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Fag Free for 2005....Join us.....We need Help!

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charliecat · 13/04/2005 10:41

I cried when I read how many failures theres been and applauded hub2dees approach as sometimes theres no point pussyfooting....come on guys! Its got to be done.
I am so so so gutted that theres been vile puffing going on...did you REALLY enjoy any of them. Truely satisfying were they? No No No! Tell you what though...waking up knowing that bastard nicotine monster has got no grip on me whatsoever is liberating. I could touch the sky with the high that im free. No chain round my neck.
Remember that just one is never just one and even if it was, why would you want JUST ONE? Your aim is to STOP FOREVER.

OP posts:
minkmama · 16/04/2005 14:57

hi drop, thanks, we had a great time and it was all worth the effort! I made a tower of cupcakes with my baby photo and ds2's photo on different flavours and put candles and sparklers on the top for good measure. i'm just glad that we gave him a party as good as ds1's as i didn't want him to look back at the pics and say 'WHAT ABOUT MY 1ST BIRTHDAY???'

am shattered now though! didn't have time to think about the weed so that's always good isn't it?!

oh and i'm going the natural route with a homeopathic remedy for cravings instead of the lozenges this time as whilst it worked for a while, it's still nico in my body and i wanna try something else...we'll see!

prettyfly1 · 16/04/2005 16:30

oooh i prefer homeopathic remedies - what you using and how does it work??????

still not here, any day now really. Not due till 4th may but because of all comps it could be anytime - so impatient for him. Living at parents though while waiting for house to be ready and my eighteen yr old sister is driving me CRAZY. Honest to god she is a blonde, over priveleged spoilt immature version of Kevin the teenager,a nd she keeps trying to tell me how to bring up the baby -NICOTINE ISNT ENOUGH TO STOP ME KILLING HER!!!!sorry for the rant really had to get that off my chest

Hermione1 · 17/04/2005 09:44

Think you are all doing really well. I am a smoker but do want to give up because i am 25 (26 on thursday) and have smoked since i was 15 so thats ten years, i have two kids and don't wanna kill myself. I am giving myself a week, and then its crunch time. I have tried before and stopped for a week without no trouble at all, and in that week i had a really tidy house because i couldn't sit still. But then met my dad and hes a chain smoker and i just had that ONE! and i was back on the wagon of smoking again. I know it's not gonna be easy, and it's gonna be hard to get out of doing it and finding a way of coping without the nicotine monster telling me to feed it. Help

whymummy · 17/04/2005 10:51

hi everyone
prettyfly i'm using the nicorette lozengers,they give you a dose of nicotine when you need it most,if i feel like running to the shops to buy some fags the lozenger helps to get rid of that mad moment,sorry your sister is driving you mad,keep thinking that you'll soon be out of there in your own place with your lovely baby
hi hermione,join us whenever you're ready and we'll help you get through the first horrible cravings
happy belated birthday mink

Hermione1 · 17/04/2005 10:53

thanks for that, i feel i might need to pop on here when i give up when i have the earge to have a smoke. But i really really want to succeed this time around. I just keep imagining black lungs.

whymummy · 17/04/2005 10:53

i'm doing ok drop,thankshow are you?
charliecat did you get your pc fixed?

Hermione1 · 17/04/2005 10:55

charliecat hasn't got her pc fixed yet. Not sure when she will be back on, but i do know she hasn't had a fag. so well done for her.

fionagib · 17/04/2005 18:06

happy birthday mink!!!!!! ta for lovely pics xxx
and happy b'day to your ds too.

after a few blips am pleased to report 8 fag free days.

minkmama · 17/04/2005 22:57

well done fg, i guess today was a big inspiration to you!! when are you going to brave it?!! we could meet up whilst you're down south (you running, me cheering natch )

hermione, you know it's the right thing to do and you're half way there by thinking about it! i used my 30th as my quit day but don't wait as long as i did!!

thanks whymummy, btw glad you had a good easter...i was reading but was either a) v. busy or b) skulking behind the pongy bin chuffing

prettyfly, i'm using something called Caladium 200 which i got mail ordered to me. it's for cravings and you suck on one every time you need it. there's also one for irritability but i didn't get that one. you should probably give the company a call re: pregnancy, they're v. helpful! have tried to do the link but it won't take you there so the address is www.helios.co.uk

night night all xxx

Hermione1 · 18/04/2005 10:47

I know, i'm feeling more positive about it already. 6 days to go.

fionagib · 18/04/2005 13:16

you can do it hermione - am back home after a week away with my mum and the kids - back to a smoking dh and am still feeling pretty strong...

yeah mink the marathon was v inspiring, tho am gonna be struggling to get round the edin 10k route in 3 weeks' time, esp after all my furtive fag chuffing over recent weeks! Am feeling much more pos now tho (no fags since week past fri - um, 10 days) & sounds like you are too. Stick with it lady! Don't be a wrinkly old 40 year old fag chuffer like I was! xx

fee77 · 18/04/2005 14:03

Welcome hermione - you can do it!! And the people are great on here - we have all been through it and know just how you feel.
Bubblerock - i have joined weight watchers - now i don't reach for fags iam trying to get rid of my biccy habit!
I started reading that "child ofour time" book this weekend, and thought i would pass on some info - apparently, scientist believe that if you smoke it could harm the baby to give up completely - due to the rise in your stress levels. They do reccommend cutting down to a couple a day. Obviously it is better for baby if you don't smoke at all, but hopefully this may ease the guilt that some people may be feeling - just cut down. Does this make sense? I still have such a baby brain i can no longer write in full sentences!

