with my psychological and physiological system. Sometimes i’d feel tired, other times buzzing, most of the time twitchy! The only advice I can offer is to remember it will take your body a while to adjust and to find a new rhythm that feels so ‘natural’ that you stop thing about it. In the meantime, just go with how you’re feeling as much as you can (or your OH can tolerate!)

Can’t hear my snoring over the mrs’s 😀 (she gave up same time as me) I’ve told her if she denys it one more time I’m gonna record it and set it as her ringtone 😆
I live life on’t’edge me 8)

(enters confession box)
I seem to have had 3 cigs today, one first thing this morning, one at lunchtime and one just after getting home – I actually did not enjoy that last one, lit it then put it down about 4 times.
This evening is the hardest time, but I’m not gonna beat myself up – when I’ve stopped before, it’s been by cutting them down, then when the current baccy packet is empty, I don’t buy any more.
So I ain’t failed yet 🙂

Hold on a minute.. am I awesome because I never took up smoking, or am I not awesome at all because I never gave up?

Well done Lady G!

Like I said; don’t beat yerself up over having the odd ciggie. S’not the end of the World. Day by day, week by week, month by month…

A while ago, I was drinking too much. So, I decided it was time to cut down. What I do is keep all the empties to one side on the kitchen worktop, so I have a reminder of how much I’m drinking. The smaller the pile, the better I feel about myself. It’s a technique that has served me well, and helped me get things under control.

With cigs, maybe keeping dog-ends around is smelly, but you could substitute them for something else/adapt the tally-keeping system? Or stick them in a big jar with a lid? Keep the pile in a prominent place, to serve as a reminder.

It’s just an idea.

Lol @ molgrips!

Lady G- Bet the 3 you have had is WAY less than your usual quota though huh? So nearly a win and the mindset’s there so all good 😀

Never mind sleep, my taste buds have gone berzerk!! Been craving itialian meatballs, aunt bessies roast potatoes, cauliflour, broccoli and gravy since about 3pm, so had to do a pit-stop at supermarket on way home (walked passed fag counter and chuffed I didnt have to join the 15 person queue!)

….anyone else had weird food cravings as Im a little concerened (as an Essex boy) I’m developing odd norvern food combo syndrome at the end of day 1 😉

I’m in Essex, in billiwikki. where you then? I’m craving chips n curry at the mo, but chippys here don’t do Proper yellow chippy curry 🙁 or gravy 😥 😥

Ah Bickerilly, was born there, live at the start of Sarfend now but work just down the road from you in Baz…Luverly!

Yellow chippy curry means nowt to me 😕 assume you’re originally from oop narth Khani?

Yes, moved here nearly five years ago, I’m a right miserable northern tosser really 8) don’t tell elf tho or he’ll pick on me 😥

Yeh, I work with couple of nothern folk…They’re miserable tossers too 😉 Not sure if its Essex thats created this or part of the genetic make-up 😆

Where bouts you normally ride?

khani you never said you’d given up the evil weed,nice one,bout time tho 😀

Yo mart 😀 had to be done, was gettin too chesty mc’grew 😥
Fenred, normally go local round the bridalways, thorndon park and Epping now and again, where you go? Your not far away if you fancy a smoke free pedal n pint
Edit, it’s genetic mate….

Khani, Yep done Thorndon, Langdon, Hadleigh, local stuff to me mostly, rode a bit of Epping, got lost got pissed off came home, tricky ride unless you know where you’re going there! 👿

Up for a smoke free pedal n pint, drop me a mail (in profile) and we’ll get summink sorted…S’long as you promise NOT to bring any yellow chip curry tho…Eeewwwww! 😯

Know what you mean bout Epping, I get shown round by someone who knows it well and have a great time, but I have absolutely no idea where I’m going on my own, not been to Hadleigh or Langdon though so if you don’t mind a mooch round there that would be good, I’ll pop you a mail later, cheers 😀
Chips an curry is top, I bet you have lettuce with your fish an chips being suvvern n’all that…. 🙁

I absofarkinglutely do not have lettuce with fish n chips, I’m southern, therefore a delightful rocket salad with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and a….doner kebab with mine…Hethen! 😀

LOL 😆 we had fish an chips in Southend and they put lettuce on…
Bastards.. 😥

don’t tell elf tho or he’ll pick on me

(Is nasty and cruel and mean to Khani. Picks on him and makes him cry like a little girl)

😥
See…I told you he would…….. 🙁

Never mind the tabs and booze – there’s some serious emoticon addiction going on here. Just scroll up and down the page – it’s a sea of pac-men 🙂

Dismally failing here. Gave up for two whole days with the help of Morrison’s best 2mg lozenges. Bought a packet of baccy which lasted nearly four days (a record) and have spent the last week wibbling between resolve (lozenges) and failure (tabs).

