Daily Chat: Monday 6th January 2014

[EmJay]

Good Morning, Good Afternoon and Good Evening - depending on where you all are

Another Monday upon us already, in fact 'tis the first Monday of the year and for a number of you it is the first SMOKEFREE Monday too

Remember to stay as positive as you can about stopping smoking, okay so it does have it's lows as well as it's highs but I promise you that as lo0ng as you see each low through, then you will feel much, much better and it will become easier.

Most things that you my go through will be pretty normal and many of our members who have made it through to the other side will have gone through the same. So if there is anything that you are unsure about, please just ask

For those of you taking the cold turkey route, it can be done but just needs you to be extra vigilant during the early days. It does only take around 48hours (2 days) for nicotine to leave your body, however as with everybody - it can take around 12 weeks or so for those nicotine receptors to die down.

If you are finding the cold turkey route too hard, or know that you may need something to take the edge off those cravings, then you can use Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) - This may be free if you get free prescription, if not you may still be able to get it at the cost of a prescription. If yo would like to know more about your local stop smoking service then please just send me a private message with your postcode and I can give you their details.

So, what will today have in store for us I wonder? Whatever it is, see it in a positive light

Any questions, please just ask and we'll help you all we can

[jillygirl Administrator Queen Bee]

Good morning Emjay, I hope your ok and the weather not too bleak for you. Its amazing how we follow certain routines with smoking isnt it. Reading morriemoos question just reminded me of myself when I first started to quit. I found getting busy on this site was good therapy for me. (Now I am addicted to quit support )

Have a lovely day. xx

[EmJay Partner]

Morning JillyGirl, a cup of tea is here for you

I don't know what happened to my picture this morning but it wasn't the original one I put up I've just changed it back again.

I'll pop over to Morriemoo now

[andi22]

Good morning Emjay, Jilly and everyone.

Like you Jilly, it was really tough not having that first one of the day. I think everyone feels the same at the beginning.

Have a good day.

[jillygirl Administrator Queen Bee in reply to andi22]

Love the new pic. does this mean you can !slope ! off now.

[andi22 in reply to jillygirl]

Yep, off to the slippy stuff on Thursday.

[mrssunnyside]

Morning everyone, Yeah the mornings the bad time still for me. That's when the e-cig helps though, but from this week each time I I get refills I am reducing the nic level down, that's when I can tell myself I am truly a non smoker !!

Happy Monday, xxx.

[EmJay Partner]

Morning Andi, Morning Mrssunnyside

Andi, loving your new avatar - when is it you go away Skiing? Winter sun all the way

Mrssunnyside, you are heading in the right direction. Just take little steps at a time until you naturally feel confident

[andi22 in reply to EmJay]

Given up the sunbathing for a while now, heading for the white stuff instead.

[jillygirl Administrator Queen Bee in reply to andi22]

Where you off to this time ?

[andi22 in reply to jillygirl]

I'm off to my sister's, as usual.

[Rainbowlilybet 9 MONTH WINNER]

Hi everyone, I'm Ellie and this is my smoke free day number 5. So far so good but I'm finding myself questioning if I WANT to actually quit

[andi22 in reply to Rainbowlilybet]

Hi Rainbowlilybet and welcome. Well done for managing 5 days smoke free so far. I think you know that you do want to quit and you've come to the right place for help. Just make a list of all the advantages of not smoking and then one of all the reasons why you might want to start smoking again and see which one you prefer the look of. If you then continue with your quit, why not stick it up in a prominent place to remind you what and why you're doing it.

Good luck and keep coming here to share everything with us. Andi.

[Rainbowlilybet 9 MONTH WINNER in reply to andi22]

Thanks for replying, I really appreciate it. I'm battling onwards. I have to do this

[jillygirl Administrator Queen Bee in reply to Rainbowlilybet]

Hi Rainbowlilybet, Welcome to quit support. 5 days is brilliant. Your asking if you want to quit, perhaps its the nicotine in your body asking you that. Be honest with yourself do you want to carry on smoking and causing damage to your health let alone the purse strings.Have a browse through this site , plenty of reasons to stop. If you need help just ask , thats what we are here for.

