Here I am...

[nsd_user663_2931]

...hanging on by the skin of my teeth :cool: Thought I was a goner yesterday but I'm still here!

Day Four...hope it really does get a bit easier today!

How goes it everyone?

[nsd_user663_2614]

Your doing great, whatever you found pulled you through yesterday use everytime your feeling rough

If i can get this far you can do it too

Well done for sticking with it

[nsd_user663_2931]

To be honest with you, my b/f, well, not sure what he is anymore, but he's really getting me down and I'm debating whether to start another quit on 12th March.

Hmm Decisions decisions. I just really want a cig, thats all. Maybe if I go one week enjoying cigs again I can then give up a bit easier next Wednesday. Try and get my mind set a bit stronger.

I don't know.

[nsd_user663_2739]

I'm debating whether to start another quit on 12th March.

Hmm Decisions decisions. I just really want a cig, thats all. Maybe if I go one week enjoying cigs again I can then give up a bit easier next Wednesday. Try and get my mind set a bit stronger.

I don't know.

Maddy, you know you'll only have to go through the nicotine withdrawal all over again - apparently the nicotine has left your bloodstream after 3 days, so now you "only" have the psychological addiction to deal with. Obviously, it's not an easy thing to do, but if you're honest with yourself, do you think giving up next week will be any easier? Or next month or next year? You've made the decision to give up, which is one of the hardest decisions you'll ever have to make in your life, but the benefits are massive....having more money, smelling better, being healthier, and so on. But you know all that already.

Sometimes, when I really really want a ciggie, I remember when I was a kid and wanted something my Mum wouldn't let me have - I would whinge and moan and badger her, as kids do, until eventually, with a huge sigh, she'd say "Oh, all right, have one if you must". And d'you know what, most of the time I then wouldn't have one, and even if I did, all the enjoyment of whatever it was had gone.

So ...

{sigh} All right, have one if you really must

(Did it work, have you decided not to have one;))

[nsd_user663_2949]

Noooooooooooooooo don't do it!!!!

It's just evil nic playing mind games with you. The way i'm looking at it is if you can cope 4 days without a fag you are a strong person!!!

I'll have to come and smack your bum if you have one! lol

[nsd_user663_2931]

I'm not strong enough yet. Maybe next week I will be. Just had a huge mother of an argument with my 'sort of' b/f and I SO want a cigarette. Feel so friggin' frustrateddddddddddddddd.

I'm gonna go lay down for a bit. Maybe the urge to have a cig will pass eventually.

Thanks everyone

[nsd_user663_2783]

To be honest with you, my b/f, well, not sure what he is anymore, but he's really getting me down and I'm debating whether to start another quit on 12th March.

Hmm Decisions decisions. I just really want a cig, thats all. Maybe if I go one week enjoying cigs again I can then give up a bit easier next Wednesday. Try and get my mind set a bit stronger.

I don't know.

Don't do it Maddie :eek:- The first week I quit my o/h upset me big time and I had 2 cigs on the last day of that week because of it. I was ashamed of myself and they tasted bloody awful. Since then things haven't been all that good between us and each time the weekend came around I would have these strong cravings but what stopped me was I didn't want to let myself and everyone else down and I wanted to show the rotten swine and old nic that I could do this quit.

So hang on in there Maddie we are all here for you. x

PS - Things have calmed down between us and we have our holiday to look forward to so there is light at the end of the tunnel

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Sorry. I feel really bad. Yesterday, I promised to not be such a whinge a ss. Yet, here I am whinging already But it ends here. I will keep my whinging for my blog and only post shiny happy thoughts here to spare all you guys my miserable-ness I mean, anyone would think I'm the only one here experiencing hard times the way I go on, when the truth is, there are those of you going through worse times than me.

I promise I will be more upbeat from now on :cool:

[nsd_user663_2783]

Sorry. I feel really bad. Yesterday, I promised to not be such a whinge a ss. Yet, here I am whinging already But it ends here. I will keep my whinging for my blog and only post shiny happy thoughts here to spare all you guys my miserable-ness I mean, anyone would think I'm the only one here experiencing hard times the way I go on, when the truth is, there are those of you going through worse times than me.

I promise I will be more upbeat from now on :cool:

Hey - you whinge if you want to that's what this place is for and to help if we can. The only thing is I hope it wasn't my reply that made you say the above. If it was I do apologise it was meant to let you know you are not on your own.

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No not at all, Jan. I only wrote my last post because all I seem to do lately is whinge But I feel really down still and weepy and when something upsets me just the tiniest bit the problem seems ten times bigger than it really is. It seems, at the mo, having a fag will take all these problems away!

I'm going to try and be more upbeat even if I don't quite feel that way...maybe posting in a more cheerful manner will help promote a more cheeful attitude?

Thanks for your encouragement I do appreciate it. You know, I SWEAR I would have had a cig by now if it wasn't for you guys! So, thank you everyon e

[nsd_user663_2783]

No not at all, Jan. I only wrote my last post because all I seem to do lately is whinge But I feel really down still and weepy and when something upsets me just the tiniest bit the problem seems ten times bigger than it really is. It seems, at the mo, having a fag will take all these problems away!

I'm going to try and be more upbeat even if I don't quite feel that way...maybe posting in a more cheerful manner will help promote a more cheeful attitude?

Thanks for your encouragement I do appreciate it. You know, I SWEAR I would have had a cig by now if it wasn't for you guys! So, thank you everyon e

Aww come here and have a hug - I know exactly what you mean - still have those moments now and again. Only thing is I must have developed a hard skin or something as I find it hard to cry. Have to watch a sad film then I can really let rip - it really does get rid of all that tension. Leaves you with blotchy skin and puffy eyes though but who cares - hehehe

Hey look - I've just become a Senior Member - now that really makes me feel old (the senior bit I mean!!)

[nsd_user663_1655]

whine all day maddy, and all night, and all tomorrow if you need too... i'd rather listen to yer whine then to smell you smoking from here haha... No to the nic! you are doing great! keep thinking about how you've made it this far already... and by March 12th... you'll say... " see, what was I thinking about another quit, here i am still quit in the first place" high five, congrats on staying strong, chin up !

[nsd_user663_2892]

Maddy! You don't really want to go through those first three days again, do you?

You're on Day 4 - how brilliant is that?

Is seems only yesterday, I was posting on Day 4, now I'm into my THIRD week already. I feel (and smell ) so much better already. the time is flying by and I think about ciggies less and less each day.

STICK IN THERE AND DON'T DO IT!!!!!

We all have bad days, and the beauty of a forum like this is you can just come on and let it all out.....whinge all you want..... everyone here understands!

And hey, maybe tomorrow YOU'LL be listening to ME whinging. That's what we're all here for, kiddo, to help each other

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Nope, I sure don't want to do those three days again Barbara! ut uh. No way. No way hosay!!

I see you're into your third week...how much easier exactly does it get by the end of the first week? 'Cos right now, having a cig consumes nearly every conscious hour. Hell, minute. Its always there at the back of my mind, gently prodding me (for the most part! Sometimes it stabs me ) to have a cigarette.

D'you know, upon finishing my dinner tonight, I took my plate into the kitchen while thinking that I was going to have a cigarette once I got there. How does one forget they have quit? :eek: The realisation that I couldn't have one was really really crap lol

How often would you say you have a craving now?