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?

well if the letter had been correct we'd have been back where we were a week ago today - with me looking for somewhere else to live and this house having to be sold.

oh dear - don't worry Jarm - there's always tomorrow

Enjoy you lie down. I'm going to busy myself with some housework to make sure I don't have any more before dinner.

yes jarm ,dont worry about it ,there are a lot more days in front of us.we cant expect to just do it ike that ,we will all have days when we dont reach our own targets .What target has anyone else set or havent you ?

Ive had 8.

Im trying to smoke no more than 15 a day.

i think i have read before that to start with you may have a cough ,its because your lungs are clearing out.So in a way thats good.After 2 hrs without a smoke ,it starts.

I'm hoping to keep it at under 20 again today - forgot to pre-roll last night/this morning - but I've had 7 today so far, so well within target.

well in that case you are doing very well,gone 4pm and you have only had eight ,i think thats great.>

8 is good if you're aiming for no more than 15 - means you still have 7 for this evening/tonight.

you too are doing well faq.I think we should all be proud of ourselves so far.I think this thread is an excellent idea ,at least we can do it with a bit of support and humour.

faq i reckon you will be quite a way under 20 today.I have only two left of mine that i rolled this am.But i will have one before the boys get home ,then up to my mums for dinner but i will still have one left for this eve,when i get back home [ bout 8 ]

well I only have 1 left so i will save that one for later this evening.feel good about keeping to my set limit but concerned i cant do it again tomorrow !

arrgh i have gone really wrong dd didnt want to go to dancing so i had my after dancing one 15 mins early and then decided that i wouldnt have anymore untill 7pm then had a stressy with next directory and my bank so had another one

next one at 7:30 and i suppose am still doing well compared to how i used to smoke but i do feel a bit like i havent managed. you two have done great

Ive had 9.

Have also drank nearly half a bottle of the kids tixylix - have nothing in for my cough, so thought it was the next big thing - and it knocked me out for an hour!

Will have my next one when girls are in bed (so in about an hour) and DH has decided we are having chinese tonight (despite not being able to afford it )

Hoping if I carry on feeling rough then it will help cut down the fags even more. Would love to cut it to 10 a day by the weekend.

oh well never mind Seashells.

Well I've not had any more since my moment of panic earlier (well literally about to light on e this very 2nd)

But I can't take any credit for it...............as I fell asleep on the sofa So definitely no cleaning OCD here - as my house still looks awful lol

total for the day now up to 9 - I've got a meeting here tonight to plan the hymns for church, again friend is a non-smoker - but doesn't mind me smoking as we're chatting (we tend to spend 75% of the time chatting and 25% of the time doing what we're supposed to be doing ). Usually I'll have a few - but I'll try and see if I can just have one, or perhaps even none (make myself another coffee or something instead).

Under 20 target still on

Doing better than me FAQ!

Im on 10 now, but hey ho!

Still "allowed" 5 more tonight, which there is no way I will manage.

Also, it is SO SO SO cold here tonight, so going outside is really not appealing! (Should just smoke in the house, but really struggle with the smell!)

so far i am on my own set target but i have another 3hrs before i go to bed ,so im not sure if i will manage not to have one more !!! may have to make one to have with my last cuppa tonight ,i will see how i feel.
everyone deserves a pat on the back for even making the effort today.I didnt smoke at mums ,far too cold to go out but the minute i got back in i had my last one i had made for today !

im not doing well. i have just had an 'allowed' one but want another already. im worrying about dd1. she has eaten her homework! i thought she had stopped eating paper but she says she likes it too much.

i have very strange children i would blame dh but she is not his. maybe i shall blame him anyway

your doing great JARM anything is better than nothing

i made all my cigs up this morning ,as long as i didnt go over my allowance i can smoke them anytime i like,i could smoke them one after another if I wanted ,makes no difference as long as i dont go over my target.Its the end result that counts so dont worry about it Seashells,if at the end of the day you have even 1 less than yesterday ,you have done well,then maybe tomorrow you will have two less.Its not a competition so whatever you do ,dont feel bad about it.

well I had 2 while doing the hymns - so up to 11 - with 9 still left of today's quota - it's been hard keeping tab of them as they weren't pre-rolled - so definitely going to get tomorrows quota rolled before I go to bed tonight.

Then I know exactly what I've got left.

that is a brilliant total faq.i think you have done so well and to have nine left at this time of night is a miracle ,if i make twenty i know will smoke them ,so its best for me just to make the ones i want to smoke !!!

(is doing a running total on here so she doesn't go over he number for the day)

I really will pre-roll tonight for tomorrow - will make life much easier for me lol

i am going to go and make one ,i have been talking about my sis and bi-polar on another thread and i can feel myself getting stressed out .back in two ticks .,so that will make it 8 for me !!! bugger it

don't worry mummylin - tomorrow is another day - and better to go slightly over today and not get stressed out, than get yourself upset

well ive had that one and that will be my final total for today 8,so i feel quite chuffed with that.tomorrow i will try and stick to the seven again.I think for our first full day we all have done very well indeed.