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This is it, had a moment of clarity earlier in which i realised i was insane to be smoking. I had my last cigarette 1 1/2 hours ago.

Am finding i'm actually looking forward to it rather than feeling scared :D

I had been smoking 16 years and have managed to let them creep up to 50 - 60 a day :eek:

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Hi louise.

Good luck! I felt confident in my quit to begin with...but then it got tested a few times but guess what? I didn't succumb! So, in your times of hardship, remember us lot here! Doing our best to cope with things also so don't feel alone.

By the way, viking, another member, has suggested we build up a 'team'. I think thats a great idea...a little extra something to give each other a boost. Of course, from my experience of this forum in the two days I've been using it everybody helps everybody else...but being part of a team would be a lil bit like having someone to answer to...well, rather, you would do your best not to let your side down! So let me know if you wanna join.

Team FM is what we'd go by :D

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yeah sounds a good idea. i have quit once before for 3 months using the lozenges, but found myself yearning for lozenge time!

This time i'm going to go cold turkey.

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Good luck man, you can do it! cold turkey ftw! I'm in the same boat, behind you all the way!

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welcome Louise

how are you doing today?

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Hi Louise!! Welcome & good luck!! I can highly recommend teams!! They ROCK! :D

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Congratulations on your wise decision Louise :)

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so far so good. not kicked the cat or anything yet. It's amazing how much i keep thinking about fags (damn them!). i've told lots of people too (i hate to admit defeat to people).

my mouth feels full of saliva today! odd :confused:

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why water?

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It's amazing how much i keep thinking about fags (damn them!). :

Dont worry about that, its what you are thinking that matters. Everytime it happens say to yourself

Yipee im a non smoker.

Positive thinking

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i'm going to buy myself some yummy perfume at the end of the week, make the most of not having to find one that complements stale smoke! lol

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oh and how do i get one of those counters that shows how much money you saved etc???

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oh and how do i get one of those counters that shows how much money you saved etc???

There's lots of them about, you can search in google for "quit meter" I guess. I use this one:

dedicateddesigns.com/qk/

which gives you something like this:

I have been quit for 2 Months, 1 hour and 41 minutes (60 days). I have saved £316.35 by not smoking 1,201 cigarettes. I have saved 4 Days, 4 hours and 5 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 04/01/2008 11:45

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why water?

Hi Louise - its funny that I was just thinking the same thing as I was getting my fifth mug of water at work.:confused:

Hey guys and girls - anyone got the answer to this one please:confused:

Good luck Louise and well done on taking the first step.:D

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why water?

Because if you drank that much vodka, you'd fall over :D

Water is calorie free, helps plump up your skin, everyone should drink 2 litres of water a day, it helps to flush the toxins out of your system, drinking water gives your hands and mouth something to do, makes you feel full up so you don't scoff all the food in the kitchen, and too much coffee or tea or cola is bad for you.

You could drink orange juice, but I think I read somewhere even that can be bad for you in really high doses.

Oh, and tap water doesn't cost anything.

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Hi louise!

Smoking does seem to be on our minds alot when first giving up. Thing is, you haven't had a cig so thats all that matters.

Copy and Paste my sig and add it to your own...may act as another lil boost for you :)

I have been quit for 2 Days, 7 hours and 55 seconds (2 days). I have saved £16.19 by not smoking 64 cigarettes. I have saved 5 hours and 20 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 02/03/2008 07:07

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I've just read that cranberry juice helps to clear out the nicotein, might give it a try. Have been reading quite a few articles and most are saying cold turkey is the way to go. Any others doing cold turkey how you finding it?

I have been quit for 17 hours, 56 minutes and 1 second (0 days). I have saved £8.51 by not smoking 37 cigarettes. I have saved 3 hours and 5 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 03/03/2008 20:30

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Hiya,

I'm doing it CT. I must admit, I'm not finding it as bad as I was expecting (can ya tell I'm not going thru a crave right now? lol). I have always used NRT products previously. Going CT, I tend to have higher peaks regarding my craves, but when I was using NRT products they kind've made me more niggly more of the time...it was more constant.

I seem to be doing better going CT than using a stop smoking aid.

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Because if you drank that much vodka, you'd fall over :D

Water is calorie free, helps plump up your skin, everyone should drink 2 litres of water a day, it helps to flush the toxins out of your system, drinking water gives your hands and mouth something to do, makes you feel full up so you don't scoff all the food in the kitchen, and too much coffee or tea or cola is bad for you.

You could drink orange juice, but I think I read somewhere even that can be bad for you in really high doses.

Oh, and tap water doesn't cost anything.

Funnee!!!ROFL:D I have always drunk lots of water even when smoking so what you say does make sense.:cool:

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Still not been done for murder! lol. think it's the idea of giving up thats the scaryest part. my kids are dead chuffed too, can't get much more motivation than that!

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i forgot to add my thing that says how many i've not smoked!!! :(

gonna do it now :D

I have been quit for 19 hours, 29 minutes and 23 seconds (0 days). I have saved £9.25 by not smoking 40 cigarettes. I have saved 3 hours and 20 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 03/03/2008 20:30

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Go Louise!

It's great to hear that you've taken the step.

Stay strong and use the forum!

All the best,

Bill X

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