Giving up smoking.......

[MilkyBarLady]

day one of trying to give up smoking, havent had a ciggie for four hours, dp has just offered to make me a coffee, however bearing in mind i havent had a ciggie for four hours would AIBU to want to rip his head off and smush it into the carpet??

[WorraLiberty]

Good luck to you!

And also to your poor DH

Keep it up and take each day as it comes

[workshy]

I had my last one on new years day and as well as giving up smoking I have had to give up chewing gum as I can't have one without the other

rip as many people's heads off as you like, it will distract you from wanting a fag

[OcarinaOfTime]

YABU but this is completely normal. It's the lack of drugs. I've been there. Repeatedly. Usually after 1 hour, but I am completely unreasonable all by myself. You have done brilliantly getting to 4 hours, well in. Perhaps go to bed now? If it is late in interweb land? Anyway, no head smushing.

[MilkyBarLady]

lol decided that 4 hours without is pushing it so am going to have a fag and a coffee, im obviously not the type who can go cold turkey lol

[MilkyBarLady]

oh and i did buy a pack of nicorette inhalers but they just made me vomit lol not giving up on giving up tho :)

[salsmum]

Have you tried 'Champix' they worked for me good luck!

[MilkyBarLady]

champix? never heard of them lol

[Boomerwang]

I quit smoking for one year. I used Nicotinell lozenges. Like gum but without the chewing and therefore less like munching on a fag end. Stick one between your gum and cheek and just leave it there for however long it lasts.

The secret was not cutting down how much you smoked, but WHERE you smoked. I started by not smoking in the house any more. Then I quit smoking at work. Then I quit smoking anywhere but the garden and eventually I stopped that too. Took about a month. I was on approx 20 a day before, and I took 2mg tablets at first but they gave me a blinding headache so I went down to the 1mg tablets and they were much better.

Coffee and beer - I coped by avoiding coffee and when I went out on the lash I'd have a half of lager then get a glass of water while I used a lozenge. After half an hour I spat it out and didn't have a problem for the rest of the night and several more pints :D

I also repeated these things to myself when I was getting wobbly:

'I don't want to decide when I am 60 that it's time to quit'
'I don't want to have to do this twice so I'm not going to take a step back'
'I am being controlled by a fucking plant'

worked for me. The reason I'm a hypocrite is because I smoke again. The reason for picking it back up in the first place is a long story.

[Boomerwang]

oh wait I forgot... good luck if you attempt it again!

[bettybat]

Good luck! Don't give up, but if you - don't beat yourself up. It's just one of those things that is so hugely personal, there's no hard and fast rule at all with quitting.

I tried everything and hated all of the aids. I even had the electronic cigarettes - which to be honest, were the best of all of them - but even stopped using those because I didn't get the smoke in my throat sensation (so gross!). I had been smoking longer than I had not been, and that really depressed me. For so long, I had loved smoking. I also habitually smoked....other things....and I was convinced I would never get out of its grasp. Or that it would be really hard, I'd hate giving up, and I'd long for it for the rest of my life.

DH and I were approaching TTC. In all other areas, we're health freaks. I have green super drinks, won't consume anything man made or processed, think bread is evil incarnate etc. It didn't make any sense that we both smoked.

This Christmas I had a week or so off work. I knew it takes about two weeks to break a habit or make a new one. I knew the addiction, really, was to the routine - the smoke with the coffee on the way to work, with colleagues at 11am etc. During my time off, I left my cigarettes at home - just telling myself I wasn't quitting. I'd smoke at home.

I don't know what happened, but I just stopped. I'm still a bit in shock. For about two weeks over Christmas, I had maybe one or two a day. I haven't smoked anything for about three weeks now. I still go out for fresh and chat with my colleagues but I have zero desire for a smoke. I don't think about it all. DH had a smoke the other night to help him sleep....I went crazy because the smell was so awful.

I really, really could not say what has happened but I do know...I want a baby so, so, so badly. I don't recall a conscious "it's the cigs or a baby" struggle but maybe my body just said - fuck it, you're not doing it, so we will.

You just really, really have to want to - to want to stop or want something that means no smoking more than you want to smoke. Really, really best of luck and don't sweat it if you smoke - I quit so many times, over and over - for like a day each time! It was torture. So don't beat yourself up - it's the hardest addiction because it's a habitual addiction. The nicotine is out of your body in a few days but the psychological addiction stays for ages.

[kreecherlivesupstairs]

I used Champix, they were bloody great.
Stupidly I thought I could just have one. I couldn't.
OP, go to your GP and ask about whether it would be appropriate for you. Some people can't take it. If you can, I will virtually guaranteee you'll have no problems or cravings.