Fresh Thread for the Fag Free Few

[charliecat]

Thought another one was needed

Yeah its a mourning of a so called long lost friend, dont worry, it does pass.
Also I ate...oh..like 2 horses when I first stopped and still have days now when I cant seem to stop munching. BUT I can walk 10 times faster and 10 times longer and the mental benefits of not smoking are HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
You are doing well.
I used to cry sometimes, a let out of ??????????????????????????? that I wouldnt have had I been smoking. Its a funny thing this lark. But its good :) Well done..!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks charlie, couldn't do this without you lot

Youve nearly done a week,you know how time passes so quickly(though not at the time!) WELL DONE and dont worry about a bit of pigging out.

I had a meeting today and at coffee break all the smokers went outside for a fag,I went outside too and suddenly realised that i was quite happy with my coffee and NO FAG,and the smokers couldnt believe that i didnt WANT a fag or CRAVE for one.I think i may have given some of them an incentive to stop too!

nice one notasheep

Yesterday was the worst day I have had for months, my depression went into overdrive and I could hardly cope with my children, I had to ask a friend to come over BUT I didn't have a fag and now I feel much better today.

Well Done trinity, glad you are better today.
Eventually this nightmare ends by the way and you will feel so bloody free of the things and you wil not believe you ever smoked.
Promise :)

I'll tell you what does feel good (and I've only been stopped for three months), and that's being able to walk up hill without being out of breath. Probably the first change I've noticed since stopping. And it's definitely worth it!

And I also enjoy going out with the kids for a day out and not spending the time thinking when am I gonna get the chance to have a fag in peace...had that thought today:)

For me I have at last realised that MOST of my stress was actually caused by the fags.That Simple!

No fags equals less stress

I dont get so riled about things anymore notasheep, i think i would get in a rage about something to go have a fag or something like that...not quite sure

Just about to go out(babysitting for friend) so just another big thankyou Charlie.
Really think i have cracked it this time eh?!

Yep, the art of it now is never having another one, then its done and dusted

Just wanted to say hello and good luck again to you all.
I quit nearly 2 years ago when i was pregnant with dd2. It was HELL at first and for weeks months all i could think was how i didn't like nights anymore. My treat when dd1 was in bed was to sit on the back step with a fag and a glass of wine! It still sounds appealing so i think you always crave that 'habit' part.
Yesterday i was sitting in a Doctors waiting room though and started reading a sign with all the chemicals in ciggarettes. I smoked for 15 yeras and just reading it made me think
SHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIITTT!!

So BEST of luck with it all and it does get easier+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Yep it does indeed. Hows it going today everyone? Kliest are you still reading? How are you? And all the other old timers, still off them???

Another day has passed and I am really feeling like a non smoker rather than someone who is trying to give up.
I have also been brainwashing dp to give up in future,it will be a tough one to crack

My dp has stopped now, he stopped in the middle of december after a few stop/starts.
I kept saying what are you waiting for, and tommorows not going to be any easier and ...oh lots of irritating little sayings

I had a ciggarette last night, I was crying with anger, my baby wouldn't stop screaming and I was seriously scared about what I might do, I had already shouted at her. I dound a pack with 2 in and smoked one and ripped up the other. I had forgotten to get my patches and been with out for a day and a half and baby is now getting 4 teeth all at once. I was desperate and it stopped me feeling so angry, I'm not proud but I sit here with patch on arm now and a determination like nothig before

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to drop in and say hello, it has now been almost 2 months for me and I can now go for several days without even thinking about a fag.

Well done notasheep, keep going......:)

Good luck to everyone who has recently stopped, it just gets easier and easier.......

well done to everyone! I'm still reading, only not contributing as I don't want to put a downer on the really positive things everyone's managing on here.

I'm so almost not a smoker it's crazy. I never smoke more than 2 a day, sometimes none, mostly around 1. Yet somehow or other I can't get the nerve together to stop altogether. I did totally stop a week or so ago for about 3 days but then caved in. I have a terrible temptation which is a mum I've befriended at dd's new school who really persuades me to go and have a smoke with her in the park behind the school when we've dropped the kids off. I'm usually hot and sweaty and stressed at that point plus I like her company so that's how it's really gone wrong. When she missed school with a sick dd for a few days I just didn't smoke. How weak is that??? Occasionally I have two or three puffs on one of dp's roll-ups in the evening but mostly not. And that's it. I'm off to my mum's in the Easter holiday for almost a week and there'll be zero temptation so I'm aiming for that.

I feel so mad that I went over 6 months with absolutely no fags and here I am again. You really can never take it for granted that you've quit ...

But on a better note I think you guys are amazing and it's really heartening to hear your stories.

Oh yes, should have added, though I know it's not an excuse for smoking BUT dp finds out if he's going to lose his job early next week. I do think when that burden is off I'll (hopefully) be stronger to deal with this.

And I keep meaning to ask you guys what you think of that advert with the mother dying of lung cancer and the teenage girls? It SO gets to me. Very powerful. And it represents my nightmare.

kleist, give yourself a break, smoking 1 or 2 a day is a huge step up from smoking 10, 15 or 20+. You are still healthier than you were when you were smoking more.

This doesn't mean you should forget quitting of course! You know very well that it is a slippery slope and 1 or 2 soon becomes 3 or 4, etc....but don't be too hard on yourself, you will crack it soon. :)

Trinintyrocks, really dont worry, we ALL have slips ups. As long as you learn something from each one. Eventually after 2.3 millions fags I realised the only way to really stop was to never have another one as long as I lived. Ever. And so be it...one or twos not an option!
Canadianmum, well done sounds like you are doing really well!!!!!
Kliest, nearly there then!!!!!!! You have to make that decision not to smoke with that friend, she wants you to smoke with her as the rest of the world is stopping and she doesnt want to be the dafty standing alone does she???
She can still be your friend without being your...oheerr im pleased to see you as I know you have a tab friend ok???!!!
You sound better, and hey keep posting, a thread with all...oer it was so easy and ive stopped for 9 months and it was a piece of piss is a not a true representative of the true fact that its bloody hard work and it takes effort to stop!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good evening everyone,goodness it has been busy here.
trinityrocks,as Charlie said it is just a slip up,I have lost count how many i have had.
Kleist-glad you are still about,want to give you masses of support,Remember i have had long give ups then fallen!! Be mad and angry i find it helps.
Canadian Mum,I recall we were in this together then i fell again.Its Day 12 for me,damm it could of been 2 months!!!!!!!!

Last but not least-Charlie!!! We ought to re name you Charlie Carr

I've been coming on this thread for bloody ages as cc will remember! What I WON'T do is become one of those who came, hung around a bit, then disappeared in a cloud of smoke. I mean I'm still determined to be a non-smoker. In all this time since I first officially quit (last May!!!) I haven't bought a pack. Even now I'm tabbing a bit I still haven't bought any. For me, that moment, if it happened, of buying a pack is the beginning of the end.

And what DO you guys think of that advert I mentioned earlier?!

God how can you break the bloody habit? I only smoke 2 a day -right at the end of the day and for me it's an association with relaxation. What times are you giving in to your urges..?

JI Bimble, if you can last all day without a fag, IMO your sorted. Get a copy of Allen Carr or ready whyquit.com and move oneto a fag free life!
We all dive into our beer mugs instead nowadays lol.
Kliest, that advert, is bloody awful. Pulls all the right strings.
Very Good advert then!