All time low...

[nsd_user663_62313]

Hi folks

Someone tell me it won't stay like this forever?.... 'cos that's certainly what it feels like

Have just felt phenomenally depressed all day today and the urge to have a fag has been SCREAMING through every cell in my body...

This is damn tough...

So much for celebrating Day 10 - yah boo humbug, etc.....

[nsd_user663_40738]

It gets better. Wake up every morning and say, I will not smoke today. I am 2 1/2 years without a smoke and I was smoking 3 packs a day.

I still want one once in awhile but refuse to give up. You can do this and keep up the great job!!! ppat

[nsd_user663_62313]

Thanks Pat.

Two and a half years??!!! Wow, awesome... I guess does it feel more of a habit to not smoke now?

[nsd_user663_62313]

Thank you Buttercup - your words are so strengthening. I feel such a wimp (and a winger, and a victim!) for feeling these feelings but I guess it's better to be honest....the old 'better out than in'.

You're right - tomorrow is a new day and if I caved in, I would feel SOOOOOOOOO awful about myself - and that's not worth it!

[AngryBear]

Give yourself a break Badge it's only been ten days, and a great ten days it is, but your body and mind need more time than that.

It does pass, promise, and the day may well come when you forget you ever smoked. I've had a lot of those

[nsd_user663_62313]

Thanks AngryBear - must admit I can be a bit hard on myself - silly expectations way beyond reality. Really helpful to read your feedback.

I'm looking forward to looking back on all this one day (if that makes sense?!).

[nsd_user663_62343]

Hi Badge,

Crikey! you are in double figures, day 10. I am nearing end of day 3 and am in awe of your achievement! Stick with it Hun, I need you to stay ahead so you can give me a heads up of what's to come

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Thank you C, TG, and H. I feel a group hug coming on!

Deeply appreciate your rally cries and it's time I paid heed!

And yes, it's nearly Thursday....Bring on the 11th day

[__steve__]

Hi folks

Someone tell me it won't stay like this forever?.... 'cos that's certainly what it feels like

Have just felt phenomenally depressed all day today and the urge to have a fag has been SCREAMING through every cell in my body...

This is damn tough...

So much for celebrating Day 10 - yah boo humbug, etc.....

It doesn't stay like this forever. It gets easier. I promise.

Well done. Keep going. You're doing amazing, BP.

S xx

[nsd_user663_62313]

Hi Helene, Steve and Jenny

Just logged on before I toddle off to work and what a wonderful way to start Day 11 with your affirming words of inspiration - a GREAT way to start the day

Hope you guys have a great day!

[nsd_user663_62313]

Hi Helene, Steve and Jenny

Just logged on before I toddle off to work and what a wonderful way to start Day 11 with your affirming words of inspiration - a GREAT way to start the day

Hope you guys have a great day!

[nsd_user663_62366]

Thanks AngryBear - must admit I can be a bit hard on myself - silly expectations way beyond reality. Really helpful to read your feedback.

I'm looking forward to looking back on all this one day (if that makes sense?!).

Hello Badge, I'm only on Day 4, you are way ahead of meeeeee. You can do it, I can only wish I can reach Day 10, really just a young padwan compared to you !

[nsd_user663_62313]

Hi Edged

It's a cliche but if I can do ten days, you certainly can - and I put it down to the good folk on this forum. Onwards and upwards...

[nsd_user663_60964]

Badge, you're doing SO well and deserve a huge pat on the back.

Tracey (who is one of the wisest owls on the forum I think :D) once said that the secret to a successful quit is just to keep plodding on and never was a truer word spoken in my opinion. It sounds so obvious but basically, if you can just keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep going, you'll come out the other side of all the pants stuff and eventually reach what Max describes as the sunny uplands. I go fell walking a lot and use the analogy of climbing a fell- the first part, from the valley up the really steep bit to the ridgeline, is hard work indeed. You daren't look up as the summit seems a million miles away and it would be hopelessly demoralising. You sweat buckets and feel awful for a while but then you get your second wind and start to get into the rhythm and before you know where you are, you've done the steep bit, the views are opening out and the summit suddenly doesn't seem anywhere near as far away as it did. It's not dissimillar to quitting really.

I hope you (and Edge, and all the other recent quitters) have a good day today because you all deserve it. Onwards and upwards because the wonderful views to the distant horizen are beckoning!

[nsd_user663_60964]

Prat more like!

Thanks Jen

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Skiddaw - you beauty! Wow, that was a powerful analogy, having climbed a few mountains myself in my youff...

Thank you so much for taking the time to put digit to keyboard - I really appreciate - and there's no getting round the truth of what you say: it really is just one foot in front of the other; one step at a time.

Well, today, I've actually allowed myself/given myself permission to feel mopey. I'm always aware there are 1,000s of peeps in far, far, far worse states than I but I can only deal with myself right now. And your words, and the encouragement of the other Fab Forum Fighters are like those vital slabs of Kendal Mint Cake that you need to keep you goin' up them there mountain!

[nsd_user663_62313]

Skiddaw - you beauty! Wow, that was a powerful analogy, having climbed a few mountains myself in my youff...

Thank you so much for taking the time to put digit to keyboard - I really appreciate it - and there's no getting round the truth of what you say: it really is just one foot in front of the other; one step at a time.

