Goodbye Tobacco!

[Sinbad7]

 Thanks for your  king words Richard, it's surprising how hearing from the ones that have succeeded spurs one on to keep trying.  As I never ever thought I would try to give it up I am pleased I have got this far.

Hopefully Tony when i get over this chest infection and get back to my normal self it will be easier and I will be able to keep active.

Hope you have an easy day tomorrow.

Sinbad

[Sinbad7]

[jesssands]

I packed it in 8 years ago. things that helped me were to change my habits/pattterns as much as I could. And ev time I thought about having one, it was Back to day 1 if ya did.
Day 30 back to day 1???? Not a Chance!

Just my lil tips that helped me along the way. good luck you peeps xx

[wilko]

1st Feb is my cut off day

goodluck Powerspade, you can do it  ;)

well done Tony and Sinbad, keep it up

I stopped a 20+ a day habit 4 and a half years ago ...I love being a non smoker  ;D

[tonybloke]

Good luck for tomorrow, Powerspade, you can do it!  ;)

[Sinbad7]

Good luck Powerspade for tomorrow.  If I can be of any help just pm me.

Had a bad moment at the supermarket today. I looked longingly at a scrunched dog end on the floor, luckily I didn't have a light......................now that's really bad isn't it??? ;D ;D ;D

[shirlton]

Don't beat yourselves up if you have a weak moment or see a dog end and want to pick it up. Always remember that a drug is what you are giving up. 
Get up again dust yourself off and start again. When I stopped , If I started craving for a cig I used to tell myself that I could go and get myself a bag of glue (cos its just the same) This had always repulsed me when I had seen people doing it. It really did help me. Anyhow keep up the good work you are all doing really well.

[tonybloke]

Had a bad moment at the supermarket today. I looked longingly at a scrunched dog end on the floor, luckily I didn't have a light......................now that's really bad isn't it??? ;D ;D ;D

Yes that's terrible! ALWAYS carry a lighter!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Sinbad7]

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Tony, I'll try to remember.

Thanks Shirl, one has to worry about looking longingly at dog ends as what will become of me when I 've lost it completely ;D ;D ;D

[shirlton]

I tell you I used to dream about smoking every night. The dreams were that vivid that I really used to wake up thinking that I really had smoked. I also used to dream about people that I admired (non smokers) and they were puffing away at their cigs. I think it must be the mind trying to trick us into having a fix..

[Sinbad7]

Shirl, I wanna dream that dream, honest I do.  Fancy being able to smoke when it had nothing to do with you, sounds good to me ;D ;D ;D

[shirlton]

 ;D ;D ;D

[Sinbad7]

Come on Shirl, tell me how I do it..........................please.  I really am feeling desperate today, so much so I am going to have to go and put the ironing board up..................... I hate ironing too ;D

Wonder how Tony is keeping himself occupied today and how Powerspade is getting on.

Shirl, you could earn a few bob here if you taught us all how to dream the smoking dream ;D ;D ;D

[shirlton]

Well firstly you have to get yerself a big bottle of wine and the rest is easy

[Sinbad7]

Blimey, this sounds too good to be true ;D ;D  If it works I 'll send you a bottle too ;D

I know, I didn't have much ironing

[tonybloke]

I'm keeping busy!!, been down the lotty to get some veg, and to get a large bucket full of 2 yr old horse sh*t, for my mate to grow mushrooms in, under the bench in his orchid house. I'm cooking a roast (organic chicken) as the O.H. is loking after her mum (75yrs), who's just out of hospital after major surgery. Doing a bit of assignment work for college, washing up (by hand) whilst doing a bit of birdwatching (we overlook the old cemetery), etc, etc,....... ;D ;D

[Sinbad7]

Hope your mother-in-law gets well soon Tony.

I wish I had your energy, maybe when my chest infection has gone I will get back into being hyperactive ;D

Tony do you know a place called Ditchingham?  Sorry off topic.

[tonybloke]

what, the WORLD FAMOUS CHICKEN ROUNDABOUT ?? ;D ;D ;D yep, know it well, go swimming in the river near there, at Ellingham,  ;)

[Sinbad7]

Oh, never heard of the roundabout, it's just my gr grandmother was born there ;D  I'm doing my ancestry and remembered some of my ancestor's come from Norfolk, so always keen to hear about the places they came from.

[tonybloke]

google (or other search engine) 'chicken roundabout' 

[Sinbad7]

How brilliant Tony, thanks for that.