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Fag Free for 2005....Join us..We are doing GREAT!!!!!!!!!

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charliecat · 19/02/2005 21:57

Hello girls....

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Cod · 05/03/2005 17:05

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whymummy · 05/03/2005 17:18

thank you soooooo much charliecat,what would i do without you,i think i'll be taking my laptop to the pub so if my friends tempt me i'll come running in here
cod i'm one,gave up 7 weeks ago

whymummy · 05/03/2005 17:20

i used to smoke 20 a day lots more if i went out drinking

charliecat · 05/03/2005 19:33

Had my last fag at 10.48ish, on the 28th of November, or the 27th...one or the other...in 2004. Smoked SHEDLOADS of old holburn rollups to add to the glamour....ranging between about 25-40 depending on how many I could cram into a day.

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charliecat · 05/03/2005 19:39

Its sad when your friends try and tempt you, and believe me they do. Its really rather sick. They would cut off thier right arm to be in your position, yet they say "wanna fag, go on just one"...they know, as well as you do, that its that just one that got them to their level of addiction now.
And its just one till you join them. Fags arent pleasurable, or sociable....they are minging but highly addictive. Stay Clear! Dont. If you go back through these threads...the non smoking ones...where we havent been doing so well you will read the utter devestation of me and Mink and FG and various others who have popped in then gone back to thier ashtrays...its to read, it knocks the wind out of whoever totally and you hope that they/you will feel strong enough to get back on the nonsmoking trail of thought. But jeesus its an effort.
Take your laptop...I can join you virtually and keep you motivated.
Would you really give up a months quit and 1000 fags not smoked for one night out?

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Cod · 06/03/2005 13:27

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charliecat · 06/03/2005 13:29

No it isnt! How many and how long are you off them cod?

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Cod · 06/03/2005 13:30

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charliecat · 06/03/2005 13:48

Not at all as in youve never smoked?

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Cod · 06/03/2005 13:59

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saffy202 · 06/03/2005 15:49

I had my last cig on New Years Eve - so just over 9 weeks for me
Smoked between 20 -25 a day towards the end. Started at 21 - so old enough to know better.
Went to see my smoking counsellor on Friday and she wasn't too happy as apparently I have swapped one addiction for another - I'm addicted to the lozenges Should only be having about 3 a day - I'm more like 8.

Will try tomorrow as I'm at work then and so busy it takes my mind off them - unless I get a earful of some nasty person on the other end of the phone

whymummy · 06/03/2005 16:26

cheers charliecat
i'm sure i'll be ok,i have told my friends in spain and they've told me not to worry as they will not let me smoke,i do trust them ,well,when they're sober anyway,lol, but i know what you mean by some people tempting you,it's happened to me before and i fell for it,but i'm stronger now!!
good luck saffy,i'm sure you'll be ok

minkmama · 06/03/2005 23:50

hi girls! just popping in to quickly let you know that i'm alive and hope you all had a great mother's day! no time to catch up right now but will do tomorrow xx

charliecat · 07/03/2005 12:51

Im moving folks...OMFG...got 7 days to do 8it...and wont be online till april till they sort the lines out. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH but ill be ok. Ill still be here till er sunday though.

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charliecat · 07/03/2005 12:51

ill be ok as in, i wont smoke

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fee77 · 07/03/2005 13:31

WOW CC - a week to move, you had better stock up on the baileys!!
Sorry i haven't been around - got a bit fed up with some of the other threads last week so stopped logging on.
Heard a new stop smoking ad today, about telling your kids you've got cancer - it made me cry - we are sooo doing the right thing and can never go back.
I went up to my mums this weekend, and it was so nice not to stink!! Usually when i unpack i have to spray my clothes as they reeked of fags.
Not sure how many fags i haven't smoked - but i have done 9 weeks, so if i said about 10 a day, thats 630 not smoked cool!! And thats over £150 saved - even better.

almost40 · 07/03/2005 13:40

Hello ladies! How are we doing? What's this about moving, charliecat?

minkmama · 07/03/2005 23:36

OH GOD CC, NOT HERE TILL APRIL????

it just won't be the same without you at least we're a bigger bunch here now so it won't be quite as lonely as it could have been! well done girls, aren't we doing great?

