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Yep how you all doing today.xxxx
Technically, not until tomorrow!
I'm doing ok. Had a difficult day but not giving in! :cool:
Congrats on starting week 2........opt5.......ROCK ON
Cheers Suzy. I'm doing ok. Pleased today is over though! It's just a shame I have to go to work tomorrow 
Cheers Suzy. I'm doing ok. Pleased today is over though! It's just a shame I have to go to work tomorrow
Its a shame I have to go to work anyday:eek:......lol
I'm so unbelievably grumpy still, not a happy bunny at all.
Taking my wee girl to see a couple of shows at the Festival (Edinburgh) today and we're supposed to be having fun, but I've done nothing but grump at her since we got up.
Hey Juney,
Don't worry, the grumpiness will pass. I had a bad day on week 1 where i was taking it out on everybody.
I'm on day 21 (3 weeks) and it has got much easier.
keep posting on here coz if it weren't for this forum, I would be back on those disgusting sticks!!
Keep it up Juney, and dont worry it WILL get easier
Wahey for us all embarking on week two!! Well done guys and girls!!
I'm particularly impressed with myself, I must confess I'm a bit of a serial quiter, especially so this year where I have 'given up' almost every weekend so far... (the usual thing, finish work on Friday say never again to the cigarettes, survive the weekend - mainly because you can lock yourself away from any whiff of smoke - then cave in Monday morning simply because of passing a shop and 'predicting' that work is going to be stressful...) Well hey, I survived last Monday, and a whole week later I've survived coming in to work again today! I think these Monday mornings are going to be mini milestones for me!
I did have a hellish weekend though, I'm having a kitchen fitted and the builder kept smoking outside the front door... I swear the smell was so strong but I didn't really want to tell him to go anywhere else, kinda felt sorry for him. He probably smoked at the same rate as I did (1 an hour) which is nothing to a smoker but as a non-smoker you can just see how a pathetic additction can control your life. Anyway, I was more disgusted by the smell than tempted but something in my brain told me that a ciggerette fix was coming and gave me a continuous craving headache all day
Sunday night I had a mini disaster LOL as we have no kitchen we are buying ready meals... was all ready to have microwaved baked potatoes until I pulled them out of the cupboard and realised they had gone bad and we had nothing else!! feeling all touchy I had an argument with my partner about not storing them properly and stormed out of the house towards the shop - BAD BAD BAD! This is the kind of moment I just cave in!! BUT at least I had the presence of mind to suck a nicorrete lozenge on the way (on top of a full strength patch, that *is* probably bad hehehe) but it took the edge off and I managed to come home with two ready meals and a shed load of chocolate (well if I'm not smoking I need something to treat myself with hehehe)
Anyway!! if you're still reading, I SURVIVED, I'm still smoke free and reletively happy today, I hope you're all fine too!!
Please someone tell me the headache goes away... neurofen isn't touching it
If you find a couple of percocet 10s,it would knock it right out....
I get migraine headaches and cant move when I do ...
Its worse when your at work....Hope you all feel better later...
Hi team. Good to see you're still going. I had a terrible night's sleep (didn't get to sleep till gone 4 then up for work at 7), and was feeling very vulnerable this morning. Fortuantely the 2 1/2 hour meeting I went into as soon as I walked into work dulled my senses so much that I no longer feel that way!
Anyway I'm still going strong, and have no desire at all for a cigarette. Yay us!!! :cool:
Hi team. Good to see you're still going. I had a terrible night's sleep (didn't get to sleep till gone 4 then up for work at 7), and was feeling very vulnerable this morning. Fortuantely the 2 1/2 hour meeting I went into as soon as I walked into work dulled my senses so much that I no longer feel that way!
Anyway I'm still going strong, and have no desire at all for a cigarette. Yay us!!! :cool:
Good for you Dave you will get back to sleeping again soon.
starting again
Hi all.
