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Smokers/ex-smokers

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woopsidaisy · 06/04/2011 18:27

Help,please! I did the Alan Carr smoking cessation clinic recently. Been off the cigs for 11 days...but I feel myself slipping.
I would love a fag!
I know I'm being unreasonable....someone talk me out of it....or into it!
Gah! Curse you cigarettes,I am your slave...

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Thornykate · 06/04/2011 20:00

Have you got the allen carr book OP?

If yes read through it again, if not call the allen carr people tomorrow.

Bet if you did have one it would taste bloody awful & you would instantly regret it.

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woopsidaisy · 06/04/2011 20:07

Maybe I could research that thornykate....you know,just to check?

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Thornykate · 06/04/2011 20:11

Welllll, maybe make a little deal with yourself, wait until tomorrow & if after speaking to the people you STILL want to smoke then you will?

Have you got someone you can send to the shops for you to buy the book?

What part of smoking are you missing?

if there was an I-feel-for you-as-I smoked-for -more-than-half-my-life emoticon I would use it now

SardineQueen · 06/04/2011 20:20

Eat something
Read a book
Put some music on and jump around
Sing a song out loud
Do some sit ups
Have a bath
Do some gardening if you have one

Anything - ANYTHING! Do not light up.

I am very proud of you

(Quit in 2006 with Allen Carr book + Zyban)

Keep thinking of the Marvellous POsitive Gains! And everything mrsscoob said! You don't really want to, really you don't, your brain is playing a trick on you, don't let it win!!!

DesperateHousewife20 · 06/04/2011 20:23

No dont say 'you'll smoke if this or that happens' because you'll make it happen so you can smoke.

You've GOT to stay strong, have a cuppa tea and keep talking on here. Ive not smoked for 17 months because I got preg and didnt want to smoke with a baby. I still crave for one every now and then, I think all ex-smokers do.

Little by little the cravings will dwindle, you'll get through a whole day not even thinking about it, til then please stay strong.

If that doesnt help spare a thought for the old lady who I spoon fed in a care home (I briefly worked there) because she had emphesema, she had to be hoisted out of bed just to sit in a chair, she wore pads which had to be changed because she couldnt go to the toilet, and every day she cried because she was so scared of dying. She unfortunately did die whilst I worked there and it was really sad, the end of her life was so painful and upsetting.

EricNorthmansMistress · 06/04/2011 20:35

Have you got the book? Read it! Read it now. Well done, I'm 6 weeks clean after reading AC and I feel free.

lechatnoir · 06/04/2011 21:17

Don't do it. You know it's not a physical need anymore it's just that nasty demon tricking you into thinking it will make you feel more relaxed/calmer/happier/thinner or whatever. It won't. It doesn't. It's just not worth it.
Don't forget, if you have one now you will be back to square one again but if you can stay strong & get through today you will never EVER have to go through day 1,2, 3 etc again. One day at a time.

I'm 3 YPA (years post Allen ) and it's OK. Yes I still get the odd fleeting desire when something/someone triggers but I can manage it without too much trouble.
LCNx

giveitago · 06/04/2011 21:34

Oooh - you paid a premium to be on this course - just go with the course and don't smoke.

Sure Carr had an explanation for the potential lapses.

Feel FREE of the cigs.

wasabipeanut · 06/04/2011 21:51

Just don't put another one of those bastard things in your mouth. My father has recently had a third of a lung removed and a 5cm tumour with it. His prognosis is actually pretty good (amazingly it hadn't started to spread) but it has been the most worrying time for all of us. I spent weeks wondering how I was going to tell 3.5 year old DS and wondering how much of his grandad he would remember. MY DD would never have known him. It still might return (happens to about a third of sufferers) and he is currently deciding whether to do a course of chemo to kill off any rogue cells that might be kicking around.

If you have just one cig then that will just trigger the addiction all over again and one day it might kill you. It's like playing Russian roulette.

I used to smoke btw - gave up immediately on discovering pregnancy with DS.

Onetoomanycornettos · 06/04/2011 21:58

You have done amazingly well, you are past the first bit. Don't give up now! Here's the NHS stop smoking service, you can still talk to them online or over the phone, even if you started off with Alan Carr- sometimes talking with someone really helps, even if it just distracts you from your craving, and it also reminds you why you quit in the first place.

smokefree.nhs.uk/

Undertone · 06/04/2011 22:08

I'm on day 8. Knuckle down! Eyes on the prize!

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woopsidaisy · 06/04/2011 22:40

Thank you so much everyone.
Have survived the evening,so off to bed now.
Tomorrow is going to be a more positive day.
Thank you,thank you,thank you!
hugs to you all!

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nightowlmostly · 06/04/2011 23:10

I quit using the same method 8 years ago, and can honestly say it was one of the hardest things I ever did, but definitely the best thing.

I am so glad every day that I managed to beat it, and if I can then you can, just stay strong. It will be worth these hard first days, I promise. The nicotine is already out of your system, if you crack now you will simply have to go through all this pain again.

It will soon seem bizarre that you ever smoked, and you will feel so much better, food will taste amazing and you will notice the difference when you climb stairs, I promise!

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