quit smoking

[pstevens]

I quit smoking on 12/05/2015 after smoking 48 years. I went to a 6 week free program the State of Florida. They gave me the NRT patches for a month. 2 weeks of 21 mg, 2 weeks of 14 mg. Since I was such a heavy smoker I am staying on the 21 mg for 6 weeks

[Briarwood Administrator LONG TERM WINNER]

Hiya pstevens and welcome to quit support😊

Congratulations on over 2 weeks quit already, well done👏🏼

I'm glad to hear you're doing well on the patches and should be very proud of yourself

We have a great quit community here and if you need anything, just shout as there's always someone around to help. Our motto is NOPE not one puff ever🚭 Good luck🍀

[Andrew-S]

Oh I see you mean 5th December not 12th May. That makes sense. Reminds me of when I asked my American friend to buy gas for my soda stream!

Well done on two weeks ur doing brilliant. I am coming to visit Florida next July can't wait. 🐵🍙🍷😀😇🍙🍙🍷😆😅

[Coco797 17 Month Winner in reply to Andrew-S]

The languages are part of the fun on here! Haha

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Hello pstevens and congrats👏🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉.... You've made a life changing decision ...... Quitting is so hard in the first couple months..... Breaking the routine/ habit of lighting up for what ever reasons.... I keep my reason close why i quit....... Women who smoke in my family have strokes ...... Keep your reason close...... The people on this site are so helpful...... Keep the site close to and I wish you a Merry Christmas🎄☃🎉🎉

[Quitterpaul 7 YearsSmokefree]

Wel done pstevens. Great decision to quit smoking. Keep it up. If you need any support or advice, this is the place to come

[droopyJ]

Hi pstevens, whooohoooo what a great quit you got going on 😊 Start saving the cig money whilst your on the free programme and treat yourself to something nice 😊😊🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[monky Administrator 35 Months Winner]

Hi ya Pstevens, a big warm welcome to our lovely quit support community and thats fantastic news that you have decided to quit the smokes and for over 2 weeks too As you can see, I have sorted a 2 weeks Winner badge out and have your quit date logged in now

I see that you've met some of our lovely members already and your from the united States then, we have a few members from their, soooo, you will feel at home here

Here in the UK, our quit smoking programs are normally for 12 weeks, this normally consists on 4 weeks on the high nicotine patches, then 4 weeks on a lower dose one, then 4 weeks on the lowest dose one plus we get another NRT supplement, like the quickmist mouth spray, or gum, etc, just to help us in them bad times

Please, please, if you need any help, just you shout out, cos thats what this lovely community is all about, helping each other to quit the smokes and become FREE again and if you just fancy a chat, then please doooo, cos it all helps

Hope to speak soon

Pete

[Terry1405 5 MONTH WINNER in reply to monky]

11 days not smoking, vaping sometimes, struggling through, my husband and I are both doing this so a bit tense sometmes but still married at the moment ha ha. One question, what is the quickmist mouth spray.

[monky Administrator 35 Months Winner in reply to Terry1405]

Hi ya Terry1405, its lovely to meet you and a big warm welcome to our community and just look at you and hubby goooooooo 11 days already it wont be long and you will be 2 whole weeks smokefreeeeee

Terry, I hope you and hubby are going to treat yourselves to something nice when you reach 2 weeks quit, cos you both defo deserve it and I am so so PROUD of you both

Now then, Quickmist mouth spray, is really what it says it is, its a spray that you spray into your mouth at the hard times of your quit, just when you need that extra boost Its almost an instant hit

Terry, you say your vaping sometimes, if you need any help with it, you just shout out gal and we will try to help you If you could please let us know your quit date, then we can award you with a well deserved Winners badge after you name Hope to speak soon

Pete

[Terry1405 5 MONTH WINNER in reply to monky]

Quit date was the 15th January and yes we are treating ourselves this weekend, we are going up to London to see a group that we follow, its an Eagles tribute band called Talon. There are eight of us going so should be good fun, having a meal up there as well.

So this Quickmist spray, do I get it at the chemist.

We went to the doctor about packing up and he said that he would get someone to get in touch with us with help, well this women phoned and Chris my husband told her how long we hadn't smoked and she said "Oh well you are almost there then, the nicotine will be out of your system now so carry on as you are" So much for helping , we are on our own now.

Thank you NHS

Terry

[monky Administrator 35 Months Winner in reply to Terry1405]

Hi Terry, thank you for getting back to me with your quit date, I will log it into our database and get it sorted for you and your treat sounds lovely you and hubby enjoyyyyyyy

As for the quickmist spray, you can get it from your local chemist orrrr, it maybe cheaper at your local supermarket, cos they do a lot of NRT now too

HAYYYYYY, Terry and hubby, your not alone now cos ya got us with you please have a good old look around and come have a chat with us, get to know us and please just remember, we are all going through what your going through now orrrr, have gone through theres loads a help on here

Pete

[monky Administrator 35 Months Winner]

PS, Pstevens, your quit date is 5th December 2015 isnt it

If not, then please feel free to slap me around the ear ole

[glolin LONG TERM WINNER]

HI Pstevens and welcome to quit support..congratulations on your decison to quit smoking

We have a great quit family here who will support you any way they can along your quit journey

Do have a read of the pinned posts and if you have any questions, just ask away.

One of the many great things about this site is that our members come from a range of different countries with all different time zones. This means there is generally some around at all times

[Andrew-S]

I'm still on 21mg patches and not got smoking cessation appointment til 4th Jan now it is the intention that I move to 14mg then so that will be about 8 weeks in. I don't think it matters as long as u stop smoking. 🐵😇🍙🎂🍭😃😆🍰

[droopyJ in reply to Andrew-S]

Your right, it's Horses for courses Andrew ....... it's interesting that in the States it's a 4 week programme but 12 here! The thing about patches is you can stay on them until your ready to come down a dose 😃 you just have to do what works for you 😃😃😃😃🌲🌲🌲

[Andrew-S in reply to droopyJ]

Yeah they are harder in the states and no NHS to pay for healthcare so u can only have 8 weeks nrt. It does cost a lot of money I'm glad I don't have to pay its 40 quid a week for mine. I'm building up a huge stash 🌲🍭🍸😜🍸🍭🌲

[droopyJ in reply to Andrew-S]

That's great Andrew did Ya want me to send you my Christmas list then now that your flush....😃😃😃😃🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

[Andrew-S in reply to droopyJ]

No I'm building up a stash of NRT not money but I do send u my very best wishes 🎄 and this tree 🎄

[droopyJ in reply to Andrew-S]

Flipping cheapskate...... you men are all the same.........except for Shanti's hubby, he's really generous with his credit cards (although I'm not sure if he knows that!!😮😮🙌🙌) 😂😂😂

[shantimar in reply to droopyJ]

LMAO

The way I see it Droopy is if he continues to smoke then I continue to spend 😁

Xx

[droopyJ in reply to shantimar]

Lol..... Love your thinking shanti 😊😊😊🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[Briarwood Administrator LONG TERM WINNER in reply to shantimar]

Yep, me too😂😂