I am very sorry to say that I am again starting back at Day 1 today....
Very disappointed, but i tried - i tried hard, and now I am going to try again. Sorry for making the team Opt4 again
I am pretty scard about going back to Day 1 on here - trying to find a new team and that?!?! I dont want to leave you lot.... anyway, my own fault!
Looking forward to popping back and seeing how you lot are all doing - keep going because you are all doing so well. I would rather be honest and start again that lie to you all.
Anyhoo, im off to the Day 1 page
Sorry to hear you slipped alyssa, how much by? Just make sure you write down exactly how you feel about it, also make sure you write down how you feel every day of your new quit, so when you feel like you want a ciggerette you have lots to read about how much it will cost you i.e. going back to day one... I don't know how much you have posted, but read back through you last posts it'll put you off ever having to go through the first week again after this new quit date - Good Luck!!
BTW - Start your own team, be your own leader, you can welcome newbies in as you find them - A team leader wouldn't fail would they 
I almost caved today. Had a row with my 3 year old daughter (who has a row with a 3 year old ffs????). Ok, make that several rows, as she was being as mardy as me and she appears to have taken ALL of my worst traits and none of her dad's calmness.........(won't THAT be fun when she's a teenager :rolleyes:).
My OH has stopped today too. Thankfully he's gone to a martial arts class tonight as I may have had to murder him if not.
Am I making this more difficult than it should be?
Well done all your over the worse week keep up the good work. xxxxx
Answer: YES! 
but... nice to see you are still on track, it will be worth it.
LOL!!! *note to self - stop MOANING!!!!*
Hi. Just checking in. Still going strong. No cravings at all (NRT helping with that though). I got out of my car at work this morning and straight away I could smell the smoking area at the other side of the car park. It was disgusting! I reckon that's a good sign!
How's everyone else doing?
Hi there, I’m checking in too, I feel fine, in fact I noticed for the first time yesterday having returned home from work that I didn’t really feel any kind of cravings at all… it was a really strange thought but my head was clear, and I felt quite bouncy and alert and for a change wasn’t constantly checking/pressing my patch as it would give me some kind of nicotine boost LOL.
Anyway, I’m not sure if it was false confidence but I woke up this morning from the most bizarre dream (I know they happen but it was the first of this giving up session) the whole dream that I remember was coming home from work, walking directly behind a smoker, being totally disgusted but also craving then privately laughing when I noticed that that smoker had dropped the rest of their box on the floor. I swiftly picked it up sniggering to myself that the ‘little addict’ would be going mental to find he was home without his cigarettes but the rest of the dream was me at home staring at the cigarette packet wondering what it would taste like… convincing myself that one cigarette would re-enforce my will NOT to smoke… it was a hell of a long dream and all I remember was coming to the conclusion that it would be fine to have just one which I did and thoroughly enjoyed and after a while I woke up.
I woke up with the most disappointed feeling in the world, really disgusted at myself and even in just a dressing gown I was looking for those cigarettes to have one!! It took quite a while to realise that I hadn’t actually smoked ALL and that there were no cigarettes in the house!!! I feel really weird now, I know I didn’t let myself OR you lot down, but the dream was so vivid my brain thinks I did (?!?!?!?!)
All that said, I’m still going strong, feeling relatively good but hoping that this quit isn’t secretly sending me demented LOL
I hope all of you are still going well!!
Well done team. Come on Juney where are you. xxxxxxxxx
I'm here - not giving up that easily!! Been reading and not posting today (sorry, I'll remember to clock in!!).
Been fairly twitchy today, but have a clear head thanks to stopping the evil Zyban.
Had a f*cker of an afternoon dealing with 2 of my clients (I'm a Housing Officer) who are due to knock 7 bells out of each other and their way of dealing with it was abusing me and the PC who attended with me - however, I put more gum in my mouth and chewed away while trying not to explode when getting accused of not doing my job properly (one thing I pride myself on is doing my job well - I'm a bloody good housing officer).
