Oh boy! Here we go again! Good luck to the other 3 starting today... Have a lovely day!
Day 1 starts now: Oh boy! Here we go again... - No Smoking Day
Day 1 starts now
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HercuValued Contributor
Totally with you Mmaya.... STRONGS !!!!!!!
Thanks Hercu, I'll take as many virtual hugs & slaps as possible, I know I will need them 😊 so far so good, haven't started crawling up the walls yet
yet.
Nice for not crawling up the walls and million virtual Hugs and Zero slaps for you today... Just take it minute by minute.....Stay strong!
Hi Maya
Good to see you here, hope day 1 is going good x
in reply to AnnMarie74
Annemarie so happy to see you around, yes I'm back, it's like you said before I'll keep trying until I get it right
Welcome onboard Mmaya - your journey's started :). Stay with it and be strong, you can do it this time. Good luck.
in reply to nsd_user663_51263
Thanks linda how are you feeling?
Still good...
Keep going, Day 1 is the beginning of the rest of your life.
Feeling positive about this time i was so happy when i was smoke free and so miserable when i relasped so lets get it right this time
in reply to Pedz
Same here, I stayed off the cigarettes for 2 months, relapsed, stopped again, did another 6 weeks, relapsed...sick of it!
The morning js hardest for me but im at work and been up 40 mins so thats that hurdle busted 
in reply to Pedz
Good luck today
And here we are anther day busted......I find driving easy as I never smoke I the car don't think I'm allowed as its contract hire hope your doing ok just loving the chocolate at this end
Lazy night tonight no gym just feet up and chocolate
Good! Enjoy it
I did lol how tou getting on ?
A bit jumpy and cranky but haven't murdered anyone yet
Good going Mmaya....
Great stuff guys I've had the first relatively pain free day for about a month and a change in my mood as well so all good today and I too haven't killed anyone today but I have made a high calorie drink from 1L of neat ice cream mix half a pineapple cup of sugar and half a cup of raspberry Ice cream topping YUMMY
The ultimate bomb - that's a walking heart attack, probably still better my irish breakfast lol
Morning whats an Irish breakfast?
I'll send you picture as soon as I get to my computer lol its also known as an imminent heart attack
Hey that's an English breakfast lol looks lush the tho mmmm
Pedz in Ireland it's called an irish breakfast lol are you good? How are you feeling?
Yeah man I'm good still smoke free and feeling good gym tonight me thinks how about you
I'm Good my man, not going to the gym though just slavering away in the office LOL Keep it going, you are doing Great!! Well done.
Ok guys all good then early night got long day tomorrow traveling home from work
(Oil rigs) should get in about 10 tomorrow night.....hope tou guys are well...
Pete.
Nite nite! Here's to another Day/night free of smokes lol
I am cutting back on smoking and am going to try and quit by oct 6
Any suggestion for me to quit smoking
Hi James. Welcome to the forum. Did you ever try to stop before? Do you smoke many a day? Cutting down slowly is great because it makes the withdrawal much easier, also allows you to practice self control. I suppose different approach for different people. What matters is that we will all stop smoking. Are you going to use patches, gum...champix or just colt turkey? Good luck and keep posting, you will always find the support uou need here.
Its hard work no doubt about that but worth making the effort if u have a smart phone download the "smoke free" app it's excellent tells u how much u saved how the heath benefits are progressing daily and much more, but my advice is just get through one day at a time, dont think about tomorrow deal with that when it comes.... Good luck mate
Morning how we all getting on ? Doing well this end few cravings whilst having a pint but madr it through
Yes, a lot of people say that, alcohol and quit don't go well together! 😀 well done buddy, you are doing great!
Yeah no real problems with alcohol and craving really still off them rhink am addicted to tic-tacs tho xxx
Tic-tacs? You're such a junkie! Shame lol
Good Evening, I'm new here, trying to b smoke free by Dec 2015
HercuValued Contributor
Hi Lostinsecure.....a very warm welcome and please you must not be lost and insecure anymore.
you have clicked the right button and founded on a wonderful secured site.
Your target is set and you can prepare properly for the journey over the next 3 months.
We are all right behind you and you will get all the support you need.... post often and read a lot... Knowledge is power...!
Good luck !!
Thank you Hercu. Sorry for just replying, I was having the jitters about my decision to quit. Thanks for the encouragement.
Welcome to the forum! I'm on day 15 today, my plan was to be smokes free by Christmas and I came up to the forum because I just couldn't get started. With all the people supporting me I actually set my date for 5 days later and I'm still here. Be strong, drink loads of water and keep calm, good luck!
