This is the one where none of us fail! -Quitting fags thread.

[charliecatthenonsmoker]

Waiting for some friends to join me!

Me too

Hi everyone. I think I'm on day 5 now but it's a bit of a blurr. I've decided to get my headaches and general crapness checked out at GP tomorrow. Just to be sure I'm not missing something that's really up with me.

Yes, getting through an event where you'd always normally have had a smoke is a big achievement. At the moment I never find myself in pub situations so that's not a problem. It's more a case of stressful situations for me. Or boredom. Or nerves. and if I've got a bit of alcohol it's strangely easier to resist smoking. I'm one of those people who needs at least one vice and seeing as I'm not a chocoholic ...

hi folks, just a quickie as dh not back from his overnighter yet and kids v vv v fighty... am gonna have to get them out of their bikes. Only one lozenge so far - don't worry cc about being addicted to lozenges, am sure you'll be fine, you'll have broken the physical thing anyway, and I'd imagine the worst you'll feel is a slightly niggling wanting feeling... well, let's see, am gonna drop my dose too in a week or so.

yeah prefer not I did have the occasional cig during both pregnancies. Felt v bad about it but just needed the occasional... silly really, and I'd never have dared do it in public... btw you're wise in seeing the doc, just to put your mind at rest... hope your appt goes okay.

dreamt last night that I smoked & the kids found out, was so relieved when I woke up and remembered I was fag free!

also prefernot, I have given up BILLIONS of time, obv not successfully - have tried every method known to woman. Am so bored & sick of quitting & failing that I am not gonna crumble this time. The roof could blow off and the kids could set the kitchen on fire, dh could re start smoking 8 thousand fags a day, I could be crying with frustration at dreadful cravings but I WILL NOT WILL NOT WILL NOT give in this time!!

I really mean that. My name is fionagib and I am a non smoker. Feel proud & happy about that, not longing at all. Saw all the fag ends out in our back yard that we have yet to sweep up and thought euch.

yeah a drink helps me too, helps me relax and feel un-deprived. not v healthy but bugger trying to be perfect.

hope you're all doing fine! mm you're a bit quiet these days!
xxxx

Fiona I hope you stay in that frame of mind forever...I will never forget getting your "Im gonna smoke for a couple of weeks email "
It was gutting!
I am trundling on, found myself sort of shrieking mildly at the kids as I was getting the roast out of the oven, but it was half justified, Tanya was telling me for the sixth time the playstation drawer was open "I know" shrieked and tasha was moaning over and over again that she doesnt like roasts "I know" Shriek nunber 2....justified?!
Going to go into thier room and see what i can do in there. We have a drawer the lenght of the bed FULL of little bits and bobs and I havent been through it for 6 months or so but I really dont know if I can face up to it...ill let you know!

hi folks, forgot to say mm that the film was fantastic, took me right back to those times in an instant, will def watch again... and andrew mccarthy was of course lucious. thank you xxxx

yeah that's how I feel cc, trundling on, feel like I need an energy spurt so am gonna start running again this week, haven't done any for weeks now...

only had 2 lozenges today, cravings strangely absent, what's going on??? catch you tomorrow girls, am gonna chill out with dh tonight as he was out last night, feel white wine calling (wine 'o clock as a friend calls it) xx

hi girls, sorry not been around and probably won't for a bit as am having a very early night due to it being the first day that dh went back to back after hols and i'm shattered!

cc, had your oil all ready to post out yesterday and dh "forgot" but he promises to do it for me tomorrow! the 'info sheet' that i've put in the description is just about how to use it etc. and i haven't even typed it out yet but anyway i didn't add one to your bottle as you know what to do with it already!! thanks again

fg, got your book yesterday...was so excited about it!! thank you have already started 'the cider house rules' so after that i.e. in 6mths! i will start yours! surely this isn't the one you just finished the first draft of?! if so, you are indeed super-writer and your publishers are incredibly speedy!

BORING BIT FOR FG - SORRY GIRLS!!!***
andrew mccarthy is married to his childhood sweetheart and they have 1 child oh!!! and you know the final scene? well they had completed the film and he'd shaved his head off for the next one already when the director wanted to re-shoot, so he's actually wearing a WIG! i always wondered why he looked a bit funny at the end

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So is fg a novelist? How exciting ... what kind of books? Are many published? I'd love to have a read.

