sTOPPED SMOKING - WANNA COME TALK TO ME BEFORE I kill THE DOG?

[Tortington]

hiyA,

i think i am boring everyone i know on facebook - so i decided to join here instead. and bore you all silly.

i had to leave work early today as i couldnt concentrate. i had a nose bleedd this am, i can't sleep and i get headaches, my sinuses are filling up and im beginning with the coughing.

i've done this before - quit, i know i need to get past the three week mark and then hopefully it will al be ok. i started a new job two months ago and i haven't got smoking friends or triggers embedded so much - coming home in the car is difficult.

i wokred through dinner today - then left at 3pm as i couldn't stick it any longer. dinner will also be hard. - li'm planning to go to supermarket and buy myself things :D

but i really don't do well with being ill. you know that man flu everyone jokes about? well i'm a woman and i get that multiplied by 10

biggup to MR c who also gave up smoking - it is Mr c's second day.

i was really hanging on the 48 hour nicotine free thing - like it was a huge marker and if i could get past that then i could get past anything. i suppose my next countdown should be a full week.

so 4 days to go - midnight friday = one full week.

i am currently sweating so much that i am wiping away sweat tears

im going to walk the dog becuase i feel a bitshitty

please answer me

ty muchly custardo

Well done! You are past the worst apparently :) Day 9 here and feeling good! Have a big BBQ here tomorrow though with much drinking so this will be my first test. Luckily most of my friends have quit now so shouldn't be too much temptation. Wish my dh would give up - would be much easier if he wasn't puffing away all the time.

crikey i dont know if i could give up when my dh was still puffing away - well done you.

Oh custardo I am a big fat failure! I caved after a couple of drinks and smoked 5634879 fags :(

Feel rubbish today and am back on the no smoking wagon! Luckily no more big social events planned now until mid July so I will not fail again!

How are you getting on?

A BBQ with drinks would be nearly impossible for me as well, since most of my friends and my DH smoke! Oh well, at least you're still resolved for the long haul :)

Custy, how many days is this now?

at midnight it will be 11 days huzzah huzzah

get back on that no smoking wagon.

got arseholed on wine at weekend with dh and i could have murdered a cig. if the shops were open i would have crawled there nekkid to get a packet.

luckily they wern't! dont beat yourself up - you can do this thing.,

ten more days to my self imposed magical 3 week mark.

today i literally only thought about seriously needing a cig about twice. which is fucking amazing.

smoking is still very much in my thoughts a lot though,. however it wasn't the first thing i thought of when i woke up - it was the second this morning, so i'm getting somewhere

how are you guys getting on?

Congratulations Custy :) It feels very satisfying to know you aren't chained to them anymore, doesn't it! I realized I was compensating a bit with wine and have reigned that back in as well.

Vodka doesn't count though, right?

I am on Day 4 of giving up and thought I'd trawl mumsnet for some advice/support etc. I am using Champix and am still finding the cravings really hard so can't imagine doing it cold turkey - well done! I am 40 next month and really want to be a non smoker for my big birthday.

Interested to hear about the 3 week mark - god I really hope it gets easier by then ....

WELL DONE dotty i think day 4 was a turning point for me tbh - the first three days were so fucking hard, i can't even describe it. but by day 4 it eased considerably. carry on carrying on my friends - we dan do this!

voddie doesn't count .....oh no¬

I am finding that I really look forward to wine o'clock (and that it gets earlier each night)!

Have to say that after a big Saturday night out I didn't spend Sunday wishing the day would end cos my hangover was so bad - reckon cigarettes definitely make the morning after the night before worse.

I also find that My Last Cigarette app on iphone is fantastic for telling you how much money you have saved, how many cigarettes you haven't smoked, where you are with your cravings, carbon monoxide levels, lung health etc. Good for a boost when you are climbing the walls - like I am at the moment.......

And more positives - I do actually feel better in myself for not smoking - more alert, less tired .... just a grumpy bitch!!!

dh and i have both had complete sense of humour failures, and it was only a couple of days ago that dh made a joke and i thought it was funny - its like our wavelengths were totally fucked up

i know no one cares at this point, but just in case someone does a future search...

today, exactly two weeks later, smoking didn't cross my mind when i woke up, nore did it cross my mind seconds later, it didnt cross my mind as i got dressed, not as i made a brew, nor as i chatted to dh before he went to work.

smoking only crossed my mind when i read my own post on facebook

that is a huge mental achievement that i think only ex smokers can understand.