Stupid tw*ts - and of course it'll be our fault tonight if there's blood spilt.
Glad to see everyone else still here!!!
Ha ha and well done Juney... I've been reading almost the entire whyquit site... wondering if I'm 'wasting' money on NRT (patches)... I think I'm being overly confident but wondering if I should just get on with the quit and ditch the patches as well? It pains me to think I've wasted so much money on smoking to the point that I'm now 'wasting' money on *not* smoking....
what to do? what to do? (Well for a start just keep not smoking LOL)
well done opt 5
well done everyone, try not to beat ya self up about it lyssa u tried your best n ur not giving up good on you for having another go !!!
well done
hi - still wanted to check in and see how you are all doing! am so glad to see that everyone is going strong. Im afraid i just was not in the right mind set to quit after i fell off the wagon at the weekend. thought i was going to stop again Monday, but it didnt happen - or today :confused:
i think it is because i hadnt told myself properly that i was going to stop.
last time i planned for 4th august..... and i knew that was when it was happening - i was prepared and ready. So, im going to leave it again for this week. Im still really not smoking much at all - dont really feel the need to, but i am still smoking.
Am going to re start on Monday - then if i can have a full week smoke free, i know i wont smoke on holiday then when i get back i will have had 3 weeks smoke free (hopefully!!)
So so so very well done to all of you - am so proud
Morning!!
Back again. How are things this morning? I'm finding each day easier to realise I don't need a smoke. Cravings are still there and I'm still getting twitchiness, but it's definitely getting easier.
Morning Juney. Good to see you still with us.
I'm still here too. It's definately getting easier. I just realised I haven't used any of my NRT stuff yet. I hardly used any at all yesterday - just 2 lozenges and 3 inhalator cartridges.
Check in madangel and mojo...
Hey guys and girls, I'm checking in this morning and I'm still a success story and glad to see you all are too!
Yup, decieded (rightly or wrongly) to go patchless last night... I think its all in my head with regard to feeling a bit naked without any NRT but I think in my head, I've don't a week or so, I'm still alive, so if I am willing to grin and bare it for 72 hours I can also let go of the nicotine and get through this process a little faster! (and cheaper LOL)
Anyway, I'm patchless with a small supply of them in my bag just in case someone sneezes at the wrong time and my world appears to end... I feel alright, maybe a bit heady but I'm drinking cranberry juice like theres no tomorrow to help with the detox heheheh.
Have a great day everyone!!
Well, it's been almost 24 hours since I had any nicotine. I had no real intention to stop nrt I just haven't felt the need to use any yet. I have had absolutely no cravings at all, and that kinda worries me. I have shit loads of NRT stuff waiting here that part of me says I should be using, but that I have absolutely no desire to use.
I had my weekly group session at work today and as the nursey woman went round us all I told her that I hadn't used any NRT at all today, and she was absolutely APPALLED! At the end of the session I took a box of inhalator cartridges away cos I felt like I should!
Now I know that plenty of people using this site have some very strong views regarding NRT, and the great 'conspiracy', and I don't want to fuel any fires, but I am beginning to wonder..... I might be paranoid but I got the impression that if I didn't continue to use NRT, that I would no longer be welcome at the sessions.
I'm sorry if I seem to be rambling a bit, but I just wanted to describe my, surreal feeling day.
*EDIT - when I say no cravings or anything, that's true, but I AM BEING A PROPER GRUMPY, STROPPY TW@T!
FFS, that's bloody awful. Surely it's YOUR choice how you want to stop smoking!!! And if that doesn't include NRT, then good for you! Are they basically saying folk aren't strong enough to give up without it?
That's like saying no one can quit heroin without methadone - which is absolute tosh. Don't even get me started on my thoughts about that one!!
