General Chat

Good morning girls, a lot of the benefits you do not notice straight away, the cleaner and not smelling hair, the improvement to the skin tones, the furry tongue, the improvement to your gums, the ease of walking up stairs without wheezing, all due to non smoking, which is giving your body more oxygen. To keep track of your progress there are some meters you can Google for, a 'Quit Meter', which will tell you how much your life expectancy has improved, how much you have not spent and how many you have not smoked. Marking off on a calendar each day completed, all helps to keep you on track. James

Still smokefree 25 days i think and a lot of money how did i afford it

Jeanie Well done for stamping that nasty fag out! You should not of even pinched one but I know what you mean if the temptations there.....I'm so proud of you! I've started having a go at all the smokers huddled outside work now lol I'm still smoke free aswell 14 days now since I offically 'quit' and 7 days since I rolled/pinch 1 fag and tried to smoke it. I'm getting to the point now where I'm not thinking about it as much esp at work, i only think about it more when I'm at home but I'm keeping myself busy doing other things like being on the puter and tidying my room. I'm starting to feel less congested now and my head feels alot clearer, I've also noticed that my breathing is getting better and the morning craving is getting alot better aswell. I hope Maz is doing ok am missing her now! Julie and Dragonfly I hope you are doing ok aswell and Val where have you disappeared to? hope your doing ok? Well have a good day peeps I'm off to work. Alaina xxx

Hi Peeps Well I am on my 4th day of absolutely no ciggies and do you know I haven't even thought about them today really chuffed. Alaina

Alaina Have you tried doing this through the chemist i pay £6.85 for 2 boxes of patches, and cos im on step 3 i got 4 boxes Maz Well done, keep it up. Julie 38 days

21 days at 9am

morning - just eaten me brekkie and realised I have forgotten to put my patch on this morning. have thought about it and decided not to take a chance - I need all the help I can get! still hanging in there - 1 week today - not even a puff ! Maz. XX

Julie I felt that the 10mg were making me feel a bit dizzy that's why I cut down, may have to go cold turkey next week anyway coz I'm skint until the 30th and can't afford the patches grr! So much for saving money lol I really want a fag this morning that somebody who wound me up last Friday wound me up again last night just before I went to bed and I can't get the text conversation out of my head but I'm not going to crack I will get through this I'm that determined must be the Virgo in me lol Have a good day everyone Alaina xxx

I was on the 10 mg patches for 5 weeks before i went down and i only smoked 10-15 a day

Jeanie You are welcome! I think this thread is helping me alot in fact I know it is helping me has it has focused my addictive nature on to something else lol I'm starting to get ratty if I don't get on here now to add a message! bro has been on the puter again since I got in from work have just had to kick him off coz I needed my fix of Genes lol Am doing really well myself today 2nd full day of nut having a cig and the craving is getting better, it is still there but i am ignoring it, I think it is still there because I've gone down to a 5mg patch i was on 10mg patches last week, but I am still using the gum aswell as polo's. All I can say if thank you for listening to me and doing this journey with me....... Alaina

Morning all Just been to the chemist got my last lot of patches (1 months worth) and gone on the step 3 5mg patch Hope all are well Julie 37 days

Fanks girls :-)) off to watch TV now, see ya tomorrow no doubt! Maz. XX

lol me too Maz, I have admitted to having a quick puff or two or three but do you know I really think that has helped me get to non at all, this time last week I think I had had about 8 by this time and now I've gone all day today without any, don't get me wrong there have been moments tonight where I have thought shall I have one, but then it has passed again. Good on you for keeping going and you are doing really really well not 'I suppose I'm doing well', the first week is the hardest of all, every leaflet I have got about going smokefree say's so, so pick yourself up pat yourself on the back and be proud you have gone 120 hours so far without a fag, I've only managed 48 hrs so you are doing alot better than me and I've been at it for 9 days now alaina xxx alaina xx

Maz Thats how i felt when i went those first 7 days, i had one didn't enjoy it, and was able to go another 7 days Julie 36 days

Hi hun, well, I am going to keep going and see how far I can get. Like you, I don't wanna waste the 5 days I've done - haven't even had a puff in that time, so I'm doing well I suppose. I am ok physically, just have a yearning for it lol I think maybe I've got an addictive personality! Maz. XX

Hi Maz & everyone If you heart isn't in it Maz your not going to succeed have a fag try again you will get there and we will all be there to support you I promise. I still haven't had a fag today but today I could have very easily walked out of the office gone to the shop bought some and smoked 1 after the other but then I thought why? it will undo everything all the hours that I haven't had that one cigarette all gone for the sake of having 4000+ chemicals going in to my body! So I have fought against it, I've drunk loads of water had my gum there and my Polo's and got on with my work. even tonight when I got into the house at 6.30 this wall of smoke hit me and cigs are everywhere but I haven't caved in I've sat there and watched a bit of TV had my tea, had a warm drink then have come on here to get support from you guys, i know I could not do this with out all your help it would be 10 times harder than it has been. And typing down what my day has been like is like having a diary I can't lie to so thank you Alaina xx

Checking in for today. Not too bad - only been a couple of times when I have thought I could kill for one! Have noticed that my skin is looking better already so I'm quite pleased with that! If I'm honest, my heart isn't really in it, but I'm doing it anyway. We'll have to see how long I can keep it up for! Maz. XX

Bloomin well done everyone:o))) Irishgirl and you for being honest. Its not a problem, wait abit, you obviously were'nt ready. You'll get there:o))) jude x

im loosing track , think day 19?

hi guys Just checking in! Feel full of beans this morning, i got through my first full day yesterday with out a fag feel really clear headed it's wonderful! I'll report back at lunch and let you know whether that feeling is still there after the first 4 hours of work lol alaina xxx