Mrs Mop Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 13 months and not one craving! Well done Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Bones Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 13 months and not one craving! Well done! 2 weeks and a bit of a day, cravings from hell and stress levels somewhere around 10' in the air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyM Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Ooo no I don't deserve a well done, it's not hard to give up at all. I do however have to thank Sam for helping Baz and I to do it - he gave up too and we're a completely smoke free family now. My son Dan was bullied into trying a cigarette at school (he neither sucked nor inhaled lol) and we went through some of the points in the book and he feels much stronger about things too. Thanks Sam, and thanks everyone else who helped make us make the decision to do it. You don't lose anything from trying and there's so much to gain. I'm honest when I say Baz and I didn't have any cravings at all once we'd had Sam's help. ps: I'm reading the fat book now..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nettie Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Ooo no I don't deserve a well done, it's not hard to give up at all. I do however have to thank Sam for helping Baz and I to do it - he gave up too and we're a completely smoke free family now. My son Dan was bullied into trying a cigarette at school (he neither sucked nor inhaled lol) and we went through some of the points in the book and he feels much stronger about things too. Thanks Sam, and thanks everyone else who helped make us make the decision to do it. You don't lose anything from trying and there's so much to gain. I'm honest when I say Baz and I didn't have any cravings at all once we'd had Sam's help. ps: I'm reading the fat book now..... Kathy, was that the Alan Carr book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyM Posted February 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raceylacy Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Well done to all those who've given up the evil weed! I finally took the plunge after Xmas, so been a few weeks now - I started off on the 21 mg patches but have now binned them but am also going to the Smoking Cessation course which has been really good and my group are a real mixture of very interesting people. Anyway, I've been quite surprised at how easy it has been so far ..... but then again when I went to come out of Morrisons this morning the smell of fag smoke was wafting through the automatic doors and I have to admit, it really gave me a craving - you know when you get that waft and you think 'Awww ..... blow it my way!" My health worker (or 'Therapist' as I call her for fun!) says you aren't quit until those cravings have gone. So clearly a way to go yet for me ...... hohummm Sandi (I can't do any smilies for some reason???) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyM Posted February 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 The smoke-wafting has the opposite effect on me now. Despite having said I'd never be one of those whining ex-smokers, I find myself feeling very (inwardley!) resentful about being subjected to smoke around doorways, outside the bus station and supermarkets, on the train platforms (where it's non-smoking). I never say anything but it's hard not to gag. It's not the people I feel angry at, it's the fags lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Bones Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 when i last gave up, i stayed off them for 3 years - not once did i not get a craving when i smelt smoke and i often used to go out for a smoke without smoking just to get the others passive smoke. However even when smoking I've never been able to bear the smell of stale smoke but just smoked smoke has something about it.. Even reading this is setting me off again. (2 weeks 3 days yaay) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nettie Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 I'm reading the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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