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Alas poor cigarette, I knew you well

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mummylonglegs · 29/05/2005 22:49

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charliecat · 09/06/2005 16:10

Lemonice do join us for mad ramblings, it does help, me thinks....
FG post on here before you steal one of dhs fags and I will talk you out of it(or call you all the names under the sun) Thanks for the mention, I want to buy this next book or ill just be a mean old freebie reader
Custardo...well done! You are doing great, even if your household does suffer for a wee bit in the long run it will be MUCH improved wont it?
My mum keeps talking about the smell of cat shit causing lung diesease...er no...thats fags woman..ssssshhhhhh lol

evansmummy · 09/06/2005 16:47

fiongib, hi!!! What's this book thing and the homage to cc??

Tortington · 09/06/2005 19:51

mummylonglegs where are you?

awwww thanks for the encouragement guys you lot are truly fabulicious.

aww...can't tell you how hard it was today - i kept thinking- its day 8 - there are absolutley no chemicles in your body - this is all in your twisted brain - but the wierd thing was i recognised the triggers. so stress - my boss mostly that definately had me wanting a fag - then when i hadfinished work and got in my car i got that moment where i could have just lighted up.

good thing........phonedmy dh becuase my boss was pssing me off so much and told him how much i wanted to go buy some fags - i had the bank card - i had drawn money out earlier for a coffee and the shop was just round the corner - lovley man my dh is - he talked me out of it he romanced me with " if i smell it on you i will go fkin mental" or sommat equally lovely.

bad thing........ i can't get over how utterly utterly desperate i was today. i sat in the toilet at work just thinking " i hate this job,my kids are nearly grown up, the ONLY enjoyment i have is fags, now i am depriving myself of that ....is it really worth having an enjoyment free long life? i mean really ...it would be so much easier,nicer, livable if you just went and bought some fags..........just smoke half a fag then throw the rest away.... just smoke at work and not at home. ....just smoke one fag per day." but i didn't buti really did have that melodramatic - is life worth living without fags moment..... thats really really sad.

then a resident phoned me up and was really nasty ont he phone and put the phone down. so i went outside -like i would for a fag and just took 10 minutes.

funny thing.......errr cant think of one today sorry.

charliecat · 09/06/2005 21:53

Bloody marvelous custardo..all that your twisted brain was telling you and you still got through the day...thats it! Eventually your addicted brain gets the message that your not daft, you wont fall for it, and it gives up after a while.
For example, tonight I accidently walked into a cloud of dps smoke and it was one of those rare occasions where it smells nice and my brain said MMMMMMMMMMMM....Is it worth it? ...er NO and moved on. No brain arguement, no nothing, and ive had 3 hours worth of corrupted brain thinking.
FG is an author, Fiona Gibson...Babyface and Wonderboy are two of her books that shes kindly sent me..they are great, Babyface had me laughing out loud which is very unusual for a book id say...she will sell herself better though
This thread BTW is LOVELY to read so so so nice for everyone to be succeding. My cousins stopped for 4.5 years...homage to her

charliecat · 10/06/2005 21:09

FG...MINKS alive and well! Had to let you know!

Tortington · 11/06/2005 00:04

thanks for the encouragement charliecat - how is everyone doing?

it was medium bad today - so thats good its an improvement.

good thing......its friday
bad bad thing.....i just ate a tube of pringles again

funny thing....not fag related but thought i would share. saw a very very old woman with a shorter than avg kirt on that billowed outwards and upwards in the slight breeze....there are just parts of an 80 year olds thigh you should never see. my boss said "urg, god i wonder how old you are when you let yourself go"
i said "i was about 30"

charliecat · 11/06/2005 07:42

custardo I can only imagine, my thighs bad enough at 26 in the wrong light

evansmummy · 11/06/2005 08:56

cc, I hear that!

lemonice · 11/06/2005 09:36

I apologise for sudden stress related interruption the other day!

I haven't had any since despite dp keeps offering but...I have to leave soon to drive down to Southampton to pick up dd1 from uni and I really feel like one before I go and unfortunately they are on the premises...

thanks for the encouragement by the way..

charliecat · 11/06/2005 10:12

dONT DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!ooops...so how many days are you now? have a glass of water and a bag of crisps...should take the edge off it!
fags will always be there, it dosent take long to track down a shop that sells them or a passerby who will tap you one...doesnt mean to say YOU have to smoke them though!

lemonice · 11/06/2005 10:17

Wednesday i had 3 after not having any since Jan, have just resisted and cleaned my teeth and will have to get going as supposed to be there at 12.00 which is pushing it..thanks..cc

charliecat · 11/06/2005 10:18

No time to smoke youdd be even later!

mummylonglegs · 11/06/2005 20:54

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fionagib · 11/06/2005 22:39

custardo, have been there many times, brilliant that you managed not to chuff a quick ciggie...