[Rainbowlilybet 9 MONTH WINNER in reply to jillygirl]

Thanks I'm battling onwards. I have to do this!

[monky Administrator 45 Months Cake sniffer outer in reply to Rainbowlilybet]

Hi ya Ellie, I'm old boy Pete it's great to see you on here and a massive great big well done to you cos we all know on here, how hard it is the first few days

Am just wondering why you want to quit ? there must be a good reason for it eh Write it, or them down on a peice of paper, so you can read it back to yourself when needed. Soooo when them cravings come, you can tell them to ermmmm, go away eh and I mean tell them !!

Good luck Ellie, we are all here to help

Pete

[Hidden]

Some piece of trash thought it would be a really good idea to steal a major part out of my daughters car engine last night. She now has no useable car and no money to replace the part and will have to get the bus to take my grandson to playgroup every day in the rain. According to the local car breakers, there has been a spate of these thefts recently. It's times like this when I so miss smoking.

[jillygirl Administrator Queen Bee in reply to Hidden]

Know what you mean Sin, however it never really solved anything though, Sorry to hear about your daughters car though. There are some awful people around.

[Hidden in reply to jillygirl]

This is true but I would feel so much better smoking a real cig rather than an e-cig but hey ho.

[monky Administrator 45 Months Cake sniffer outer in reply to Hidden]

Why would you feel better if you smoked a real cig

Sinfree, if you smoked a fag now, I tell you, you would feel worse than you feel now, cos you would hate yourself for it gal !! so dont even think about it eh

There are some rotten erm, so & so's about

Just wondering how often do you use your car ?? If you were to let your Daughter lend your car, then you could walk to work, or jogette to the shops that way you will get more exercise and boost your jog-o-meter up, or what ever its flippin called

[Hidden in reply to monky]

heheee. Am laughing cos, ooooh you don't know my daughter. Lend her my car it's a lovely idea but.........you want to see the state of her car inside. Sausage roll crumbs like, everywhere, general rubbish, junk, its worse than our dining table was. I went in the back of her car just before Christmas when we went to my grandsons nativity play. Not kidding you it took me about 5 minutes to clear a space to put my feet in the footwell, not to mention brushing all the crumbs off the seats. If she emptied her car of rubbish she would probably save on petrol costs, driving all that rubbish around

[monky Administrator 45 Months Cake sniffer outer in reply to Hidden]

[Hidden in reply to monky]

It was the ECU they stole, can you believe that? Proving difficult to find a replacement cos they want the part number off it, and didn't think to take a note of the numbers of all the parts in the engine - tsk.

[monky Administrator 45 Months Cake sniffer outer in reply to Hidden]

Yeah, Sinfree, cars dont seem to go well without them

Erm, I dont think I can help you with that gal, I'm sorry

What about contacting her car insurance company, cos they must have broke into her car to get to the ECU

Just a thought Sinfree !!

[Hidden in reply to monky]

Trying to avoid that as it will only push the premium up next year. Nope they didn't break anything. Obviously pro's and must have accessed the bonnet release cable underneath the car. Ah well you live and learn, look after your engine, you never know who's eyeing it up.

[Hidden]

Oh well, am going to go now, need to keep up my new year resolution and go to bed early. I was out this morning at 8.30 doing a 2.5 mile walk. Got it done before the rains set in. Not stopped raining since about 11.00 really. OMG just watching the news. Glad I'm not in America. They just threw a cup of boiling water into the air and it just turned to vapour instantly its so cold. Brrrrrrr. Well night Pete and good night to anyone else looking in.

[monky Administrator 45 Months Cake sniffer outer in reply to Hidden]

Nite nite Sinfree and everybody, got to traipse up the flippin woodn hill again to get some zzzzzzz, sweet dreams everybody xxxxx