Help me stop

[helpmestop]

Help encourage me, please.
gave up smoking 4 years ago, had baby 2 years ago. am planning on ttc soon. a couple of months ago I stated smoking again, only a few here and there, but I MUST stop now, very little will power. please keep encouraging me. Have just thrown them in the bin. got to do it.

ok apart from all the usual health reasons for your baby and you (although these are by far the most important). Smoking can give you untreatable gum disease which loosens your teeth (happening to my friend now), gives you all sorts of wrinkles you wouldn't otherwise get, makes your skin lacklustre and wan and gives you those awful tiny lines round your mouth that makes your lipstick bleed so much that you look like a road traffic victim.

thnakyou. i know all those things which is why i'm such an idiot for re-starting. I wanna stop now, just can't face the withdrawl again, the mood swings etc, thats the only hard part for me. gotta do it.

Know it's hard btw, did it myself many moons ago.

i know i can do it. did it before, just need the encouragement.

Bit of withdrawal vs. being told you have lung cancer.

Hmmmm

(and yes, just a few is enough to give you all sorts of nastiness, it's not just reserved for the 40 a day brigade).

Go for it, helpme, you have nothing to lose, really you haven't and you'll be so glad you did.

oh yes and you stink - most smokers don't realise but I guess after giving up, you do

i am going for it, really. i just need top be told to keep going for a few days. just feel so stupid I started again. I dont wanna die young. i love my dd and wanna be fit enough for the next one too.

oh yes, one last thing then I'll leave you alone.... my dad died a long, very painful and undignified death beacuse of it.

thankyou!

sorry posts crossed, thankyou was for the stinky comment. sorry about your dad

lol helpmestop, I guessed that

Smoking Kills one in three people who do it.

the 'lucky' ones who does die have a raised risk of

Blindness
Dementia due to stokes
Double amputation of the limbs (single biggest cause in the UK at present)
Tooth decay and gum disease
Wrinkles
Impotence (in men...single bigest cause in the uk)
MC , stillbirth and small for dates babies in women
Chronic emphysemia
Heart disease

Oh and no money

And for the green among you one in every three trees cut down (which adds to global warming) is done to support the tobacco industry.

Go for it and good luck!

know someone who lost a leg aged 53 from smoking

i smoked 20 a day for nearly 20 years. gave up 18 months ago and wish i'd tried earlier. just get over the first few days, you know you can, and DON'T START AGAIN

People who don't smoke know that those who do:
a) smell
b) are a bit stupid
c) are poor.

It's the biggest non-genetic cause of age-related macular degeneration - ie you could lose your sight.

And it really is dreadful for your skin.

Um, you become infertile sooner. Vastly increases the risk of miscarriage. Other people will think you stink.

(Mind you ds told me my mouth smelled horrible today - rushed off to floss and brush and swill with mouthwash. Verdict? "Lovely, mummy" Whew.)

Oh god, yes, a friend of mine lost her legs in an horrific accident. But all the other people on her amputation ward were smokers...

there are a few fellow smokers/nonsmokers over here to chat to it your time of need...often the subjects there at a glance are NOTHING to do with smoking but we do offer support :)

Also whyquit.com

got through a whole 24 hours without a smoke. just gotta get through the next week or so.