cc haven't cracked since my last confession on here, feeling fine, still lozenged up, sucking furiously, but fine. Gkad mm's okay - is she SMOKING or what???

dropinthe · 11/06/2005 23:16

Hy everyone! Been gone bloody ages and two seasoned recruits already-lemonice and custardo-Ive not been on here for over a week me thinks so you two probably don't know me-I gave up three months on 8th June and think this thread is such a source of help-I don't think I would have been able to do it without it!
Mummylonglegs- I cant believe you've really done it!! How long now? Of everyone,am most excited that you have made it!
Whymummy-how is your mum? Have been thinking about her op and how she/you are coping??
Havent read thread since I last posted so am not up to date as to who is where with what etc.
I am trying to cut down the lozzy intake-not doing too bad-have decided when I go to Turkey in four weeks time I will take enough to get me through the first week and then stop them-I want a nicotine free bod!!

Anyway,hope you are all doing fab-will get reading and speak to you fag free ladeeeez soon!!

dropinthe · 11/06/2005 23:16

Hy everyone! Been gone bloody ages and two seasoned recruits already-lemonice and custardo-Ive not been on here for over a week me thinks so you two probably don't know me-I gave up three months on 8th June and think this thread is such a source of help-I don't think I would have been able to do it without it!
Mummylonglegs- I cant believe you've really done it!! How long now? Of everyone,am most excited that you have made it!
Whymummy-how is your mum? Have been thinking about her op and how she/you are coping??
Havent read thread since I last posted so am not up to date as to who is where with what etc.
I am trying to cut down the lozzy intake-not doing too bad-have decided when I go to Turkey in four weeks time I will take enough to get me through the first week and then stop them-I want a nicotine free bod!!

Anyway,hope you are all doing fab-will get reading and speak to you fag free ladeeeez soon!!

dropinthe · 11/06/2005 23:16

OOps!

dropinthe · 11/06/2005 23:24

Have checked and have not posted since the 2nd of June!!! My mumsnet addiction is albeiting!!
Actually,have had a chest infection for the last two weeks-my Dr said it could still be my body ridding itself of shit even after three months-the amount of green stuff coming out of my nose and mouth could have made a lump of purest green(any Black Adder fans in the house?)-YUCK!

whymummy · 12/06/2005 08:49

hi drop
my mum is ok thanks
how are you?were have you been?
is everyone doing ok?

charliecat · 12/06/2005 09:16

Hello Everyone, did you see this link{http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=1375&threadid=84175&stamp=050611201519\dropinthe}

FG she is surprisingly as she seems to find it easier than us a lot of the time didnt she? I kept writing stuff about smoking then deleted it as I thought...well she does know and we are always here when shes ready( Sorry for gassing about you live on air Mink!) Ill shhhh now

Glad your mums ok now whymummy.

Hows everyone elses weekend going?

My mum said the other day, after she had asked me to get her some beccy from the shop, Im actually quite pleased, I only spend a pound on smoking a day...im trying to get down to 50p and I just sighed and said Mum its not about the money. And she cringed so she knows too....
...could shake the daft woman.

lunachic · 12/06/2005 15:55

ive been a smoke free zone since thursday -cant quite believe ive done it -inm hanging on to it too this time -no going back !!

Tortington · 12/06/2005 17:18

dropinthe- well done you - and i agree that this thread is a grat source of help - its great to be able to brag on a daily basis to people who really know the value.

goog thing....i remember last sunday very well. i went round a carboot sale and i had to sit down and get a bottle of water becuse i felt so dizzy and sick with a headache. went round carboot today, and felt great. it was good being able to compare.

next weekend i am going back to my home town as my nan isn't well, if anyones ever been to oldham its all cotton mills and council estates...mmmm nice! my nan had just had a heart attack AND a stroke. and she is still smoking - she's 86... i don't want to preach to her i leave that to other people. everyone except my MIL smokes...thats everyone i know! its going to be very very hard

Bad thing... just had a row with dh - nowt serious just one of those "you lazy f8cker" things.... wanted a fag - so went for a bath got out of the bath and theres not fckin coffee in the house grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

mummy long legs you have dont great.

lemonice - did you used to smoke in the car? was it a long journey for you to get to s'ton? how did you cope?....just for my 5-8 hour drive next weekend.

Tortington · 12/06/2005 17:19

thats supposed to read "mummylonglegs you have done* great"

charliecat · 12/06/2005 17:25

\link{http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=1375&threadid=84175&stamp=050611201519dropinthe} that was meant to say, I seem to have forgot how to do links

Well Done custardo! Isnt it AWFUL watching everyone around you smoking? Hows your dh coping?

When you feel like an outsider as they all fight over whos holding the ashtray, have it clear in your mind that they would all LOVE to be on your side of the fence being 2/3 weeks away from thier last smokes.

WellDone lunachic...are we on the same weightloss thread?

whymummy · 12/06/2005 17:28

thanks charliecat,she's doing really well
how are you?