Two years.......Will I forget the cigs????

On the 30th Sept I had not had a cigarette for two years.

I don't update this site so often.

I noticed though that someone had kind of wondered if the feeling of craving or thinking of cigs or just wanting a cig would go. Well for me, now, the feeling is different. So I hope you come back and read this, it may help.

I think that depends on the person really. I am one of those who can't let go very easily.

But now the two years have passed it has got so much easier.

I think that proves that the thoughts are just in my mind, I don't or didn't really want a cig.

Oh yes, at first I did, used to lay in bed and think that I can't go through another day feeling like I did.

They say that after 3 days the nicotine has left your body and it's all in the mind after that.

It may not feel like it but after a while you can cope with any craves. I liken it to wanting a piece of chocolate and not having any in.

You can manage without it but it doesn't stop you wanting some but you can cope.

I wouldn't promise anyone an easy ride but some people report finding it really easy. If you quit I hope you are one of them.

Also, if you do want to quit and try, good luck, if I can, you can. If I can, anyone can.

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The latest news.

Sand Art at Morecambe last weekend.

It has been a few months since I made an entry on here. Not a popular site but even so.

On the 30th of this month I will be 23 months without a cig. Not bad eh?? :<))

Last one smoked just before midnight on the 29th Sept 2007.
There is life after cigs.

It took me a few attempts to give them up. I don't apologise and I don't think I am a wimp, it is hard after many years of smoking to give them up.
I didn't really want to stop either so to me, it made it harder.

So why give up? Well, I was getting older, it happens to us all I know but 60 + was my time. I am pleased I have managed and hope I never fall back into the habit. It would be rather silly to do so but I was rather silly to start in the first place. But and this is my excuse, it was cool to smoke in the '60's. Some adverts say it was good for you.

We know better now don't we?
If you want to stop, please give it a good try. It is worth it. Honest.

Good luck.

anne. x

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Keeping you up todate.

Trees in Ullswater.

Well, it's been a while since I came and wrote on here. I am sure I have been missed.

No??

Ok.

:<)

Well, I have not had a ciggy since the 29th September 2007. I think that was my first day without. Or was it the 30th???

It's well over 600 days, now how sad is that?

But I only know due to http://www.stayquit.co.uk/ Honest!!! I do wonder if I would have kept a count if I had done it without that site.

I have made some great friends from the site. Never met them but you tend to bond. We all go through the same type of things when we quit. Of course not everyone is the same. Not everyone quits in the same way either. But whatever, the support is there and it's free.

Ages vary, amounts vary too some people smoke 40 a day, some less. But whatever age and how many cigs smoked many were successful. One or two like me had a few attempts.

A few? That's a laugh. I had a lot.

I was smoking about 7 a day when I finally stopped. A bit more if I could get away with it! Goodness knows what it would be now.

I had told my old fella that I had stopped ages ago and was smoking sneaky ones.

Goodness me, I was 63!

The reason I lied and he wanted me to cut down was that one time I got an infection and had great difficulty breathing. It was very frightening. I smoked about 3 a day for a month or two. When I retired I was soon creeping up again.

Anyway I am now getting near to 20 months, four days to go! Something like that. I remember knowing to the minute when I last had a smoke.

If you do try to quit, good luck and please try and stick at it. X

17 months and 10 days.

Well, would you Adam and Eve it? All that time without a cig. I can't believe it really but yet I know it's true. Not even a drag of a cig.
Plenty of sniffing at passing by, fresh cigs though.

I didn't know that daffodils had such a nice scent or is it the ones that I was given that smell lovely? A different breed?

It has been a lovely afternoon now at nearly 7.45 pm it is getting cooler. There is light at the end of the tunnel though, summer is on its way!

Hope all is well with you all and that if you are quitting the cigs I hope you are doing well. Maybe a hard slog but worth it in the end. Upwards and onwards.
Luv from Fagless, ashless Lil.

12 days...........

Hello again.
Twelve days and I will have reached that 17 month mark.
Hope your quits are going ok if you have taken the plunge.


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:<))

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Nearly 17 months.

At the end of this short month, 28th Feb, I will not have had a cig for 17 months.

I am quite amazed with myself.

People have stopped asking how I am doing.

I miss that little pat on the head thing. lol

If you gave up the weed for New Year and you still are off the cigs, well done and please keep it up. I also hope your "journey" is relatively painless.

I have put weight on but whether that is because I have stopped smoking or because I have retired, I don't know. Perhaps a bit of both. I am hoping to do a bit of exercise when the weather gets better.

