http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum This is a discussion forum powered by vBulletin. To find out about vBulletin, go to http://www.vbulletin.com/ . en Tue, 21 May 2013 13:01:31 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forum.nosmokingday.org.uk/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32491&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 11:26:46 GMT Hi i'm through the first week and i feel really great. I'm going into week 2 positive and proud.

My worst time saturday evening. Since then ive been surprisingly ok, ive had several stressfull situations but the reaching for a cig has not crossed my mind 👍

I'm still chewing gum, just normal sugar free, drinking more water, going to bed a little earlier then usual and having nice long, hot relaxing baths. I'm trying not to dwell on thinking about smoking too much so nasty thoughts can stay away.

I maybe around alcohol on Friday evening as ive got a work meal to attend (not 100% sure if i will go yet or drink) i'm not sure how i'm going to be once intoxicated, its easy saying now but i'm sober! We'll see.....

But all in all very proud and a big thanks to some lovely posts xxxxx
👍💪😄😘 ]]> Week 2 Ladyk1409 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32491 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32490&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 09:47:12 GMT I have been using this forum for a while and now have decided to post - Hello everyone :D My first quit lasted a week - succumbed to the demon last Friday when I went for drinks with work colleagues :( - only had two but felt I had let myself down so chucked the rest away on my walk home. So... I have been using this forum for a while and now have decided to post - Hello everyone :D

My first quit lasted a week - succumbed to the demon last Friday when I went for drinks with work colleagues :( - only had two but felt I had let myself down so chucked the rest away on my walk home.

So this is my fourth day, went for a few drinks last night and resisted, but woke up this morning with a sore throat, the kind you usually get after a night on the fags??? It's almost like my body was anticipating me smoking and has given me a sore throat as punnishment lol :confused:

Hope everyone else is having a smooth ride. ]]> Day 4 - 7 Optimop http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32490 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32489&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 09:17:39 GMT Hi all,

Well the pneumonia is finally gone and I feel great. One month on and I can smell and taste again. The downside is that my cooking doesn't taste as good as I remember it!!! Maybe the kids were right ... Perhaps I'm not a good cook!

Anyhow I am not coughing, my sinuses have cleared and my skin looks fab so for all those who are still working through the first month, hang in there!!!!

Well done to everyone on reaching a milestone today - whether it's one day, one week, one month or one year! We are all winners! ]]> Month 1 Sjt13 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32489 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32488&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 09:11:14 GMT I just had a cigarette not a full one has i threw half of it away, but my question is, is it a good idea to ease out of it by cutting down say 1 cigarette a day and then quit completely? or is this going to make my cravings much stronger? im finding that i'm not enjoying the fags like i used to since this time im putting all of my effort into quitting.
I've even started to walk my dog twice a day to take my mind off of it but i still crave them :( ahhhhh! am i back to square one? ]]> Day 1 Lulu010 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32488 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32487&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 08:11:31 GMT so here i am this morning. Made it to the next ball of thread Gosh my patch is itchy. But the half hour of itchiness is sooo worth it. I finished my last day of my italian course last night so I have a new found monday freedom from now on which i might fill with the gym. My plan is still to... so here i am this morning. Made it to the next ball of thread

Gosh my patch is itchy. But the half hour of itchiness is sooo worth it.
I finished my last day of my italian course last night so I have a new found monday freedom from now on which i might fill with the gym.
My plan is still to go to smokefree places as it makes it easier for me.

Hope you are all well

xx ]]> Week 2 Sammi http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32487 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32486&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 21:35:12 GMT HI there everyone, i'm new here as everyone should have guessed ;) ...I have been trying to quit for the past 4 days and have kept going back to the shops to buy a pack. Longest i have been was 25 hours and i just smoked one stick 20 mins ago. Now i'm feeling sad and depressed...

I found this forum and i think i would need all the support that i could get... Im now thinking why did i had to go and buy a pack and why did i smoke again.. but the craving was too strong for me to fight it.

