Its Arrived! !

[MrsOtter]

Well, my e-cigarette has arrived today, wish me luck been wanting to stop smoking for agesss xx

[ladymoth]

OH! I thought you'd had a Happy Event!

Ah well, an e-cigarette is the best news ever as far as health is concerned, so very best of luck, and please let us know how you get on with it!

Moffy x

[crissy]

Good luck x

[lizuk2013]

Good luck!! Xx

[esagestapo]

Google e cigs, they are more harmful than the real thing.

[Ginsing]

ignnore that last comment use them sensibly and stop smoking. If you feel the need walk around the block and then it will have gone. Good luck xgins

[wallflower_fairy]

Best of luck. Glad you to see you working towards a goal which will be reached by determination and positivity. Please let us know how you get on.

wanderingwallflower xx

[wallflower_fairy]

Good to see you back here too was wondering where you were. xx

[MrsOtter in reply to wallflower_fairy]

He he I was working too much and yeah well havent had a cig since 6 o clock yesterday, a full 24 hours, havent gone that long in a while xx

[wallflower_fairy in reply to MrsOtter]

That's great! Each x amount of time that goes by without is an achievement! Remember that! xx

[Hidden]

Good luck with it, I am so glad I gave up over 20 yrs ago after a few failed attempts ;P

What I found helped me was not saying anything to close friends and family about giving up during those first crucial weeks, That way no one was asking how I was doing and constantly reminding me I was trying to stay off them, and I didn't have to deal with the few who didn't want to or didn't see the point in giving up, trying to persuade me that I shouldn't bother trying!

What I did was just say no thanks when I was offered and sometimes pretended I'd just put one out or was feeling a bit off! It worked for me and then after a few weeks when I was offered I could say "no thanks I gave them up"! It's just what worked best for me everyone is different and I had a load of smoking in-laws who thought giving up was a stupid idea, they all still smoke and say they will never give up! One of them is just gone 50 and her lungs are really bad and getting worse....

Drop on here for moral support when you need it

[MrsOtter in reply to Hidden]

None of my family no I smoke so ive had to do it on my own anyway lol. I still have not even wanted though xx

[Lima6MCT]

Good luck with your quest to become smoke free.

I stopped almost 16 years ago. I'd been trying for a while but had started again then a few weeks later I had a bad cold which turned into a chest infection. One morning while this infection was at it's height I had a cigarette, took one puff then promptly threw up! I haven't smoked since.

Hubby stopped a few months before our son was born. We had had a party with his family in our house & I went to bed early cos I was knackered. When I came downstairs I could smell gas- someone had put the gas fire on but it hadn't ignited. Fortunately the electric to the backboiler ignition had been switched off at the mains and it was me who came downstairs first as Hubby has no sense of smell & the first thing he did when he walked into the livingroom was light up! When I told him how serious it could have been he never touched a cigarette again.

We were both lucky to be able to do it doing cold turkey but neither of us of us found it easy,

[MrsOtter in reply to Lima6MCT]

Wow that would not have been good "/. Ive tried loads of times to go cold turkey but I have never been able to due to habbit it wasnt the nicotine which is why ive got this e cig x

[Malwimmy27]

Good luck with it, I know several people who have used them with great success. Be good to know how you get on. Fingers crossed for you. Becky x

[MrsOtter in reply to Malwimmy27]

Thank you :). Still havent had one not even wanted one he he x

[LaurieLee]

Good on ya, I stopped and started more times than I can remember, but when I got e- CIG, that worked for me. I got one that was too strong, but ended up using it without the nicotine eventually and used it like ciggie with steam coming out only. That is great also, coz it gives the sense and feel of smoking without the harm, although nicotine apparently is not harmful, but the 20,000 chemicals with it are. Good luck. If you have a blip, just start again. Xxx

[MrsOtter in reply to LaurieLee]

I havents had a blip so far and hoping I dont either :D. Every other time I have tried cold turkey I have failed but this is working so far not even wanted one xx

[LaurieLee]

Sorry jus read that and realised sounds like nicotine and chemicals is referring to e-cig. IT WAS NOT, MEANT WHATS IN REAL CIGS. Hope u understand what I mean. X

[MrsOtter in reply to LaurieLee]

Yeah I clicked on to what you ment x

[LaurieLee]

That's brilliant. Go MrsOtter. Ooooh love your name, cause love otters.

[MrsOtter in reply to LaurieLee]

Hehe i absolutely love Penguins, and I mean like obsession :D. So no idea why i named myself MrsOtter :). My actual name is Kaysha X

[LaurieLee]

I absolutely adore dolphins, ever since I was a child. x

[MrsOtter in reply to LaurieLee]

I was on dolphins before penguins :). All started when i watched david attenborough Frozen planets ha. I have a penguin room & adopted penguin and all sorts now

[LaurieLee]

Maybe we should change our names on here. You should be PINGO, and I should be FLIPPER. xx

[MrsOtter in reply to LaurieLee]

Do it lol x

[pondminstrel]

hi i used an e ciggy but they gave me terific headaches..but realised that i smoked silk cut silver so very very low tar etc..so the e ciggy is concentrated nicitine,so in effect i was getting more nicotine than when i smoked..i got free patches..gum..mints,inhalers etc from my ..stop smoking nurse/advisor at my doctors surgery,so worth asking if needed...i found with the eciggy it was the "smoke" vapour that i likes as it lookes like smoke,and as smokers know thats half the pleasure..iv been a non smoker for three years now ..from 30 a day xxx

[mub40]

Hi

I loved (love) smoking .I have now an ecig and it great.Took me a while to get used to it.Find I only use it now when I am stressed.Good luck ,if I can do it anybody can.