Giving up

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:58 am

You could always eat the last ciggy, that'll put you right off em Wink

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:25 am

If my last ciggy was in a glass case, there would be shards of glass on the floor and tobacco smoke hanging in the air.
That's why I insisted that I had to smoke every single cigarette that I had left before I gave up. It would have been way too much temptation otherwise.

It's been a week now. Cravings are stronger now than ever. Who is the lying git who said they would abate after a few days?
Oh yeah. Still hawking up shite in the mornings too. It's real gross, cos it acutally tastes of fags. I couldn't notice that before.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:57 am

Takes some time to stop hacking up your lungs for jetwashing, depends how long you smoked for.

You should associate some other response to the smoking urge, like having a stick of gum whenever you would normally have a tab instead.

Your brain then learns to replace the action with the new one, you still want the nicotine though Sad

I found the Champix/Zyban stuff helped tonnes cos that removed the feeling you get grom the nicotine.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:08 am

Slightlyoutofit wrote:

Who is the lying git who said they would abate after a few days?

On day 2-3 all the nicotine will be washed out of your system, this marks the peak of any physical cravings (prolonged of course with the help of nicotine patches, gums and other substitutes which will make that the withdrawal symptoms will never end) which will completely subside after 2 weeks. Even this does however not mean that you don't want a cigarette. Badly. Your brain's drug memory will take months to re-program any habits and other psychological associations. Your drug-memory will stay with you for a life-time, you'll always remain addicted and you mustn't ever smoke a single cigarette again!

Now stop whingeing, who's stronger, you or a ridiculously overpriced cigarette?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:17 am

At the moment, the cigarette is. Crying or Very sad

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:22 am

Don wrote:

Your drug-memory will stay with you for a life-time, you'll always remain addicted and you mustn't ever smoke a single cigarette again!

Absolutely true - NEVER EVER touch another cigarette again - this is from personal experience

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:22 am

Smoke you a big hicky barger! Neutral

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:07 pm

Day 2. How's it going? I have not smoked, but wifey-poo was begging me to go get some cigs this morning. I guess I'm in a bit of a bad mood...... Twisted Evil

. That will give me even more reason to not smoke. She won't come near me now Laughing

I spent all evening out in my building stripping and sanding cupboard doors. I needed to stay busy. Time for the aspirin....I feel the headache approaching...........

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Week one complete Razz

I feel sorry for H and IWM, that was one seriously shit week and those guys have got to go through it yet.
If it wasn,t for Annadin Extra i wouldn,t have got through the week.
Slight problem now is iv,e replaced all my regular smokes with Mars bars and ice cream.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 3:40 pm

Chocolate Muffins, Pork Pies and Custard Donuts for me.
I reckon I've put on a stone.

Mind you, probably lost half a stone in coughed up phlegm. puke

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:32 pm

Don't click here!!!!

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:32 pm

Hahaha, that was rather cruel.

Still, I've got all this to go through as I promised I'd quit before the smoking ban hits pubs over here. Maybe next week... Wink

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 3:30 am

Slightlyoutofit wrote:

It's been a week now. Cravings are stronger now than ever. Who is the lying git who said they would abate after a few days? Oh yeah. Still hawking up shite in the mornings too. It's real gross, cos it acutally tastes of fags.

You'll hack that stuff up for a while. I still am. Also cravings... yeah have one now and an chewing furiously on some chewing gum (the nicotine free kind). Get used to denying the cravings because they'll be there, they just wont be as harsh.

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 4:06 am

I can only imagine how you guys are feeling, and I just wanted to let you know I feel for you. Crying or Very sad

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 4:35 am

A GOOD Hypnotist will do wonders.

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 5:51 am

Headache? Yes.

What I want to know is, at what point do I stop spending every second of every day thinking about cigarettes???

I wake up, I want a fag.
I go to the toilet. I want a fag. (Of the cigarette kind I'd like to point out)
I cook dinner. I want a fag.
I watch TV. I want a fag.

When will this end??????????????

I am now 58hrs into it. AND I WANT A FAG!!!!

And another thing. Why did I choose that avatar?? I think I like torturing myself. No, I'll tell myself she's sucking a lolly.

Oh yeah, and when do you stop talking to yourself???

I have to be happy and warm and wonderful to people in my job and all I want to do is hit someone.

Evil or Very Mad

@HB I hope you've not broken boy, coz we're in this together!

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 6:02 am

Happy and warm and nice and quitting?!?!?!? Shocked

Now I really feel sorry for you! My advice on the job, see if you can become a boss or a manager or something like that. You'd fit right in. Very Happy

7 - 10 days is when the nic cravings become manageable. Headache... take that aspirin and keep up on it. Take vitamins, C, B, and a multiple. That will help cleanse out your system faster (forgot about that one).

Also, find something to occupy your mind. My girl friend at the time found an interesting way to keep the mind off of cigarettes whenever I though I'd need a puff. Laughing

It worked like a charm. I don't know what you do at work... but there's always something to take the mind off of work, try to find something to take the mind off of a fag.

Hang tough!

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 6:11 am

Don wrote:

Don't click here!!!!

I WANT A FAG!

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 6:13 am

Here you go:

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 6:16 am

^^^

That's the first time I've laughed today! Thanks Wink

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Hang in there IWM, trust me it gets better, you,re at the real shitty stage at the moment, the headaches were the worst bit for me. I just finished day 8 (i started at 3 in the afternoon) and i really feel good now, still craving but not so bad.

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 1:30 pm

@IWM
I'm hanging in there with you all the way. Day 3 and the headaches seem to be fading a little. But now I have difficulty concentrating. My mind is racing. For the sake of the wife and kids, I spend most of my time out in my building. I am getting a lot of projects done that I have put off for months.

I am also starting to cough up some of the nastiest looking shit I have ever seen. If the inside of my lungs look like that, quitting is the best thing I have ever done.

Oddly enough, it seems like the cravings are not as bad as I thought they would be. They ARE bad, but I can seem to get past them. I have turned to candy. Hard candy. The kind you can just kind of suck on for awhile. When I die, my lungs will be clear, but my teeth will be rotted and I will weigh 400 lbs Laughing

Hang in there IWM, I am counting on you!

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 2:09 pm

The feeling crap stage shouldn't last more than another couple of days.
As Bomb said: it's Day 8 for us and nearly all of the nasty physical side effects have gone. All I've got left is the morning phlegm cough but apart from that, I feel fine.
The cravings aren't as bad for me today and for the first time I actually feel like I've given up.
Friday is going to be the test for me. I've a 4 hour car drive with plenty of ciggie-selling garages on the way. I reckon if I can get past that then I'm probably on the home straight.

Anyway HB & IWM. You've done the hardest part. Keep going and don't give in.

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 4:12 pm

^^On the plus side you can use what you cough up to underseal your car Laughing

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 9:45 pm

[quote="Harry BawlsI am also starting to cough up some of the nastiest looking shit I have ever seen. If the inside of my lungs look like that, quitting is the best thing I have ever done.

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This was the clincher for me when I gave up. All that crap sitting in your lungs just waiting to turn into cancer. Stick with it guys.