'British' not 'Britney', lol.
Hi everyone, ;p
I am on day 13 right now. Seems like it should be longer for some reason.
I'm using patches. Not sure if they're helping or whether it's my willpower doing all the work but I daren't take them off anyway, lol.
If anyone wants a chat if they see me online that would be good. Everyone in my house has never smoked so sometimes feels as if they couldn't possibly understand what it is like to go through. It would be nice to chat with someone going through the same thing.
I'm not finding it too bad.But feel like I'm missing something and find it hard to know what to do with myself. But I definitely feel better then I did in the first few days. :)
Claire
You're doing great!!! :) :) Good for you!!
Your bodies getting all that crap out. Mine is too, got a sinus infection.. it can only get better! Every urge we get through prepares us for the next and we will get through that one too!
:)
:) Thanks Josie.
I think I get on better when I'm with others because I try to keep a happy face on for them, then when alone I don't have to, so I wallow in self pity!
I think tomorrow I'll put my cd's on loud while I work. Then I'll come on here... hopefully more than ten minutes later, lol.
Thanks for being here. :)
Thanks Kaitilina. :)
I'm really glad I came accross this site.
My favourite thing is treating myself. I bought a new pair of boots last weekend and this weekend an MP3 player! I'm trying to see them as something that I wouldn't have had if I was still smoking. If I was still smoking I would have smoked that money and thrown the butts in the bin. Positive thinking is definitely helping me. :)
Good luck with your quit, too! Thanks again. :)
Claire x
Sorry Kaitilina, I didn't see your post before.
Yes, thanks, I will try that. I love tea and will treat myself to some different ones, something to concentrate on. :)
I shall have to push myself.
I'm worried because I had such a good weekend it will be a big downer if I can't manage tomorrow. I would go out but I have to do the housework.
I'm glad others know how I feel because when I have spoken to other people they hadn't felt like that. Which made me feel pretty isolated.
Well done Alexander! :)
I know what you mean about 'Mr Angry' I have been 'Ms B*tch' quite a few times in the last few days. Not nearly as bad now as I was.
It must have been hard going out with friends and abstaining. I haven't been out socially since before I stopped. I hope I manage as well as you have.
Mr Ed - I like what you said about 'relearning how to live', that's exactly what it's like! :)
Thank you so much all of you for your lovely welcome!
I wondered if I'd get any replies so it was great to read them. It's so nice that there is a place for us to chat about it, if we need to.
Thanks for your support! :)
I'm so glad I'm going through this. Even though it is hard I know there are much harder things in life. I decided to give up after going for an x-ray to look at my chest because I had noticed a couple of my ribs near the top stuck out more than the others. I had to wait a week for the results, getting more and more worried, lol, and decided that if the results came back normal I would pack the fags in. Definitely. For Good! I was worried more about my three children and how unfair it would be for them to have to grieve so young. So many thoughts go through your head, right? :)
Thankfully they came back normal!! Yay!! But after getting the results I couldn't help but think of the people who phone for results to tests and they're told they have to see the doctor and felt for them. I didn't want to have to be in that position especially through my own hand, if you know what I mean. :)
I quit on the seventh of this month. I think I entered it in my passport wrong. My brain since I packed up is a bit dizzier than usual... I can't help wondering if it is the patches.
Has anyone after putting a patch on in the morning felt a tingling in the lips? Ever so slight? I've just felt really lightheaded and spaced out. So I'm going to go on to the lower strength, step 2 ones.
I hope no one minds me prattling on.
I've had a sinus infection the last few days. Just when I was starting to smell and taste! Now I can't do either!! :) Feel a bit better now antibiotics are kicking in.
Thanks again everyone. Good luck to all of you. We are all doing fantastic!!!
We can do it!!!!!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Thanks Penguin and Jan. :)
I've been trying to keep myself busy with those scratchy pictures. Do you know the ones I mean? They are completely boring but the first time I got one, I think it was day 3 or 4, I scratched away at it, grrr, all night until I went to bed. Lol. My arm was killing me, but I guess it got me through it.
I used to smoke in my conservatory. I can't bring myself to go in there. Oh. I did once and could smell the old smoke smell so tried to irrigate it with powerful industrial strength air fresheners! Ha.
I did wonder about trying without the patches now, but I'm not sure how I'd be. It's strange but today I have definitely felt more relaxed than I did when I smoked. I spent 2 hours in the supermarket and I was calm all the way through. Usually I hate it, the kids play up, but today I seemed to float through it. I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. :) :)
I know I'll probably have times where I could grab the school secretary by her starched collar and tell her through my teeth that I know my children are late, that is why I have bought them to the office like I have been told to..... Grr!! Deep breaths Claire.. Calm, lol :) :) (I haven't really just felt like it one day, then walked into town sobbing uncontrollably. That was a BAD day.)
Good luck to you. :) :)
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/7/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 12
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 318
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �66
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 23 [B]Mins:[/B] 35 [B]Seconds:[/B] 17
What fantastic support you all are! I only came into this forum late last night so didn't really have a good read then.
I know where I'm going to come when I'm feeling low.
Penguin - I know what you mean about the Demon. We tend to make the need big and huge and evil in our minds, maybe we ought to try to shrink it make it smaller and inconsequential, like an annoying little fly buzzing round our heads, rather than give it more importance than it deserves.
I hope that makes sense and isn't too far out. :) It helps me by trying to change the way I think of it.
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