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13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

Hi All

Hi everyone.

I'm new to this website but not to this feeling. I've been smoking since I was 13 and I'm now 26. Thats half my life. The day has finally come where I've decided to kick smoking in the butt.

I've tried numerous times before without much success. This time I'm determined. Its mainly to save money although I could use the health benefits as I suffer from sarcoidosis. When I was diagnosed with sarc first I gave up for 3 weeks but that was it. Apart from that its been a day here and there. Nothing significant. I'm having withdrawls but nothing I can't handle. Though I think I'm going to kill my smoking colleagues, they keep coming in reeking of cigs. Its driving me nuts.

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

Hi All

Managed to get my meter added and I even managed a photo.

I've already planned a mega reward if I make it to the 3 month mark. A friend and myself are going to take a spa day away to pamper ourselves. She doesn't smoke but she is trying to lose weight so it'll be a double reward. So thats my goal. Its something i've always wanted to do but could never afford. By saving what I smoked I should be able to afford a caribbean cruise for that money but a spa break will do.

I can't believe I smelled that bad either. I also can't believe that my sense of smell has improved so much in just one day off them. I've always had a good sense of smell but now its like i've got spider senses its that good.

I'm finding the cravings slightly easier today. I am thinking about them every now and then esp when driving but I'm handling it ok. I have a good feeling this time round.

Thanks to everyone for they're support

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 9/8/2010
Smoke-Free Days: 1
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 20
Amount Saved: �8.55
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 2 Mins: 6 Seconds: 55

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

First Day

Hey MammaD,

I'm new here too. I'm only on my second day but doing ok, actually i'm doing more than fine. My hardest cravings are in the car and with a hour commute to and from work each day its tough but i'm coping. I just have to keep telling myself that I don't need the smelly dirty disgusting things and that i'm stronger than that, and you know what I think i'm actually stubborn enough to believe me.
Ok I'm going through the DT's. Shaky, sweating, spaced out and I barely slept last night, and hallucinated when I did but I'm hoping that'll end soon.
I'm surviving by drinking my own body weight in water along with sugar free mints. I'm hoping the mints will help prevent gaining weight coz they have slight laxitive effects.

Keep strong.
Love and Light,
Caroline xxx

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 9/8/2010
Smoke-Free Days: 1
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 20
Amount Saved: �8.55
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 2 Mins: 10 Seconds: 49

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

First Day

Hey Lizzie,

Yea I'm going cold turkey. I'm actually finding it easier than the other failed attempts when I used NRT's. I can't actually believe how tuned my sense of smell is and as for stale smoke it stinks.

I'm trying to get my colleagues to use gum or mints after their smoke breaks to smell less but i'm not sure how long they're gonna take me serious. I can smell cigs from a mile away.

Can't believe we all ponged like that. I'm starting to pity nonsmokers for putting up with us this long. Unbelievable.

I'm really enjoying this site, I find the typing is really helping to keep my hands occupied and I've plenty of water and mints on stand by for my mouth. Its just driving that really kills me. I've got such a long commute to work and I used to chain smoke in the car. Now my journey home seems to take forever. I'm sure it'll ease in time and I'm really determined to stay off them this time.

Thanks,

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 9/8/2010
Smoke-Free Days: 1
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 20
Amount Saved: �8.55
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 2 Mins: 23 Seconds: 54

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

Hi All

Hi Lolly,

Thanks for the support. I am really determined this time. I know I'm only on day three but I really think I can do this.

I was talking to a woman at my yoga class last night who quit smoking over 10 years ago. She told me not to think of it as giving something up, rather think of it like your stopping something you don't want to do anymore. I thought this was the perfect way of thinking of it.

I don't know whether any of you have heard of Robbie Williams or not but I'm making one of his songs my anthem for quitting "Old before I die", I'm not willing to cut my life short by smoking anymore. I've enough health problems to deal with due to sarc without smoking making it worse.

