Hi all, what a great site ... I'm so glad I stumbled across it! It's so nice to read how other people are getting on! It's great to see the encouragement you give eachother in times of weakness I guess sometimes that's all we need to get over yet another craving!!!
I've reached day 3 by pure willpower ... having tried several other methods but always end up back with a ciggie in hand so this time I thought i'd try nothing just the thought of my children, good health and a healthier bank balance!
Does it ever get any easier? Will I wake up one morning and the first thing I think about be something other than a ciggie?! :eek:
Good luck to all those in the process of giving up ... let's stand united
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Hi there Shelleylou ... so glad you found us. This is great site, I wouldn't have lasted as long as I have without it (now nic free for 2 months)!!
The cravings will get easier, there are lots of tips on here to help you with them. Day three is for most people I think, the worst, so you have done really well, and should be so proud of yourself!
I am only on day 8 and struggling still, but if I am honest, I think it is getting a little easier, but I think there will be good and bad days.
I honestly havent woken up yet and thought of something other than a ciggy but it must happen and it must get easier, or no one would give up and stay given up, lol.
This is a great site and your quite right, if we all stick together we will make it!!
Hi there shelleylou and welcome to the forum of looney's!! hehehe, well done on your quit you will get all the support you need here, and from lmy last quits experience it does get easier I promise, but alas the first few weeks are hard, but you will move past that and the future will be bright and orange!!
Aw thanks guys ... I'm so pleased for all of u with your smoking successes, it really is a huge challenge to take the plunge and quit, a challenge you don't understand unless you are a smoker yourself ... and we certainly need people like u Boudee because you're a success story and our inspiration ... we'd never give up otherwise!!!
I'm off to have a look at the tips now ... I can't continue eating rubbish in replacement to a ciggie ... oh why are nice things so bad!!!!!
Day3 is tough and as above, no the craves do not disappear quickly but the attitude changes.
On bad days (3 days being renowned for being a pig of a day!) craves get to us and we feel low and see no end to it, On good days, a crave is like 'ooh I could' nah lol carry on *tum te tum* all over!
If we didn't crave we wouldn't appreciate quitting too, the fact that I think of a smoke and then say 'No' makes me feel proud
Stay strong and keep posting,
Bitch of a day or no bitch of a day we are all here, in the same, just about floating, boat!!
You sound like you all know eachother? Is that just from the forum?
I'm just trying to navigate my way round
So do people post on a daily basis or just as and when they're feeling the struggle? It's great really ... it keeps your mind entertained and your fingers busy ... and I thought i'd have to take up knitting!!! The internet really is an amazing world
I dont know about the others but I just know all these fantabulous people from the forum, I truley didnt expect to make friends here, and found the forum whilst I was arsing about on the pc! hehehehehe
As for how often u come on its purely personal choice hun, whenever u feel the need and the cravings hit really.
Yes, I found sleeping terrible for a while, and really vivid dreams too, some not so nice, but it settled down after a month or so, so try not to stress too much Shelley it will all come right for u soon!! :D
Welcome We are like one big family of quitters here all helping each other. Just keep posting when ever you want someone is allways around Linda xxxxxxxx
Morning all, just want to say thanks for all of your encouraging messages yesterday ... it certainly helped me get through another day! Well I'm now on to day 4 and feeling positive (at the moment) let's just hope no challenges come my way today
Good luck to all for another smoke free day ... and for those that wavered ... today is a new day
Morning all, just want to say thanks for all of your encouraging messages yesterday ... it certainly helped me get through another day! Well I'm now on to day 4 and feeling positive (at the moment) let's just hope no challenges come my way today
Good luck to all for another smoke free day ... and for those that wavered ... today is a new day
Glad your feeling better Shelley, Im must admit yesterday was really rocky for me, the stress of feeling a bit pooh didnt help, ended up with a dash to hospital late last night coz the pain got soo bad so quick, it was like being hit by lightening!, on stronger antibiotics and ******** now which is a synthetic morphine so things should look up and hopefully I wont feel like smoking much.
I think my problem is smoking for me was a comforter that made me feel better so its hard to break the cycle and say well actually no they dont make you feel better, you just think they do! :rolleyes:
Oh bless you I'm sorry to hear you're not well ... why does everything happen at once hey?! Giving up smoking is challenge enough without added extras ... hang in there What day are you on? x
Unfortunately I gotta wait for a letter from thr hozzy now my dentist has referred me.
My numerous other dental work starts on 26th nov, then the 4th and 11th dec.
Hopefully these stronger antibiotics will kick in today tho, doc said the infection was still active despite the other ones coz my temp was still sky high.
It doesnt help that Im such a wimp though, hehehehehe I honestly thought I was having a brain annuerysm or something coz the pain which was so severe I was just crying, went up my face in my ears and in my temple and eyes, wasnt very nice.
But I am a wimp after all!! :rolleyes:
(god knows what the doc thought coz I was hysterical and I only been up to the gp that afternoon coz I was freaking!, hehehehehehe, what an idiot!):rolleyes:
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