Hooray!

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This is my day 2 it is hard!!!! I am using cold turkey (not chicken ) using advice I have read i am taking it one hour at a time.I am sure glad to see the forum back.Hope you are all ok x

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Oh scamp, it is hard, all I can say is it does get easier, I promise. Btw I liked your cold chicken, that's how I did it, go through all the discomfort In one go, however, there is the safety net of NRT out there if it gets too much. I deep breathed imaginary fags ( hand actions too), ate sweets and hibernated ( as much as I could) the first week. All the best for the next hour, chicken power!

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Oh yes it is so very very hard, but it's amazing, you have got through day one, now in my book that's fantastic.

Just do anything, sweets, sips of cold water, hour by hour.

I can say it will not always be so very intense , and the nicotine will be out your body after three days.

Magic pure magic , please post if it's a tad difficult, we are here to help

Huge congrats from me.

[nsd_user663_42220]

Yep, I did it cold turkey/chicken too, might as well get everything out of the way at the same time.

I just refused to give in really, I knew that if I had one cigarette or even one puff I'd be back to full blown smoking. I figured that as I'd smoked for over 30 years that it was going to take longer than a few weeks, or even months, for me to get used to not smoking. I also knew that craves could come and go at any time during the first few months. Knowing that made nothing a surprise and as a result I was ready for anything.

The worst 2 craves I had were on days 4 and 8 and it would have been so easy to smoke instead of battle through. I'd decided though that I was only ever going to go through this once, so battle I did. Once I'd beaten the craves on those 2 days I knew I could beat them all.

Looking back, I wish I'd started exercising right at the beginning and wish I'd drank water rather than eat. It's what I do now, but I put on well over 2 stones which are now coming off nicely.

NOPE is the way forward and quitting is possible, just say to yourself that you only ever want to do it once. When you're free from smoking, as long as you stick to NOPE for life you will never have to worry about it again. I smoked for 31 years and I've been quit for 3 years - the last time I felt this fit and healthy I was 17 years old at school

You can do it, just make sure you only ever have to do it once

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There's a lot more than crisp wrappers Karri. I do a good line in scoffing Jaffa Orange cakes !!!! Look forward to meeting up in week 1.

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Great advice there from capitan.

Cheering you on scamp.

Day 2 almost smashed. Bring on day 3.

Not one puff ever

[Jess9 1000 Days Smoke Free]

Well done, I started on patches then went CT, it was hard, ranted and raved at hubby and kids, I'm 15 days quit and its still hard, still think about smoking a lot, using will power I never knew I had x

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Well done Jess,15 days!!!! You simply MUST carry on!!! I cannot abide the thought of quitting then smoking again,quitting and smoking and again,and again how ghastly.Today has been SUCH a long day. I have eaten more Jaffa cakes I swear than I have eaten in my whole life.

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Scamp, Jaffa cakes are good! Anything just to get you through the next hour x

[Jess9 1000 Days Smoke Free]

I know Scamp, honestly I work part time mornings only, never smoked at work, it's when I come home kids still at school, Hubby at work, it was more boredom but.live by the seaside so have started walking down there every afternoon, north east Scotlad, it's lovely crisp fresh air x

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Well done!!!! the day is almost over I did cold turkey/chicken as well, I'm passed the 1st month and it does get much easier, I am no longer thinking about fags day & night, in fact I would be thinking about them about 4 times a day:

-every morning I have to have a little chat with myself and a few slaps as well, just to I know who's the boss.

-after lunch, that specific moment that everybody gets up the table to go for "fresh air" and I stay on my own

-afternoon break is a killer for me

-and finally at night when I pat myself in the back because I just finished another day without smoking.

best of luck and hang in there!!!!

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Oh Jess and Maya,that all sounds so familiar! The day seems almost marked out by little demons waiting to pounce....Once the family are off to school and work,and I have time to myself,the kettle goes on then-Horror-a huge mental ciggie appears in my mind. I have coped so far by walking briskly around the local park and by eating. Then at lunch my friend Cath comes over and she smokes so she apologises and I peek at her through the net curtains,she looks so content puffing away.My stomach goes in knots! And so on through the day,,,triggers.

BUT already I think the smell has gone-and my smell is getting better,my purple woolly hat absolutely REEKS so am washing stuff up.

Ladies,we CAN do this!!!!!!!!!!!! Hooray for us!!!!!

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Scamp....pls hang in there, it is horrible, depressing, there's nothing pretty about the first week, or the 2nd or even the 3rd week...but it gets much easier after that! pop in here in you are in the verge of giving up - if possible before you do, you'll see the cravings gone while you wait for an answer to ur post. That's working for me.

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Jaffa cakes mmmm, cold turkey I reckon best way get it all done in one go as Capitan says