where are you fg, are you working your a*se off again?

ds2 had his 9-10mth check last week (despite being 11mths) and his weight has plummeted on the graph in the red book and since he's only eating pureed food not chunky stuff and his appetite's gone beserk, we've been referred to a paed and a speech & language food therapist!! cannot decide whether i my children are genetically incapable of eating like most other children or whether i've raised them to enjoy everything but eating!!!! felt a bit depressed about it last week but since we went through a lot worse with ds1 and that ds2 is actually still a good size by sight, i've blocked out the stress. that's my news.

cc, moving is a great excuse to shove everything into the bin guess what, i went to ikea again today to get some 'storage solutions' for my drawers. sad isn't it...

whymummy, are you going home esp for easter? !feliz pascua! which part of spain are you from? like cc said, you've come soooo far with not smoking 1000, you CAN DO IT! it's pretty hard going out with friends (i imagine ) especially since i gather that you spaniards are hard core party goers!! you've got delicious food over there - eat more, smoke less!!!

off to bed girls xxx

mammya · 07/03/2005 23:53

Well I didn't do so well at the weekend, had guests who are smokers and had a couple.... and today of course mad cravings which I tried to fill with chocolate and junk food... there goes my diet too!

almost40 · 08/03/2005 02:26

Hang in there, mammya. I had a lot of chocolate this past week and a few passing cravings. But I did not give in!! I will be strong!!

MM, know what you mean about falling in the growth charts, but if your DS is healthy and a good size by sight, you shouldn't worry much.

and back to my Cadbury Dairy Milk with Whole Nut. . .

whymummy · 08/03/2005 07:31

hi almost40
mammya don't worry,just keep off them from now,you will do it
gracias minkmama!!we will be partying till the early hours ,lots of smoke around me,i'm trying to picture myself doing it without smoking for the first time,i think i will,i will,i will.
sorry you had a bad week minkmama,hope it gets better.
cc you can't leave us!!!!!! good luck with the move

dropinthe · 08/03/2005 07:41

Hello,all non smokers! A smoker here until tommorrow-thought I'd try (no I will) on no smoking day-I was going to on mothers day but found the usual blah blah excuses until today when on having my fisrt fag I realised how much I dispised/hated myself for doing something that just fills me with GUILT GUILT GUILT!
I would really welcome your support-you all seem to know each other so I feel a bit of an intruder in an exclusive fag free club that I really want to join!!!
I'm out shopping today for some nic/rep and I was wondering what tastes the least disgusting because I cant afford to waste money but think I will need something in the short term to do with my mouth other than eat! I currently smoke 10 fags a day-mainly "after food" fags although with two tinies of 3 and one I also stress smoke!
By the way what does DS mean?I only found MN yesterday so dont know the lingo but keep seeing Ds1/Dh/ds2-what does it mean??
Hope there is some kind non smoker out there who's got some time for me-I need your help

whymummy · 08/03/2005 08:07

hello dropinthe
ds=dear dh=dear husband dd =dear daughter,etc
welcome to the group,i started with the gum but it does taste awful then i joined this group and i was recommended the lozengers,soooo much nicer,so go and get a couple of packets to start with i'm sure you'll be ok,keep coming in here when you have strong cravings,read the whole thread and ask for advice,i really,really found this thread helpful,i don't think i could have done it without it
good luck

whymummy · 08/03/2005 08:11

i forgot
minkmama i'm from a village next to castellon (valencia) do you speak spanish?

dropinthe · 08/03/2005 08:46

Thank you whymummy! My mum has just swapped to them from a hardcore gum addiction that lasted over a year which I was getting very worried about.Will give them a go-am dreading tommorrow-can you believe I gave up when my second DS(DEAR SON??)was born-yes born,not conceived-more guilt!-for three months last year-felt great-but as this thread says you cant have one puff without a thousand more and I sooooooo want to stop. I cant imagine dying and leaving my sons and husband alone hence v guilty. But get very down and stressed stopping-I literally cry to be able to have a fag-its pathetic.
I really hope there will be other people stopping tommorrow who pick this up-please join me in this gargantuan battle!!