It’s at least the eighth effort to quit…. Does there come a point where you just say fuggit I’m a smoker?

user removed – stop wibbling. Set yourself a date sometime into the future – say a couple of weeks time and build yourself up to it. Use the NRT – I found lozenges the best

Cut right down the week before, tell everyone you know yo are stopping on that date – ritually smoke your last fag at midnight and mean it – otherwise you know what will happen

*puckers up*

Wow! It is indeed, to quote the nonsensical king of radio-friendly, MOR drivel Chris Martin … ‘all yellow’

I hate to admit this. It goes against everything I hold dear hear, but… Hora’s advice about vitamin C seems to be working for me. When I’m getting a bit of a craving, I reach for one of the huge mountain of Satsumas kept on my desk. Seems to be helping. And is better for me than the pork pies, pasties and crisps I was originally opting for.

user-removed – take your time and work yourself up to finally packing in. You what’ll happen otherwise. Still puckered up TJ? 😀

Also, MsMorgs says I snore. REALLY badly. Now, although MsMorgs is a relatively recent addition to MorgsWorld, I have never had complaints about snoring before.

Any similar complaints from your bed-partners?

Uh-huh. I’ve had the same complaints from Mrs 16. I’ve been telling her it’ll be worth it in the end before turning over, screwing up my eyes to shatter the vision of TJ puckering up and getting back to sleep… 😳

I’ll second Binners on the Satsumas. I find them an excellent distraction for fidgety fingers. Each segment is a positively radiant chunk of distilled health. 8)

Funny you both mention satsumas, been munching through a big bag of em for 2 days, I think my taste buds are recovering cos they taste amazing,

How much did people smoke anyway? 10 a day or less? 20? 30?? 40????

I smoked rolys, bout 20ish a day

Probably 15 a day for me. This would rise considerably when a few beers become involved in proceedings at the weekend.

I’m on a 10 a day satsuma habit now instead. Can you overdose on vitamin C? I hope not 😀

20ish

My question mark habit never got out of control though. 8)

Don’t think you can overdose, but it may get Interesting in the toilet department…..

15-20 per day average, as binners says, beers multiplied smokes ridiculously.

Need to get me some satsumas, seem to be a bit “bunged up” for last 2 days since not smoking so a fruit/vit c overdose might help the cause.

fenred,

If personal experience is any guide, your ’cause’ may well resolve itself in the next few hours – and then regularly (at least twice a day) for a bit. 😳 Those toxins gotta get out somehow!

I was 15 on average, if working the doors then 30, if out drinking then I dread to think.

glad I’m not the only snorer!

I’m just doing the maths and working out how much the various purveyors of smoking materials to the mountain-biking gentry will be losing as a result of this thread

Its quite a hit! 😀

Oh…. and my snoring has got a lot better since stopping apparently. Result!

Cheers Camo, not sure if anyone else had this when smoking, but the ‘get to work, have a coffee, slip out for a smoke’ usually gave me a 20 seconds to comply moment…think my body isnt quiet sure whats going on…Fingers crossed. 🙁

I’m just doing the maths and working out how much the various purveyors of smoking materials to the mountain-biking gentry will be losing as a result of this thread

Its quite a hit!

If I saw him I’d say: “Hey Mr John Player. Not so Special now, eh bi-yatch?”

Fenred – You’ll be fine. No, scratch that. You’ll be Awesome! 😆

I have definitly decided to kick the habit, aside from the fact I have asthma and still smoke, I really want to start getting back out on the bike and hammering it. I quit for nearly 10 months last year, only started again due to a relationship breakdown…now in a more stable place its definitly time to stop again, felt so much better not smoking and was getting really good on the biking side of things. My official quit day is Friday.

Can I play?
Decided last night that I’d had enough and I’m now 18 hours in and feeling very twitchy, although this could have something to do with the 3 double espressos I’ve had this morning. I’ve not snapped at anyone yet either but the day is still young.

tjr666 – good luck!
huws – welcome to AWESOME!

Looks like we have a new team chasing down the ‘old guard’ of me, binners, camo and khani!

I look at this threat and am proud of what I have created 🙂

Ahhh – I’m being chased down!

As if the threat of a snog from TJ wasn’t enough to keep me going. 😯

Welcome aboard, tjr666 and huws! As morgs says, it’s AWESOME in here!

Morgs, you should be proud, dude! It’s threads like this that make STW a worthwhile place to be. 😀

I’ve not snapped at anyone yet either but the day is still young.

I think we all agree that a sporadic fury/violence in the first few days is absolutely fine and that a member of Club Awesome will be on hand to supply character witness statements should they be required. 😀

Come on in folks, the waters lovely 😀

The impotent rage does subside. Promise. I’m almost reasonable to be around. Almost.

The other week I was banging around the kitchen like a bull in a china shop. My beloved, bless her, came in to see what on earth was going on

“I’M MAKING SOME CHEESE AND BISCUITS!!!!”

came the angry reply. The very act of cutting some cheese had managed to work me up into an apoplectic frenzy

I’m much better now