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Be gone foul fag - quitters thread part 2

366 replies

imaginaryfriend · 17/08/2006 22:28

Hi guys ... join me over here?

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charliecat · 19/08/2006 20:24

Hopefully yes, should peak tommorow and calm again. Are you due on, period wise? I found i was more manic then than at other times.
We have been to thorpe park today...no smoking in the queues allowed which was nice

imaginaryfriend · 19/08/2006 21:38

... Funny you said that, cc ... period started this evening. I've been like someone on bad speed all day. Poor dd hasn't known whether she's coming or going.

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charliecat · 19/08/2006 21:39

Aww Poor DD, at least, if nothing else you know why it was....and you know you can get through it next time. Are you a mooncup owner? Feel free not to answer that

imaginaryfriend · 19/08/2006 21:40

Ooh and really really bad insomnia the last few nights ...

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charliecat · 19/08/2006 21:49

Living hell indeed

imaginaryfriend · 20/08/2006 13:23

What's a mooncup? I'm having the odd craving-free moment but still irritable and like something's missing in my chest. Do you know / remember that feeling? Gonna check whyquit again now for tips.

I know it's a while ago for you now, cc, but can you remember how long before the worst is over? My resolve is being really really tested. Can you remember with your dp how long it went on?

I would ask panboy but he seems to have skipped through everything without a hitch!!

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Panboy · 20/08/2006 14:55

Mooncup "it's a washable, reusable sanitary protection device

it is a little silicone cup thing which catches all the blood

very comfortable, very eco friendly

very Mumsnet...apparently.

Not quite skipping...

charliecat · 20/08/2006 14:58

I remeber the ache, and its like your lungs are missing the choking sensation, they are not really, honestly.
Dp was a raging bull for a few weeks. Quielty simmering resentment at everyone/everything.
You need to find something good/pleasant/nice to focus on.
A good book, see if it gives your brain some space for a bit.
This ALL PASSES. i promise you, just stick at it. you have to remeber that you want to stop smoking.
You have been trying for AGES. And this is the only way to do it.

imaginaryfriend · 20/08/2006 21:35

How the hell have I missed knowing about 'mooncups'??? Where do you buy them, they sound rather nice.

Cc, I know I know I know. Today's been better than yesterday without doubt. yesterday I could've killed. In fact there was a dark moment in the kitchen when I stared at the vegetable knife for a few seconds before giving myself a shake ...

Today I am finding I DO forget sometimes, then I suddenly get a lung pang and a feeling of total unreality that I can't satisfy it with a fag. I think all the time how easy it would be for me to just stop fighting, like I'm teetering, not totally determined like you were cc. But somehow I keep pulling myself back.

I read lots of whyquit this afternoon and it did help. Dd was also very sweet and non-demanding which also helped, we just sat doing mad pictures of rabbits most of the afternoon. My patience with her is so short at the moment though. I keep having to check myself and remind myself that this isn't her fault. on the other hand if she was old enough to know what I'm doing and that she's the main reason for my doing it I think she'd forgive her irritable mummy.

And that's the big thing that's keeping me going. Not that I don't want to smoke because I am completely aware of how much I've enjoyed it and what's it's meant to me. But because I can't stand the feelings of anxiety and guilt about what it will do to my health and to dd's future. And the thought of being free of that anxiety, that horrible first-thing-in-the-morning feeling of dread that I'm STILL smoking. and all the horror stories of people who've died of cancer that I've ever heard...

Ramble, ramble, ramble.

I feel like a maniac!!!!!

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imaginaryfriend · 21/08/2006 09:29

... is there anybody there ..........

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Tortington · 21/08/2006 10:35

hi charliecat et al

i am a non smoker. i stopped smoking at 8pm last night.

by 8pm tomorrow the nicotine will have left my body and dit will all be in my head.

i have decided as this is my 4th time here in as many years. hat i am not going to be horrible.

dya know that lilly allen song? i hate it. but i sing it becuase its like happy birthday - its got a jolly tune.

i am going to be nice. i am probably not going to have tea tonight. but buy lots of fruit for when i am at work.

CC if i get me pst the 3 weeks mark i've done it.

i have to do it anyway for financial reasons ecuase we are getting a morgage.

with the 400 pm we spend on rent and the 200 per month on fags its only an extra 200 per month to buy my own house.

i have gotten over my pmt first. and i thought if i stop early evening i can sleep trough he wortst bit - instead of deciding "first thing monday"

imaginaryfriend · 21/08/2006 10:50

Custy, go for it. I'm a newly quitting quitter too so if you fancy a chat or mutual scream ... ?

