Stories and experiences by: penelopejane

I have been feeling very crook. I had a smoke free day yesterday. I want to quit for three days and then asess my situation. Hopefully I won't want to smoke anymore. I am on patches and lozenges. I just went up to the 21mg patches. I am experiencing a transition period of illness which may last five to seven days. Smoking will just make me feel worse. I love living. I have mental health challeng...

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My nerves are healing. I am cutting down to quit. I have achieved my goal. I have cut down to five or less a day - including a smoke free day. I have done this for the best part of three weeks. The quitline are very helpful. My Husband and I will have a smoke free day together tomorrow. I would like to thank eveyone for their contributions. This site has enabled me to get to a point where my doct...

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I have a mild case of peripheral vascular disease. About four years ago my toes were going numb. I know it was poor circulation from smoking fifteen smokes a day. I have been smoking for 44 years and I am turning 49. I am beginning to get sensation in my toes if I cut down to one a day. I am cutting down to quit. I am proud to be able to get down to one. It gives me so much hope. Last month I was...

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How many millions of cigarettes have I had and each one was 'one too many'. I need plastic surgery on my lip. I must not smoke. My lip bleeds. It needs to be stitched. I get chest pains from anxiety. I am quite frightened at the moment. I will be able to stop. I had one cigarette today. My lip is weeping again tonight. The smoke I had was from sitting in the smoking area when I developed a bad at...

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I am now a ten a day smoker. Down from fifty five, eighteen years ago. I am weaning myself off them. The other day I went 28 hours without a smoke. This is making me feel alot better. My Husband is now supportive. He is smoking about two a day and I am having five. Life is better. I notice what a waste of space I am if my Puppy wants a cuddle and I am smoking. We all deserve better than that. My ...

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To exercise my willpower I have only had a bit of a smoke. I am cutting down. I have one puff. Now I am not smoking for the rest of the night.

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I was reclaiming my life with smoke free outings. For five months I only smoked at Home. I was really proud of this but I have lapsed. Adictions are so insideous. I then decided I needed to reclaim my homelife too. So for some time I was having a two - five hour break at home. At the momment I am getting on with my morning before I smoke. Also I refrain in the evenings. It has only been half a we...

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I now have some clothes I have never smoked in. I put them on when I am stuggling not to smoke. These smoke-free clothes make my life a whole lot easier. I have more fresh clothes as time goes on.

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I have been exercising my willpower. Today I resisted a coke cola and had mineral water with ice instead. I also chose to eat vegetables for lunch instead of cheese and crackers. I had a tomarto, a carrot and half a capsicum. Then I did the dishes. I could have filled my cigarette tin with smokes but my Husband went out and I chose to have none in the house. I did alot of crochet and knitting pro...

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I go on smoke free outings. I have cut down dramatically in preparation for quitting. About six months ago my Husband and I had so many places for me that had become smoke free outings that I realised I only smoked at home. Therefore I needed to tackle my home life too. I delay my first cigarette. I have a two hour break each day. And I ease off in the evenings. I am down to seven a day. In fact,...

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I suffer from mental obsessions. Because I have continued to smoke these can be quite persistent. I figure I am now in for a bit of a ride as I am nearing quit time. A little few practice runs and my new fresh life is starting. I am on NRT so the physical cravings are pretty much under control. I want a bright freedom that being cigarette free has to offer me. I gave up drinking, so I under stand...

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I am feeling the cost of the of the nicotine replacement and I get dissillutioned because is taking me so long to cut down. Therefore I did my own calculations for each of the eighteen and a half years that I have been cutting down. According to my sums I am still spending $2,000.00 /year on cigarettes. From cutting down I have saved $100 000.00. I live in my own home. We built it. I have much to...

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I am stressed financially by not just the cost of the smokes, but also the nicotine replacement therapy. I have tried many. It is so expensive. It is also expensive to cut down. I am spending $50.00 per week on smokes and $50.00 per week on medications. I can't have this and I can't have that. I need some help. My Husband smokes. We have started to have a long break betwen packets. I have a daily...

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I had a Quit Attempt. I actually broke my recent record. I stopped smoking about 4.00 pm the previous afternoon and went through till 6.00 pm the next day. I felt much better that day and for the next couple too. I am proud not to have had anything that morning. It shows me that I can extend my time

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I am quit. This is my first day. I have been okay until my Husband smoked the last cigarette. Then my mind started playing tricks. It's not much fun. I think I would like to top up with NRT.

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I was smoking a small pouch of tobacco with my Husband every two days. The cost was crippling us. We no longer had enough money for healthy food. I cut down from thirty five a day, to twenty five and then rang the quitline. I wanted to afford an avocardo a week and a mango in summer time. I have been cutting down for eighteen years. I was only five years old when I began to smoke. I rea...

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