Welcome best foot forward and all your in good hands a wealth of experience and advice on here and support when you need it
in reply to Pedz
Hey buddy, you forgot your daily update u good?
Thank you Pedz.
Good morning! Go back and read my post from the beginning of this month...I think I called it frustration! of course you can do it, we all can. Keep reading, you will notice very quickly that your fears and concerns are the same as everyone else.
...the challenges are the same too...if you really want to do this keep reading and post, let the the people in here help you 
(((((Morning)))) peeps and a lovely morning here in the the north east, deep breath fresh morning air, ahhh, any way folks feeling good still on the rails and going great booked hotel in the contry tonight for the girlfriend and me nice meal few drinks.
Woo sexy time.
Pete, great to see your post!!! I thought I'd lost you there have a great day!
Hey just got bk had fab time and still no cigs so happy days how you getting on
in reply to Pedz
still hanging in here, its actually going very easy now, I dont want to jinx it LOL!
Yeah man dont let ur gard down but that said well done you, had a stressful afternoon with a bit of a crisis here at home and was surprised how much i "didnt" was to smoke just wanted to murder people lol
in reply to Pedz
...yes buddy, want to twist someone's neck slowly and enjoy the sound of it cracking lol sounds too familiar ahahah behave yourself, stay well
Yes everything you said and laugh while you do it
We'll have the police tracing us after this! Lol I was surprised on my first quit how angry I was considering I'm usually the most peaceful person on earth. I'm not scared of it anymore, I've accepted what's coming, I know it's part of the process and I couldn't be bothered to try to change it, too much work! Im just avoiding the situations by literally walking away, I don't even answer back anymore!
Good for you I haven't quite mastered that yet lol but hopefully will clam down in time had a few cravings today nut i know how to deal with them a lot better now..........
Made a cracking Sunday lunch....stuffed now feet up bottle of beer and another smoke free day hope you guys are doing ok
Great! I spent my day in bed ad I'm really sick with flu, I defo don't have a "men's flu" but I think I might have caught the "quitters flu"! I'm absolutely miserable! Still no smokes and not missing it either, not one single craving or thought all through the day
Hope you are feeling Better today Mmaya !!! Strongs !!
Hate to say it but girl flu is nothing compared to man flu, however its a plus as the last the you want is a ciggie wen your feeling like crap hope you feel better soon tho chin up
Funny boys! good morning!
Hey girl lol
Ok guys that's a kinda stress free day for a change still no smoke over here or desire to create any so thimbs up all round at this end... Girlfriend holding back on the fun stuff atm 
why do you girls do that I simply don't understand lol
Ok feet up time after a day of shopping and cooking and telling my girlfriend shr stinks of ciggies ...... well.... Got to have a laugh haven't you? But smoke freedom name of the game.......
peace...
Goggie dreams how crazy is that lol
It could be worse, you could be dreaming abt work, that would be worse lol great to see ur still around Pete.xx
Yeah im still here and that was "ciggie" dreams lol and dreams about work are nightmares lol so, whats up how you guys getting on?
in reply to Pedz
I know right?! Ahahah
All good dude, sometimes I would love a fag but I can't.it's not worse than when I feel like having a bar of chocolate but I don't because I don't want to be fat..
Not too bad I suppose. Bought another box of champix this morning, I have enough to keep me going for another 2 months since I only take half the dose. Nite nite!
Hey yeah fleeting feelings of wanting to smoke are less frequent and very very brief a second or so im only doing the morning one now also going to start cutting it in half in a week or so.....going good haven't killed anyone yet so cant be bad back to the gym me thinks
in reply to Pedz
Pete, don't do it! You're walking into relapse. I've made that mistake before, please wait until you're gone past week 8. The worse time of the quit is actually around week 7.
Oh im a month in now....((boom)))
Ok nobody's intersted lol
in reply to Pedz
Owww sorry! We are all having a party for my 1 month sorry friend, I didn't see ur post ;( well done! Massive well done! You are rocking this quit! Stay strong buddy!
Ok will stick to one full dose in morings
do please. 3 years ago I was on the champix and when I got to week 3/4 I developed the "big head syndrome " - it was so easy that I actually genuinely believed that it was Me doing it and not the champix, stopped the medication and relapsed within 2 weeks.
