Well I'm feeling pretty stressy and shaky, but I'm here!!
Not feeling quite so bad physically but the cravings are still strong!!
It's a very up and down thing at the mo, one minute I feel totally powerful and the next I'm teary and would kill for a fag. :mad:
Still, it'll be worth it when i get there 
Gem you are doing amazing it probably doesn't feel like it to you but you are. You are sticking with it and as I said weeks ago to you, you wont know if you can do it unless you try. One day at a time my love xxx
Thanks hun, it's really not fun, but hey neither is dying soooo what choice do i have?
Hopefullt I'll feel better when I'm properly woken up!!
xxx
Lovely to see our two Gems hitting Day 4 - WELL DONE GIRLS!!!:D:D
You're doing great, it's a mahoosive physical, mental and emotional adjustment to handle, quitting fags, so it's bound to play havoc with you on pretty much every level. The good news is that it WILL level out, the bad news is there's now way round but THROUGH, the better news is you are pressing on through and WINNING and the best news is you WILL come out the other side into the fabulous freedom from fags that you're working so hard towards achieving for yourselves!
Keep on keeping on, you are doing BRILLIANTLY!
Thanks hun 
Can't I just get some sleeping pills for like a month?
Got a really knotty tummy today, not a nice feeling!!
Gemma, I'm so flipping proud of you sweetheart. It's the worst week and you're already half way through it. Just imagine how much better you're going to feel soon. You've done 3 whole days which is the hardest part.
Keep going Gemma one day at a time. Now, where's Steve with the second count
Big huge mahoosive hugs to you petal
Molly x
Gemma, I'm so flipping proud of you sweetheart. It's the worst week and you're already half way through it. Just imagine how much better you're going to feel soon. You've done 3 whole days which is the hardest part.
Keep going Gemma one day at a time. Now, where's Steve with the second count
Big huge mahoosive hugs to you petal
Molly x
Aww thanks hun
It's not been a good week :eek: but it's got to be done!!
Anyway so far (can't do seconds :eek it's
3 days, 7 hours 45 mins
I've avoided 100 fags
Saved £41
Not inhaled nearly 900mg of tar *ick*
((hugs)) xx
See, now there are some scary stats Gemma, thank goodness they are "not" stats and not "have done" stats eh?
I think I'd scare the pants off myself if I did mine now :eek:
See, now there are some scary stats Gemma, thank goodness they are "not" stats and not "have done" stats eh?
I think I'd scare the pants off myself if I did mine now :eek:
It's amazing isn't it?
We never really thought about it before, but all that muck and all that money, day in day out :eek: :eek::eek:
No you can't sweetpea, mental reprogramming requires you to be conscious! And we both know why your tum is tied but it'll be sorted soon xxx
Oh poo!! Wanted to doze off for a month and wake up totally non-smokery!!
Ooh and yes that isn't helping o.O
xxx
Have had a stressy time this morning, but thanks to my bodyguard, i haven't smoked
Feel a bit peeved that my first thought whenever I get would up is to smoke, but it's early days!!
Well I'm feeling pretty stressy and shaky, but I'm here!!
Not feeling quite so bad physically but the cravings are still strong!!
It's a very up and down thing at the mo, one minute I feel totally powerful and the next I'm teary and would kill for a fag. :mad:
Still, it'll be worth it when i get there
You are doing really well Gemma, stay strong
Margie x
You are doing really well Gemma, stay strong
Margie x
Thanks hun
It's not easy but I'll get there xx
Just eaten a bit of chicken, *Grazing Gemma* and wow!!
It tastes soooooo different!!
Aww thanks hun
It's not been a good week :eek: but it's got to be done!!
Anyway so far (can't do seconds :eek it's
3 days, 7 hours 45 mins
I've avoided 100 fags
Saved £41
Not inhaled nearly 900mg of tar *ick*
((hugs)) xx
Wow, you were really smoking a lot, weren't you?
But never mind ... that's over now Time for lovely smelling, rich, super healthy Gemma to take over again!
Happy Day 4!! Well done for getting this far and just keep plodding.
Big hugs! xxx
Wow, you were really smoking a lot, weren't you?
But never mind ... that's over now Time for lovely smelling, rich, super healthy Gemma to take over again!
Happy Day 4!! Well done for getting this far and just keep plodding.