Anyway, good for you and stick with what feels right!!!
xx
I even said that this doesn't mean I'm intending to stop using NRT! But, if I don't feel a need to use it, what's the point? If I get real bad cravings and I feel like I need a fag, I'll go for some NRT. It's not like I have any intention of smoking. I'm getting quite wound up about it!
I'm on a very, very short fuse tonight. I tried for ages to get my son to bed and he thought I was just playing. I could feel myself getting very close to the point of yelling and screaming at him, but thankfully I managed to get him into bed before the full eruption! Even as stressy and stroppy as I feel though, I have no desire for any nicotine! This is weird cos I've been waiting for one of those climb the walls, kill for a fag moments all day, and it's just not happening! Yay!!!!!
YAY!!! I haven't had any of those moments since the first day thankfully - just lots of twitchy murder moments
Hope he eventually went down ok. I've explained to my wee girl that I've stopped smoking and that might make me a bit grumpy, but it's not her fault and it's a good thing - she appears to have accepted that thankfully!!
Go us!! :D
Just checking in for the evening... everything has been going ok, and no NRT today... yeah, there's no real reason for doing it but if a person is up for a bit more of a challenge (why I don't know!) then I think getting the nicotine out of the system once and for all is the way to go. I have struggled on NRT but looking to fulfulling the 3 month course (patches) before I can claim to be free from nicotine is a bit off putting for me too. I reckon the real withdrawal pangs will only be for the first three days giving up now and if I can just get through that to the other side I'll be fine... it does feel like murder this evening, I have the most unnatural headache, but that's 24 hours completed, only another 48 to go LOL. - I have patches and lozenges with me at all times if things get bad... I'd rather those than dive into a ciggarette!
Well done guys,iv been reading on this forum since i quit 02/08/08 so im 1 wk and 4 days and everyone on here has encouraged me even tho this is my 1st post!....im a bit shy and useless with pcs.Anyway hi : )nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/i...
Hey madangel. I'm thinking the same thing about the NRT now. I've gone a full 24 hours without any, and to be honest it's been no big deal (yet!!!!). I've been cutting down on it for the last few days anyway. That hasn't been a conscious decision, but the lozenges make me REALLY thirsty, the inhalator gives me a sore throat, and the chewing gum......well, i'd rather chew tobacco!!! Btw, has anyone ever tried chewing tobacco? Ewwwwwww, MINGING!!!!!
If it comes down to it and I feel like I'd kill for a tab, then I'll use it, but right now, I don't need it, and everytime I feel that little NicoDemon starting to wake up, I just ignore him. Check in regularly cos I reckon we can do this!!!
*Hopes he doesn't regret saying that tomorrow*
Well done guys,iv been reading on this forum since i quit 02/08/08 so im 1 wk and 4 days and everyone on here has encouraged me even tho this is my 1st post!....im a bit shy and useless with pcs.Anyway hi : )nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/i...
Hey, happy to see you posting! Well done for stopping!!
xx
Just checking in. I'm still going strong, and not used any NRT since Tuesday night. I still don't seem to have any cravings, but I did wake up at stupid o clock this morning, and couldn't get back to sleep. I can live with that though.
How's the rest of the team going?
I'm ok so far, with what now seems like the standard headache LOL, yup there's definitely something about NRT, I was quite confident before because the patches made it feel comfortable, but without the patches you realise how much they *do* help you along... (if you read whyquit then you can decide if this is more help than hinderance) but I'd much rather this headache for three days feeling that once its over with things can only get better provided I don't smoke/take nicotine. And yes, without NRT I took woke up at stupid o'clock... first at 4.30am then I acutally got up and out of bed at 6am... a whole hour and half before normal 
Hope everyone is still going strong!!
