Hi everyone!..Yes, a strange title to this post perhaps..but allow me to explain.
I quit smoking for three years..then foolishly started again, which I now feel wretched about.
Have started the whole quit thing again(as if once wasn't enough!..I must be a sucker for punishment.) I feel it only fair to warn you all about how easy it is to slip back into!...This evil little demon I have allowed to strike again, has no limits, and thrives on complacency!!..... It strikes, when it sees that you have begun to take the benefits of not smoking for granted...when the feelings of good health, clean smells, white teeth..nicotine free fingers and freedom from drugs has become the norm!
I will beat it into submission again...and this time, I will not take my victory for granted!.
I wish you all the best in your new lives to come...I shall be joining you!...But please...take heed of what i say!
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Hello UK widow maker???? I'm sorry but thats a harsh name no?
Anyhow, i'm so sorry the crafty little nico stick hit back at you after 3 years!!
But, well done for getting back on route and being strong again.
I'm only on my first day quit and would love to say that i will never smoke again....even after years!. I will listen to a person with great experience and thank you for warning us about the devil in 'dried leave' form.
Welcome here to you 'widowmaker', i'm quite used to folks online pseudonyms, and if i listed half of mine from the game 'World of Warcraft' i'd probably have folk going :eek:
I think you've made the right move signing into this forum though, its full of real people with real experiences and we welcome yours as much as our own.
Good to see you intend to tame this mistake thats happened, and i hope its a process you find easier than the first time around.
Heres to you for recognising it, and please do speak of your experience, i'm finding it helps alot, especially as most here are in the same boat with the same goals.
Ok no smokes but everything else we can do? ok that means eating alot of food and silly sweets!, and 'widowmaker', i'm sorry for the remark i made. My heads playing silly buggers cos my brain is craving but i'm doing good:)))
Congrats on making the decision to stop starting once again
I can certainly relate. I quit smoking for 13 years and then I got married and started to smoke again. Whats that say?....lol
I had been smoking for about 7 1/2 years and now have been nico free for 10days.
I found what you said to be very true...complacency was what did it for me and these past 7 years though I seriously considered quitting I just didnt have it in me..it was very hard for me to get to the point where I was willing and able to take this on. My point being (at least for me) the more I fail the harder I find it to make my way back. It is a drug and an addiction. Like they say in alcoholics anonymous "I know I always have another drunk in me but Im not sure I have another recovery".
So like you I am taking this time VERY VERY serious and swear to never think I have it beat cos its waiting for me and ready to prey on my weakness and complacency if I let it.
Ive found much support here on the forum so keep coming back.
Great, no widows and non-smokers, all just fine and hunky dory,.... I wish i could come to the pub with you!. They don't have any real pubs where i live
I'm sorry those little devils crept up on you after 3 years quit and wish you every success this time as well
Here is my standard welcome and advice post I try to give every new member
Welcome to the forum and well done on the decision to quit possibly one of the most important you will ever make and you will be losing nothing but you will regain control of your life and that has to be good
You will find all the help and support you need on here as we all help each other just like a family we are here for you every step of the way cheering the good days and sympathiseing with the bad but the good far outweigh the bad
Read the posts on here you will find a lot of tips and advice and in the signatures of a lot you will find links to other sites just click on them Here are 2 I find very good to start you off whyquit.com and woofmang.com Read, read and then read some more as the more you read and learn about why you smoked and about your addiction the easier your quit will be
Post often to let us know how you're doing, to rant, rave have a moan whatever you like pretty much anything goes on here OK
Hi WM - good to see you on here and glad you'll have the support of writerchris down at t pub when other folk go out for that puff - try not to wretch too much when they come back in a stinkin!
Haha...Well, thank you all for your comments...yes, I can see how my 'handle' might put some more 'sensitive' types into a paddy!..haha
Again , I can explain!... UK?..well, pretty obvious that one...and Widowmaker?...yes...Rather dark i guess...But is borne of my love of aviation...and the rather tragic tale of the F-104G Starfighter, which was a jet plane sold to the German air force, by the Americans in the 1950's...which crashed with monotinous regularity..Killing many young pilot's...it gained the nickname 'Widowmaker'...and I use it on my Flightsim forum.... but please feel free to call me stoopid twot if you prefer...most of my friends do...but it lacks a certain 'black sexiness I feel!?)...lol
Yes...A night on the beer, has resulted in NO loss of determination to defeat the evil bastard of Nicotine!..The fight goes on... the fight WILL be won...and the yellow death shall be gone forever!...HUSSAH!!!
Hiya Chris man!...Yes, I got home ok...puffing away on the Inhalator you gave me!..hahahah...hey, it's gonna be great waking up with JUST a hangover caused by Real Ale....Instead of a mouth like a Bus Drivers Glove through those filthy Rollies!!!!
The Pool table, wil indeed be kept at roaring pace til you get back home!...Haway the lads!
Don't worry, we'll chat to him and find out what he's on about. He won't put us off
Poor Marg - she deserves nothing but praise for all she does! I hope she has a nice rest and knows that she's appreciated.
To be honest, if he'd said what he had when I was in Day one or two, I'd have been reaching for my cigs - now I'm just interested in his opinion and hoping that he'll give us all a civil answer as to what he thinks he's achieving by his actions.
Deep (clean!) breaths and we'll deal with him if he responds. He's not a big deal in any of our lives so ha ha :cool:
3 years is a long time to quit. Thanks for the reminder, know it happens have been warned about it happening. Understand how you feel about going through the initial stages again.
Can I ask how long you went back on the cigs for and was it a gradual process out on the beers?
A very tired but happy Mimi here as I have not smoked and feel like i have a huge pair of..... lungs in me and more to the point,,, no one else has smoked Another day of good work.
Pleased to hear you all had a good night out and didn't get tempted by the ale or wine or what ever was being drunk. I had a couple of glasses last night (thought i'd test myself!) and i did fine!
Chrissie, i have to say that i'm rather curious of this person that you spoke of. If i understood correctly, some one has been unkind or something to another quitter member??? please enlighten me
So, day two kicks off and i am wondering how i'll do....feeling very tired at the moment and i truly don't:rolleyes: want that to make me week and give up.
3 years is a long time to quit. Thanks for the reminder, know it happens have been warned about it happening. Understand how you feel about going through the initial stages again.
Can I ask how long you went back on the cigs for and was it a gradual process out on the beers?
Hiya MAH.
Yes, it was gradual... had one when out for a Beer..got a bit of a buzz for 10 mins...next week, same again...next day did'nt want any..thought "This is Good..I am in Control, can have one now and again, no worries"...How wrong I was!!!...next thing I know, i'm off to the shops to buy 10....then 20...back to square one!
Sounds like me from last year that. Bought a pkt of 10, just for 'the one' put the other 9 on the top of my cupboard so i could have 1 next week on going out night too.. the 9 didn't last 24 hours.
It just takes 1 to wake up the entire rest of your 'need' for more, once you start feeding it.. it will always want more.
Don't worry, we'll chat to him and find out what he's on about. He won't put us off
Poor Marg - she deserves nothing but praise for all she does! I hope she has a nice rest and knows that she's appreciated.
To be honest, if he'd said what he had when I was in Day one or two, I'd have been reaching for my cigs - now I'm just interested in his opinion and hoping that he'll give us all a civil answer as to what he thinks he's achieving by his actions.
Deep (clean!) breaths and we'll deal with him if he responds. He's not a big deal in any of our lives so ha ha :cool:
Did I miss summat bro?...Hey, I'll stand up to him!...lemme at him!...hahahaha
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