Oh yes, I have an excuse for every occasion.

I have one of those walker things. I go on that now and then. Tells you how many steps, how long you have been on the machine and how many calories used.

I don't know my calories from my elbow so should look into that I suppose. Maybe if I have used ???? amount of calories, it might not be much.

Yup, should get into the healthy eating mode. Don't think I will be good on a diet but I shouldn't eat loads of toffees.

Soon be better weather dear readers or maybe I should say reader, after all, I might read this one day. My daffs are peeking through, just the leaves but even they are growing quite quick. Soon they will be like this.

Stay Happy. X X X

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Over 15 Months now!

Hello, not updated this for ages.

Hope all is well with you all. Belated Happy New Year to everyone.

I have not had a cig for over 15 months now.
Do I miss them??? Well, not half as much as I did. I do get a little urge to have a smoke now and then but not anywhere as bad as the first few weeks. I honestly didn't think it would get better but it did!

I really kind of fancied one after my Christmas dinner. Knew I wouldn't like it much, knew I would hate myself for giving in and I knew I could easily start smoking again. I was so full of knowledge.

I hope I don't ever smoke again and I know it would be so easy to do so. But now it is easy to dismiss the idea. At nearly 65 I don't think I will ever be 100% safe but it would be so stupid to start again.

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Goodness me.

What is this then???

Well, I haven't written in here since August.
I have passed my year without a cig. Not one. No.... not even a drag.

However, every day I am aware that I do not smoke. Used to be very annoying but not bad now, I have got used to it. I don't even want a cig, not really.

Yup, me, cigless for 414 days. I never thought it would happen. Just shows what one can do. lol

I am going to have a cig when I hit 70. Just over 5 years to wait.

I don't really think I am out of the woods yet. Reports of people starting again after a year or so. But it would be very silly / stupid of me if I did.

Honest, I am NOT a born again non smoker. But if you can, please stop.

:<) Lots of luv from me. X

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Happy Summer.

Happy summer.

Up here in the north west of England it is mostly cloudy, rain and boy, when it rains, it rains. This is the second summer of not a lot of sun. It's warm enough though.

In Kent yesterday it was red hot.

Well, I am now doing my 11th month of not smoking. On the 27th August I will have done it.

I still get slight craves. Not half or even a quarter as bad as they were. But I still think of the things every day. I do wish I could go one full day without a thought of them.

Please, if you are thinking of stopping, don't let this put you off. It's not that bad. Just a bit annoying.

I have saved a bob or two so that is really good.

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Hiya Everyone.

Hello y'all.

Just popped in to say I have not had a cigarette for 10 months and one day.

Goodness, it has been hard at times. Many a day I woke up and decided to go and buy 10 cigs. Many a night I used to think that I would buy 10 cigs tomorrow.

Really pleased to say, it does get better. There are times you, (well I did anyway,) thought it never would.

I had a lot of support from www.stayquit.com I am sure I have told you about that site before.

Quite nice how you can easily make friends on that site. No payment, free to all. No need to give name and any other details. All you need is an email address.

But you get so much support, can post to people and get advice too.

Young and old and those in the middle, they are all there! Go on, if you are thinking of giving up the cigs, please try it.

If you lapse, no one judges you, no one at all. (If they do, tell me and I will give them an ear bashing!!!

I hope I am not a nagging ex smoker, you know the type, woke up one morning and decided to stop and never had one since. Tells everyone who will listen. lol Then goes on how smoking is bad for us. As if we didn't really know eh?

It might make me feel ill but if I knew I could just have the one, believe me, I would.

Well, I might.

Oh, I dunno. lol

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Stopping Smoking. Update. 7 months.

10th May. 2008.

Not had a cig since 29th Sept. 2007.

Think I am winning this battle now.

Ok, I do still wish I could have a cig sometimes but the feelings are getting less.................................................................................................thank goodness.

I am not a born again non smoker but do get upset if people close to me, (family and good friends,) smoke.

But I do keep quiet about it. I just wish they would stop too. Maybe one day eh? I mean people didn't think I could do it, even I didn't think I could do it. So there is hope for everyone.

I have been ill for a few weeks but now I am back to normal. Just a bit tired but maybe that is my age.

Sister and I went to Wray Scarecrow Fair last Monday. It was excellent. So treating you to some pics I took.

Take care and if you are like me you will be happy the warmer weather has arrived.

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20th Jan.

Now on day 113 of not smoking. The trouble is that I cannot let go of the thought of the things.

