Quitting today - anyone want to join me?

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That's it really. Hoping not to replace with food & gorge myself all day long, but I work from home, and am already finding it hard to stay away from the fridge!

Anyone else in?

Good luck! Are you using patches or anything? I vape now so haven't smoked a real cigarette for 3 months!

I have just ordered a vape kit, spare battery and months supply of liquid.
I am prepared.

Thank you Rake & well done!
This will be about my 100th attempt to quit, so really hoping I can stick at it this time. It's the nights out I find hardest. Maybe I need to stop going out..?!
I'm doing Allen Carr, and vaping when I really need to i.e. on aforementioned nights out, but not so much day-to-day.
Good luck 51 - when's your quit day?

Flap hoping the kit arrives Wednesday or Thursday.
Good luck for today !

How are you getting on OP?

Thanks for the encouragement Rake and luck 51. I've got to believe it can be done. I just hate the cravings that come out of nowhere and totally ambush you. I've just had one, and ARGHH. But am just telling myself these are just the tricks an addicted brain play on you. And they WILL lessen.

Nearly two days done Destinys - nearly outta the zombie phase!

Anyone else out there thinking about quitting? Come and join me!

Day one for me! Been trying for the last week and a half but smoked quite a few yesterday :( Today I am starting again with lozenges. I've spent my fag money on fruit, veg and smoothies. Hoping for a healthier me.

Well done Mo, let's do this! Day 3 for me.
I've had a hard day today. Find concentrating at work SO difficult without the cigs, but I got through it, even though it was like pulling teeth.
It's all about getting over those 'firsts' isn't it - the first night out, the first holiday, the first argument, the first tricky work assignment, etc. Gotta keep reminding myself of that.

And ignoring the evil voice in my head saying afterwards "well done, you got through that, now you deserve a reward".

Argh, nicotine addiction is evil isn't it?! I need a name for the evil addict voice in my head. Any thoughts anyone?

Awesome!! I haven't got passed two consecutive days smoke free yet! I'm eating like a horse though. The lozenges are really helping if I take them at the beginning of a craving or a trigger. I'm so hoping I can get through tomorrow aswell. Are you using nicotine replacements? Why are you quitting?

Well done Mo. Eating like a horse is still preferable to smoking isn't it?! And me too, if it's any consolation - food is tasting SO GOOD at the moment!

I'm quitting as I'm way too old to smoke now & a few non-smoking, seemingly 'healthy' friends have recently been diagnosed with cancer, which has made wonder why I'm stacking the odds against a cancer-free life on the cigs.

I'm quitting as I don't want my kids to grown thinking smoking's ok. It's not. My DD burst into tears the last time she saw me with a fag in my hand.

I'm quitting as I'm fed up of being controlled by this stinky, expensive, embarrassing habit.

And I'm quitting as I REALLY DO want to be healthier, and be abel to go for a run or do an exercise class without collapsing in a wheezing heap!

How about you? What are your reasons?

Great reasons! I've been trying to get my husband to cut down as he smokes so many. He made little attempt so I decided to join him. I managed on 3 cigarettes quite comfortably and thought I should just stop altogether. It's so hard though. I more or less decided I would smoke this evening but I've resisted so far!

Hi, can I join you? I noticed your post Tuesday but wasn't sure I'd be ready to follow through Wednesday. However, this is the start of day 3. The most I got to is 10, that was last November. How are you getting on?

Woop! I'm day three today!! My husband offered me a cigarette yesterday and I managed to resist it! Are you using nrt?

I've got an e-cig. Tried patches last time but they made me feel rough. I'm doing better vaping. It's the evenings I find really hard, once ds is asleep I spend most of my time on the back step smoking and reading MN. What are the lozenges like? Never tried those.

Welcome baking - please do join us! and congrats to you on Day 3! And to you too Mo - amazing!!

Day 5 here. Cravings are lessening, but still just as strong when they come unfortunately.

I think it gets harder each time you give up doesn't it? I feel kinda depressed actually, like I have lost a friend or something stupid (REALLY stupid, I know). I know it will pass and this is just a short phase to be endured.

Tonight is my first night out, and it will be a big boozy night, where I don't know many people going, so I think if I make it through that I will feel so proud of myself it will give me a bit of a boost. At the moment, just dreading it! Give me strength!!

And sending LOADS of strength to all of you too this weekend

I'm getting on really well with lozenges. They don't taste amazing but if I take one after lunch or before a trigger. They're really effective for me. I'm really struggling today though

Flapinko your depression is only to be expected - the combination of chemicals in cigarette smoke act like an anti-depressant so you're having withdrawal from that as well as the nicotine.

There's somewhere in the region of 4000 different substances in tobacco smoke, many of which interact with each other, so your body is undergoing a fair bit of change right now

Giving up smoking is so worth it. I used to look at the Smoking Benefits Timeline online to keep going.

Totally get the loss of a friend thing Flapinko. I feel very similar. I don't particularly want to quit which makes it worse and means I usually fail.

I'm only doing it because everyone thinks I already have and it's not going to be long before ds says otherwise. I don't in the house, only outside in the yard. I don't smoke out of the house either, not in car parks or at work etc. Bizarrely, leaving the house reduces the cravings but I can't be constantly out!

Good luck with the night out. Are you taking anything with you to help with the cravings? Just think, you're so close to a week now - only 2 more days.

How are you getting on Mo?

Just out of interest have you both got rid of all smoking related stuff for quitting or not?

I smoked 2 cigarettes today, ended up going to bed because the cravings were so bad. My husband smokes a lot so there's lighters and cigarettes out. He's not very encouraging tbh.

35 days, 19 hours. Am vaping though. It's still bloody hard. Have not been on a night out yet and had two sneaky ones in work though.

Never mind Mo. Try again from now. Only having 2 in 3 days is still amazing and probably a vast improvement on normal! I don't think I could do it at all if someone else smoked in the house.

I've coloured in 2 days on my calender as smoke free (so childish). My plan is when I weaken I can't colour a day but I can start again. I've got about 10 roll ups left. Keeping them because when I fail usually I end up buying and smoking a pouch.

Well done Louie. I'm vaping too. Are you planning to stop that eventually? I haven't thought that far ahead.