I completely understand how you feel. I have now been a non smoker for 7 days and 8 hours and I can't believe it!! It is a huge struggle and I have had moments where I am an emotional wreck and burst in to tears over the smallest thing. But I too have woken up this morning and have more resigned myself to the fact that I won't have a cigarette than not thinking about them. And I've saved £49 .....

yay dotty, keep on keeping o my friend you are doing brilliantly.

another breakthrough yersterday, we went to the pub for a couple of drinks and didn't smoke.

it was sunny, we went in the beer garden with the dirty smokers and it was so fucking difficult, but then the sun came out and the dirty smokers left and it was so blissful, i had another pint

2.5 pints later, went to shop and tried to get a lottery ticket and had trouble counting out the change

i'm putting off the all night going out for a while, i dont know if ic ould hack it.

Can I join in too? Day 1 here and so far so good! Though tomorrow may be a completely different matter!!

Welcome Skirmish! Day 9 for me and struggling but determined. I am the bitch queen from hell. It is bloody hard .. As Custy said I am holding out for the 3 week mark. Don't think about smoking all the time but when I do it is horrible. Are you going cold turkey? Keep it up - if I can do 9 days anyone can.

Thanks Dotty.Cold turkey here though thinking of getting one of the inhaler thingys, not keen on the patches.

Am tired and cranky and so darn restless. I keep getting up and wandering around.

Am just hanging out for the 3 day mark!

Hi Skirmish - how are you doing? I have had a good day today (day 10) compared to yesterday. I could have easily punched someone or something. Beginning to feel like I am slowly breaking the habit. Keep going and use all the support you can. Big motivation for me is I have NOT smoked 195 fags and am £74 better off. Oh and I don't stink or waste so much time in the garden smoking and my kids are really proud of me ....

hi skirmish how you doing?

thought i was doing very well havent thought about it and when i have it meant nothing to me - i didnt want one or anythng if the thought popped in my brian

however! today been very teary - for no big reason at all - my car needs some work and i came across some nobby garage owners - something i would have usually took with a fuck you step in my stride - today - i blubbed like a fucking baby, my 18 yo son gave me big hugs and i kept saying ' sorry i'm being such a twat!'

it could also be sugar withdrawls as i am braving low carbing again. i put on 10 lbs in two weeks and i can't have that so there you go! take a look at my blog www.carbfree.wordpress.com

Hi custardo and dotty...I'm doing ok...no, actually, I'd kill someone for a fag, any kind of fag, even a menthol!! But I haven't managed to take it out on anyone- even the kids...but they were kind enough to share their biscuits with me so guess we're on an even playing field!!

Carb free- are you fucking kidding me!!?? Bad enough that I can't have a fag, I sure as hell ain't giving up a white coffee!! Big kudos to you though custy- and your blog is really interesting... when I have more brain power I'll look thru it properly (but I can't imagine giving up bread.. Or rice...)

Off to the gym in the morning - I know everyone who gives up smoking puts on a few pounds but I'm vain and shallow and determined not to (ha ha yeah whatever )

You guys are doing really well!!!

What's a few pounds, a helluva lot of angst and unbelievable emotions when we all smell so good eh??!!

£74 - that's amazing!!!

Custardo - and all you other mighty non-smokers - it's true - the things you thought you had to have a fag with (crises, cup of coffee, difficult phonecall, deadline, etc) come and go before you even realise you weren't grappling for the packet.

I gave up because dd 's pregnant - and I'm looking forward to helping her through the birth without wishing I could leg it outside mid-contraction for a quick puff

congrats tall! on dd and the non smoking

SKirmish FPMSL@ are you fucking kidding me!

so funny - keep on keeping on, we're doing great.

day 19 £114 saved

Day 3 and I'm so restless for a fag it's ridiculous!! Went out this morn without any money so wasn't tempted to buy a sneaky pack of ten (which I would have laughed at when I was smoking- I mean, why on earth would you buy a measly 10 fags when IOU could have a lovely BIG box of 20!!)

Cooked mammoth dinner then got naked so no temptation to jump in car and go to shops (knowing that im lazy enough to not re-dress!)

Custy- been looking into your carb free life...can you do 3/4 days carb free a week and still reap the benefits??

Hope everyone I'd having a better day than me!!

Well ddone oh mighty one

I quit smoking (again) on Friday 17 June at 00:01. I am on day nnnnnnnnn nineteen, nineteen

This is my fifth time of trying but first time cold turkey. I am determined to succeed

My last attempt was by using Champix in March and I managed to stop for 10 days. At ekast this time I have lasted longer

I have managed to avoid killing the cats, DH, and the DC's but only just. I am afraid that the pillow has taken a few hits and the bathroom door might have been kicked a few times.

My consumption of soft drinks has risen and apparently I can snarl better than any big cat

I do hate the fact that my nose is as sensitive as a bloodhound, I can smelly a whiff at 30 paces

I have a huge problem that I cant tell anyone in RL that I have quit because everyone thinks I quit 3 years ago due to health issues. My immediate family knew but not anyone else. I don't get much encouragement but tis my own fault