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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 772

Hello I'm new and need some support to quit

Thank you so much for your quick response, i cannot say how much it helps. Ok, I just smoked the last cigarette in the packet. Tomorrow I wont buy anymore. Hopefully this time, I can get through those first 3 weeks. Keep going. I have zyban so will start taking them again tomorrow and take a plentiful supply water with me to work.I will try to go to the gym after work. Fortunately he doesnt smoke - unless he goes out socialing and smoking at his house was not allowed. I always had to go into the garden. Which is why I often went to his as it was easier - but I did say some awful things. He tried to be supportive, sent me flowers to work, on two quit occasions. I went to North Cyprus last Sept and said when I return next year i will be a non smoker. I am returning again August 28th. So now is a good time to start. I cannot say how much I apprecaite your responses. I am determined this time to keep going. To stay quit. I hope that i have now smoked my last cigarette. My target is to go on holiday to Cyprus completely smoke free and no withdraw symptoms. Thank you x

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 772

Hello I'm new and need some support to quit

Hello, I have tried to quit smoking a few times, the most successful was 2 years ago when I quit for 3 months, I honestly do not know why I went back to smoking. It stops me from breathing properly, I even got cervical cancer which I was told was exasperated by my smoking, yet still I have continued to smoke. I have read the Allen Carr book, and found that helped. Recently I have really been determined to quit smoking, apart from anything I cannot afford it. My doctor has prescribed Zyban, which I found helpful, as it didnt contain nicotine. But i ran out of tablets. Tonight i picked up another months prescription. My problem is that after a few days, I pretty much go psycho. My boyfriend calls me pscyho sally, and I have said the most awful things. I am not normally like this towards him (or anyone else). Then we end up having a huge fight, almost breaking up, and I go and buy cigarettes. The first one tastes disgusting then it doesnt take long before I am back to smoking the same amount again. I really would like to be in a group with other people, So that i dont have to see my boyfriend whilst i am going through the worst. he is a very casual smoker, so doesnt understand that i am unable to cut down.The last time I quit, and we had a huge fight, i begged him not to be ok with me, and see that i am not really psycho sally, I so did not want to buy another packet of cigarettes, I know that the first three weeks are the most difficult, and then later, its an amazing feeling. As I have smoked since i was 15, so when i finally do quit, and am no longer craving the cigarette, when i get there, I am a person that I did not know exists. I want to quit smoking, but I dont want to lose my relationship. If I could get support from elsewhere - I would really appreciate it. I smoke around 20 a day, and have smoked for 22 years.

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 772

Hello I'm new and need some support to quit

Its day one, I am at the office, and the biggest danger point is when I actually forget that I am a non smoker. I have started to take Zayban again. Which is ok. I have accepted that perhaps I wont see my boyfriend for a couple of weeks if necessary as he might aggrevate the situation. If I feel ok, I will see him. But if he makes me feel bad, I am not going to smoke again simply to save our relationship. My health and wealth have to be more important. I am TIRED of going back to day one. I hope that this time I will keep going. Thank you for your messages of support. I am just going through the quit programme, its helpful. Thank you.

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 772

A craving only lasts a few minutes? Right.

Hi Zazz 1. It only has the power that you give it. 2. A craving should last for 3-5 mins maximum. 3. It takes around 3 weeks to get over the worst of it. 4. In 3 days nicotine should have left your system. 5. If you smoke, just one, just one puff, then you have put nicotine back into your body, and have to start from scratch over again. All your good work undone. 6. The mind can play tricks. 7. As time goes on, the cravings become less and less. You think about smoking less and less. You are gaining control over your life. Dont think that you are missing out. I found the Allen Carr book great for a situation where you have to be around smokers. Its a great book to have to hand, if you are having those thoughts, just pick it up and read, when you feel like smoking. By the time you have read a few pages, the craving would have passed. Just remember it WILL Get better, the cravings will pass, they will get less and less. Its just a thought. Keep going you can do it x

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 772

Hello I'm new and need some support to quit

Today at work was ok. Tonight has been really tough. Its like my brain gets really tight - and I get really stressed and just want to smoke. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/12/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 33 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 31 [B]Seconds:[/B] 12

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 772

It is time

Hi Darcy. I am new here too. Today is my first quit day. Its been a long day today! Good luck, keep posting! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/12/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 35 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 42 [B]Seconds:[/B] 18

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 772

June-bugs roll call

Hi Mama, Today was my first day without cigarettes, its been a long day! Can I join your roll call? Niks x [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/12/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 35 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 42 [B]Seconds:[/B] 31

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 772

Emotionally upset

Hi Jdtigg I know where you are coming from. I go through the same, just think this THE MIND CAN PLAY TRICKS!!!! It will do everything possible to get you to spark up the weed again.. but its a trick. Just get distracted, by whatever (I just went to ASDA supermarket, to purchase some nice things, a good book and magazines) for a reward. I feel better now i have had my reward. But I do know what you mean it is like i go insane - and i have thought is it all worth it? AND I then go back and then (like now) i have to quit all over again. Dont do that to yourself, keep going, otehrwise you have to go through those early days all over again, and they arent the best days in the world. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/12/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 35 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 43 [B]Seconds:[/B] 24

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 772

Nap time at work

Hi Zany, I feel totally shattered today as well. I think I could take 3 weeks or so off work, and hibernate, waking up feeling alive and refreshed. Your body is working hard erdicating itself from the nicotine. Make sure you give yourself a reward ! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/12/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 2 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 47 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �10 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 59 [B]Seconds:[/B] 23

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 772

New quitters for mid June

Hi Denzil, I am on day 2. I know what you mean about the night being worst. Yesterday i was fine all day, then as soon as i finished work, got in the car, I was a wreck, I wanted to smoke and ended up sat in my room, staying away from everyone last night. This morning, I didnt have withdrawals - came to work, its not been too bad. I am so grateful to this site, and the people here.. this time I really think i can do it. So can you!

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