Giving Up Smoking

thanks to all for your support.concentrations a bit dodgy,tension in my neck,sinus problems.not sleeping too well.the cravings worse after food and i always seem to be hungry!?just cant stop eating.not that thats a problem,keeping the weight ons always been hard for me,same as folk trying to diet.im told once i get shot of all the crap in my body ill REALLY start to taste food.

 

I hope you succeed in your giving up smoking..I wish i could give up but i am a weak willed and have tried many times..the worst of it is with me is i love to sit and have a peacefull smoke with a cup of coffee..maybe one day i might decide to give up ..its certainly not easy as you feel something is missing!fortunately my health has not suffered from it and i dont have smokers wrinkles either ..I bought one of those dummy ciggarettes that you put a capsule in when i tried to stop and i can tell you i never coughed so much in all my life..and it tasted vile :confused:

 

Elaine I remember well that feeling that you mention..bad cravings after eating, I think its because when we smoked, we signaled the end of a meal by having a cigarette,if no cigarette arrives the body thinks it has not finished.I bought one of those puzzle books,and when I finished a meal I would spend 10 mins doing a bit. It did stop the association of eat/smoke. I also remember how hard it was to talk on the phone without a cigarette in my hand..bought myself a doodle pad to get round that one :rolleyes:

 

elainefiz, get one of the big glass sweetie jars and put a five pound note in it every day if you smoked 20/day. </font>

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�£1640 could take you on a nice holiday, do up a room in the house, or do up the garden. Better still pay off a new car -YOU DECIDE and GOOD LUCK .Im off them two years and the first six months money bought the computer that im typing this on :D :D :D

 

Good luck ElaineFiz - keep strong and keep going

I'm beginning to get into that thinking (30 a day gal), cos its getting in the way of what I want to do. Like Wildflower, my health is fine, and after all these years, the damage is already done, but maybe I too will take the plunge.

 

This is what Mrs.DAG has been doing to keep her mind occupied when she needs it most!

 

DAG,please tell Mrs DAG i wish her luck.are those drawings or embroidery?its magic.for the Grandchildren?if i were you id be sure to keep well away from whatever tools are used to make it.those pointy things can put your eye out! :D

 

That is a standard crosstitch pattern, she has been doing crosstitch for years. Grandchildren are too grown up now, it's for a friends son aged 5.

Certainly kept her mind occupied lately though, and perhaps that's the secret! It's all about life style isn't it?

 

Thats lovely, clever Mrs Dag..Tried crossstitch for a while, I love the effects but sadly it took me ages and mine looked nothing like yours :( I ended up cross eyed and grumpy and mine was a little flower kit 3x3 :eek:

 

:D Thanks Poppy33, She used to be a knitter, made or adjusted her own patterns, when at school both my daughters had all their clothes knitted to match (only a year between them) and felt they had something special that money can't buy!

But it was oldest daughter who started doing crosstitch in her 30's that got my wife into it.
She finds it quite relaxing, but if it makes you grumpy I suppose you might need a ciggy! :D

 

Keep it up Elaine it IS worth it. I stopped back in '79. I had a hernia (my first). The consultant said, do you smoke, I said yes, he said well you'd better stop coz when you are under the anaesthetic you can sometimes cough and if you move while I have a scalpel in my hand it could be very nasty....... needless to say I quit then! :D

 

Yep, that would work for me!! I prefered gum though to shock treatment - and yes, definately one of the better decisions I ever made. Mind you, took a number of goes before I finally kicked the habit. Think it helped as time went on that there was barely anywhere I could have a cigarette! I use to hate standing outside the office for a smoke and was always offering to run to the shop for anyone and everyone so I could have a sly ciggie!! I eventually got so fed up and annoyed with myself that it really wasn't that difficult in the end!

 

Hi, elainefiz, how's it going today?

My other half quit "cold turkey" after smoking 60-80 a day. I admired him for that but continued smoking. He strangely gained a taste for all foods he previously hated!

In 1986 at the age of 38 (there, that gives my age away!) when I was told "it is cancer" .. I burst into tears and quit smoking immediately before my operation a couple of weeks later. My mother had died from it aged 36 (she was a heavy smoker) ... I haven't looked back.

Three years ago my sister had a lung removed ... guess what the cause was? Obviously she immediately quit and her husband shortly thereafter.

Be positive, think positive, live longer ...

Good luck!

PS Don't wait for the docs to give you some news you don't really want to hear, believe me!

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Well done Elaine
I gave up smoking a year in August. I still ocassionally want a cigarette. But as much as I have thought about it, the thought has gone again. Now the only thing that I have done is put alot of weight on.

 

well, im ashamed to say that after only 12 days im back on the fags folks.that night i went to the pub and fell at the first hurdle,as they say. :( :( i have managed to limit myself to no more than 10 a day but i still feel like s*it.im so weak.