Hi Folks,
How are we all doing? Lozza mentioned it would be nice to see who is still quit so come on NYR's put your hand up if you are still here!
(Sue and Ellie and anyone else who have re-quit in another month, still be nice to hear how you are getting on).
9 months. Woopee! Who would have thought it.
Debxxx
Hi Debs - well done to you 9 months quit - congratulations hun 
My new quit month was August (let me guard down :o)
Well done to you
x
here miss!
Hi all,
Don't forget me! First time logging in for about a month so yet again have plently of catching up to do. Selfishly, now that smoking is not my first thought in the morning or the last thought at night I don't come on here nearly enough. For those of you reading ahead I now very rarely think of smoking and cannot remember my last crave. It gets easier, don't give up.
Having said that, I have had two dreams recently where I smoked. What's that about? I think it's my subconscious showing me how devestated I'd be if I started again, and reminding me to stay vigilant.
Glad you're all doing well still.
9 months, 15 days, 17 hours .... penthouse here we come. I am so looking forward to seeing the new year in smoke free. I'm still very happy to be a non-smoker and have a new life thanks to my quit 
Jen x
Hey Jenny,
Sorry I didn't reply sooner. Am rubbish at this! Brilliant to hear you are still doing well and loving your new life. Bit of an inspiration with all the life changes you had this year. Very happy for you.
I second that I very rarely think of them now. I don't miss them one bit. My only issue is alcohol and I have taken the step of not really drinking much to avoid it. Tonight will be a toughy as I have a friend visiting who has been a drinking/smoking buddy for many, many years. I worry that her being there and me having wine will weaken my resolve but I really don't want to smoke so she will have to go outside. Feel a bit mean but when she didn't smoke for a few years, I did the same at hers. Stood outside on a busy Edinburgh road in my PJ's hungover having a fag on many mornings - do not miss that!
So I promise to you all to be smoke free tonight (just so if I am tempted I know I will have to fess up!) and to enjoy my night and not let it be an issue.
I will think of Dave and what he is going through right now and use that to keep my resolve up.
Hope everyone is having a good day and enjoying seeing the many Octoquits moving up to the penthouse as much as me. Much excitement!
Debsxxx
Well done ladies! I'm actually very very pleased for you all!
I'm back to try again - three and a bit days in now. A bit gutted to see where I could ahve been though - jealousy mostly I guess! Anyway - keep up the good work - sorry I'm not still with you all!
Boo ... hello guys!!
Well hello everyone ... it has been a long time!!! Another New Year gang member here!! I haven't been on here for months and just wondered how everyone was getting on so thought I would pop on and see who is still around!!!
Smoking, what's smoking lol!!!!! Well, I actually had 2 in September but I am sure none of you would make me go back to day one for that so far into the quit???!!! I had a terrible experience on holiday in September, staying in a dreadful hotel and being treated terribly by the staff and it was a town I loved and had visited for years and it had changed so much and one night I was really upset and crying and had one. That was half way through a 10 day holiday where I went out every night til the early hours and I didn't have one again the whole holiday so that was actually pretty good .... I could never have done that once. About a week after I got back from hols I was out with a friend who smokes like a trouper and I think because the memory was so strong I craved so I caved and had one but didn't really enjoy it. I gave myself a good telling off and spent a week or so where they were in my mind more than they should have been ... but I was damned if I was going to ruin everything I had achieved so I was determined not to start again .. and I just simply didn't. That's it, that's me ... if I can manage that then I am truly quit ... maybe I needed to test myself to be sure and at 8 months was strong enough to get through it. Sometimes the hardest thing was to think "I am never going to have a cigarette in my life again" ... so I did and didn't need it.
I hope you can see why I say I wouldn't want to go back to the beginning of my quit from sept because I really am quit and it was just a transgression .. very brief at that, I didn't start again. I am disappointed terribly though that I can't say I haven't smoked a single one for nearly a year ... terribly disappointed, but I can say I have only smoked 2 in nearly a year and this time next year I will be able to say I haven't smoked a single one for over a year!!! I have never purchased another pack since January 2010 and I NEVER notice the ciggies at the ciggie counter .. WOW!!!!
I have come such a long way and I AM SO PROUD ... still think about it everyday but they are usually fleeting thoughts .. like a whisper in your ear you can't quite touch .. and then it's gone .. something more interesting always pops into your head without you even realising!
Somewhere there is a comment I made on this forum that my main wish in my quit was that I could wake up in the morning and at least get downstairs before I even thought about a cigarette ... well hey, it's usually about 5pm now before it enters my head
Well done guys ... what we have done is the most amazing thing ... truly amazing.
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