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Original poster

Wanna know how the Fag Free Few are getting on.........

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charliecat · 08/06/2006 18:03

Theres not a no-smoking thread anymore so tell me whos still off the fags?
And who needs a bit of support to get off them?

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flutterbee · 08/06/2006 18:10

Hi CC

I'm still of them it's 5 months this month and can honestly say that even though I sometimes sit and think about smoking I don't actually miss it one bit.

It truely is the best thing I have ever done.

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charliecat · 08/06/2006 18:16

Oh good :):):):)

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imaginaryfriend · 08/06/2006 18:33

I'd like to get off them. I smoke about 5 a day at the moment, it used to be much worse pre-pregnancy which was 4.5 years ago now. I've been trying to quit for the last year and failing dismally.

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charliecat · 08/06/2006 20:11

I can direct you to whyquit.com which has hours of reading that slowly penetrates your brain till you realise theres no option but to accept the fact you cant have anymore fags.
Or theres Allen Carr who will tell you its a pleasure to stop...
Having 5 a day makes each one even more (ha ha) pleasurable?

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ScummyMummy · 08/06/2006 20:15

It will be a year for me next month.:) So pleased that it seems like I've finally cracked it.

Do keep having goes at giving up anyone who wants to- it took me so many tries that I lost count but eventually it worked.

WideWebWitch · 08/06/2006 20:16

Three years for me, tra la la la! And 3 months actually! Scums, didn't know you'd stopped, well done!

SenoraPostrophe · 08/06/2006 20:16

i'm still smoke free, but actually have really fancied one twice today.

ScummyMummy · 08/06/2006 20:35

Mightily impressed at your 3yrs 3mnths, www.:) And good luck resisting, sp.:) How long's it been for you?

imaginaryfriend · 08/06/2006 21:35

Every morning when I wake up I tell myself I'm not going to smoke. Or drink. For a whole day. It just never happens! The desire is there but the will is weak. Maybe you guys can help me make the decision.

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charliecat · 08/06/2006 21:36

I know exactly where you are, I struggled and stumbled for a good couple of years before I finally stopped.
\link{http://whyquit.com/joel/Joel_Index_04_Relapse.html\read a few bits here}

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imaginaryfriend · 08/06/2006 21:53

How many did you smoke charliecat? And for how long? I started really regularly smoking in my early 20s and stopped in my mid-30s when pregnant. Dd's almost 4 now and since she was born I've been up and down, sometimes almost stopped, sometimes smoking 10 a day. The 5-a-day pattern's been going on for about a year while I try to convince myself to bite the bullet! I'll check out your link now. Thanks.

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charliecat · 08/06/2006 21:58

Smoked 1 about every 24 minutes smoked from young age to 25...about 11 years.
Stopped Nov 2004...am totally over it now.........cant believe I can say that and mean it but I am. :)
I enjoy nagging smokers to stop to reap the benefits!!

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onenicegirl · 08/06/2006 22:00

i too beleive i will not smoke or drink every day - at first having a drink was an excuse to have a fag, but now i am having a secret ciggie at ds naptime - twice a day - havent told anyone as feel such a failure after not smoking for almost 2 years, but have tricked myself into believing that a couple a day is fine...oh dear, i know its a problem!

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charliecat · 08/06/2006 22:08

aaaarrrrrggggggghhhhhhhh secret smoker..I could feel I had the potential to become a secret smoker, so every time I did have a fag I told someone...anyone...the milkman even, just so it wasnt my little secret...Right you have told us now, you have to confess now. Or not have any...OK????

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onenicegirl · 08/06/2006 22:31

the thing is i confess to other friends who also enjoy the occasional cigerette - so that kinda makes it ok. like a group of teenagers.

i guess i should grow up!!

imaginaryfriend · 08/06/2006 22:47

I've never been that secretive about it although I have always felt very embarrassed to admit to failing to quit! My mum's known I smoke for years but thinks I gave up a year ago which was my last Big Attempt To Quit.

I do have a friend though who's a childminder and she's the most secretive smoker I've ever met. She wears a glove to smoke a fag so that you can't smell it on her fingers and carries a bag of things to eat to take the smell away! Her husband has no idea she smokes, nor do the parents of the kids she looks after. She doesn't smoke while looking after them I hasten to add, nor does she smoke in front of her own dd. Mostly because kids are such chatterboxes her cover would be well and truly blown!

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charliecat · 09/06/2006 10:33

I know a secret smoker too, shes very good at it(you know who you are).

One of the things that slowly dawned on me on my many quits was that I would always say OMG the cat fell out the window ..I had to have a fag.
Or my mum will say the traffic was awful, I needed to smoke.
But I (and) she didnt REALLY have too, yes, our blood pressure went up and we were stressd but the fag DID NOT help. It didnt make the cat better and it didnt make the traffic disapeer. It just meant I spend the rest of the day smoking, and kicking myself and gearing up for stopping again the next day..till the next drama happened.
Get that in your head and your half way there!

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LadyTambaOfTambaTown · 09/06/2006 10:34

I seem to be smoking more and more atm

Im 23 and my mom still doesnt know I smoke!

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charliecat · 09/06/2006 10:37

Tanba does she smoke? How can she not know...it reeks LOL

My mum has had life long friend, my mum smokes the friend doesnt.
My mum, whos 58 looks 78 with all her wrinkles and cats mum arse and her friend who hasnt smoked whos 50 looks 38, hardly a wrinkle on her....only just realised that in the past couple of days. Its blatant now Ive noticed though LOL

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LadyTambaOfTambaTown · 09/06/2006 10:38

Nope my mom doesnt smoke - and if she mentions a smell I say ive had a friend round who does, been to the pub, etc etc

Stupid question but can smoking give you spots? I hate getting spots grrrr

dinosaure · 09/06/2006 10:39

Yes, it does - I used to get loads on my chin when I smoked - don't get any now. (preen preen)

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charliecat · 09/06/2006 10:43

Yep, I have skin that is much better now. Its not only giing you spots, but bad breath yellow teeth wrinkles, cloggin up your heart/lungs. Slowling you down making you lethargic...

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LadyTambaOfTambaTown · 09/06/2006 10:43

Im so that my main incentive to stop would be my skin rather than my health! But I guess any incentive will do - it gets the job done!

Dh keeps eaving 'stop smoking' leaflets on my desk

I have 25 fags left atm. I keep thinking im not going to buy anymore but then I do

My best friend smoke and he did once say that we could quit together. Will talk to him about it when he gets back from his hols

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charliecat · 09/06/2006 10:44

Your dh is worried about you :( . Imagine sharing an ashtray with your dd/ds? How frigging awful would that be????

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imaginaryfriend · 09/06/2006 10:48

How many are you on LadyTamba?

At the moment my planned quitting date is the beginning of July. My partner will know if he's going to be made redundant towards the end of June and once that immediate stress is removed I will face it. Hope you guys will help?

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