Big hugs! xxx
Yeah, every time I've failed, I've ended up smoking more than before 
Was on 30-odd a day this time last week, grrrrrr
But that was then, this is now - just to get through the poo to the other side!!
Thanks hun (((hugs))) xxx
Yeah, every time I've failed, I've ended up smoking more than before
Was on 30-odd a day this time last week, grrrrrr
But that was then, this is now - just to get through the poo to the other side!!
Thanks hun (((hugs))) xxx
You'll get through it, especially now the realization has hit that this gets harder and harder every time.
It's so worth the work right now, so that you never have to put yourself through the hell again! And no e-cig (whoop!) which means that there will be absolutely zero nicotine in your system once you decide to lose the NRT. Well done!
xxx
You'll get through it, especially now the realization has hit that this gets harder and harder every time.
It's so worth the work right now, so that you never have to put yourself through the hell again! And no e-cig (whoop!) which means that there will be absolutely zero nicotine in your system once you decide to lose the NRT. Well done!
xxx
Oooh yes, each quit has been that bit eviller than the last - not fun!!
But this will be the last
Lol, losing the NRT is properly scary at the mo but when the time comes it'll be fine I'm sure!!
No messing about this time!! xxx
You go Gemma! As you know, i KNOW & FEEL the struggle with you.
Let's just do it......
You go Gemma! As you know, i KNOW & FEEL the struggle with you.
Let's just do it......
YAY!!
We're going to make it, and in a year we'll be in the Penthouse sippping champagne
Halfway through week one
We both know we can do this because we did it before...We are halfway through the dreaded first week and it is only forward from here....
Lots of deep breathing,lovely fresh air going in instead of that dirty stinky black smoke.
I'm feeling fine,on patches and no real bad craves ATM.My trouble is I find it easy to quit therefore easy to start again.
But this time I know that one puff and I have to go through it all again,so I have to overcome the mental aspect rather than the physical.......
AND I WILL DO THIS..
We both know we can do this because we did it before...We are halfway through the dreaded first week and it is only forward from here....
Lots of deep breathing,lovely fresh air going in instead of that dirty stinky black smoke.
I'm feeling fine,on patches and no real bad craves ATM.My trouble is I find it easy to quit therefore easy to start again.
But this time I know that one puff and I have to go through it all again,so I have to overcome the mental aspect rather than the physical.......
AND I WILL DO THIS..
Oooh yes we can!!
Might feel rubbish for a bit but then it's all freedom, loads of money and health
Really glad you're doing well, that's brilliant!! *And* you know what to avoid - number of quits and quitlets I've ruined by having "just one" well just grrrrrrr
Just remember we're not giving up a lovely treat, it's a nasty addiction that steals money, health and freedom!!
Ooh and you reminded me of this - it's very true!! talesfromthequit.com/jailbreak
I know they say take it a day at a time...but my skin and teeth are looking better already I'm visualising 2 wks down the line and liking what I see there lol
Remember every day will get easier from here,we,re over the worst.
I know they say take it a day at a time...but my skin and teeth are looking better already I'm visualising 2 wks down the line and liking what I see there lol
Remember every day will get easier from here,we,re over the worst.
And that's the fab part!! It's sooo quick but it's a real lift isn't it?
Know I'm looking healthier already which is fab!! 30+ fags a day for a small me must have been taking it's toll :eek:
In some of my pics you can tell I smoked a lot then 'cos although my teeth are clean, there's that look about them if that makes sense?
Ooh and yes it's going to get easier and easier
Well I'm feeling pretty stressy and shaky, but I'm here!!
Not feeling quite so bad physically but the cravings are still strong!!
It's a very up and down thing at the mo, one minute I feel totally powerful and the next I'm teary and would kill for a fag. :mad:
Still, it'll be worth it when i get there
You hang in there girl! Doing brilliantly!!!
You hang in there girl! Doing brilliantly!!!
Thanks Sarah
Trying to kep it as unstressed as poss, but it's not easy - looking forward to getting a couple of months done then I can relax
My mouth is now getting serious revenge on me for all the fags :eek:
My tongue is covered in ulcers, and it's not nice, if this goes on I'm going to have a lisp
Wow Gemma, i've not been around for a few days and you're back and already on day 4 :D:D How amazing is that !
Stay strong, it's not easy to start with, we all know that, but honestly when you get to where i am,you can see its all worth it.
