Well, this is it - I am going for attempt No 3
Managed a year first time with Zyban, less than 6 months last time with Champix which made me feel sick so an having a go at patches this time.
Its only been 3 hours - OMG :-\
Lushy x
Good luck! xx
good luck!! need to take the plunge myself really starting to affect my health now but i'm very reluctant to take any of the anti smoking drugs :-X keep us posted as to how you get on ???
ive just taken my first zyban tablet today hope it works
Good luck the lot of you... How's it going Lushy? :-\
I stopped with the patches after smoking 40 cigs a day for 40 years. You go girl ;D
the 18 hr patches worked for me, still a smoke-free zone here!! (40 a day type 'til jan 1st)
if I can..................... ;)
Thanks all
Today has had its ups and downs but I have managed so far. Just had dinner and thats a killer, my favourite f*g of the day. I'm on the 18 hour patches too and I have a nasal spray that I found really good last time for when I get a big craving. So it has been just over 24 hours since my last roll up and I have to say I am gagging :)
Good luck to you too Darren, my PCT won't do zyban any more I found it really good ;D ;D
Lushy x
Good luck everyone.
Wishing you all success, Good Luck.
Good luck lushy. Although I have never smoked I still feel I can understand how hard it must be for anyone who does to give up.......I have been on enough diets!! However, you obviously really do want to give up as you keep trying....... so all I can offer is my support.
Just jump on here and chatter when you "feel the need". There'll always be someone here to distract you.
twinkletoes
Remember when you give up to never ever just have one or it will be back to smoking again. This happened to me in 1969 when on holiday and a friend said one won't hurt. By the end of the holiday I was back to being a smoker again and all the torment of the previous months was in vain. I finally gave up in 1974.
Good luck Lushy and everyone else who is in the process of giving up.
Good luck!
Giving up is easy..done it dozens of times ::)
Agree with the previous poster..one slip and you're back to square one
I managed six years once
On hols tomorrow and will have another attempt when I come back. Would be great if this thread could keep going....a bit of moral support and swop tips
Well, I'm dieting too. Thankfully there are lots of free foods on slimming world because I am getting serious munchies ::)
We are off on hols with another family in a week and I would have been the only smoker - hence the timimg of this attempt as it should be a help I think. Must say I'm finding it very tough this time
:)
Lushy x
I was smoking 40+ a day up until around five weeks ago I was given 24hr patches plus an inhalator which I'd put one refill in per day, after 10 days I stopped the patches and went on to two refills per day, I'm now one one refill a day but I think thats mainly so I can keep the inhalator!!
I think the main thing thats helped me is keeping the money I would have spent on cigs and putting it to better use, 40 fags per day = £10 or £70 a week or £3650 a year, just think what help £3650 each year would be!!! plus smokers stink and thats a fact.
Glad to hear you're still managing Mick... :)
As Beanqueen says... "giving up is easy" my mum did it hundreds of times.. you'd have thought with one lung she'd have stuck to it... but never did. Caught up with her in the end.... :(
Well I was only spending about a tenner a week on bacci but even so its still a saving and I don't stink any more. I remember seeing the table you bought on your thread Mick so well done for keeping it up. Finding it much harder this time, it seems so pathetic but I am really agitated. I really really hate this addiction >:(
Lushy x
I read somewhere that sprouted seeds help when giving up smoking. Can't remember how though but if you're on a diet or get an attack of the munchies I should think they would be very helpful.
Keep up the good work ;D
Good luck - i kicked it finally 5 years ago - still get tempted occassionally though. Usually down the pub after a few beers. Luckily I did it without patches, gum or any other help. I think I finally wanted to give up rather than want to want to give up (if that makes sense)
Glad I did it but every cold I got for the first few years gave me a hacking cough. I suppose it was all the crud coming out
WELL DONE Mickw I was wondering how you were doing :)
Good Luck Lushy don't think of the fags your missing think of the money your gaining,you won't have that panicky feeling when you open that packet at 10pm and there's only one left and you think do I have it now and have to dash out in the morning or do I save it for the morning and stay awake all night wishing I hadn't >:( freedom :)
Well, I've done the first week - it has been hard but I am feeling better already. Off on hols on sun with friends and I would have been the only smoker so feeling pretty good about that. Still miss it though ;)
Lushy x
Lushy well done, and enjoy your holidays!
Good cure for giving up smoking, if you had to live with my OH, who just gave it up, and even when I go in the back garden to smoke, he slams all the windows shut in the house, and he has got a degree in moaning, you smell etc. etc. Don't smoke indoors, even if he is out and he is the 'smoking police', but do have to walk round the block and clean my teeth when I get home but he can still smell it. Perhaps I will give it up tomorrow. >:( >:(
You can do it Borlotti, you just have to really want to ;)
Lushy x
Morning lushy86 - well you have made it through another day.......well done ;D You are right, if someone wants to be successful in giving up smoking they have to make the decision themselves for themselves - no good doing it because other people have told you you should stop smoking or because someone else doesn't like you smoking. Keep up the good work. ;D
twinkletoes
Quote from: Borlotti on August 19, 2009, 22:28:03
Good cure for giving up smoking, if you had to live with my OH, who just gave it up, and even when I go in the back garden to smoke, he slams all the windows shut in the house, and he has got a degree in moaning, you smell etc. etc. Don't smoke indoors, even if he is out and he is the 'smoking police', but do have to walk round the block and clean my teeth when I get home but he can still smell it. Perhaps I will give it up tomorrow. >:( >:(
Don't get bullied into something you don't want to do. If you want a smoke make him go outside until you have finished.
I had to give it up 18 months ago because of a medical reason, but I am going to take it up again when I am 70 because it will not make much difference to my life expectancy then and it will really p!ss these anti smoking bar stewards off. I loved my morning gauloise with a strong expresso. I am not going to live the rest of my life cowtowing to a bunch of anti smoking w@nkers.
Keep up the good work and keep counting the pennies ;D
Quote from: shirlton on August 20, 2009, 09:41:59
Keep up the good work and keep counting the pennies ;D
Where've you been shirlton it's £££s pennies don't come in to it :o
Good luck and well done lushy,mickw ,borlotti and anyone else giving it a go my OH has quietly given up..giving up he's smoking again :(
Well done Lushy. Have a wonderful smoke free holiday. Like alcohol, smoking is an easy road to get on but bl***y hard to get off. I don't smoke can't drink but would love to be slim ;D.
Have a lovely holiday Lushy, keep up the good work.