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

[FAQ]

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?

you are doing extremely well FAQ.try and see if you can get to 8pm without one

seashells,maybe its easier to do it in 15 min intervals.You are doing well to of cut down to so few already.i am going to try so hard tomorrow ,i know i can do it,i have done it before.

nah - it's been just over 2hrs since my last one - so I've just had one

but i've worked out if I'd stuck to my "1 an hour" since 8am this morning I'd have had 11, but I've only had 9" - and that's a LOT less than I would usually have smoked by this time in the day

two hours is still bloody good.And nine is great ! if i could get down to 5 i would be happy.Off to see what i can eat then hopefully last fag of today !

well i am starting to crave one now so im going to have a quick whizz around the living room and try and figure out why my washer, dryer and kettle have all spontaneously broken at the same time and then i will have one.

well done both of you.

Now Seashells - we just have to try and make sure we don't go too overboard with the smoking tonight. Ok - I've still got 11 left - but if I don't have to roll 20 for tomorrow I'll be quite happy

can i join? can i?

Usually smoke 20 a day (at a guess!)

Today i have had 7 so far.

Can relate big time to your OP FAQ.

Also Im a mix of roll ups and tailor mades.... and DH smokes too which doesnt help, but he has only had 7 today too as he wants to quit as he is coming up to his 30th birthday.

I find evenings the worst - between the hours of 4pm and 8pm. Thek ids are cranky and tired, Im cranky and tired and all i want to do is sit outside and chain smoke!

WELL DONE for today FAQ. Proud of you.

of course you can Jarm

Well done on 7 so far today - I can totally relate to the 4-8pm session, although for me I find that 1-3ish (when DS3 is sleeping so I can wander in and out of the garden at will) and after 9pm are my worst times.

im off for one now. kitchen things now working again

have decided that after bathing the dds i will iron. i will have one fag while for the iron to heat and then one everytime its steam runs out

ill be happy if i still have one left for the morning! preferably more than one though.

oooo that's a good idea with the iron thing - i've got mountains to do tonight (and a steam generator one too) so think I'll do that

well i had the one after I had eaten which was about 7.40 ,no more since then but i have to say i am finding the idea appealing !! cant have one while im on here because my comp is upstairs and students will soon be back in ,not nice for them if they have to smell it in their bedroom. i think this is a great idea to try and do it together. my target for tomorrow is going to be 7.!

well done mummylin.

I've relaxed a little now with the timings. I'm having one at the moment - yes I do sometimes smoke some downstairs in the evening once the boys are in bed , have 9 left to last me for 2 1/2-3 1/2hrs - so should be ok.

At least now I can feel relaxed if I chain smoke a few knowing that I haven't already smoked loads during the day as well.

You know, if you STOP, you dont have to devote so much time to this spacing out thing, you just DONT.

sorry, i do have your best interests at heart

and dig

I know

ut if you chainsmoke you will undo all the effort you have put into today ! i havent succumb yet and anyway i cant till i go downstairs as ive told you ,so if i stay on here it will help me [ any excuse to mn ]

it's what I used to do when I smoked 10-15 a day - I'd only have 3/4 during the day - then once the boys were in bed went like a steam train

It was work before I fell pg with DS3, and (mostly) earlier this year when I was suffering from depression I started smoking almost constantly all day - but have only just realised I haven't cut down again..

As long as I don't smoke more than what's left in my tin I'll still have achieved what I set out to achieve for now- which is cut down to a maximum of 20 a day.

Ideally I'd like to cut it down to similar to waht I did years ago - a couple in the day and then be able to enjoy a few in the evening (think at one point I did one with my coffee in the morning, one after lunch, one after dinner - then the rest at night)

how many do you normally smoke in a day ? when i used to buy shop ones i smoked 20 a day ,but when i changed to rollies ,its anywhere between 15 and 20 depends what im doing and where i am.But i really do want to cut down so I am going to try hard.

the first thing i reach for in any crisis is a ciggie.But when i went to smoking clinic before ,they told me the craving for a puff only lasts a short while and if you can resist the feeling will go.I think its good to have something to nibble on when you fancy a smoke ,when i was trying to give up with patches ,i used to eat cheese straws [ loads of them]

well based on the number of times I nearly reached for one of my pre-rolled ones today I'd say I've been smoking 40+ a day - I thought yesterday it was perhaps up to 40......really not good.

So you can see that if I get down to 20 a day for the time being I'll be more than happy. I started off with 20 this morning, I still have 8 left, - I usually go to bed around 12-1ish - so I'm pretty sure I'm going to have some left over.

I have been trying to nibble on stuff - but I don't have much in.........all I've been able to find tonight is a packet of chocolate buttons, and a packet of chocolate digestives

well in that case in the space of the day you have reduced it by a whole 50% which is brilliant ,well done to you.

suppose am lucky in that my dh dosent smoke .If he did every time i smelt the smoke i would want one.

thanks - - well done to you too.

ah i had one after i put the kids to bed at about half 8 and am just sitting down for another. i have had to stop ironing due to dh being an arse and not listening to me when i said "check the electric again please it goes down really quick because i have got the iron, washer and dryer running" so now the shop is shut. we have enough to last till the the morning but not if i keep the iron on.

im going to have this one and just one more before bed.

also smoke in living room when girls are in bed