...SMOKING?!? iv been going to the nhs stop smoking service and im nearly 2 days in and had no fags at all. iv got the inhalator and patches but its driving me crackers! its really gard and i have turned into the b itch from hell. i am sooooo moody and im crying at everything! is anyone else in the same situation, or has anyone stopped before? i really need to know how long im going to be like this as im usually quite a chilled person but my h2b is going to up and leave me if i carry on being a horrible moody emotional cow!!! xx AAAQAUUURRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!! X
CommentAuthorVx Debz xV
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
CommentAuthorMagsy
i gave up over 2 years ago. h2b doesn't smoke so that made it easier
CommentAuthorSuzi
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
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CommentAuthorxxsophieMxx
he knows why im being like this, and he says i can be as b itchy as i want and he knows i love him, to bits but i feel awful for having such a bas temper! 3 weeks? o god. i am so tempted to start again but im not going to. looks like ill just have to ride it out! h2b smokes so that doesnt make it any easier but i have banned all smoking around me, i cant even look at an ashtray without wanting to lick it to death! im thinking of covering myself in patches! muhaha! xx
he's hopefully going to do it when iv stoped being like this, he'll be cutting down loads first coz i wont let him smoke anywhere, and im hoping he will want to even more when he sees the money we'll save! x
CommentAuthor4lannie4
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
CommentAuthormrselbie
I've never given up anything like this but just want to wish you luck with it hon, it must be really hard!
CommentAuthorJoolsy
I have never smoked in my life never even tried it - can only image how hard it must be to give up tho xx
Officially Mrs Julie-Anne Muir
CommentAuthorxxsophieMxx
aww thanks! yeah it is hard but i need to do this for my health, iv got allsorts wrong with me and its all getting worse so getting rid of the fags is definatly the much needed first step but my god my stress levels are through the roof! x
CommentAuthorxxsophieMxx
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
CommentAuthorMrs.Caz.Lewis
lol i know what you mean i have to give up smoking, my specialist told me i have to (got lung disease) but its like, if i dont have that fag i turn into SUPER B.I.T.C.H!!! its so hard and ive gotten to the point now where im so ill i can hardly breathe so normally in a day id have about 15-20, so far i think ive had about 4 lol! its so hard
CommentAuthoremster
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
CommentAuthorMrs Steph Lapworth
I gave up 7 weeks ago and i was a nightmare at first i done it with the gum then after the 3rd day it was all will-power and still to this day i havent touch one. I know it hasnt been long but i dont even think about them anymore even tho h2b still smokes but we dont allow it anywhere in the house anymore which makes it easier x
Love Steph xxx
28th May 2011
Is Now Mrs Lapworth xxx
CommentAuthormrselbie
Sophie hun that attitude I think will help get you through, having good strong reasons will help I'm sure xx
CommentAuthor~* Jen *~
I've never taken it up, but understand how hard it is. Watched a friend try to give up several times. Hope it works out for you! xxxx
CommentAuthorPuddleduck87
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
CommentAuthorxxsophieMxx
i got a quit kit a couple of months ago. my dog had more interest in playing with the tangle than i did! the nhs programme is really good, i have to go and see this woman once a week but she's great. i have a no smoking box where my ashtray used to be and its got teeth whitener, mints, lollies chewing gum and mouth spray in it, the patches seem to be working but the hand to mouth thing is hard so the inhalator is helping. ill be using a lower strength patch in 2 weeks and after that id have brought myself off it slowly. it was costing me £35 a week, its riddiculous! all that money is going into a tin towards my hen do-ita going to be a right day out-ill have loads to spend! xx
CommentAuthorPuddleduck87
Thats really good Soph!! Keep it up hun!
CommentAuthormrs pinkalice
my h2b has promised me he will have quit before we get married. but he said he's not telling anyone when he's doing it as it makes it worse when people keep asking about it all the time. but he had about 5 fags the other day so its not any time soon lol x
CommentAuthorKaya
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
Now Mrs Cobb!!!!!! :-D
CommentAuthorohfiddles
I am in the process of quitting, its not going bad this time round, and all i am using is gum. i find it really helps to keep yourself busy. my flat has never been so clean lol xx
CommentAuthorAlly
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
CommentAuthorxxsophieMxx
aww ally, i feel your pain! im on day 3 now and its getting a little easier. but my chest is starting to hurt and its only a matter of time before i start coughing uo the black stuff. nice! h2b is eaking me wedding rind shopping today coz he's realy proud of me-(he says while smoking a fag!) good WILL come of this though and im definatly sticking to it! xx
CommentAuthorMrs Mara Tester
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
I can't believe we've actually done it
I am now Mrs Limara Tester
CommentAuthorstranger23
i went cold turkey just got to day 13!! its hard very hard but keep going you will get there :) i dont crave it now sometimes i want it but could take it or leave it i even refused some on friday night when everyone was smoking around me! give your self a target say 4 days then treat yourself with something you like but cant have all the time then set another date my treat was mins
CommentAuthorstranger23
my treat was minstrels lol kids pressed the send button ggrrr
CommentAuthorauntiewoo
We are giving up together after the wedding! Can't do it now-stressed enough as it is-I would end up actually killing someone! Well done everyone who has done it! xx
CommentAuthorCupCake
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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