I then tried again earlier this year on cold turkey and learned very quickly that week 6, 7 and 8 are just rotten. if you go back to the other people's posts around this time you will see that more or less everyone goes trough the same around this time and there's a lot of people relapsing....not to scare you, you can do it and we will make together this time, but stick to the champix in the morning until you go through that phase.
I am doing one a day in the morning, im not taking the night pill...I will not stop the medication before week 16+
HercuValued Contributor
Hi Pedz....You got very good advice from Mmaya....Champix is wonderful but can be a real '' bugger".
I was on Champix full dose for 12 weeks and for the last 2 weeks half dose...and when I stopped I had a full blow of the Nicodemons "Wrath".
But I survived and glad to say that I am NOPE for 4 months 4 days and 9 hours, 36 seconds right now and enjoyed every second of it...
Moral of the story: take the champix and enjoy the roller coaster ride ...Strongs !!
Ok guys thanks for the advice, hey i dream some crazy smoking dreams its nuts lol
Last night i was sitting in the garden smoking roll ups with my brother Raymond and he's been dead for 10 years
I know Pete, Im having them as well it's like watching a 4D movie! Crazy stuff. Last night a neighbour of mine kidnapped my kids to sell them to a gang and I chased him and end up falling of a cliff. The funny bit is that I woke up at 4 am nearly having a heart attack because it was so real, came downstairs for a glass of water and when I went back to bed went back to where I left it. Just crazy stuff.
Wow its great when i wake up and realise I hadn't been smoking at all such a relief
in reply to Pedz
I know, it's a crazy ride! That's one of the reasons why I stopped taking it last time. That and the fact the follow up pack costs something ridiculous like 170 or 180 euros in Ireland, it's just really crazy. I did have one dream a while ago where I won the draw for 1 million euros, and like that it was real, I had the letter in my hand.it was a slow release type of nightmare, the sadness only kicked in when I woke up! My partner also says I'm talking all night long and sometimes walking lol
Hey mmaya and pedz, don't think the dreams about smoking are a result of the champix as I have at least one dream a week about smoking, had one last night, that I was smoking at the wake of my neighbour who died last February, we were all smoking in the sitting room of his house and I was ordered to smoke out of respect for the deceased! My hubbie is off the smokes a year and a half and he still has dreams about smoking again, said it before, the mind is a funny thing!
Hi yeah its a crazy thing thats for sure but aslong as i only smoke when im asleep lol
Good man, that's the spirit! Rowens I've done both with and without champix, you get dreams regardless, but I couldn't even start describing the champix dreams to you...you wouldn't understand it unless you've taken the champix, seriously it's one crazy ride, they are extremely vivid, it's like you're actually there...and it's every night! I'm very lucky because mine are just crazy dreams but some people get really disturbing nightmares. It's different from your regular dream about smoking, it's intense, it's real.... I don't know how to explain it really...
I think I've definitely missed out on this Champix lark ;). There have been times (probably still are) when some exciting dreams might have made this quit easier.
Hope you are all doing well - Champix or not.
in reply to nsd_user663_51263
Ur missing out on the good stuff lol
Hi guys hope you are all doing great this morning....... Yeah the champix drrams are quite bizarre however im still waiting for the exciting dreams linda :-)......all in all doing fine
Great, I had the perfect day yesterday. Feeling good and no cravings at all. It does get easier, and the bad days will only happens once every week or not even that....I can live with that!
All good, had a few colleagues offering me a fag today...people are just mean! It doesn't bother me anyways, all good.
Glad you can resist them though, here at work the none smoking lounge is right next to the smokers lounge and it's all glass I'm looking at them puffing away right now lol I'm not tempted in the slightest to go in there anyway it stinks ha ha reformed or what
Hey, I actually had a laugh...the one that offered me a cigarette is a serial quitter like me, the difference is I am really happy for other people's success and some people turn green with envy... She pretended that she forgot I was not smoking anymore... But really?! We were only talking abt it 2 days ago! Women ( allowing for the exceptions) can be really something else!!! 😀
I also thought that some people are green.... They really did not expect us to be true to our quit and then they try to be don't care about it...
But it is very nice to stand our ground ....Well done Mmaya...
That is just horrible and extremely mean mmaya that someone would offer you a cigarette and I certainly would not put up with it.
In what situation at work did they offer you a smoke?? Did they just come up to you and offer you a smoke?
It is pure jealously that they done that to you - there is always one or two, I have them here at work too and it is so obviously they are pining for me to fail but they don't outnumber the number who are so happy for me (smokers) and very encouraging.....
