Just smoked my last...

[nsd_user663_3595]

Here goes. Cold turkey, Allen Carrs book for women & a new zest for a smoke free life with more money & no morning cough!

Is this enough to be a non smoker now?

Any tips very gratefully received...

[NicFirth 10 Years Smoke Free]

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your decision,

Well as far as tips go, part of this is down to finding out what works for you.

Personally I find that dealing with cravings is all about distraction, mostly reading and posting on this site:D.

Others drink water, have showers, eat grapes etc I'm sure they will pitch in with suggestions.

Good luck with your quit,

Nic

[Tomatpots 10 Years Smoke Free]

Hello Betty, nice name.

Congratulations on making a very wise decision.

Have you read the Allen Carr book yet? If so has what he has to say sunk in? You should know if it has as you will be rearing to go in your new smoke free life.

The best tip I can give, is to not smoke. This may seem a little facetious, but it works

Also read read and read. Educate yourself and you will see that you are giving up nothing.

Good luck

[nsd_user663_3074]

Betty

Welcome to this site, you will get loads of support here. Everybodies quit is different so find a way that suits you or if your like me try everybodies way!

Good luck and keep posting and we will help you as others have and are helping us.

[nsd_user663_3463]

good luck

good luck and welcome to the forum. if u need anything just post n everyone will do there best to help you.

[nsd_user663_3595]

Thanks everyone.

I think at the moment the one thing i wonder is, does anyone know how long it takes for the brain receptors to stop craving nicotine?

I heard the cravings last about 3 weeks, then its just a psychological thing after that?

I haven't long started Allen Carrs book, its the easy way for women to stop smoking? but i am so skint this week that i cant put off quitting any longer to be honest.

[nsd_user663_2892]

Hi Betty, welcome and congratulations on the best decision you have ever made.

Nicotine leaves your body in 3 days, so there you go

Just never take that first puff and you will never smoke another cigarette

Alan Carr rocks, although he did nothing for me the first couple of times I read his books, but eventually the penny dropped, and here I am 6 months on

Education is the key, read everything you can about the evil weed, the links in my signature are a good place to start.

Keep posting here, it really helps too

[PrudencePotts]

Betty, I can only agree with what the others have said. One of the things that I particularly remember from the Allen Carr book is that you are not "giving anything up" but you are "stopping doing something". "Giving up" makes it a penance in a way.

You keep at it ... there are so many of us on here that will tell you "If I can do it, so can you"

When you reach a low point, just log and rant and scream - there will always be someone respond

[nsd_user663_2019]

Good luck!! its soooo worth it, I've given up soooooo many times before, I think this is the first time I've actually stopped though and I feel great about it. Crazy as it might sound just don't ever put another ciggerette in your mouth... there will be times when you *think* feelings are bad and to smoke would take it all away, in truth (as you will read and learn) its that ciggerette that puts you right back to square one. When you have a craving at day two for example, just remember, to have a ciggerette just means you'll have to suffer day two in the future at some point possibly over and over, so just get on with day three knowing you'll never have to endure day two ever again! it does get easier and easier. Nobody can say when cravings will go away but they certainly won't if you keep thinking of them or have a target date for them to dissappear... it will come naturally.

[nsd_user663_3356]

Betty

first welcome to the forum (it used to be the madhouse but times have changed )

I and several; others on here stopped after reading Allen Carr's words of wisdom and for most of us it has helped make this quit a relatively easy experience in comparison with some others.

I also read as much as i could on the whyquit website and that just helped everything to sink in.

I would recommend that you read Allen Carr and hopefully the "euphoria" that will create for the first few days will help you get over the initial "nicotine withdrawal" phase. Then i would suggest that you read as much as you can to help educate yourself on what to expect both short and medium term. This will help you understand your quit and hopefully make it easier.

When you do get an urge (i wont call it a craving) think about how you feel, dont hide from it. It will only last a couple of minutes at the most and is NOT as hard to deal with if you deal with it positively.

If your head is in the right place then it will work for you.

Oh, and post on here too!!

Thats my tuppence worth anyway.

Good luck

[nsd_user663_2743]

cant really add any more........but welcome .......i love it when theres more women !!!!!

puts the men in their place!

a joke................a joke......................

[nickywalton]

welcome Betty...

hope it's going well...

my tip would be "take one day at a time" - I used to say to myself each morning "I chose not to smoke today" (I wrote it in a diary) and it seemed to take away the utter terror of "never again" which always haunted me on previous quits...

and drink lots of water and juice and exercise lots - preferably out in fresh air, get the happy hormones going

loads of luck, keep us posted...

nicky

[nsd_user663_3200]

cant really add any more........but welcome .......i love it when theres more women !!!!!

puts the men in their place!

Tsk tsk Jude, and you were the one complaining about sexist comments not so long ago!! :rolleyes:

Good luck with the quit Betty. Keep posting here whenever you feel the need for support, and someone will be there to help you through the rough patches.