Another Site to help you.

noreply@blogspirit.com (annec) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:40:00 +0200

http://www.smokeworm.com

Another excellent site. Makes good sense.

http://www.stayquit.co.uk

Support and help. (Look for aaaabbb, that is me. lol)

222 days.................

noreply@blogspirit.com (annec) — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:40:13 +0200

Tomorrow I have not smoked for 222 days. That is over 7 months. I stopped on the 30th September 2007.

For someone who tried to stop quite often and had been smoking for well over 44 years, I think I have done well.
In the end, I used Champix. Tried all sorts up to then.
I know I have rabbited on about this before but as I once said, if it helps just one person to stop smoking, I will rabbit. lol

Don't leave it until you are in your 60's like I did. Really worth stopping. Trust me.

Seven months!!! Summer.

noreply@blogspirit.com (annec) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:20:00 +0200

Today I haven't had a cig for seven months. It has been hard and it has been easy. Still fancy one now and then but in the same way I quite fancy a strawberry ice cream. I won't drop to pieces if I don't have one.

Not that I would have dropped to pieces even on the days I could have killed for a ciggie. I was helped as I have said before by the support on www.stayquit.co.uk Free to join, no fees, very easy to set up. There are other sites too. Joel has a good one. http://www.whyquit.com

Well, April has nearly gone. Soon be May and another Bank holiday. We have had a couple of warm days. Makes me wish we could have more. It wasn't that great up north yesterday but Man Utd played Chelsea and people were in their shirt sleeves and tee shirts. No, not envious.

Diary, part 3. Quitting the cigs.

noreply@blogspirit.com (annec) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:05:00 +0100

Saturday 17 November 2007

Seven weeks. Review week. Phew! Update.

Well, blow me down with a feather!
Not a bad week. Still just about the same with craves. Not taking Champix now. Been off it a while.
So I think, it is head down and plod on.

Please keep fingers crossed for me, 40th birthday party tomorrow.
This will be a test for me. (I am not 40, it's my nephew.)
If I get past not even having a puff of a fag I will be so happy. I know it will be my own silly fault if I do.

I thank you all for the support I have been getting. Everyone has been wonderful and supportive.

Later.
I did it, I had a good few lagers, I stood with smokers, I wanted one I really did.
But I DIDN'T. I honestly thought that it would be a good excuse to have the one. I really thought that I would have a fag, maybe more. I am pleased.

Sunday 18 November 2007

18th Nov. 50th day.

It's my 50th day without a cig.
I have survived nephew's party without one too.
I am pleased about that.
So why, oh why do I still crave a cig?
As I keep saying, they are not really bad craves. I just think of the stupid things, wish I could just have one.
Still feel that there is something missing.
I do keep myself busy and I'm going to work soon.
Ah well, not to worry, just keeping going then shall I?
Good luck fellow quitters.

Wednesday 21 November 2007

21st November. Update. 22:05.

My craves aren't as bad as they were. But heck, I would still love a cig.
I am getting really fed up now.
I think I know that I would be so upset if I had a cig now. This is my longest quit.
Why do I want one? My body is now free of nicotine. I know you will say it's mind games. I know all this and wish the knowledge would help me.
Just needed a little rant, not going to have a cig.
Good luck everyone out there. We can and we will do it.
anne. x
Thanx to every one who has written to me today. I think I was being a bit sorry for myself and I thought that I was the only one that craved, although I knew I wouldn't be really but it felt like that. (Selfish woman.)

Monday 26 November 2007

26th Nov. How odd. :<) Update. 27th.

Really odd, I seem to be forgetting that I have stopped smoking.
What I mean, I am not thinking of them and not having craves at the moment.
So, that is making me feel as I am missing something.
Which I am, I am not conscious of lack of the fags. I really hope this carries on.
Anyone understand what I mean??? And if you do, does this pass
Thinking about the cigs again, not doing anything about it. It's not too bad either. Suppose I will get these phases every so often. Doesn't seem to be a real crave like in the early days. Just strange. Never mind, as long as I don't give in eh?
Just made a Christmas Cake.

Saturday 01 December 2007

Nine weeks quit. Review of week. Update 2nd.

