Do you smoke too much, want to cut down, but now actually quit ???? (sorry this is not a "quitting" thread)..

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Come and join me please. I don't want to quit, I just want to cut down (dramatically) , so please don't come and tell me "well just quit" - thank you

I smoke roll-ups now, and as I roll them as I want one my smoking has got totally ott. Unlike a packet - where you can see how many you've got/had I only have the evidence in the ash tray at the end of the day - and it's not good (I think I must be smoking close to 40 some days if not more )

Last night I sat down before I went to bed and pre-rolled 20 and put them in my cigarette tin. I've figured that 1 per hour during the day (if the DS's will let me escape long enough) and then I@ve got a few extra for after they've gone to bed).

It's been tough going so far, the amount of times I've reached over to roll one........then realised I have them ready rolled and that actually it hadn't been long since my last one is quite shocking. However the one per hour is working so far (I'm currently trying to kill time to leave my one for this hour 11-12 as late as possible).

So - do any other smokers (who don't want to quit -but just cut down like to join me?

Im on about 11 i think, lost count.

Not feeling well again, DH has fucked his knees and back again, im running around trying to getting kids to bed, got a mate coming round in about half an hour, house looks like a bomb has gone off and i just want to sit and cry in a corner somewhere!

I've had 20 (21 including my spare from last night) - which I suppose isn't too bad - can't see me smoking more than about 10-15 tonight.......so not going to be more than I used to be smoking just a few days ago.

how's every one doing today? i havent had one yet though that is only because we have only been up 45mins and i have none left am just off to the shops now.

am i the only one left then? lol. im gonna have my second in a mo. so im doing well today.

no I'm still here - not sure how many I've had so far today perhaps 6/7??

Trying to limit them a bit, but I'm so bloody stressed over this whole house thing it's not really helping.

well thats not bad! its still better than what you were smoking.

hows it going with the house anyway? any closer to getting sorted?

seashells - see my post 15.44

I'll have to move into a rented place

oh sorry. really hope you get it sold in time at least that way you would get some money back off it no?

yes - hopefully (presuming we manage to sell) we should get some money back out of it, not a lot, but we've agreed to split 50/50 (and no I don't care if people say I should be entitled to more lol) which will help us both pay off a few bits and pieces.

I need to start tidying/cleaning/sorting etc so that it's ready to patch up the decoration asap so that it can get on the market asap.

We're lucky that we're in prime position for the best infant/junior schools in town, and property seems to be selling fairly quickly, and not much below the asking price as they're reasonably priced houses too so if we can spruce it up just a little (lick of paint, touching up the areas with wallpaper ripped off, fixing toilet seat, and bathroom door hanging off one hinge etc etc) hopefully it will sell.

As I won't be paying my contribution towards the mortgage from next month onwards I'll be able to save £400 a month, and I believe it will be a couple of months before the repossession process even starts, and even longer after that (presuming we don't manage to sell) that I'll be forced to move.....so plenty of time to put my £400 a month to oneside for deposit and first month or two's rent somewhere else.

hi everyone .well i had a bad day yesterday and ended up at about 14 !! On the way to the show we got stuck in a bad traffic jam so me and dd smoked !!! and even though we had allowed double the time to get there we still missed the first 5 mins,it was gone 11 when we came out of the theatre and werent home till around midnight[ after getting lost in southampton]
today i have had seven so far ,so its a bit better.

Hi all

Had about 12 yesterday, and about 7 so far today!

Not doing too bad, and still really not too well. Dad is forcing me to go to docs on monday in case it pneumonia instead of just a chest infection that I thought I would be able to fight off without antibiotics!

oh no DJM ,i hope its not but maybe best to get t checked out.How is DH doing with his ciggies ? i have had 8 now,but i was cross with myselfyesterday.Loved the show but missed the very beginning.

im doing really well today. had 5 upto now!!! my dad had pneumonia once, im thinking if it was that you would be seriously ill by now. he had his for three days before being rushed to hospital on the brink of death and delirious from oxygen deprivation. he tried to phone me as i was the only person in the world who loved him apparently. i would have let them give him an iv drip

seashells thats brilliant ,if this continues tonight you will prob be under ten

Well thats my thoughts too. Its just the whole talking/breathing or eating/breathing thing is making me concerned. Just cant seem to do both at the same time very well!

I'm doing not too bad, think ive had 8 or 9.

Hoping to only have another 1 or 2 tonight.

DH doing well, only 1 today so far! Last few days has only been 2 a day!

Hope you are ok FAQ - been thinking about you xxx

perhaps just a reall bad chest infection djm?

have now had no 9.i cant do away with the one after a meal.maybe i will have 1 more but maybe i can go without

well my total today has been ten ,so not as high as yesterday im glad to say.

target for sun no more than ten !

good morning veryone ,i am going to try harder today to stick to my target.may not b possible cause dh has already annoyed me this am and its only early !!! good luck everyone.

morning everyone - so good so far - I@m just about to have no.3 of the day - but that's because I@ve been at church all morning so haven't been able to smoke.......we'll see what happens this afternoon.......

Had a disastrous day yesterday - don't even know how many I smoked ut it's probably a good thing I don't really. Will try to be better today.!

i think we have all had a bit of a struggle this week ,but hey its only the first week and we are at least all trying to do something about it.

I stopped 3 years ago, when pregnant with my 2nd, I love smoking, I miss smoking, but I stopped cause i knew it would kill me, could hardly breath, stupid, I was 30 and outta breath. Big smoker, 30 a day maybe more on a good day (or bad day)

seriously if I can do it any body can, I am not a non smoker, Im just not smoking today, thats how I do it. Good luck.

thanks for the encouragement !! we will all get there in the end.

im doing pathetically badly last night and todya. i dont care. i will go back to cutting down again tommorrow.