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2005: the flare-loving fag-free club

337 replies

charliecat · 02/01/2005 18:06

Here we go girls

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charliecat · 31/01/2005 20:41

Wooo Hooo.................congrats to your dad Wish my mum would do the same.

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whymummy · 31/01/2005 20:45

quick!tell your mum to come on mumsnet
how long is she been a smoker for? one thing that shock me was realising i have smoked for 21 years

charliecat · 31/01/2005 20:48

Forever....about...erm..........18-56....how longs that?

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fionagib · 31/01/2005 20:50

Poor mm!
have been there so many times as you know, so sorry to hear you're having such a tough time with the boys.
I don't blame you for cracking, but am sure you know that smoking won't help at all, won't make the boys' issues with eating go away, won't make you feel any better.

Don't crucify yourself over this - maybe just set a new quit date and work calmly towards it, get yourself in a good frame of mind.

Well done cc, had lost track with how long you'd quit - that is fantastic!!!!!

welcome whymummy, lovely to have you here. It DOES get easier on a day to day basis I think (am also a lozenge user, am thinking of grinding up hundreds and putting them into a cake
But it's also very very easy to have just one, and then it's back to square blimmin one.

You can do it!

was away working again girls, know it sounds like I swan around in hotels a lot but worked v hard honest. Remembered the last time I'd sat there in the same room in a vile cloud of putrid smoke for 2 days. This time, just minty lozenges & wine!

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

charliecat · 31/01/2005 20:50

OMG 21 years...I was...erm 11...too long too long. I am just 26 BTW...another 5 years and you would have smoked the whole of my life.
Had I not been hoodwinked into this thread by FIONAGIB I would have probably done the same myself...HOWEVER I am determined not to. And im hoping that we all get through this

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charliecat · 31/01/2005 20:52

There you are ....;)

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whymummy · 31/01/2005 21:13

hi fiona glad you are doing well too
charliecat i'm 37 and i started when i was 16
one good thing i found out today:my clothes smell of lovely softener,my hair smells of peach shampoo and i can actually smell my perfume
i probably make people sick with all those different smells,lol

fee77 · 31/01/2005 21:33

Hi Girls, glas you are all hanging in there. I have a negative about not smoking - i don't see DH!! We used to meet up for a fag on the door step, but last night he went on the computer at 7 after putting DD to bed, and i didn't see him till 11 when we went to bed.I really miss our chats - we only talked nonsense, but we don't seem to do that in front of the telly. How sad is that! We did sit and watch tv for a bit tonight, and now i have let him go off and play, so i can have a sneaky go on mumsnet!!
Positive, i am saving sooo much money. Before iused to be at the cashpoint every other day to get cash for fags, now i am in danger of forgettingmy pin number!

charliecat · 31/01/2005 21:43

Excellent fee! Cant you mention to dh about not seeign him...hes probably noticed as well.
I remember in summer I felt quite gutted as my dp and my mates would all slink out the back to smoke and chat and id be the lemon sat inside. Logically I knew I was doign myself a favour by not smoking but I did feel left out. This year I hope I will be strong enough to sit opposite them without wanting to rip the B and Hs from thier paws!!!!
What are you going to by with the money youve saved?
Whymummy, I thought that about me and all of my smells!

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charliecat · 31/01/2005 21:51

Young frind of ours stopped smoking a week after me...silly buggers outside smoking with dp because hes having a rough time with his MIL............called him a silly bastard but hes still doing it. DUH.

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minkmama · 31/01/2005 22:55

Thanks girls, no time to catch up properly tonight but ds1's at nursery tomorrow so will chat to you all then...

sorry CC !!!!!

charliecat · 31/01/2005 22:57

Its ok MM...its for you not for me...its just omg.....you were about 55 days into a quit...rahhhhhh.....bang it on the head please xxxx!!!

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charliecat · 01/02/2005 07:52

Dp said last night he was gonna stop today, hes smoked 10 packets of baccy in the last couple of months and had aimed at stopping when they had run out....thatll be today then. Everyone at his work smokes nearly, its a smoking office and I dont envy him ...be a laugh if he ends up with a nose like mine...I cannot stand the smell anymore!

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whymummy · 01/02/2005 10:43

good luck to your dh charliecat
i tried my first lozenger today,not bad! much better than the gum,you don't get that strong nicotine taste when you start to chew it

whymummy · 01/02/2005 10:43

oooooops,dp sorry

minkmama · 01/02/2005 14:48

wow, he works in a smoking office, i didn't realise they still existed! even as a smoker i'd hate to work like that, i even used to have a hard time in a pub!!

ds2 is being v. grumpy and clingy - he might be teething as well fee7! btw, poor cc re: all nighter with DD1, god, you must have been shattered

did you finish the book fg?

well my state of mind is slightly better than before and am edging more towards the quit than the stick, so with fg's advice in mind i'm going to work my brain towards a 'quit day' like before. it's just so sad when i read back over our original thread and see how gung-ho i was about it then (even with the blips!) will have to re-read again and again i think.

damn...

lowcalCOD · 01/02/2005 14:49

charliecat
you smell so good!

charliecat · 01/02/2005 16:30

Thanks cod...we all do...well nearly, Mink covers up her reek with nice oils!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are you still planning on having more kiddies then Mink? Sounds like you have your hands well n truely full.
Theres a mum at nursery who was crying yesterday asking if there was any spaces so she could get some sleep. Shes got 3 under 4....just looking at them lined up...her 3 littlys...makes me exhausted...let alone looking after them 24/7!!!
OMG...ive just realised something...dp said he was giving up today(said this last night)...he mentioned last month that the office would be going smoke free as the boss was giving up on the first of Feb( I guessed the boss had tryed and failed on Jan 1 so had put it forward a month)....Now I know what hes up to!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats good...i suppose....but if Mr Boss fails then the office will go back to smokey. I didnt think smoking offices existed anymore either. His work looks like a pub with computers...lol

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charliecat · 01/02/2005 16:30

Oh yeah...lozengers...suck not chew yeah?.....they are better than gum arent they...you rest them in the side of your mouth.........

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charliecat · 01/02/2005 16:38

Had to share this...ive just sold a second hand mobile phone for 17 quid more than it was new on Ebay...duh...what are people like? Thats daft isnt it???!!!

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whymummy · 01/02/2005 19:42

hello everyone
congratulations on that sale charliecat.
nothing to report,today has been a good day i think the lozengers are great
one bad side effect though,my sense of smell has return,i've just noticed dh's feet stink

fee77 · 01/02/2005 21:08

LOL whymummy!!
I have had a great day - didnt do anything in particular, but just feel very mellow! i have had half a bottle of wine, and have only just thought about smoking!

whymummy · 01/02/2005 21:47

hi fee
i'm not brave enough to drink yet but i am going out at the weekend and i'm so worried,should i buy one of those plastic fags?will i look stupid?has anyone tried them?i once bought those flower fags from the health shop and the bouncer in a pub asked me to leave,he though i was smoking dope until i showed him the packet,they do smell really funny

fee77 · 01/02/2005 22:04

Ah there is a big difference between deinking at home and going out! I don't go out any more, just get roaring drunk at home, when i know the only way i will get fags is to walk to the nearest shop, and i am so lazy that is not an option! If i have to go out, where possible i latch on to a pregnant ex-smoker!

whymummy · 01/02/2005 22:10

lol fee
it's going to be hard but a good challenge,i probably get really drunk,start crying histerically and tell dh i hate his guts for not letting me smoke,lol