Stories and experiences by: penelopejane

I am cutting down to quit. For a month I have smoked less than ten a day. I am feeling good about this. This time I am feeling in control. Steady, steady, weaning. I realise how easy it would be to smoke a lot again. I am not going to be complacent. I intend to build up more time and better it. I have been very frightened to quit because of freak health complaints. So, I don't know what will h...

I don't understand. I have been cutting down for twenty years. I have gone from 55 a day, to less than ten. I still struggle with lighting up. I don't think I even need to smoke anymore. I'm clinging onto something false. The other day I did really well and only had one. I ask myself why I had to have that one? Anyway, I would like to share more often. I lack confidence. My progress has been slow...

I start a 7 day plan tomorrow. Day one I have six cigarettes. Day two I have five cigarettes. I plan to reduce by one cigarette a day until day seven. That seventh day is smoke free. Last time I got to four cigarettes. I am having another go, starting tomorrow. I was on my fifth day and panicked. I became unrealistic. I was worrying about tomorrow and the next day. I didn't cope properly. So. I'm...

I have a 7 day plan. I have weaned myself to less than ten cigarettes a day. The first day I start at six, the next day I only have five. I continue reducing by one cigarette each day until I have a smoke free day. This only takes seven days. If I flip out for any reason I can have the same amount as I had the day before but not more. I figure I can do it because it is a sustainable amount of tim...

I am a few hours smoke-free. I want to have a quit attempt in the morning. I believe I can do it with posative self-talk. The quitline say I'm very posative. I ask my husband to buy cigarettes for me when things get rough. I find not saying anything works best. Then the patch passes no drama. If I concentrate on things like my garden or the weather, I get over the thoughts of smoking. It's only t...

Smoking is going to prevent me from being content. I am so stressed about quitting, I get chest pains. My mental health nurse doesn't want me to try to quit right now. If I smoke twelve a day I wheeze. If I smoke four a day the effort causes me chest pains. The quit line think I'm putting too much pressure in myself. they think what I'm doing is awesome. I suppose the pain wil pass. I used to ha...

My Daughter asked me to tell Her when I had cut down to 30 cigarettes a day. Said She wanted to have a talk with me. So, I cut down to 28 a day as quickly as I could. After two weeks at 28 smokes a day, I rang Her and said I was ready for my chat. She came over that weekend and said-" Mom, I'm not going to ask you to give up the hard cigarettes. Just the one you can do without. Some must be easie...

I still smoke. This site is supportive of people who have quit. I am still struggling. I am weaning myself from cigarettes. I have a daily battle. I think this sight was mean't to help any smoker. It seems people are hesitant to post unless they are sucessful. I don't feel accepted because I haven't made any radical changes. Over four months I have cut down from 20 a day to more like 8. That is ...

People want me to replace bad habits with good habits. I have a shower.

I have had alot of sucess reducing my cigarette intake by having smoke-free outings. Today I went to a show. It is a smoke-free venue. We saw some piglets sleeping, exhausted from being patted. I remember finding it challenging when they made the grounds smoke-free. We spent a couple of hours there. I was in smoke-free clothing. In fact I had a shower too. So I had enough control to get through t...