Thanks to everyone for their support and I wish everyone the best of luck in this fete. We're coming up to my first weekend without them and thats going to be the real test. While in work I can't smoke anyway but when I'm sitting at home I don't know what i'm going to do. I might take up knitting, who knows :)

Love and Light Caroline xx

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 9/8/2010
Smoke-Free Days: 2
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 40
Amount Saved: �17.10
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 3 Mins: 39 Seconds: 14

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

Weekend Pledge

This is my first weekend smokefree.. gonna be a toughy.. no alcohol for me. I pledge to stay smokefree (and maybe I can start writing poetry)
My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 9/8/2010
Smoke-Free Days: 2
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 40
Amount Saved: �17.10
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 3 Mins: 57 Seconds: 17

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

My Intro

Hi Lissie,

I stopped 12 days ago. Ok you's are all gonna hate me coz I've not had too bad of cravings this time

. I really believe its your frame of mind.

Like you I got a medical scare only mine was sarcoidosis which is an auto immune disease.

Mine attacked my lungs and lymph nodes. When first diagnosed I gave up smoking for 3 weeks after which a fight with my then bf caused me to reach for the packet again. It didn't help that he smoked and kept his lying around

Its now been 5 years since I was diagnosed. Like you I was in denial saying to myself ah maybe its a mistake and maybe just maybe I can keep smoking but it turned out I couldn't. As my breathing deteriorated really badly I convinced myself it was not the cigarettes. Then came the crunch where I had a really bad month financially and it came to the point where it was food or cigarettes. I chose food.

Tuesday 2 weeks ago I turned to my current boyfriend and said after tonight I'm giving up the cigarettes. He didn't really believe me until the next day when I text him and asked him to throw out the half pack that I'd left at home that day that I wouldn't be smoking anymore, even at that he wasn't convinced.

I didn't go for any NRT as I really think they just tease me.

I've never managed to give up using them for more than a day or two, sometimes even smoking while having a patch still on. I quit cold turkey this time. I've not had huge cravings but I do miss the obvious ones. The one after dinner, the 20 with my bottle of wine. The cravings are daily but then the feeling is in the back of my head that if I pick up another cigarette its going to kill me and I think that is enough of a reason to stay stopped. After 2 or 3 days I realised that my breathing had improved. I can walk upstairs now without stopping halfway to have a wheezing attack.

I'm positive this time and I really believe that anybody can give up if they're in the right frame of mind. I've also read allan carr's book and I found what he said really made sense. We don't need cigarettes, we are addicted to nicotine, we are drug addicts. They don't help stressful situations they cause us more stress because we are craving nicotine ontop of whatever situation is stressful. They don't taste nice.. thats us brainwashing ourselves. Try eating one. And frankly since my breathing started to get really bad I don't remember the last time I enjoyed one (without a fit of coughing that is)

Best of luck on your stopping.

Love and light

Caroline xx

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 9/8/2010
Smoke-Free Days: 13
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 260
Amount Saved: �111.15
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 22 Mins: 25 Seconds: 13

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

I dreamed a dream

Ok so I thought I got away easy. I did the whole stop smoking thing with the greatest of ease. Hell week was a mere nuisance. Nothing that serious. Heck week was more like " Why the heck didn't i do this sooner". Now I'm almost 2 months in and I'm getting cravings. And its all down to bloody dreams. To make it worse it was only after somebody told me that they dreamed of cigs after giving up that I started dreaming of them. Now my subconscious wants one.

I reckon its karma for having an easy time of it. Whatever it is I want it to go away. I'd like to tell all the newbies that it gets better but from what I'm experiencing this time round is that its gotten worse. Aw well keep my chin up I suppose and my hands free.

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

Scared!!

Hi all!! I'm almost a year off the smokes and so proud of myself. Over the course of the first 6 months I put on 2 stone. I didn't eat junk food. I ate what I ate before I gave up. My metabolism slowed down to a near stop and because when I gave up smoking I also gave up coffee which slowed it down even more. I've tried walking, running, yoga, and now as a last resort I've bought a bicycle for myself. I do believe I am a much healthier person now that I'm off the smokes. For one thing I can climb the stairs in work without an asthma attack. I've read in so many places that your metabolism goes back to normal after 6-12 months but I'm now in the middle of month 11 and I've not managed to drop a pound. This week I'm starting a new health food kick. Musli and zero fat milk for breakfast, salads at lunch and a decent dinner. No snacks at any cost. So heres to the new skinny me. Keep the fingers crossed for me and best of luck to all you new non smokers out there. The flabs not fun but either is having yellow teeth, smelly fingers and black lungs.

Adios amigos!!

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