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Fag Free Few................New Fresh Thread

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charliebat · 16/10/2006 19:32

Hello

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aliceband · 29/11/2006 22:40

hello.
yes, i have been doing the puffer too when i really need it. when, for instance watching someone on the tv smoking, really tempting. just have a quick puff. most other times is ok. reminds me of the horrible taste as well.

lou33 · 30/11/2006 10:03

day 6!

charliecat · 30/11/2006 10:05

Marvellous people You wil go into the new year feeling very chuffed that you stopped Last year.
And just in time too. They are going to announce a date for everywhere to be non smoking

imaginaryfriend · 30/11/2006 19:09

Oh yes, cc, I didn't think of that until a few days ago that I might be entering 2007 fag-free! Then 2007 has the potential to be a completely fag-less year.

3.5 months. And counting.

Really really well done to everybody else too.

MegJoshMum · 30/11/2006 19:13

Day 9 for me here. I have gone cold turkey and am feeling remarkably fine. Thought it would be harder for me than this. Only have a few cravings in the evenings the rest have gone.
Debbie
xx

aliceband · 30/11/2006 22:13

Another wobbly this pm. actually had the money for some. somehow got over it. not craving like in the early days... just thought, i could just have some tonight! but then, have to smoke outside now so not much fun, and cold,
Re read this as an incentive.
keep up the wise words!

lou33 · 01/12/2006 09:10

day 7 , no fags

imaginaryfriend · 01/12/2006 12:15

FANTASTIC everyone!

Lou, are you feeling like you want to do it now? You were quite reluctant at the start

notasheep · 01/12/2006 13:02

Fantastic Everyone from me too!

One day at a time and remember you do not NEED a fag,our body wasnt designed for Nicotine and Smoke and Chemicals and yuck and an early death...

lou33 · 01/12/2006 13:20

I'd quite like to still be smoking but i cant, not after how i felt on saturday, so i won't. I have felt like a ciggie twice today, but only fleetingly. Kids and my young man are v happy about it as well, and it will save me money.

imaginaryfriend · 01/12/2006 17:07

I know what you mean lou. If I could still smoke I would. I mean I miss smoking, I liked smoking, it had a place in my life. But I can't because the down sides of it are so dreadful. I reached this point where I just couldn't let myself do it any more. Plus I had this awful guilt thing where every time I lit up I'd see my dd's face at my graveside. Horrid.

It's one of those things that's hard to get used to not having. I still find it strange to think I'll never smoke again. Almost like I don't quite believe it myself. Has that feeling totally gone 2 years down the line cc?

notasheep · 01/12/2006 18:37

Ifriend i know where your brain is at....it will pass.There will come a time when you dont miss it.
You havent quite got all that brainwashing addiction out.
Nicotine causes the allusion remember and will do anything it can to trap you and hold you prisoner

charliecat · 02/12/2006 10:53

Yes totally gone. And I know what you mean about missing it and it being part of your life and all of that stuff and it has all completely gone. And its not an issue anymore at all.
Id say, thinking back that at 6 months I could smell someone elses fag and enjoy the smell, and there was 75% of me that was comfortable and the other 25% that could have snatched it and smoked it.
Now that 99% safe. 1% of my brain that hasnt forgot that it DID used to give me pleasure, even if it was only 1 in 176 that was nice...that aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh feeling.
Mostly, though, now I just think OMG thats cloggin my nose up and its fecking VILE.

Pann · 02/12/2006 21:57

Hi all you gorgeous people!!

Only 1 week, 5 days, 21 hours in, but still 'know' that nicotine and other peices of sh*t are no longer part of me or my life!!

The only considerations now is one of curiosity - how did YOU decide to smoke so many cigs over such a long time......the why bit is indeed pointless to excavate...

Coming on here to post and lurk if there is nothing useful to say is still a real support, as complacency and back-slapping are real threats, though they do feel a little ghosty....

aliceband · 03/12/2006 01:15

went to a pub tonight. absolutely full of smokers. my clothes stunk. i could hardly breath. and to think that just 4 weeks ago i wouldn't have noticed, would have been contribting to the smog! yuch.

Pann · 03/12/2006 01:17

I've had that alice, too!

Am understanding what sacrifices others have made to be anywhere near me!!

southeastastra · 03/12/2006 12:17

it's sad about allen carr, i suppose sitting in a room with loads of smokers could have contributed to his disease. it's just such a stupid habit. thanks for all your help though, i will hopefully join you all soon.

lou33 · 03/12/2006 12:26

9 days now

and i went to the pub on friday night and didnt smoke

first thing my oh did when he met me there about 11.30 pm was smell my fingers to see if i had succumbed, lol

imaginaryfriend · 04/12/2006 09:50

aliceband and lou, that's fantastic. You two seem to have come out of nowhere and just cracked it. Unlike some of us who've been back and forth failing and trying again!

That's you sheepy and pan. Not to mention me!

SEA will be here soon I know it, I think maybe 2007 will be her year.

We had a friend of dp's over for dinner last night. He and dp enjoying a smoke out of the window. No appeal to me whatsoever, I kind of forgot I ever might have joined in. The friend said to me 'have you never smoked?' I could have spat my wine out in his face in shock that he could even think that when I've always thought of myself as the most hooked, incurable smoker ever.

lou33 · 04/12/2006 10:02

thank you

day 10 today, and only fleeting cravings for a fag yesterday, nothing really so far today

imaginaryfriend · 04/12/2006 11:19

And are you feeling kind of pleased with yourself? In a reluctant sort of way?

lou33 · 04/12/2006 12:57

yes i am because it has made my kids and oh happy

charliecat · 04/12/2006 17:38

Bloody hell everyones doing well.
IF I guess the nicotine stains have gone off your fingers by now then

Kelly1978GotRunOverByAReindeer · 04/12/2006 19:38

Hello everyone, I'm back.

I was a bit pissed when I last posted, but I did look at the site and I have been following the thread. And, I'm on day 3. My counter says 2 days, 21 hours, 24 minutes, 57 seconds.
I feel quite pleased but I am worried that I am substituting one addiction for another - I'm using the lozenges. Since I've only been smoking for 3 months this time I don't think I really formed many habits again. (Originally started at 19, quit when I was nearly 26, just over two years ago).
It's harder today because dp isn't around, so I generally get more stressed and it's now evening and I am missing sitting down relaxing with my ciggies. Plus I still have the stress that lead me to start again and as I'm not sleeping well I'm very worried about cravings in the middle of the night.

Well done to everyone else though, you are doing great!

Kelly1978GotRunOverByAReindeer · 05/12/2006 02:32

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh no one has answered abt the girl whogot hooked on the oloxenewa