I'm on my way....
Just wanted to duck in and say "hi' and thankyou to everyone for your inspiring posts on here. I'm a wife n mother to two boys, a 20/day smoker and have been thinking for a while to try again to get rid of this bad habit....over the past few days i have cut down to between 8-12 a day ...but today....only 5.."yay" and i don't really feel like smoking them...but my downfall is coffee...so i allowed myself the indulgence with a cuppa. I'm doing it cold turkey...using the odd lozenge (which taste disgusting) and of course this site has been quite helpful. My quit date is July 1..wish me luck and best of luck to all xx
Hi AMD, That is good that you have cut down on the smoking over the last few days. You are in the right frame of mind and have set a quit date which is something real to work towards. Tea is my downfall too,but I cut right down on it. However it has creeped up again. I will have to replace it with something else. Anyhow good luck AMD and well done for making this choice, stay focused and keep posting and reading posts here they really help.
excellent.... good work!!! I actually have been thinking of doing this for a while and was walking past nicobate in the shops and they were reduced so i thought why not...even if I replace one cig witha piece of gum its a start... so now I dont start the day with cig and coffee its a nicabate...and I have a cig after I get home with a glass of wine.. (ok maybe 2)!!! but its a big difference... and I dont feel so conspicious out on the street and I dont feel like I smell.. the next step is just to enjoy a glass of wine without a cig...
Hi AMD you and I have the same quit date and are on about the same number of cigs! I am a 10 a day usually but like you want to quit for my twins and live long :) I am slowly cutting down by one ever 3 days...slow and steady but yesterday which was supposed to be 8, I did 6!!! Proud of myself for that one ...
Not sure whether I should reply here .... but anyway...a "big" thankyou to Converse, Bunny and Danisu...we're in this boat together...sailing the mighty sea called Quit.....nice to meet you guys. Ahhhh what a "great" day I had yesterday....was strong and held off til 3 before puffing on my first one....was so happy with myself but today...well.....had my first at 7.30 this morning with a cuppa....and 3 more since then....feel alittle down but I "should" still be happy .... only 4 today still....I've just had lunch and have popped in a "lozenge" to help with the cravings....but the stupid thing is I don't even feel like puffing away on it...something tastes different since starting on this bandwagon and STILL puff away til the end....ahhh stupid! Anyway...thats my venting...slow n steady and hooking up onto this forum has been a great help (truely has) and meeting new people has been great : )
Converse, yes despite my vent, I am in the right frame of mind...my third attempt now...the feeling just came thru strong and I ran with it last Thursday....cold turket the best for me. Have you had ur chest checked by the dr?? Just to give you peace of mind??? Let me know huh?
Bunny, as mentioned the feeling came thru strong last Thursday so off to the chemist I went to get those lozenges... I'm not a gum chewer hence i bought the other. Still taste disgusting!!! but very helpful. Think thats where I went wrong today....with my first cig at 7.30...def tomorrow will choose differently.
Danisu....(feel like am writing an essay LOL) yes u and I do have the same quit date...this is damn hard..quitting slowly but we'll do it hey? So great that you had 6 instead of 8...brilliant job : ) and I'm sure you would be proud : )
Finally to all of you...continued success with your quit journey......