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2005: the flare-loving fag-free club

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charliecat · 02/01/2005 18:06

Here we go girls

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whymummy · 08/02/2005 16:18

hello everyone
welcome skibunny
so pleased you're all doing well i was sooooo closed to giving in on sunday,bad case of pmt,really bad hot flushes and dh being a pain nearly drove me to going out and buying a packet of marlboro lights but i was strong
thank you all for all the support

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charliecat · 08/02/2005 18:49

Skibunny, your lucky to be going to an AC clinic...hes my hero ....lol...Joking aside (well not joking actually) Hello and Welcome.
The giving up for 6 months twice in a year thing...does that mean you get to 6 months and have just 1, a packet, a weeks worth and then stop again or what?
Highly recommend this thread for motivation and support. Its nice to be able to come here...when your having a bad moment and be reminded that a) your not the only one and b) to franticllay type a crave away
Hope your ok Mink...
and well done for surviving Sunday whymummy....I hope you know a whole lorry load of fags wont make a bad day any better We all need to take that on board and chant it...1...2...3... LOL
Keep up the good work FG!!!!!!!! how the kids now by the way?
Mink is dd2 mobile yet?

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charliecat · 08/02/2005 18:51

Oh and fee..if i stopped with dp i would be on egg shells all day wondering if hed had one so thast I could have 1 ...you know....so i think you both are doign great. Where he is mustering the strenght from?

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charliecat · 08/02/2005 23:10

Good old gigglehere

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minkmama · 08/02/2005 23:23

yes cc, am still here although but straight after i got on here last time my cough turned into a proper bug and i conked out in front of the rugby on sat from 1pm till 6pm!! have only just started to feel better, thought i might lose my voice yesterday!

have only had 5mins to race through the posts tonight but everyone sounds in pretty good spirits Well done girls!!

Truly well done to you Twink, i'm in awe...

fionagib · 09/02/2005 00:08

poor mink, hope you feel much better soon.

Kids are fine thanks cc, in great spirits,boys are 8 on fri and we're having a sleepover with a total of FIVE LADS on sat night, agghhh!! They have devised an itinterary - popcorn, pizza, school of rock dvd, midnight feast...

not sure will live to tell the tale! (won't smoke tho...... minty loz permanently on tongue at the mo)
whymamma, pmt time is always when I've cracked, and had a ciggie. have you tried eve primrose oil, or agnus castus tincture stuff?

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charliecat · 09/02/2005 10:27

that agnus cactus...are we talking health food shop or chinese remedy shop or where please...
......hope you are feelign better Mink, theres some evil bugs going round just now, I have one of them....my eyes and nose are streaming.
Fg have fun on Friday Take a HUGE chill pill and let them have fun...and keep the towels out of the way

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fionagib · 09/02/2005 14:53

any chemist that does homeopathic stuff will have it cc, or a health shop,
how are your grrrrrrrrrrrrrr pmt days at the mo?

whymummy · 09/02/2005 16:28

hello girls

i will have to take something for pmt,i will look for the agnus cactus,thanks.
today i went out with a friend,she smokes and i asked her to give me a drag from her fag,she refused and i felt like screaming "YOU BITCH AFTER ALL I'VE DONE FOR YOU!!!! LOL how pathetic is that? thankfully i came to my senses,i'm a bit like jekill and hyde at the moment,it's been 3 weeks now surely i'll start feeling ok soon

fee77 · 09/02/2005 21:38

Hello all
PMT remedies - chocolate and smirnoff ice works for me! And a lot of it. I did have a hormonal moment yesterday, DD wouldn't eat her pancake, so i cried! And i did think "a fag will help". Luckily i got over it - and am glad i did
Fancy asking for a drag of a fag WM shame on you!!! And good on your mate for telling you where to go!

minkmama · 10/02/2005 00:09

LOL whymummy!! she truly is a good friend you're lucky you even get a visit from Dr Jekyll, these days i feel like Mr Hyde 24/7 - poor boys they're probably wondering where the hell mama's gone

cor cc, you sound worse off than me! hope it clears up! had to get ds1 a bit early today cos he had a fever and he's been tetchy all evening. he's only just settled down...

i didn't even get a chance to make a pancake yesterday fee as he just wasn't in the mood and after i went and bought an expensive lemon from M&S in panic!!

as for the agnus castus, i think you may be able to get it from big Boots stores...

personally i prefer to shout and throw things at dh night night all xx

fionagib · 10/02/2005 09:45

Yeah I know what you mean - I have BEGGED dh for a fag in the past and been furious with him for not giving me one (a ciggie, I mean).

