General Chat

Malc, i wont go back to it this time x

Strump, know what your going through 12 yrs ago i was told give up or die . i was smoking 20 a day ,have asthma and it was getting worse the doc gave me an ultermation give up or you'll be dead within 3 yrs. so i gave up it was the hardest thing that i'd ever had to do but i done it and as iv'e already said i gave up 12 yrs ago . i still have my asthma but i'm also still alive now i wouldn't give you a thank you for a ciggy. if you find that your getting hungry because of not smoking try and eat some fruit as that not to fatting and keep busy i wish you well i hope you succeed hazelx

Thanks guys, given my health, now i have to listen! Ive chopped up fruit and its in the fridge..........i refuse to put on weight for this!

Good on you Strump hazelx

i know i said i would do this with you but im starting slowly - managed to cut down a few a day so far still just under 20 a day - but i will join you honest love

thank you i promise by the time i see you again i will have given up (fingers crossed) lol

Lorraine, in your own time love xx

Hi Strump - you can do it you really can. Syke yourself up and tell yourself you want to do it - forget temporarily that you need to. Tell yourself its easy, don't put so much pressure on yourself - OK its easy:o))))) jude sarf wales :o) x

Daves just told me im much nicer this time in the givin up lol (i must have been awful last time lol) Seriously, i get a craving and eat some apple..........im ok (yeah rite lol). x

Yeh you'll be fine:o) jude sarf wales :o)

Good for you Donna, stick to your guns, and you will have more money to spend on your hols! Liz xx

Im in a better mood today lol, so far so good x

Donna many moons ago I did an ASH course to give up smoking - lasted 8 months. One tip they gave was to have packets of dried apricots to munch on - take so long to eat them you forget you want a cigarette. Another tip was everytime you want a cigarette have a glass of orange juice - cigarettes taste awful after OJ. Good Luck. T.O.R. xx

Strump and Lorraine - I was all for joining the 'giving up brigade' last year and then some sort of trauma occurred - can't remember now what it was - and I immediately turned to the ciggies. However, this year I am doing what Lorraine appears to be doing. I am cutting down - right down. I am allowing myself 5 a day. I have worked out that I have to go about 2 and 1/2 to 3 hours between ciggies to achieve this. I aim to do this for a month and then in February I'll allow myself 4, March 3 and so on. Hope by the middle of the year I will have kicked the habit and I am gambling on the fact that as I am only very gradually depriving my body of the nicotine and chemicals that I won't be tempted to gorge on food and put on too much weight. My incentive for this?.....;. well health obviously, BUT I have decided to treat myself to having my teeth whitened and a couple of veneers put on the front and I want to keep them white - vanity could be my saving grace. Good luck to you all

The Nurse gave me many tips, one was put some water in a jar with some fags and ash in it, which i did.........have to say i see it and it stops the craving! I have a fridge full of OJ TOR, so thats ok lol. Food is my danger zone, so im not doing alot of eating, fruit seems to be my diet right now.

Nudge... for encouragement plus I'm really wanting a ciggie and I can't allow myself one yet !!

My big test was at the rugby today, the club house.....they must have known i was going..........brougth in no smoking!! (had already within the ground), so today was ok. It transpires the players didnt like to go in the club house because of smoke, so its been banned, luckily for me lol.

Hiya Donna In another 4/5 weeks, Feb 16th, it's been a whole year without a fag. Now if I can do it, I'm sure you can. Good Luck Baz xx

Just out of interest Strump, how many cigarettes did you used to smoke ?

You are doin great Donna, well done, Caz and graeme xxxxxxxxxxxx