I've felt truly awful today very light-headed I think my blood pressure is perhaps very low as I have a tingling on the top of my head and feel quite cold. I did read somewhere that stopping smoking does weird stuff to your blood sugar levels and maybe I'm getting the worst of this. Again I'm really sorry for doing so much moaning. I'm not normally like this honest! I really do feel deeply unwell. I'm meant to be at work tomorrow but am going to see the GP first and depending on what they say I may stay home tomorrow. Then I'm off to my mums Tues - Thurs.

Hope you're all having a good evening. DP is off getting some beers and chinese takeaway and we're going to watch some Sapphire and Steel (we're suckers for old sci-fi type stuff here, dp more than me probably but to be honest anything that gets his nose out of a book and close to my head is worth sitting through ).

Big Sigh...tackled the under bed thing...has taken me HOURS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>and hours to get the place back to semi tidy...and its never tidy anyway!!!!!!
Still to hoover the stairs and up the stairs...
Prefernot I think its good your going to the doctors...if you dont usually feel rotten and are now then it needs checked out..xx
Chinese takeaway.....oh wow...

To quote MM on one of her auctions ...comes from a non-smoking house..that made me LOL!!!!!!!

Ha ha CC, i hadn't actually thought about that!!

prefernot, hope all goes well at the GP's tomorrow, poor you it sounds horrid (cyber hugs)

are you eating properly or running yourself ragged? i find that since having ds2 i rarely eat properly and this def. affects me...often feel light-headed. plus it doesn't help you ward off any winter illnesses either. i hope it's not anything serious...keep us updated and don't be silly, your moaning is welcome here

Morning everyone my counter now says...1m 1 hour 23m and so many seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Am having converstions with myself in my head, sort of "Its so bloody good to get up in the morning and not dread the smoking day ahead"...then "Can you guarentee youll never have another fag" "No" "Well you could end up in the pit again" "Shurrup"

Not sure if this is due to a drop in nicotine levels or whether my brain is arguing with iself to get it ever so clear in my mind that this nonsmkoing lark is the way to go...Oh dunno But its whats happening anyway!
Mink Im gonna leave you a neg for a mislading description Kidding!!!
Hope your appointment goes well Prefernot...why did you call yourself that BTW??? What an odd name !
Fiona is my book in the post What a cheek ive got as your cards still here
How you doing Nearlyfour...I hope your still doing ok Mammya

So is FG a novelist then? What's this book?

Saw GP this morning who thinks something is probably amiss but isn't sure what. My blood pressure is low, my heart rate up, possibly a thyroid problem, maybe a viral thing, but he did say my chest sounds clear (however strange I find that to believe!!). I had a chest x-ray as I told him I was worried and it looked ok. If a chest x-ray looks ok does that mean you definitely don't have lung cancer? (Lordy loo, I'm showing my true neurotic colours here aren't I???)

I feel as though I've got a lead weight on the top of my head and as though my eyes are so heavy they could close at any second. Not nice.

But still no fags!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

aw no, a wig, illusion ruined!!!

mm, I was getting really light headed too, you thought of taking an iron supplement like floradix - dark murky liquid which actually tastes v good? Has worked for me in the past. I do think giving up fags plays funny tricks with your bod... at the mo am trying to make sure I get enough vit b12 as well, with eggs, red meat (are you veggie?), those semi dried squishy apricots etc, am feeling much better, less woozy when I stand up from a crouching position!

the book I sent you is my second one, the one I'm madly hammering away at now is the third novel, due out in Nov 2005. Since you asked prefernot (I wondered where your name came from too!) I have a non fiction one, about family life & stuff (which I researched partly thro media section on mumsnet) is out next summer.

The publishers want a book a year which is quite a tall order cos I only work part time (3 school hr days a week) & also stupidly (?) decided to jam in the non fiction one. Used to work v v late into the night chain smoking but can't work beyond midnight now, as I don't have that constant (tho horribly unhealthy) flow of nicotine which does enable you to stay up till all hours... mind you, faggy smelling, grey skinned, yellow toothed & knackered looking was not such a good look...

cc I THOUGHT I HAD SENT YOU A BOOK!!! Did a mail out last week, do let me know if it doesn't show up in a day or two and I will post you one pronto.

prefer not you been to the doc yet? Everything ok? Hope you feel reassured that it's just the awful effects of your bod adjusting to no nicotine... (my dh thought he was going blind one time he tried to quit, cos his vision went blurry).

also cc am in awe of your sorting out a billion wee pieces of plastic. I'd be tempted to keep that drawer firmly shut until 2016 or whenever they leave home, then just tipping it all into a big sack, only to have them come home for a visit and say, 'where's that teeny yellow hat for the playmobil lady...'

dd playing at a pal's so am gonna make use of this and bash on with some work...

hope everyone's having a good day, miss you mm, but I know what it's like, just drop in here when you can! catch you this eve...

ps paula radcliffe WON the new york marathon. what a lady. think am gonna start a runners support group thread on mumsnet, what d'you reckon?

ps prefernot the books are marketed as 'mum-lit' -ie fairly mass market, focusing on parenthood - first one, babyface, was about a new mother who became preg accidentally, and the one that's due out end of nov is about a couple who downshift from london to the countryside with a six yr old boy.

