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Fresh Thread for the Fag Free Few

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charliecat · 19/02/2006 11:30

Thought another one was needed

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rickman · 23/02/2006 22:39

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notasheep · 23/02/2006 23:00

Headache very normal.And any other things will be too.If you suddenly burst into tears,dont worry,thats VERY normal too.

rickman · 24/02/2006 07:49

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charliecat · 24/02/2006 07:50

Walk away. Go sit upsatirs or outside just for a minute

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charliecat · 24/02/2006 07:52

Headache is normal, so is feeling like s spacecadet, not quite knowing what to do with yourself and feeling like your living on a knifes edge.
YOU KNOW that that fag was only getting you away for 5 mins, it wasnt banishing the kids to a far away p[lace, it was you giving you FIVE MINUTES PEACE.
THAT ALL.

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rickman · 24/02/2006 07:57

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charliecat · 24/02/2006 08:07

Got rickman on MSN for anyone thinking ive logged off and left her to it

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rickman · 24/02/2006 11:06

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charliecat · 24/02/2006 11:23

Yep Yep Yep.
If you dont do it today you will only have to go through it all again another day.
What makes you think another day will be any easier...it wont be.
This is doing my head in...just leave it....just for now, go back to it later.
YOU KNOW your going to get over and through all this and come out in a better position where you wont feel guilty for smoking and for being distracted wondering when your going to get chance to cram another fag in.
You CAN do this. I was Fag Ass Lil. 35 Roll Ups a day
Creeping outside in my nighty to find a dry dog end in the rain at 3am with a torch...I did it, so can you

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canadianmum · 24/02/2006 11:41

you can do it rickman, remember the first 72 hours are the worst! hold on in there....

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charliecat · 24/02/2006 11:50

Oh yes Has a beer for you CM

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GeorgieVickyLou · 24/02/2006 19:55

Sorry all, i am so rubbish. I only manage to check in ever now and then

C-Cat. I must say it has been so much easier then i ever thought it would be, I have been trying to convince some of the 'Dirty faggers' (as i now call them!) at work to give up, telling them it's just the doing it, actually making a decision to stop that is the hardest.

rickman · 24/02/2006 21:58

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tillykins · 24/02/2006 22:02

I'm almost at 8 months now! Very very proud of myself!
And Whyquit was a Godsend - Charliecat steered me there too

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charliecat · 24/02/2006 22:03

at you ease gvl but for you
Rickman, one day this will be a distant memory.
And they wont remember.
I was horrid to my kids today coz im due on...they were bickering on the bus and I snarled at them.....so badly a woman turned round to see the evil bitch that was me
To get through this to the other side WILL BE great.
A fag doesnt take away problems, it just adds to them. xx

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charliecat · 24/02/2006 22:04

Excellent tillykins Good for the brain that whyquit isnt it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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tillykins · 24/02/2006 22:06

It made me realise I didn't have to have one

I would be fed up about something and think, it wouldn't be so bad if I could have a cigarette. But it sort of clicked that whatever was bugging me would still be the same, whether I had a cigarette or not - only then I would be a smoker with that problem
If that made sense

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charliecat · 24/02/2006 22:29

Oh yes, perfect sense, like this traffic jam is annoying me -I want to smoke- as if thats gonna take the traffic away. It really isnt...that sort of thing???

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ButternutSquash · 24/02/2006 22:56

Hi guys, am joining you, had my last roll up wednesday evening, so i've had 2 days of freedom. Feeling very sleepy a lot of the time, is this normal?

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charliecat · 24/02/2006 22:56

Sleepys good Usually manic and slighty mad WellDone you

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tillykins · 24/02/2006 22:58

yes, thats it exactly charlie
I had tried giving up before, and that always beat me - as though the traffic jam would be manageable if I only had a cigarette
So as soon as anything went wrong, bad day at work, loads of shopping etc, anything, I would have a pack of 10 - just to get me through this particular obstacle and then....
I would literally find an excuse to give myself permission to smoke

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charliecat · 24/02/2006 23:00

yep, i used to get in a temper about......er...nothing, now i walk away from anything that will make me annoyed as then I wont get that ...PULL...bloody fags...

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jowen · 24/02/2006 23:07

The patches worked for me.

You will get to the point where you don't think about cigarettes for a whole day. I have been quit for 6 months now. I watch that money rack up in my bank, and I think to myself, "I can spend that. i used to spend it before, and we coped fine, so I can spend it now."

If I wanted, I could have a new top or pair of shoes every week and be no worse off than when I was smoking! It's brilliant, and something else, my teeth are whiter, my eyes aren't bloodshot, and my cheeks are pinker.

Good craving whackers are

Very cold water
Breadsticks
Apples - use a knife, peel it, chop it, eat it, craving gone as your hands and mouth have both been busy.
Biscuits
Glass of coke
Typing on the computer.

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charliecat · 24/02/2006 23:08

and for me...those HUGE bags of cadburys buttons...mmmmmmmmmmmm

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ButternutSquash · 24/02/2006 23:26

Yes the feeling sleepy thing I find most odd, it's not my first attempt (far from it!) at quiting, and I've never had that before. The manic feeling, that I would recognise. But last night I went to bed at 8.15! Really, this hasn't happened to me in years, I usually go to bed after midnight. Had terrible night tho, initially woke up every 15 minutes, till about 9.30, then about every hour until 3am, then a few more times until it was time to get up (7ish).