I gave up for a few months, (but stupidly started again) ... the crankiness tends to go within 2 weeks, but you'll find you always "could do with one" (or thats what I felt, and most people I spoke to thought the same) Have you told H2B why you're being cranky? and that you love him, and don't mean it? ;) works wonders x

2/3 weeks and normal service should resume lol..

I have never smoked but Dodge has given up 3 x since we have been together but for some stupid reason he starts again! He has always said the first 3 weeks is the hardest!!

Good Luck hunny x x x

why dont you encourage h2b to give up too.

i gave up 18 months ago when i found out i was expecting, sadly i lost the baby 3 months later but didnt turn back to smoking which i was extremely shocked about, be strong hun and everyone around you knows its a difficult time for you and probably understand if your a bit out of sorts x

I have never smoked in my life never even tried it - can only image how hard it must be to give up tho xx

joolsy-i really wish i had never been so stupid to try it! i had no idea how much it controlled my life until now, shame on me! x

I gave up just over 5 years ago. I dont have will power but I am very forgetful lol. So every-time I wanted a cig I'd do a chore/job anything to occupy your hands. By the time I had finished said job I had forgotten to have a cig. My house had never been so clean and I gave up lol. Also the longer I went the more determined I became not to have one. Just take each day at a time its a lot easier to bear xx

Sophie hun that attitude I think will help get you through, having good strong reasons will help I'm sure xx

I gave up last summer and then stupidly started again though drinking at xmas. I stopped again in Feb and havn't had one since.

I had tried in the past and failed but I found that the stop smoking DS game by Dr Alan Carr is FAB!!! I used it when I quit in the summer. I also sent off for a quit kit from the NHS and found the tangle really helpful. It keeps your hands busy. I didn't use any medication. I didn't want to because I felt like it was cheating coz I would still be addicted to nicotine.

I didn't have any cravings at all on week 2 yet I found the wall chart they gave me said stuff like "It may be hard but please carry on using your patches on day 28...it was a bit of a p*ss take to be fair, I wanted the whole -Yay well done, you have cracked it type messages so if your not going to replace the fags for nicotine medicine, I wouldn't use that bit.

But Sophie, you CAN DO IT!! and YOU WILL DO IT!! You don't need it, its smelly, expensive and just have this image in your head....
Gorgeous big white princess dress, all your hair and make up done, getting out of a lovely posh car ready to make your grand entrance into your wedding you look a million dollars...then you go and ruin it and shatter the whole illusion by sticking a fag in your gob. lol. You don't wanna do that do you?

You go girl, your strong enough to beat it!! We are all behind you. xxx

Thats really good Soph!! Keep it up hun!

My little brother is trying to quit atm as well... didn;t even know he smoked til I he was using a niqorete inhalor at a funeral last fri.... and boy is he hard to be around atm! My mum's taking him to the docs cos she thinks he's depressed :-s

omg ive tried to givce up 12 times now and im trying again i swear someone should take my arm without painkillers it would be chuffing easier lol

I gave up smoking 2 years ago, I did do it through hypnotism though. I tried to do it by myself and spent the whole 4 days crying so I started again. I just needed a little extra help. I still every now and then feel like I could do with a cigarette but the idea of actually putting one in my mouth makes me feel sick!!
Keep going girly, You're doing really well. xxx

my treat was minstrels lol kids pressed the send button ggrrr

I gave up this January. I am 42 this year and have smoked since I was 16. I have tried and failed only once before as I was giving up for my then boyfriend NOT me.
You sound resentful that you are having to give up your fags? You need to want to do this, or it won't happen. Give yourself an insentive eg... I have a jam jar that I put £170 a month in ( what I spent on fags) It is paying for our wedding!
If you spend all day stressing about not being able to have a fag .. then I'd re-think what you need to do to be a success.
It isn't easy, the nicotine replacements don't always work, ( they help) even after many weeks you might still want a fag, it's being able to say "I am smoke free! " instead of "I'm GIVING UP!" as that makes it sound like you are missing something increadible when we all know fags wreck your health and wealth and make you smell horrible, give you yellow teeth, stain your fingers, & make you a slave to nicotine.... but you have to make the choice to give up when you are ready. DO IT FOR YOU xx