Hmmm, Autumn is well and truly with us now, but one thing that brightens it up for me is, the different colours of the leaves on the trees so this Month is'nt all grey eh
I hope you all had a lovely sleep last night and have got your batteries fully charged for what ever nic may throw at you today Try to keep focused and positive on your quit, cos it does help
Well its the 10th Month, so I thought I would post my erm, 10 Commandments
We are all here for the same reason
We are all here to quit the fags
We are all here to help each other
We are all here to pat each other on the back
We are all here to give each other advice
We are all here to cheer one another up on a bad day
We are all here to get it right this time
We are all here for each other
We are all here to fight together
We are all here to beat Mr nic
We are all here to WIN !!
Enjoyyyyyy your day, even if it is flippin Monday again !! already
Speak soon
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Hola all had EPIC fail at the wkend. Friday night had dinner with friends and drank two glasses of wine and a beer and was fine, had a really lovely evening and wasn't tempted to smoke despite everybody else doing so. Saturday night I had a huge argument with my boyfriend, decided to go out afterwards and got very drunk. I ended up having a cigarette at 1am. I put it out in disgust half way through but the damage had been done by that point... I felt rotten on Sunday and sooooo disappointed in myself, I can't tell you how low I felt. After 3 weeks detoxing and doing so well I felt so angry and disappointed that I had even put a cigarette in my mouth. Anyway lesson learnt don't be getting so drunk that I lose my self control. Back on the bandwagon and haven't smoked again since that incident. Why on earth I did that I don't know but it's not to be repeated. Have a great day all x
With you on this and just getting straight back to being a non smoker again is the answer.
After 20 days of being free from the cigs I went back and had 8 silk cut... but I immediately quit again and have stayed this way. Do NOT be too hard on yourself (talking to myself as well).
BeeL - I found the cigs did NOT taste that nice anyway and in fact it moved me on big time with my quit because the game was up.
Hi all not been on for a while, but just to you you know I am now 14 days smoke free....yay! There are hard times but just keep strong and positive. Have a lovely day everyone. Dawn xxx
Hi Dawn, I too am on day 14. How long did you manage last time because we quit at the same time in March. I am hoping to get further this time I managed 12 weeks. At least we have decided to try again. Sue c x
Great opener today Pete. Glad to see you all back here again.
Jilly, when are you getting your new oven? Just make sure you have a built-in one, not built-under - saves an awful lot of bending down and great to have an eye-level grill.
Bee, it looks like there's a bit of a theme going on here - 3 weeks, blip, get straight back on it again! Good work. Sorry about your boyfriend trouble.
Dawn, 2 weeks, keep on at it girl (don't fall into that 3 week spot this time ).
Jonathan, hope you weren't crusading too much over the weekend and had a fun time with the family. Have you ever looked at the Couch to 5k community on here?
Eye, I see you've been left in charge, I suppose that Emjay's off on her travels again.
gods sake, gods sake. Grrrrrrrr. I can't dump nicotine. I just give up, bloody give up. I got to 2.30pm today and could stand it no longer. No lozenges, no e-cig but by 2.30 I finally caved in. Maybe if I lived completely on my own, stayed away from work, even stayed in bed for the next month I might just about kick the nic, but that's not really practical is it. 2 more weeks and I'll have stopped smoking for nine months and just as addicted to nicotine as I ever was.
jillygirlAdministratorLONG TERM WINNER in reply to
Hey Sinfree, Are things really that bad. Ask yourself why do you feel like this is it honestly the nicotine, or is nicotine the excuse for something else. I know even now after 18 months I still get the odd urge to smoke, thinking it will calm me down. Then I think stupid woman I am here with one lung gone through all the torment of chemotherapy , WHY because I smoked. Please Sin think carefully and try and work out what it is that made you feel like this. Its not unusual to get cravings like that, but perhaps its more in your mind than actually needing nicotine. Keep strong you can do it. xx
Hi, sorry jilly, I did reply but then deleted it. Guess I just haven't learned how to deal with stress without nicotine. I know what makes me feel like this, but don't really have a clue what to do about it. But....the longer I go without lozenges the worse I feel.
just don't beat yourself up about the nicotine.If you research nicotine addiction on the web it seems that having an addiction to nicotine is worse than being addicted to heroin.What I'm trying to do is just use my ECig to replace the cigs I desperately miss & that way I only use it a couple of times a day for about 3 minutes a time.Beating this will take time so just keep trying.