Morning Opt 4
Well done your all doing fab congrats. Madangel & Dave To be honest I done Almost 6 month last year using patches (full course 12 weeks) When i done my step down in strenth felt a little strange for first 72 hour nothing to bad. This time done ct to be honest the first week was not much worse than last time and after 72 hours ish felt ok.So what I am trying to say I think each to there own but if you are stopping nrt the last day is the worse then your home free. Good luck. Linda xxxx
Well done team! We're doing so well. I had a headache most of last week, but feel fine this week. Extremely tired, but I'm hoping that's a good thing as my body's probably trying to get rid of toxins so working a wee bit harder.
Enjoy today, it's a step closer to that goal!!
Hey, happy to see you posting! Well done for stopping!!
xx
thank you! Interesting what u guys are saying bout NRT, Im taking champix at the mo .this is my first quit (Im 30 and hav smoked since I was 18)I felt awful 1st wk but doing really well now.Champix doesnt hav nicotine but Im wondering what its like when i stop taking it?Is it Pschosomatic or am i gonna be really bad?Anyone else tried this method...feedback pls."whyquit" has been a brilliant tool for me although Im not "cold turkey" Thanks x
BTW... nothing against NRT, champix and the like, people should do (almost) whatever it takes as long as they're not smoking!! I actually reckon I'm finding the so called 'Cold Turkey' easier because I've had a week ON NRT, hence I've been weaning myself off everything in cigarettes aside from nicotine for the past week or so using patches, now this week I'm only really dealing with missing the nicotine.
Immediate cold turkey probably involves missing nicotine, all the other chemicals PLUS the habbit of smoking at regular times ect.
Me thinks I may need a forum for my '6 a day' neurofen habbit LOL!
Yup I'm still around, felt quite good yesterday evening, very heady this morning though... I'm having a massive 'grin and bare it' period, just keep on telling myself it'll be over soon! Sleeping is being messed up, I'm waking frequently throughout the night (Thank god no typo's in that sentence LOL), ironically although I'm getting less sleep than usual I'm not tired when I shouldn't be. I'm ready for bed slightly earlier and I'm waking up naturally about 2 hours earlier than I should! Today it was 6am!
Hoping everyone makes it to check in today!! We really are doing so well!
Morning.
Things aren't good at home for me at the moment, so I'm feeling extremely fragile and emotional - still not giving in though.
Thanks - we'll get there. Don't get to 10 years down the line without blips along the way. It's only magnified by the fact we've both quit in the space of a couple of weeks.
Just a quickie re the NRT "controversy". For anyone interested, heres a link to Allen Carr's free downloadable book Scandal.
This is an excellent resource for anyone quitting as much of his "easyway" philosophy is discussed here as well as the "scandal" re the NHS and NRT etc.
allencarr.com/central/artic...
Well worth a read!!!!
I'm here. Was really ill yesterday and couldn't be bothered to even switch the pc on. Still going strong but feeling very vulnerable (cos I've been feeling a bit sorry for myself). Not giving in though.
Hope the rest of the team are still ok.
Aw Bave
So sorry your feeling under the weather hope things improve for you soon. xxxxx
I'm still here and going strong... sorry for not checking in yesterday was really busy with what was probably my most challenging day yet... had a party to go to from 12pm till, well, midnight eeek!! probably the worst smoking time for me, I dont' really go out much, and I suffer from social anxiety (hence getting nervous about meeting people and smoking like a trooper every time I feel anxious!) well, I got by without smoking, EVEN managed to stand outside with my smoking friends when they went out for a ciggarette, Its definitely getting easier but I wouldn't yet say its easy, I don't generally drink either, but yesterday I was drinking for near enough 12 hours heheheh, I didn't even have a weak moment!! I'm so proud!
God these weeks are flying by!! Next Saturday I'll be in Cardiff queuing for Madonna (Sad I know but hey!) last time I did cardiff I queued from 5am in the morning... now what's a ex smoker to do with thier time... all I remember was smoking and smelling other peoples smoke... how am I going to manage queuing for near enough 13 hours with nothing else to distract me eeeek!?
As ever, I hope you are all still on the wagon... We are actually doing really well!