I'm now thinking of trying again after i smoked a few more sticks and throw the rest away since it's going to be my bed time soon and start a fresh once again in the morning :mad: ]]> Day 1 godspeed1208 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32486 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32485&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 20:59:49 GMT Midwifey and MagicBunny, where have you two gone off to? You are supposed to be here with me and Mario in week 3. Hope you guys are ok and still kickin the habit... Midwifey and MagicBunny, where have you two gone off to? You are supposed to be here with me and Mario in week 3. Hope you guys are ok and still kickin the habit... ]]> Week 3 LiquidIce76 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32485 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32484&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 20:00:02 GMT Well today is day 12 and let me tell you this day has been the worst one yet as far as cravings. every hour on the hour i have craved a cig. "Just one" my brain tells me come on it's ok just one. I think i know whats going on though. You see I read about alot of people on here cruising through the first week or so only to start having much stronger cravings during the following weeks. What i think is happening is that for me anyway the joy and newness of not smoking is starting to ware off. The first week I was so happy that i quit that the cravings were not very hard to fight off. This week my brain is telling me that it feels great and that it's ok to have just one. I'm trying to dig deep into my core as to why i really need to quit. If i smoke I will die plain and simple. ]]> Week 2 russelln114 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32484 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32483&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 19:24:07 GMT Damn.

Day one again for me :(

After 190 days(ish) of not smoking I crumbled and have been smoking again for the last 2 weeks. I have come to the realisation that whilst nobody else knows, its only myself I am cheating. My 8 year old daughter asked why i smelt of "ash" the other day and I managed to explain it away. It would seriously upset both my kids to know I have been smoking again.

Lessons learnt: By having to hide, I know what I am doing is stupid and wrong. I have to stop again!

So here I am. Again. ]]> Day 1 paul37 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32483 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32482&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 18:35:22 GMT Hi a week ago I decided I was giving up smoking, and chose today to start, I had my last fag at 10pm yesterday, so nearly 24 hours yayyyy. I was smoking about 20-25 a day and have been smoking for about 20 ish years, I have given up before when pregnant but went straight back to it once bubbas... Hi a week ago I decided I was giving up smoking, and chose today to start, I had my last fag at 10pm yesterday, so nearly 24 hours yayyyy. I was smoking about 20-25 a day and have been smoking for about 20 ish years, I have given up before when pregnant but went straight back to it once bubbas arrived, wishing everyone GOOD LUCK. I really thought it was going to be a lot harder then it has been, ive have an e cig but haven't used it a lot, and been near people smoking and it hasn't really bothered me, im looking forward to treating my kiddies at the end of the week to new trainers xxxx ]]> Day 1 xxjoxx http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32482 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32481&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 15:46:51 GMT Hi All, Well today is day 17 and i feel pretty good about that :-) However the champix side effects are really getting me down now and i feel like i just want this drug out of my system now and to have a good nights sleep!! . I have been on it for just over 5 weeks now, last week i cut down to... Hi All,
Well today is day 17 and i feel pretty good about that :-)
However the champix side effects are really getting me down now and i feel like i just want this drug out of my system now and to have a good nights sleep!! . I have been on it for just over 5 weeks now, last week i cut down to 1mg morning, 0.5mg afternoon for a few days then 0.5mg both morn & afternoon fri-sun, had a 0.5mg this morning and am planing to do this for the rest of this week then finish them completly by the weekend.
Any advise greatfully rec'd! x ]]> Week 3 Sophie79 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32481 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32480&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 14:57:58 GMT ok so i've decided to quit i'm 21 and i have already been smoking for 8 years!! i'm not gonna lie i had about 5 drags of a cig today lol! great start!:( but felt so disappointed in myself i threw it away, yay for me! tbh it's alot easier than i thought kicking the cravings i just puff on my e-lite or suck a mint and this helps alot! my question is is it going to get alot harder? I'm so scared of failing i just want to kick this nasty habit. ]]> Day 1 Lulu010 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32480 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32479&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:54 GMT WOW!

I believe that sums it up, hahaha I can't believe I'm here in the Penthouse.

Today is my 1 year so I want to say thank you to everyone for the kind words of wisdom through out my quit.

I wish I could offer some back but eveything I think of has been said many times already so maybe what I should say to everyone on the forum is to read, listen and always believe you can do it because we all can and if you slip up it's okay because you can have all the chances needed until you do it and everyone here supports that.

What a wonderful group to be a part of. Thanks to you all!! ]]> 1 Year + sb13 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32479 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32478&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 08:28:00 GMT its not good when you want the weekend to be over!
I watched the new star trek film with my dad so that made not smoking easy. Im not a 'trekkie' but it was a really really good film. I saw it at the Imax and it was amazing.
I had a top time without worrying about staying in a smokefree place for 3 hours :D
It wasnt on my mind at all! Thank goodness I remembered my patch :p ]]> Day 4 - 7 Sammi http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32478 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32477&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 05:55:18 GMT Day 15 and LI and myself are still here - 15 days of self-induced nicotene free (can't speak for pollution though, but that's not a choice unless we move to the country side...:D) ]]> Week 3 Mario123 http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32477