Thanks, snowdrop but......you've only been stopped a few weeks and you're already doing a million times better than me, the e-cig doesn't even do anything for me except make me swear at it. It's been nine months of sheer misery. But thank you for you kind words, it does help
Look, you made it untill 2.30pm, before you had to have a ermmm, dose THATS flippin fantastic gal
Sinfree, I think your a lot like me, cos I cant just dump it like other people can we, have to work at it eh sooo tomorrow, try to get to 3.00pm before you indulge eh and so on, untill you are free, It might take a couple of weeks, But then you will be free of nic Come on gal, come down to earth again, and lets try to sort something out eh
Hello Pete. I know. I don't think I would smoke, but it's just sooooo frustrating not to be able to stop the cravings for good. But like you say, I'm telling you something you know all about. I'll have to get one of those rowing machines Mind you I've got a turbo trainer for my bike, maybe I should try using it I will do what you say, start again tomorrow and see if I can get to 3.00pm
A turbo trainer is just a flywheel thing that turns your push bike into a stationary bike for indoor use. Aww but you're not 6 weeks into it really, you've been stopped even longer than me, just with a little break now and again. Still been stopped a lot more than you've smoked.
I still get erm, hicupps now and again gal like you, stress is the main factor I think !! but am working on it
Hmmm, er-in-doors has got an exercise bike, but its erm, just too soft, I put it on the hardest setting, chuck the cat on it, and she can do it well thats after tempting her with some biccies
Please please, just calm down a bit Sinfree, take some nice deep breaths of FRESH air, cos now your not smoking, it is fresh Eh
Just count to 10 slowly, cup your hands and put them over your mouth and nose, and take lovely deep breaths, thats it innnnnnn and outttttttt, just relax a bit eh
Sorry you're still feeling like that Sin. You'll get there in the end, I know you will and like you say, deep down you know you will too. You haven't gone through all that sh1t and come this far to chuck it all away now. So, if you still need some kind of nicotine fix then so be it for now. Just come and rant to us about it and get it off your chest, that's what we're all here for.
Did you have a good day at work Pete? What hours are you on this week then?
monkyAdministrator35 Months Winner in reply to andi22
We had that yesterday but today wasn't too bad. Had showers at lunchtime then about 4 the sky turned black in the north with really pretty rainbows and gave us really heavy showers for the next couple of hours. It's beautiful and clear out there now, chilly, with bright stars and moon.
monkyAdministrator35 Months Winner in reply to andi22
Nice gal yes its calmed down here now too it gives frosts coming this week soo if you got any plants worth saving, fetch em in eh
By the way, erm, how many Commandments are there ??
monkyAdministrator35 Months Winner in reply to monky
I thought you were quick Andi, there are 11
Just thought I would try to keep you flippin lot on your toes eh
Hope it stays dry tomorrow, my grass needs cutting again. It's so annoying at this time of year cos it just clogs up the mower and spreads itself all over the lawn and the job takes twice as long. I haven't got any tender plants that need putting away at the mo so no problem there.
Right, eyes getting droopy so I'm off to byebyes. Nite nite Pete, Sin and everyone, sleep well. xxxxxx
monkyAdministrator35 Months Winner in reply to andi22
Nite nite everybody, yeah, its that time again, got to flippin traipse up that flippin wooden hill again, hmmm its made of wood, sooooo maybe I could get rid of it at bonfire night eh
Anybody got a spair lift they dont want ??
Sweet dreams to you all, and loves ya all too, cos your a good bunch of QUITTERS, yeahhhhhh we flippin will do it
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