Just say "No thankyou, I don't smoke" if she offers you a cigarette Mmaya . I'm looking forward to being able to say that to someone myself, only trouble is that almost everyone I know doesn't smoke.
Keep going, you're doing so well.
in reply to nsd_user663_51263
Linda. Would you like a cigarette? Xxx
No thankyou Mmaya, I don't smoke. WE don't smoke.
Saying no thanks i dont smoke is one of the greatest parts of being a non smoker!
Morning peeps another day here in the middle of the north sea lol oh ciggies are half price out here ha ha.... Good sleep last night no crazy dreams, how are we all today?
Hi good for you day 36 and loving it smoked for about 35 years ugh
I'm not counting anymore... Somewhere after 30 lol too tired to think, left my brain at home today! I will start week 6 tomorrow
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...actually, now that I came home and picked up my brain again, I might have started week 6 last night at 7 pm...well I don't care! Pete, I didn't realise you smoked for so long....well done you! I'm about the same as you, started smoking when I was 12 and I'm 40 in 2 weeks!
Good going folks
Hi quitters I had an awful day today just been told I'm going to be stuck on this sh**hole for 3 weeks over Christmas and new year grrrr
Really wanted to smoke but got through it so that was the worst craving since I quit
in reply to Pedz
Join my club then! Go back a few posts an read what I told about stopping the champix....I told it was coming, if it wasn't that issue, it would have been another one, it's typical!!!! Stay strong buddy
Hey pedz, not sure what you mean about above (job you want to leave?) but well done you for not caving in today, that is huge and I too have adapted and cracked how best to cope with stress at work and my personal life that I don't think of smoking to relief the stress, it is different for everyone, but what I say to myself the urge to smoke will pass quicker than actually having a smoke and will do absolutely nothing to resolve the stressful situation and I quickly do something to distract me, be it going to the loo, going online to read the something of interest, making a cup of tea / water etc..Well done again, strongs!
Man we are really in sinc lol I've had such a horrible day at work as well! Might have occurred to me to go out and smoke! I could do without the stupid stress, really! Another day like today and I'll go on sick leave, I just cannot japardize my quit for the sake of dealing with low levels! I'm am very upset, very angry today, we go back to the days where I just wanted to grab someone's neck and twist it sloooowly until I hear it crack! Thank god I'm not always like this, cranky and moody people must have really sad and lonely lifes
Totally know where you're coming from lol been doing this job for a long assed time and had enough but I want my house paid off before I make a career change nearly there now now lol then I nice easy semi retirement will do the trick ahhhhhh....oh yeah today. Was a strong one but never in any danger ha
in reply to Pedz
I'm proud of us today! You're a man with a plan, nothing will stop you. I'm more like a very experienced loser. I do have a lot of experience in failing, might come in handy this quit. None of us smoked, hang in there and I'll do the same
Be nice to yourself
Hey girl I'm still hanging in there but been a bit tougher today for some reason but still doing ok just having to put a bit more effort into it today
Hey Pete, it is extremely important that you don't put your guards down, the relapse rate around week 6/7 is very high. I've never managed to go past week 7 before, it's not cravings any more, it's not psychology either, it's physical. by week 6 all the old nicotine receptors in the brain are like zombies looking for food. They start reducing in number from now until week 12, by then we will have the same amount of "feel good" receptors as a non smoker and it gets easier. Stay very alert and my advice to you is to Not feed the receptors with chocolate and sugar because that will delay the process. Stay strong my friend. We'll make it through
Hi girl love the zombie simaly made me chuckle yeah defo more zombie activity lately really strong at times but still at it fighting zombies
in reply to Pedz
I do have a very acute sense of humor, and an unusual sharpness for sarcasm...which means no one usually gets my jokes and I have 2 jobs, trow a joke and laugh alone...sometimes I have to explain myself and no one gets me...too many cartoons in my head. Great to have you around Pete, at least I now have someone that understands me
Yeah man all good am here we kinda been left to it on the forum ha ha I remember the last time I quite by week 7 I had more or less binned the champix thought I had it beat but f***ed it up I was devastated all that effort for nowt now I use the zombie analogy in my head when I get a craving and just Laff it off oh and make the odd Zombie noise to myself passes the time X
I just came back from the shops, I think I might have found the solution to kill the zombies, let me try it for 2 or 3 days before I share stay strong buddy!
I'm intrigued, what we "zombie bashing" with lol reminds me of an old girlfriend ha ha happy days
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