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All posts for February 2014

SUNDAY/DAILY CHAT/23/02/2014

Good morning fellow nicotine monster fighters! It's another windy morning on the south coast here, I hope it's a nice sunny day for you, wherever you may be!...

Good morning fellow nicotine monster fighters! It's another windy morning on th...

LONG TERM WINNER•10 years ago

My smokefree night

I managed not to smoke last night. I went to a charity quiz night and drank a fair amount. Normally that means I smoke like a chimney. Not only did we win the...

I managed not to smoke last night. I went to a charity quiz night and drank a fa...

9 MONTH WINNER•10 years ago

Somtimes

When you first read what is written you read it and it means one thing and then when you read it a second time, it means something else and usually that second...

When you first read what is written you read it and it means one thing and then ...

•10 years ago

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How would you feel if I told you that with every cigarette comes a dose of insecticide, car exhaust, gas chamber poison, ant poison, floor cleaner, mothballs,...

How would you feel if I told you that with every cigarette comes a dose of insec...

Administrator•10 years ago

SATURDAY/DAILY CHAT/22/02/2014

Hello everyone I hope you are ok. Its a bit rainy here in Yorkshire, but what the heck it`s Saturday! Al you enjoy your bluewater shopping spree. It just...

Hello everyone I hope you are ok. Its a bit rainy here in Yorkshire, but what th...

Administrator•10 years ago

Now I have found this site I am determined to quit.

I started smoking 29 years ago when I was 20. I was smoking 20 cigarettes a day which increased to 30 about 2 years ago. I am currently going through a...

I started smoking 29 years ago when I was 20. I was smoking 20 cigarettes a day...

•10 years ago

Big day tomorrow I am off to ........ Wait for it ........

Spend all the money I have saved by becoming a non smoker woooooohoooooo! So of to bluewater ( big shopping centre ) some new clothes and make up, then out for...

Spend all the money I have saved by becoming a non smoker woooooohoooooo! So of ...

26 Months Winner•10 years ago

DAILY CHAT/ FRIDAY/ 21/02/2014

Good morning here,from sunny Yorkshire., Hope its the same for you wherever you are. Nothing much happening today doctors first thing get a new inhaler....

Good morning here,from sunny Yorkshire., Hope its the same for you wherever you...

Administrator•10 years ago

THANK YOU EmJay and Jilly

I think out of everyone in the 'virtual' non smoking community the two people who have kept me on the straight and narrow are you two. You're here mostly...

I think out of everyone in the 'virtual' non smoking community the two people wh...

•10 years ago

Trying to quit number 500 (okay, not literally but feels like it)

So I know cold turkey won't work, always fails quickly. The nicotine gum just tastes horrible. I had a decent 3 week attempt with patches, but made the mistake...

So I know cold turkey won't work, always fails quickly. The nicotine gum just ta...

•10 years ago

DAILY CHAT/THURSDAY/20/02/2014

Hello everyone, Hope your feeling fine . Firstly I would like to apologise to Helen for missing her Birthday ,Hope it was a good one. :) Well today I thought...

Hello everyone, Hope your feeling fine . Firstly I would like to apologise to He...

Administrator•10 years ago

How to put a picture on your Post

Somebody mentioning no names, asked how to put a picture on a post :o well, here you go Lenne, try this :) Write your Post Then go down to the bottom of your...

Somebody mentioning no names, asked how to put a picture on a post :o well, here...

Administrator•10 years ago

Would you have chosen to smoke if you knew how hard it would be to stop ?

I can still remember smoking my first cig at 16 with my best friend (who had been smoking a while!!) & thinking that I could give up whenever I wanted because...

I can still remember smoking my first cig at 16 with my best friend (who had bee...

•10 years ago

DAILY CHAT/WEDNESDAY/19/02/2014

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all feeling fine. Last week we all put what benefits quitting gave us. So today like the picture shows , lets see what...

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all feeling fine. Last week we all put wh...

Administrator•10 years ago

TUESDAY/ DAILY CHAT/18/02/2014

Good morning, I hope everyone is feeling ok. Weather here in Yorkshire is sunny at the moment so will nip to the shops soon before it changes. Anyone watch...

Good morning, I hope everyone is feeling ok. Weather here in Yorkshire is sunny...

