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Say 'no!' to Nick O Teen

435 replies

imaginaryfriend · 09/09/2006 20:48

Hi gang, join me here. And anybody else keen to join us in kicking the evil weed.

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southeastastra · 14/09/2006 23:48
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Pann · 14/09/2006 23:51

Think IF is working through her cravings....Ha!!

Tortington · 14/09/2006 23:51

48 hours. after 48 hours its all in your head.

its habit

like smoking in he car - i have given up 4 weeks on sunday. today i reached over whilst driving - for my fag packet.

dh and i used fag breaks on adverts to communicate with each oher. we used to go into kitchen to the back door, and talk about stuff.
we have to ree learn communication - its not going well.

so adverts make me think of getting up and having a fag.

anyway i am still knitting - have made pom poms too - and taught the kids how to. i have the FUGLIEST scarf - ever - ever -ever but i love it.

notasheep · 15/09/2006 07:38

ifriend-sorry,i have this bad habit of not saying goodnight
In Bristol weekend of christmas meet up (sounds like i travel with my job)!
My trips to London are nothing to do with work,its part of my social life and time for MYSELF away from dd and ds and for dp to appreciate me when i return
(sorry darling i forgot the dinner money)
not in paid employment at the moment

notasheep · 15/09/2006 07:41

oops i forgot to boast to the entire planet that at 11am i havent had a fag for a whole week

imaginaryfriend · 15/09/2006 09:50

Congratulations notasheep!!! One month today for me.

Yes, let me know the dates you're in the smoke? (scuse pun!!)

custardo, I know the 'habit' ones. It's more the instantaneous body mutations that happen to me when I see a nude fag ...

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charliecat · 15/09/2006 09:53

Purr Im back Arent we all doing well? Custardo...totally kow what you mean about the communicating over a fag. Yep yep yep.
(BUT...the thing is, you would talk to any old smoker in the street just so you didnt look like a daft f**cker standing doing it all by yourself)
I ended up quite pissed off that my brain was working AGAINST me instead of for me.
Had to really battle with it to stop it making me walk toward the nearest rollup.

charliecat · 15/09/2006 09:54

Yayyy to the week/month thing. Every bloody day without ones a great achievemant though really isnt it??!!

imaginaryfriend · 15/09/2006 10:17

hi cc! good to see you. I thought you'd done a runner

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imaginaryfriend · 15/09/2006 10:17

Or rather, driven off.

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notasheep · 15/09/2006 15:04

Dentist again today-he was very impressed that i just stopped smoking after wisdom tooth out.

Feeling i am nagging at dp now-you stink,youve only just got up and your having a fag blah blah blah

How are southeast and Pan today-reciting allen carr i hope

imaginaryfriend · 15/09/2006 15:29

and how are you doing with it, notasheep? do you feel optimistic / positive / pleased with yourself?

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notasheep · 15/09/2006 17:08

I could EASILY have a fag right now but i know that it will pass and that one day it will all be
history.

Example 1;i stopped smoking for 2 years then my husband walked out on me(long story,he was a gambler)thought i was going to be homeless,stressed up to the sky and the most amazing thing of all was i DIDNT start smoking again i was that far down the road in my brain that i didnt even think of having a fag.Friends even asked had i gone back on the fags

Ifriend-are you on shakey ground at the minute?
Tell that monster stick to f off

imaginaryfriend · 15/09/2006 21:31

I have been a bit shaky the last few days. Not drastic, just had a lot on my mind and dd's been very unhappy at school which always gets to me because she's such a socially fragile little girl. What's got to me about smoking is how easy it would be to just have one. How close to failing I can be.

When you started smoking after your 3 year quit, what started you off again?

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imaginaryfriend · 15/09/2006 21:33

And cc has gone all invisible and mysterious on us. Ghost Cat.

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notasheep · 15/09/2006 23:28

I reckon cc has been having a night out or two
hope your dd is ok-i cant think of anything worse than worrying about our children.
It is soooooooooo easy to have another one but thats because we are thinking like smokers.non smokers dont think that.
A girlfriend of mine was very blunt-she said you have to decide in your own mind,Are you a smoker or not? easier said than done i know.

I met dp-he was and still is a smoker,we went to country pubs he smoked and i thought i will just have one

charliecat · 16/09/2006 09:13

Nooo just ones...

Pann · 16/09/2006 10:03

Hi all, in this Smokeless Zone! (anyone old enough to remember them?)...breathing sweetly and few cravings ( v. odd ones but soon pass...)..out all day with dd at local "show", and that sort of day always helps.......no, c.c., NEVER just the one..(thousand)....

charliecat · 16/09/2006 19:14

I should just stay away, more people gather when i do

southeastastra · 16/09/2006 19:53

nooo! don't!

imaginaryfriend · 16/09/2006 22:44

Cc, come back properly. None of those 5 word post thingies.

A good day for me today, made a long trip to see my brother with dd and back very late, with not a slightly thought even, once, of a fag!! Incredible really. It's very out of sight / out of mind for me at the moment.

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charliecat · 16/09/2006 22:49

ill stick with 5 words thingys as ive had a bunch to drink Hello

imaginaryfriend · 16/09/2006 22:52

CC!! What you been quaffing?

I'm on my usual bloody lager. It's been a very long day though, most of it stuck on trains.

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charliecat · 16/09/2006 22:52

classy lambrini at 1.69 a bottle for me
We went to legoland today
kids were driving little cars
they were soooooooooo impressed