Stopping Smoking for 2009 thread

[BrideXIII]

Morning all, still going, i have decided not to count how many hours, just how many i haven't had, and that's impressed me no end, i certainly haven't bought any baccy.
had 2 yesterday all told.
I WILL GET THERE!!!

and i am not buying any.

[SarzWix]

Good on ya lass How many have you not had?

((((Hugs)))) for the quitters, and **kicks up the arse** for the tormenting friends and OH's.

[BrideXIII]

Good on ya lass How many have you not had?

((((Hugs)))) for the quitters, and **kicks up the arse** for the tormenting friends and OH's.

well if i had 2 yesterday, that would be about 38 i didn't have, not bad!!!

[MaureenHall]

Morning all, still going, i have decided not to count how many hours, just how many i haven't had, and that's impressed me no end, i certainly haven't bought any baccy.
had 2 yesterday all told.
I WILL GET THERE!!!

and i am not buying any.

That's a bloody good idea counting the ones you haven't had!! I was a really heavy almost chain-smoker of at least 20 a day, so I haven't had 80 (at least!) Wow, that really does make me feel good. I'm not buying any and I haven't got any in the house still (friend has though!)

[BrideXIII]

That's a bloody good idea counting the ones you haven't had!! I was a really heavy almost chain-smoker of at least 20 a day, so I haven't had 80 (at least!) Wow, that really does make me feel good. I'm not buying any and I haven't got any in the house still (friend has though!)

i used to do at least 20 maybe double on an insomnia nite, so average about 30 a day, i am down to two, which i have two puffs from and let go out then have another puff or two later.

I am hoping that the habit is being broken and all i have to do is cope with the addiction, and as sarz is sending me the inhilator, that should help with that

[slabbit]

as I mentioned on another thread on here I gave up June 11th 1979, I am a John wayne fan and when he sadly died age 72 on that day with lung cancer i threw my fags away as did Lyn, I didn,t tell anyone, it took over a week before anyone noticed, when I was offered a ciggy I would say no thanks, not now thanks ive packed up when i needed one I would think of the Duke, its hard at first, don,t think of how much you are saving, Its your life you are saving, its the best thing I ever did, and the last greatest thing John Wayne did... (not dying).... but making me stop. god bless him so DON,T GIVE UP GIVING UP. And its great to say no thanks I don,t smoke.

[BrideXIII]

just for a giggle earlier i did a visualisation thing that i do sometimes, to do with imagining tasting an apple, until you can really taste apple, well it works for ciggies too

[jackie j]

Well done guys keep it up you are doing really well.

[firstimer1]

[QUOTE=Glutton4...;338508]So we've all lapsed then. The little bit of alcohol-flavoured goo in the bottom of my Tiramisu is my 'two puffs'

I don't want to sound as it is a competition because it is not, we are all doing it for ourselves, and we are all doing absolutly fantabby dozicaly brill but i hav'nt lapsed yet honest and i will tell if i do x

[BrideXIII]

[QUOTE=firstimer1;338711]

So we've all lapsed then. The little bit of alcohol-flavoured goo in the bottom of my Tiramisu is my 'two puffs'

I don't want to sound as it is a competition because it is not, we are all doing it for ourselves, and we are all doing absolutly fantabby dozicaly brill but i hav'nt lapsed yet honest and i will tell if i do x

you are so right firstimer, i did wonder whether to own up, not cos i am not honest, but cos i didn't want to make other people think it was ok to lapse, then i figured well maybe they have and don't want to own up either, and if we are going to do it we should be honest?

it is NOT a competition, unless a competition is what it takes for you to do it, if it is 'you' whoever you may be, are in the lead, we have to catch up, if not then you are in good company , cos i am only human, but i will keep trying.

we are all doing our best, and encouraging each other, thats got to help surely?

[valmarg]

i KNOW, but my stupid body is screaming at me now saying 'just one'

Speaking from experience, that 'just one' will lead to two, and before you know where you are you will be back where you started from. The agony having been 'all for nothing'.

Try to stick with it. I know it's agony, but it does get easier, honest.

valmarg

[firstimer1]

Bride you are doing fab an like you say you are only human, but i will say if i was only saving £5.50 a week i would of lapsed many times i know this for a fact as i am doing it 99% purley for the money aspect as i do so love a smoke

correction did, i don't really, not now, i really really don't, i hate it, its yaky caky.

Hey Bride does that visual thing really work? x

[MaureenHall]

We're all doing brill!!! Yes, some of us have had tiny lapses or hiccups, but we're all different and we're all doing it for ourselves and in our own way. This time next week I bet we're all still saying "I'm still off the fags"

It's not a competition because in a competition there's only 1 winner, here we're all winners aren't we. I'm doing it because I can't afford to waste that amount of money any more, because I'm fed up of coughing, because I don't like standing outside in the freezing cold when I go to friends or family to "have a fix", because I don't like the smell, and because I want to say to the doubters in my family "Yes, I did do it"

Thanks for your support everybody, you've all still got mine too xxx
WELL DONE ON GETTING TO THE END OF DAY 4

[BrideXIII]

Bride you are doing fab an like you say you are only human, but i will say if i was only saving £5.50 a week i would of lapsed many times i know this for a fact as i am doing it 99% purley for the money aspect as i do so love a smoke

correction did, i don't really, not now, i really really don't, i hate it, its yaky caky.

Hey Bride does that visual thing really work? x

yeah it does, thing is it just makes you want another one

as for one leading to two, yes that's a danger too, if you have them, at some point you just have to say no, no more, and i am clearly not there yet, i am however not smoking 30 a day, so nya nya, 5 is better than ten, 2 is better than 30, none would be perfect and i will get there, in my own time, and in my own way

[Glutton4...]

... i will get there, in my own time, and in my own way

Yup you will. We all will. Positive thinking is the answer. Well done all.X

OH has opened the last bottle of my favourite wine to have with dinner. He's not doing it to taunt me, he just has no willpower . But it is the last bottle in the house!