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imaginaryfriend · 21/08/2006 10:52

By the way, what's the longest you've managed to quit for previously?

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charliecat · 21/08/2006 11:36

How you two rattlers doing this morning?
Imaginary friend, mine was more despair and the realisation that the only way to do this was to not smoke again, I mean how many times had I got so far then had a fag? Hundreds...it wasnt working.
No fags ever was the only way, it is the only way
Custy, nice to see you here
whyquit.com has some FANTASTIC reading that gets into your head and helps enormously.
Whatever you do , dont smoke. Thats all you need to do. And dont think of the Just One you would like, remember it in the whole package, 1 fag, 1 packet, 1 week, 1 month...you might never get the strengh again to try again.
Drik water, lots and dont try anything thats too hard, leave it till later. If soemthings going to make you barge out the door for a smoke, leave it till later.
And dotn have a selfimposed tantrum telling your self you DESERVE a fag.
Ok x

charliecat · 21/08/2006 11:36

And panboy, your sorted are you not? How come your not rattling round the threads????

imaginaryfriend · 21/08/2006 12:50

yes ... where IS panboy ... ?

cc, wonderful words of wisdom AGAIN. It's easier today, the pangs are less frequent and not so maddeningly intense. I tell you, Friday and Saturday were REALLY hard. The worst by far. And I was thinking all the time 'this has to be it because I don't want to do THIS AGAIN EVER!!!!!'

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charliecat · 21/08/2006 12:55

Yep, you have to tell yourself that, anytime you feel like weakening remind yourself of the hell you will have to go through again. Because the minute that nicotine floods into your blood stream you will wish it hadnt and you will be plotting to stop again right away....why bother?

charliecat · 21/08/2006 12:56

couple of tunes here to take your mind off the weed:)

imaginaryfriend · 21/08/2006 13:47

Thanks cc. A curious thing just happened ... went out to get my lunchbreak and didn't even consider having a fag. Not that I didn't crave one because I did get that horrible chest / lung feeling, but I didn't seriously in any way consider the option of buying some. That's good isn't it?

Gonna check your tunes now.

Hey cc, you wouldn't consider coming to the Christmas meetup would you? I'd SO love to see you ...

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Tortington · 21/08/2006 13:50

that why quit dot com is getting on my tits. i can almost see the bright shiny american teeth - too much pontificating and good buddy inflation shit

have got into grumpy zone so will sing my song

meanwhile please please please can you direct me to UK sites i want hour by hour shuff of how well i am doing - it sound stupid i know it does -

look right,

i thought it was 48 hours to be nicotine free - now its 72 - but iswaer i went online last night and they said 48

i need a planner

after 4 hours - you have increased your oxygen intake and can give great head

after 8 hours you have bigger norks

after 12 hours your looking like claudia schiffer

but then there seems to be this beg leap to

48 hours you are nicotine free

help me rhonda am flaggin.

....but then i just msiihiihiiile i just smihihiiiile tat worst i feel bnad for a whilllilllllllllee then i just smihiihilllleee then i just smihihillllee lallllaaalaallaallaaallaallaallaallaallaal

imaginaryfriend · 21/08/2006 13:54

72 hours I heard. But in my case the first couple of days were easier than the days at the end of the week. I think I had delayed withdrawal.

Read whyquit with sunglasses to kill the blare from the white teeth and just look at their factual info because it is very helpful. I'll try to find you a link to a UK site though.

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imaginaryfriend · 21/08/2006 15:59

Sorry, I couldn't find any of those step-by-step sites ...

My norks remain virtually non-existent by the way. How many hours til they grow?

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imaginaryfriend · 21/08/2006 21:23

Another day done! DEFINITELY better today but still feel weird.

Cc ... do you think panboy has his nose in an ashtray somewhere ...?

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Tortington · 21/08/2006 21:39

25 hours 40 mins. only 22 hours 20 to go and i will sleep 8 of those

imaginaryfriend · 22/08/2006 09:26

Your going with the 48 hours theory then, Custy? For what it's worth, I found 48-72 was always the peak rather than the end. But I guess we're all different.

Cc! How are you today? I've just surfed a batch of cravings and hoping today's not too awful. Yesterday was definitely better. It really is the moments you most used to have a fag that are the worst isn't it? Mornings, being out and about, dd's meal times. Evenings I'm finding fine because I rarely smoked then anyway. The morning cravings are far and away the worst. I'll be glad to see the back of this crap feeling.

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