Morning Sue52 and all. Well it's snowing here in Maidenhead right now. It's not heavy but really ....it's so cold. :-~
Well I'm into day 3 of FF(Fag Free) and have the occassional feeling that I could quite easily take someones head off!!! It doesn't last too long and luckily today I am in the office alone. Gotta a horrid taste in my mouth. Not sure if this is all part and parcel of quitting? Now addicited to extra strong mints
My all time favourite saying is "Life is not measured by now many breaths you take, but by how many times it takes your breath away" Hopefully I will in time have more breaths and breathtaking experiences now that I am quitting the evil fags?
Well done Bunnygirl on reaching day 3, your a star :), I love your saying, I hope you have many more of these too :). I'll need to keep calling you Bunnygirl or i'll get confused and it doesn't take much to do that
Suec you can do this, stay strong and shout old nice away, Emjays breathing exercises help too, hang in there it will pass and it does get easier
Hi J, I see your memory is as good as mine :D, it's great that you got through it
Great saying, bunnyrabbit For me too it's day 3. My hands are getting raw with all the cleaning I am doing - it is amazing how much you can get done just by not stopping for a smoke I should be doing some headwork, proper paid working, on the computer, but don't feel I can concentrate enough without a cigarette ! Tomorrow?! if it carries on I may have to get an ecig to supplement the patch - I think it could be the sucking in/inhaling I am missing?
Congrats to you all on keeping so strong. I love the poster picture Sue! Don't give up the struggle, Simba We're right alongside you.
Sue, lovely to see you 'opening up shop' today Hope you feel well rested? I'm loving your photie Will gladly have a cuppa whilst catching up through everyone's posts
J, when a craving sets in, the first thing that I always say to people is to check that they have remembered to put their patch on, or that it hasn't stuck to their clothes! I hope you have a nice easy craving free day today
Simba (SueC), what part of stopping smoking do you think you are struggling with today? Let us know and we'll see what we can advise to help make it easier on you
Hey bunnyrabbit, when you get that 'occasional feeling' try taking a couple of deep breaths, not just so that it calms you down a bit but it takes the edge off the craving and chases it away As Sue says, breathing exercises really do help and you can use different ones for different reasons
Betts, have you thought about maybe trying the inhalator alongside the patch? These two products work together quite well. If not, you could even take a straw or a pen (removing the inside) and see if the sensation of 'puffing' on that helps
Sue's photie is so true... sometimes its hard to believe though isn't it? This is when its important to pull some positivity out from the bag... Even if it means that you ask yourself to just get through the next 30 seconds, then take it to a minute... remembering that to get a craving is a positive sign of recovery. Your body is just recognising that you are not feeding it with all those (over 4,000) poisonous toxins.
Cravings will initially always come and go, but I promise you they will taper off. The more of them you get under your belt, the easier stopping smoking will become
I hope your getting some sunshine today, it's lovely and warm here, for a change, i just hope it lasts
I don't normally open up cause all I seem to do is sleep so the others always beat me to it xx
Betts the inhalator is good, i use one of these, I'm now down to just chewing on it, it's like my dummy :D, it is really good though, it does help, so might be worth a try for you xx
Just the no smoking in general whilst having radiotherapy couldn't smoke but that has now finished but have gone 19 days so don't want to start again suecx
I'm sorry, but i can't remember what nrt your using, my memory is rubbish, I do crosswords as this keeps my hands and mind busy, is there anything similar you could try.
I remember what you use now Suec, silly me :D, like Dawn said, keep using your ecig, show your hubby that you can do this :).
I've found that I need to keep my mind busy in any way I can, if a craving appears i try to think of something else, like writing out a shopping list e.g.that helps me as well. You are stronger than you think, and pinching Dawns saying again, if you have a slip, just start again, I've had to do that more times that more times that I can count. Stay strong xx
Hi Sue and everyone, Hope your having a super non-smoking day. Like you say all these Sues and there seems to be gills jilly and gillys .
Its been a lovely sunny day here, but a very cold wind. Been out to the shops for my exercise, believe it or not hubby only spent £2 on a couple of notebooks for the grand children. Normally cost him £20 when he takes me out.
Reminds me of a Beatles tribute weekend I went to in Liverpool last year Strange how a song conjures memories. Have a great evening Dawn and Sue and anyone else on the site suecx
Hi All. Still snowing in Maidenhead. Car in the garage and they have'nt even looked at it so maybe tomorrow...? Seeing friends tomorrow at the local watering hole. All my friends smoke and am anxious. Taking dog and financee for support
Hi John, I'm glad that Amor is back with Vida, it must be so cute seeing Vida follow Amor all the time I'm sure she'll soon realise that Amor isn't going anywhere.
I hope you get help with your sleep, I know how awful not sleeping is, it's not nice.
Your tea sounds yummy, I just had a chicken salad, so because i was good i followed it up with some raspberry cheesecake
Lovely to hear they are back together been a long wait for them must be great to see them sohhappy I had two border collies. Simba and Sheba and they were always together slept together ate together and went on same lead suecx
He bunnyrabbit, you are strong, so don't worry. Just notice how good you smell, and how fusty that nasty smoke is. I am sure you'll get support, taking your best friends there too.
This talk of food is making me hungry!! Sure there's something good in the fridge (I'll probably end up cleaning it out first though, this is getting ridiculous, but it stops the ciggies
Got some Stone Roses title changes:
'Don't Stop' -> 'Do Stop'
'Shoot you down' -> 'Shoot fags down'
'This is the one' -> 'I'm not having one'
'Bye Bye Badman' -> 'Bye Bye Fagsman'
I'm amazed! Could change them all I carried on - on a roll NOT a roll-up
Sorry, I am getting silly now. Time to have tea (or clean the fridge...)
Hello sweetie, Poor you will you ever get an early night. Ok Pete Sue and Betts have started with songs relating to quitting, also a word test too like we had last year.
We are trying to brighten things up, and at the same time keep our minds of the ciggys. So get that brain cell working.
Saved you some cup cakes from what I made earlier.
Off for my shower now. So will love you and leave you. night night Sue and Pete, and anyone who is on line. sweet dreams. xxxxxxx
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Nite nite Jillygirl, you enjoy your shower gal, am going to nip around your place one of these nights and scrub your back for ya have a good nights sleep Jillygirl, keep warm and cosy, luvs ya xxxxxxx
Sorry Pete i gotta go now, my eyes are getting nippy
nite nite Pete and all, sweet dreams, luv yas xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Nite nite Sue, I've kept you up too late again havnt I :o, am sorry Sue I will get on here earlier tomorrow night !!!! you enjoy your sleep gal, and keep snuggled up in that duvet eh luvs ya xxxxxxx
I'm just wondering, when I was younger, I could party all weekend hmmmm nah, just think we have 1 night party eh ????
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the birds chirping woke me up, which was nice 
! Tomorrow?! if it carries on I may have to get an ecig to supplement the patch - I think it could be the sucking in/inhaling I am missing? 
try taking a couple of deep breaths, not just so that it calms you down a bit but it takes the edge off the craving and chases it away 