Don't be scared about coming off the patches, i was as well but if you do it right and follow the steps as they recommend you'll be fine, i stayed on them for 3 and 1/2 months,yes i did get a tad tetchy for a couple days then i was fine.
Now even though i still on the odd occasion think about smoking, i'm pretty sure i won't as life is so much easier being a non smoker.
And i would not want to go through the quitting process ever again, as i'm sure you don't want to go through day 1,2,3 and 4 again.
Gem you can and will do it this time :)
Netti xx
Aww thanks Netti!!
It's definitely worth it, am already looking better and it's so nice to not have to go outside to smoke!!
Was playing Wabble with Kat last night and it was the first time I didn't interrupt our game with "back in a mo" - fab
Oooh and thanks, that's great to know - am sure losing the patches will be a lot less of a bump than losing the fags - that was really scary!!
And huge well done to you - only getting the odd thought about smoking is fab, and where I'll be before too long
xxx
Day 4 already!! Well done. I know too well how the first week feels - I was like the living dead and wasn't optimistic about my quit at all.
You'll soon get through this tough stage and back (hopefully beyond) where you achieved before. Actually - I know you will! Keep strong and vow this to be your last quit. AND if you ever feel tempted to smoke, log straight in and make a thread about it so we can remind you of all the nasty reasons not to!
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Day 4 already!! Well done. I know too well how the first week feels - I was like the living dead and wasn't optimistic about my quit at all.
You'll soon get through this tough stage and back (hopefully beyond) where you achieved before. Actually - I know you will! Keep strong and vow this to be your last quit.
:D:D:D:D:D
Hiya Lewis
Thanks it's not nice at all, am feeling pretty poo physically but most of the time the actual quitting is going pretty well
Get the moments when I think "stuff it" and want a fag but somehow I don't think I will!!
Think it's time to put all that behind me
How's you getting on?
Hiya Lewis
Thanks it's not nice at all, am feeling pretty poo physically but most of the time the actual quitting is going pretty well
Get the moments when I think "stuff it" and want a fag but somehow I don't think I will!!
Think it's time to put all that behind me
How's you getting on?
Great thanks. I won't debunk your thread, but you'll get to a point (which I did) where you feel so thankful to yourself for quitting and craves are nothing but nostalgic memories of when you once were a smoker. That's where I'm at now. I think that now you're quitting without the e-cig, you're breaking the physical addiction as well as the mental one, so I think this quit is for the long haul!
Also, I have to thank you for persuading me not to go down the e-cig route in my first ever thread because looking back, it was definitely a weakness I was feeling!
Great thanks. I won't debunk your thread, but you'll get to a point (which I did) where you feel so thankful to yourself for quitting and craves are nothing but nostalgic memories of when you once were a smoker. That's where I'm at now. I think that now you're quitting without the e-cig, you're breaking the physical addiction as well as the mental one, so I think this quit is for the long haul!
Also, I have to thank you for persuading me not to go down the e-cig route in my first ever thread because looking back, it was definitely a weakness I was feeling!
Ooh you're welcome, I'm glad to have helped!!
Oh that's brilliant Can't wait to be feeling like that and I'm so happy you are
Yeah with the e-fag it does keep the habit alive in soem way so I'm definitely not a fan!! They work for some people but not many.
Just going to fill my dad's pill tower up - last week that was a fag before and a fag afterwards job.
Now? I'm just going to do it!!
Know that sounds totally unspectacular to a never-smoker but to me it's massive
Not sure if I can keep my eyes open though 
:eek:
Great to see you snuggling up to day 5, Gembo
Doing AWESOME!
Oh YAY!!
Can't believe it's nearly day 5 - but it's soooo good!!
Physically I feel pretty c**p still (small me, lots of fags) but I'm winning the mental side hands down
Isn't she just?!
AND....how awesome to see a post from Lewis and to know that you played your part in protecting him from getting caught up with an e-cig - ROCK ON!!!
That was so good, it's really rewarding to have helped someone make the right choice
Congratulations on day 4
Keep going you know you can do it
J x
Thanks Jenny!!
Am definitely thinking things are on the up now I *will* do this!!
And heck, i feel like poo at the mo, but the alternative is much, much worse :eek:
Sooo close to day 5 now YAY!!
x
Day 4 & still positive