Administrator•10 years ago

Daily Chat: Monday 17th February 2014

Happy Monday Everyone and welcome to a brand spanking new week which puts us into the 2nd half of February already :o This is my first day of my first full...

Happy Monday Everyone and welcome to a brand spanking new week which puts us int...

Partner•10 years ago

I'm back :)

Hi everyone :) Hope everyone is keeping well and of course smoke free :). I've been following the dreadful situation with flooding in the UK and I hope that...

Hi everyone :) Hope everyone is keeping well and of course smoke free :). I've ...

10 MONTH WINNER•10 years ago

Saw this interesting article in the paper this week, which I thought might interest people.

"Smokers who believe that their habit relieves stress and depression are mistaken, according to research. A study found that the effect of quitting smoking was...

"Smokers who believe that their habit relieves stress and depression are mistake...

•10 years ago

My craving monster is throwing a major tantrum.....

I see the craving as a naughty child and right now it's throwing a paddy from hell... Throwing itself on the floor with legs and arms flailing, and screaming...

I see the craving as a naughty child and right now it's throwing a paddy from he...

26 Months Winner•10 years ago

Daily Chat: Sunday 16th February 2014

Well howdy doody Everyone :-) 'Tis the Scarlet Pimpernel here! :D Sorry I've not bobbed on but it's been a hectic couple of days. I have a couple of things I...

Well howdy doody Everyone :-) 'Tis the Scarlet Pimpernel here! :D Sorry I've no...

Partner•10 years ago

Not really cig related but still about giving up ... a rant.(You have been warned)

I stopped drinking alcohol about 10 weeks ago,just because I wanted to see how long I could go without a drink and also because I honestly shouldn't have been...

I stopped drinking alcohol about 10 weeks ago,just because I wanted to see how l...

•10 years ago

SATURDAY/DAILY CHAT/ 15/02/2014

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all feeling fine and ready for a lovely smokefree weekend. Those of you who are findinf it hard to cope, why not have a...

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all feeling fine and ready for a lovely sm...

Administrator•10 years ago

4 months clean of smoking and this shortness of breath killing me how much longer? Is this even from healing?

Ive posted before and I was doing great with 4 months of smoke free. Tonight a bad episode of shortness of breath. How much longer til its gone? Doctors...

Ive posted before and I was doing great with 4 months of smoke free. Tonight a ...

10 MONTH WINNER•10 years ago

This might not translate but.....

I've been helping some people tonight on a Self Harm forum and have spent hours talking them through distraction techniques. Basically these are activities...

I've been helping some people tonight on a Self Harm forum and have spent hours ...

9 MONTH WINNER•10 years ago

Going nuts but in fabulous shoes ........

Arghhhhhh really struggling today, didn't think it would be this bad as not going cold turkey! Only saving grace is the weather is terrible and I am too lazy...

Arghhhhhh really struggling today, didn't think it would be this bad as not goin...

26 Months Winner•10 years ago

Daily Chat Friday 14th February 2014

Good Morning everybody and a happy Valentines Day :) :) I was just thinking to myself last night, what a lovely bunch of people you all are on here :) if...

Good Morning everybody and a happy Valentines Day :) :) I was just thinking to...

Administrator•10 years ago

More challenges

Today I had a hospital treatment, then went through to Edinburgh, had a meal with the family, then went to see the play War Horse. All day I've been badly...

Today I had a hospital treatment, then went through to Edinburgh, had a meal wit...

9 MONTH WINNER•10 years ago

The dreaded chest x ray....

Hello everyone, your friendly hypochondriac here :) Just got back from the doctors and the blood tests were fine apart from cholesterol which was up. So...

Hello everyone, your friendly hypochondriac here :) Just got back from the do...

•10 years ago

THURSDAY/DAILY CHAT/13/02/2014

Good morning to all you lovely members old and new, I hope you didn`t suffer last night with the gale force winds etc. At least we dont have to stand outside...

Good morning to all you lovely members old and new, I hope you didn`t suffer la...

Administrator•10 years ago

Effects on the Body After Quitting

Our lovely Emjay posted this a while ago, it might just help you to understand what your body is going through :) Negative Effects When you stop smoking,...

Our lovely Emjay posted this a while ago, it might just help you to understand w...

Administrator•10 years ago

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