Am SO dependant on lozenges at the mo, mouth permanently minty. Gonna cut down week of feb 21 cos work'll ease off by then.

Everyone is doing so well, aren't we clean & fragrant girls!!!! (and richer!)

whymummy · 10/02/2005 09:50

LOL fiona it's so irrational!!
minkmama i'm the same grumpy mum but it won't last and they'll have a healthy mum
how's everyone today?

whymummy · 10/02/2005 09:53

forgot to say that i like fee's pmt remedy,will try next time

fionagib · 10/02/2005 09:53

I think most kids hate their parents smoking. By age 5 or 6 my boys were aware that dh and I chuffed fags, even tho we didn't do it around them. They'd catch us lurking in the yard and we'd be all shifty & embarrassed. They still tell of dh if they see his silk cut packet.

So yes I agree whymummy - better to be slightly narky for a bit than poisoning/killing ourselves or reluctant to kiss the kids cos we stink!

whymummy · 10/02/2005 09:57

yes fiona ds was 5 when he started asking me about smoking and with all the tv commercials he was getting worried about me,i'm also hoping that because they're 7 and 4 one day they won't remember i ever smoked and it might stop them from wanting to smoke like mummy

fee77 · 10/02/2005 11:53

That's one of the reasons we stopped - DD would stare at us outside the back door fagging it like school kids. She thought it was a game - but i kept thinking, one day she is going to frag on her bread stick, copying mummy, so now we have stopped!
I do feel better for it, and certainly smell better - my comfy old fleece always smells fresh when i drag it on now. And as i said before i certainly don't miss picking up soggy old fag butts from the back yard!

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charliecat · 10/02/2005 18:52

Just a quicky but isnt it marvelous to read everyone praising the fact they no longer smoke. I can feel Mr Dependance dying on this thread!

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Posey · 10/02/2005 20:14

Glad to see you lot still keeping this thread well and truly alive. Well done for keeping going everyone.
What I wanted to know is, does anyone know where I can find that list of what happens to your body after you stop smoking. You know where it says after so many hours your blood pressure will return to normal, after x days all nicotene will be gone etc etc?
TIA

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charliecat · 10/02/2005 21:07

just looked up this for you

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fionagib · 10/02/2005 22:17

we are in hayhem cos of painter taking since mid dec to paint 3 rooms plus a titchy bathroom and am premenstrual and dh and I have had a (housework-related) row... and now we are it seems Not Speaking.

men, painters, grrr... but I still don't want a fag. off for a bath with glass of wine - night night girls xxxx

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charliecat · 10/02/2005 22:22

Oh No FG Its sad isnt it? Me and dp are very much speaking after not speaking/communicating for ages.
Hes given up the fgas today. Had 1 and wont be having anymore...round of applause please.........

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charliecat · 11/02/2005 11:12

And so far hes doing excellent...in fact id go as far to say im still more rattly than he is and ive been off the fags for 2 months and 2 weeks today. Lucky bugger.
He stopped for 3 months ages ago...about 3 years ago. without a word, just stopped and didnt rattle, didnt suffer, didnt fall apart, just stopped. Didnt smoke. had just 1 3 months into it and smoked like a trooper for another must be 3 years....
You have painters in? Surely that cant be any worse than me and dp arguing about every colour, every dripmark...OMG mass rattyness! Surely it should take about a week to do a few rooms? Only every takes us a day...oh unless dp does it by himself and he takes forever.

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fionagib · 11/02/2005 14:14

painter is a perfectionist (how perfect can painting be???) and also complains furiously about everything else we've had done to the house which is, apparantly, crap, a disgrace, etc etc. However he finishes today yey!!! btw cc we did last paint-of-whole-house ourselves and it really was diabolical. You'd be amazed that 2 reasonably well functioning adults could make such a hash of a seemingly simple job.

great news about your dp cc! Sounds like he doesn't find it that hard to stop - as we all know it's blimmin STAYING stopped that's hard, isn't it.

am writing last chapter of book! At long long last. W'end will be so manic tho with sleepover, b'day day out etc that won't be able to get back to it till sunday night and then will need a BLOODY BIG DRINK!!!

Yum, can taste it already..... have a good friday night girls xxxxxxxxxx

fionagib · 11/02/2005 14:16

oh yeah and we are SPEAKING again. I was mad cos dh was ranting on about the state of the house, and I felt he was blaming me for it, when I have hardly left this computer all week.