Ahh my mum has tyroid problem, and she felt like her eyes wouldnt stay open and felt as rough as a dog. would sit and fall asleep...I had 2 lung Xrays, 1 showing I had pluracy and 1 showing me stopping smoking for a month had worked greatly...my lungs however still havent recovered fully, and if I ran for 5 mins id collaspe at the end of it...im 25 BTW thats a disgusting confession to have to make
Did the doc take some blood?
Fg Posty hasnt been today so hopefully later today or tommorow Thank YOUXXX

Hi everyone,

I must say that being back here has def lifted my spirits! CC, what can i say but a BIG WELL DONE! You have now reached that all important month where it feels like you've def achieved a milestone Oh and i am going to leave you neg feedback for being cheeky. Dh PROMISES to post it out today...

fG, no am no way a veggie, eat too much red meat and until recently ate my steaks whilst they were still alive. I also have incredibly low blood pressure, but you're right, i think someone also told me to do something about my iron levels...esp once you've had children.

prefernot, my friend had a weak thyroid and the pregnancy exacerbated it and a lump swelled up in her throat and she ended up having an op just to get rid of it as it wasn't actually harmful. I hear it's quite common after having a baby...(as if childbirth and haemmeroids aren't bad enough !!!)

CC, you may be only 25 but you have now given up smoking which means htat by MY age, you will be as fit as a fiddle!!!

nearlyfour and mammya - too quiet!!

oh and fg, i know about the smoking and writing till the morning...wouldn't have got my degreees without it am planning to do my PhD one day, how the hell am i going to manage THAT?

oh and ds1 said 'shit' the other day after his father. He is 23mths.

Might have to sellotape my mouth shut from now on...

Hi again all. Fg I'll look out for your books, that's very exciting. But 1 a year!!! I know totally what you mean about chain-smoking while writing. I did a PhD and not only chain-smoked through doing it, I also sipped brandy steadily through the evenings / early hours. Ahhh ... those were the days of merciless self-obliteration ...

cc, I didn't realise you were so young. I wish so many times I'd given up at your age. Well I did give up for 2 years when I was 28 or so. Now I'm so cross with myself that I've added another 10 years smoking to my poor self. Grrrrr ..... What you described as your mum's thyroid symptoms pretty much describes how I feel. I feel as though someone's drained all the blood out of my body and my eyes just want to close close close.

I am rubbish at feeding / looking after myself though which I know doesn't help. I'm a black coffee with 3 sugars in the morning kind of girl, then whatever I lay my hands on in the day. If dp's around he cooks some dinner in the evening but otherwise I snack on bread, cheese, crisps. I'm useless. I tried to make some scrambled eggs yesterday hoping to entice dd to try something different to eat. 1 box of eggs later and there was not one of them fit to eat!!

Dd gave me a big cuddle and said 'never mind mummy, poor mummy, mummy rubbish cook, ahhhh ...'

LOL, kids are so adoringly honest

what did you do your PhD in?

Hi, I'm still here, and still not smoking - 3 days, 3hours, 40 mins. Its not going badly at the moment, although I did wake up with a craving today, first day of the three, but it did go away, something to do with mad rush to get to school stuff probably. In general thought it the early/mid evening bit I find tougher, but again no too tough. My teeth/mouth already feel a lot cleaner. I have had a look at some of the links you guys have put up, and will remind myself to do this when the going gets tough - I was in tears at a couple of them earlier, so great for the resolve.

I did a degree and MA in fine art then decided to get a bit more theoretical so did a written PhD in fine art which was kind of around the area of obsessions and the kinds of strange mental states some artists exist in in order to work. It got much broader than that in the end of course. Blimey, I'm having to really rack my brains to remember and it's only 2 years ago!! Dd used the PhD itself the other day to build a toy swing on for a tiny teddy. It makes a good door stop too.

HI nearlyfour. Well done! Are you using patches etc. or going cold turkey like yours truly? How many were you on at the time of giving up?