Hermione1 · 18/04/2005 15:50

Thanks for all the support! I think knowing you're here has made me even more determined. like a non smokers support group. I am thinking have six days till i give up, but i am thinking why wait for 6 days. So decided that i have only afew ciggs left and probably smoke them all tonight, so the day is tommorow and i won't have any more evil weed. Also putting myself on a diet too. so it's gonna be double hard, i know all about the biscuits. lol. I am at work tommorow so that will be 6 hours of keeping busy. I'll keep you posted on my success or not in the case may be. But i'll try damned hard not to talk myself round to having just one.
When did you all decide the time was up:?

fee77 · 18/04/2005 15:59

Good luck hermione - but make sure you are not taking too much on. Kicking the fags is the most important at the moment.
I had "wanted" to give up for ages, but eventually did on 2nd january - couldn't on 1st as in-laws came round!! I had a blip a few weeks ago, and smoked 2 but really didn't enjoy them. I go through phases of wanted to smoke still - it has seemed like everyone i saw this weekend was smoking, but i didn't give in!
This group are great - they are so supportive and friendly, and i found coming on here to check messages a good diversion when i wanted a ciggie.

Hermione1 · 18/04/2005 16:12

i can see why FEe. I know that i'll be taking on alot with non smoking and dieting, but kill 2 birds with one stone i'm thinking. i am very stubborn when i wanna be too. I am actually looking forward to this, which i have never said before in my life.

almost40 · 18/04/2005 16:20

Hello everyone! So, after complaining about eating non-stop, I've finally taken up running (mostly walking) and have joined the runners thread as well. I have a long way to go before I can run for any significant amount of time, but it feels great. How is everyone?? Hermione1 - sounds like a difficult but great plan. I gained so much weight in the last few months, and just can't stand it any more.

fee77 · 18/04/2005 16:20

Good - half the battle is really wanting to give up. Right down a list of why you want to give up and read it every day.
And believe me, you soon notice a differnece in how you feel. I have so much more energy and vavavoom now! I also smell quite nice and supposedly have more money but i don't know where it goes.
Are you going cold turkey? I used patches to help me for the first few weeeks and some of the other s are using lozenges. Nip to the doctors and they will give them to you on prescription which saves a packet.
I am pleased that you have made the decision and wish you all the best. We are all here for you if you need us!

Hermione1 · 18/04/2005 16:23

thanks fee, i am going cold turkey, but i will bear in mind the doc's if i feel i need to. I gave up before for was only a week, and didn't feel the need for anything. I need to sort my head out and then i'll know i will be ok. I am quite a heavy smoker and is the first thing i do when i awake in the morning, god that's bad. So just getting through one day will be marvelous(sorry can't spell).
What made you give up FEe?

fee77 · 18/04/2005 16:24

Very bad english - write down!!! And i used to be a teacher!

Hermione1 · 18/04/2005 16:25

sorry almost40 didn't see your message. I know it will be alot, but i must be in the 'obese' bracket so really don't want to pile on more.

Hermione1 · 18/04/2005 16:27

right gonna take my postive self off the computer before i turn into a computer. Good luck all. speak tommorow. let you know how my first day went.

fee77 · 18/04/2005 16:29

My daughter mainly - she is 18mths. We would stand out side having a fag whilst she sat behind the stairgate - horrid! And basically i decided enough was enough. I go through life thinking "that will never happen to me" - cancer etc, but it might. So hopefully by stopping it wont happen, and i will live a long and happy life and be around to wind my daughter up when she is an adult!! That is the plan, but i am weak so it is a long battle!

fionagib · 19/04/2005 10:52

best of luck hermione!

I was just so sick of myself, puffing away in our back yard, and being ashamed to give my kids goodnight kisses cos I knew I stank of freshly-smoked fags. I started to think, this is foul. Almost40 mentioned running thread - have found running (plus lozenges) a massive help.

after the off blip this year have been 11 days fag free and don't remotely want one.

Come on hermione - you'll be free from the hassle and shame of sneaking outside. Maybe get some lozenges for emergency moments. GOOD LUCK!!!

fee77 · 19/04/2005 12:46

Hermione - how's it going? Please don't try to diet and quit smoking - you need something to enjoy in life! I was going to do both, but didn't manage it, and now threemonths on i have stopped smoking and feel ready to tackle my weight issue - i too am a larger lady, and would like to lose at least 2 stone - rome wasn't built in a day! Any way, i hope you first day is going well.
Well done fionag! And where have whymummy and prettyfly gone? I hope you are doing well.

Hermione1 · 19/04/2005 15:38

Hi, all, first day non smoker, found it really tough, especially this morning because it's the first thing i go for. But i was surprised in how much i got done because i wasn't having all those coffees and ciggs.
All i can think of is smoking, smoking, and more smoking, and just have one my brain keeps saying to me.
The diet is going well, and am having no problems. YET.
I was at work today so i think that took some of the time away. I am home now, first thing i wanted to do was check this thread. I am feeling ok.