Well, today, I've actually allowed myself/gave myself permission to feel mopey. I'm always aware there are 1,000s of peeps in far, far, far worse states than I but I can only deal with myself right now. And your words, and the encouragement of the other Fab Forum Fighters are like those vital slabs of Kendal Mint Cake that you need to keep you goin' up them there mountain!

[__steve__]

Cheer up, Puppers. My calculations suggest you have now broken the ONE MILLION second barrier.

Which is awesome, and makes you feel much more positive about your quit.

Yes?

Yes!

[nsd_user663_62313]

One Million Seconds? Gee, now there's a statistic! Yay, feeling better already

[nsd_user663_62366]

One Million Seconds? Gee, now there's a statistic! Yay, feeling better already

mate, thanks for dropping by my thread to GIVE me much needed words of encouragement although you may be in the dumps yourself.

:)

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Absolutely Edged - we're all here for each other and whatever state we're in, all is welcome...that's certainly been my experience over the last...12 days (get me!!!). Feeling much better today but have now come to terms with the fact that this is a bit of a rollercoaster journey emotionally.

Hey, maybe as your smoke-free time trots on (which it will!), we'll be calling you Calmed75

[nsd_user663_62294]

Hi Badge

Just wanted to stop by quick and say well done on double figures. It's so lovely to hear from all these people with long quits as reading their posts you know it will get better.

I'm on day 27 today and it's already much better. The down days will get less and less. Hope you are feeling better this morning xx

[lefoy123]

All time low

good morning Badgepup hang on in there you mention your depression but you've certainly not lost your sense of humour.

I live next door to one of the properties owned by Scotland's finest(the polis) and in the early days of my quit I was on first name terms with the night shift beat constables as I walked the streets of Partick a district of Glasgow in the wee small hours.

Today approx.two years 5 months nicotine free I look back and smile

What you have to remember is that your trying to break an addiction not a habit and that's not easy.

If it's any consolation to you I'm also a recovering alcoholic being 23+ years sober and I found stopping drinking easier than stopping smoking much to my surprise

So hang on in there it does get better

Michael a.k.a:-lefoy123

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GROUP HUG -> Nicky, Lefoy and Tractor Girl.

Your words literally pour strength into me and I'm so grateful.

27 days is AWESOME Nicky - flip me, nearly a month. I know if I was there I would be as pleased as punch - well, that's the direction I'm going in FOR SURE!

And Lefoy, I hear you about it being an addiction not a habit - there is a major difference and understanding that helps me to 'frame' this experience differently.

Tractor Girl - your encouragement, from the beginning, has kept me going. I am indebted! :)

[__steve__]

I've always said you can tell a lot about someone from the profile picture they use on a quit smoking forum [citation needed]

But: Photoshopped cats are totally ****ing awesome BP

[nsd_user663_54305]

...Someone tell me it won't stay like this forever?....

Well Badge I guess you're through this now - but here's the thing, and the great strength of this forum - you're on a very well trodden road, and you've only got to read past posts to see that plenty of quitters go though these feelings and come out of the other side; still going, and stronger than ever because of it.

What is so often interesting is to look back at the early posts of successful long term quitters and compare them to those who have fallen along the wayside. The mindset of these people jumps off the page - positive, focused, determined and not the slightest shred of self doubt. To be successful in this battle you must be committed and absolutely confident in your ability to beat your addiction, just like those who have gone before you and made that absolute committment to themselves that enough was enough and they would never smoke again. There was nothing special about them, they didn't have some magical power, they just made that promise to themselves and stuck to it. Never entertain the idea that it's down to luck - success is down to you, and is always within your control.

For every single one of us, when the going gets tough, the only secret key to success is to keep on keeping on - plodding away, one foot in front of the other, and before you know it you'll be through the crisis and you'll suddenly realise that your patient plodding has carried you a long way further along the road to freedom.

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Thank you Eggy for the fighting and truthful talk. It's very good to be reminded that commitment is the key. How do I track older posts of long time quitters? I think that's a great idea.

I am feeling much better as my 12th day (now 13, ta-dah!) post describes but it's only because of supportive peeps like you that I'm even past 24 hours, quite frankly! So thank you so much.

Steve - this was my beloved Fatboy (now in Cattie Narnia) in his Dame Edna phase. Personally I don't approve of dressing pets up in all sorts of paraphenalia <rolls eyeballs> so PhotoShop is the next best thing...For a proper pic, see forum.nosmokingday.org.uk/s... and scroll down...

This is Fatboy in festive spirit....

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...How do I track older posts of long time quitters...

You can either use the search facility or just click on someone's user name in a thread and a pop-up box appears where one option is 'Find all posts by xxx'

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Ah, that's eggscellent. I'll scramble through half a dozen posts or so and poach some ideas...

[__steve__]

Ah, that's eggscellent. I'll scramble through half a dozen posts or so and poach some ideas...

Do you watch Saturday Kitchen?

The omelette challenge is an awesome resource for egg-related wordplay.

S xx

[__steve__]

...my beloved Fatboy...

I bet he was a proper character!

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Hi Steve

No, I don't watch Saturday Kitchen, but I know I was scraping the bottom of the pan, sorry barrell, with those puns.

And yes, Fattiechops was an amazing character - the best ever!