I know I will crave for ages and now they are ok, not as intense as they were. I have now stopped pulling my hair out and thinking murderous thoughts. lol Not funny at the time though.

But why do I keep thinking of cigs?

I suppose the reason is that I had smoked for a very long time and kind of miss it.

I haven't set times for these thoughts. I would have thought that I would want one after a meal like I used to. But no, not all the time.

Ahh well, if I want to be an ex-smoker I will have to put up with the irritating thoughts.

99 Days. No cigs.

Goodness me, I have actually managed to not have a cig, not even one puff for 99 days. In an hour I will be on 100 days. I am amazed.

Not really proud as I would still like a cig, I think of them often. But now I don't crave as much as I used to.

I had "lost" my password to get on here so it wil be interesting for me to look back.

My last cig was on the 29th September. I smoked 20 over four days. They made me feel so ill too. I wonder why I didn't throw them away!

I never finished the full course of Champix either. I haven't had one of those since before the 1st November.

If quitting is your New Year's Resolution, go for it.
It does get easier. I had smoked for over 40 years. I had tried to stop many a time.

I can't say that I never will smoke again but I would be really stupid to do so.

Good luck.

I know New Year was on a Tuesday but this pic has it on a Thursday. lol

Many thanks to the poor nurse who saw me every Thursday. Many thanks to the wonderful friends I have made on http://www.stayquit.co.uk/

Good advice and support from other quitters. No one judges you. Well worth a try if you are quitting.

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Still trying.

I am still trying to give up the cigs. Done the Zyban and now on day 10 of Champix.

I think this is the one for me. I do hope so anyway.

Since I started smoking again and I don't smoke many a day, I have found I am not saving as much money. I know that sounds silly but I would have thought that I would be able to save more than I am doing.

I couldn't afford to go back to smoking 20+ a day, that's for sure.

Good luck anyone out there who is trying to stop. Hope you succeed.

Cigarettes.

Well, went in our usual cafe today. No smoke! Actually didn't seem the same even if it is over 3 years since I had a cig in there!

Anyway, take a day or two, I have been stopped for about 35 days. I had four cigs on the 17th June, made me feel ill or it may have been the raw onion in the sandwich I ate. lol

I had two and a half on Wednesday the 4th July. Gave the other 7 away. Feel bad about smoking them but still, nearly 7 cigs are better than the 8-10 I used to smoke and even better than the 20+ I smoked over three years ago. I will do this! I will stop smoking. I will, oh yes.

Hello San Francisco if you return to this page!

Last year we spent a very happy 10 days there. Wonderful place. Still have a sweet from "The Stinking Rose." A holiday sister and I will never forget!

Update.

Hello there. Not much writing done on here for a while.

Why?

Well............

Been on and off the fags since I last wrote on here.

I start to do quite well then buy some cigs. 10 usually, then I may take about 2 days to smoke them.

So although I had cut down really well, (I think so anyway.) I had not stopped.

Very pleased to inform you that I am on my 5th day without a cig.

I have decided that I really must NOT buy any more, even if the urge gets bad.
Anyone on this journey with me, good luck and those who have been at it a while, very well done!

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Well.............

Well, I am quite please with myself. Not that far off 48 hours now. Soon have not one bit of nicotine in my blood or anywhere else. I only hope I can keep this up.

I see the Stop Smoking lady on Thursday. I will ask questions about Zyban. I have a few concerns about it. Yes, I have read the leaflet on the side effects but wonder if I should continue taking it or check first. Better safe than sorry.

I keep thinking about cigs but that is all. I wonder if I have a bit of Zyban left in me and that is helping?

Have a nice weekend.

They say the weather is going to change, just hope it keeps nice over the weekend and Bank Holiday Monday.

Right, down to brass tacks! I am on day 4 of my course of Zyban. That means I am still allowed to smoke. They aren't tasting good though.

I don't like the thought of putting drugs into my body. But if it helps me break the smoking habit, surely, it's worth it? Perhaps not as much yuck going in my body as there is in a cig.
Hope you have a good weekend.

:<)

Starting again. May 1st.

Today, I have had my first Zyban tablet. I am hoping and praying that this will stop me smoking.
I can smoke for 11 days and by then should find it easier to stop altogether.
I will keep you posted on my journey.
Fingers crossed.
:<) X X X X

Ok.

On Tuesday, I start on Zyban. I have a feeling that this will be the thing that will work for me.
It's a one of chance as if you fail, I don't think you get another chance to try it!
Please wish me luck.
:<)