Not been a bad week I suppose, I have had worse.
I have got this just before midnight on the 30th so my 9 weeks will be tomorrow night, or will it???
I can't do this in 50 words and two sentences.
I have had a bad shift, really fancied a cig. Didn't though.
My bad times seem just before bedtime. Suppose that is good as I know that I will be in the bath and then to sleep.
I do have other bad times. But nothing as bad as they were. In fact, not really bad, just quick thoughts.
I really don't want to smoke again. I won't smoke again. But there is that thin line and it is still a worry at times. Would be pure stupidity if I smoked now.
My weekly thanks for all the support I get. Good luck to everyone.
(It is now the 1st Dec.)
Now not that far off 2nd Dec.
Teatime, Sunday the 2nd Dec. It's a wet, cold and a crave day today.
Wonder if it's because I am bored?
Work kind of annoyed me on Friday? (Not work but the one in charge!)
Or is it purely a visit from Nic O Teen?
I'm not sure but will be glad when it has gone.
I do feel a bit selfish, other quitters have to put up with worse things. In fact, I really have nothing to worry about at the moment.
But, I won't have a cig. Sorry to burden you with all this c**p.

Saturday 08 December 2007

Reviewing 10 weeks without a cig.

Still can't do this in fifty words and two sentences.
This last week has been the same as usual. Sorry to be negative but I still think of the cigs, I think I would still like to smoke one.
It is all in my mind, I know that. I can cope with the craves ok. Just get fed up with the thoughts and the continuing craves.
I am hitting the wall about now. Yet it's not MUCH harder than it was.
I wonder if because every day has been the same throughout my quit, this is the reason??? Maybe if it had been pure hell in the beginning it might be great now. Maybe I am jusy a miserable old divil and can't let go!
Sad though, I get really excited to see that little red thingy at this time of the week. The one that asks me if I have had a cig.
Must get out more eh?
Thanks again for your support. "Old" quitters and new quitters. You are all great.

Tuesday 11 December 2007

11th Dec. Day 73.
Went out and about today. Saw lady having a cig outside a cafe. Asked niece if I could join her, (lady, not niece.)
Niece said no. No respect these young un's today eh?
So we just had a drink and I obeyed niece. At one time I would have grabbed the opportunity with both hands and sat with the lady, on the prom, in the cold.
I must be improving eh? lol

Wednesday 12 December 2007

12/12/07

Just sent a thank you to *******.
It made me think. (Ouch.)
I am 63 going on 64.
I think I am expecting more from my quit than I will get. I do know that it is one of the best things anyone can do at whatever age. But I don't think that I will ever do cartwheels and become younger looking. lol I don't think I was good at cartwheels when I was eight or nine. Never been an oilpainting either!
It has made me wonder if this is why I find it hard to "let go?"
So I will accept that I won't be able to climb very steep mountains and be asked to be the "face" of a famous cosmetic firm.
It may help me eh?? Make it easier.
Keep going lads and lasses. Thank you all for your support.

Saturday 15 December 2007

Review week 11.

Pleased I have got to this point as usual, just love that little flashing red light.
Been a lot easier I suppose but still fancy a cig, I reckon that will last for a long time though.
So at bedtime tomorrow night on the 15th Dec I won't have had a smoke for 77 days. I like to get this done early so not cheating. Busy day Saturday.
Thanks everyone for your support. Well done to you all.
It is not an easy job, this quitting lark is it?
Yet in 14 days I will have done the 90 days. (It's not bedtime on the 15th yet.)
Lots of luv and thanks.

Saturday 22 December 2007

12 weeks without.

How do I feel?
No different from last week really.
I still think about fags regularly but the craves are not as bad.
Again, thank you everyone for the support I have had. It does mean a lot.
Well done fellow quitters. I am proud of you. Not an easy journey and not ended yet, will it ever be properly over I wonder?
Thanks again.

Thursday 27 December 2007

Sharing my story.

Ok, 21st Oct.2006 I decided to stop smoking. Patches, good, but I wasn't strong enough.
New Year 2007, gave up until 15th Feb. Was stupid and had 3 cigs. So it went on.
Joined this site and would love to say I stopped and have never looked back! But I won't lie.
What did happen was that I got a lot of support, time after time. I crept back with different names, usually got sussed though. No one judged.
I tried Zyban, patches, inhalers and in the end, Champix. I still needed a lot of willpower though.
I still do.
Had my last cig on the 29th Sept.
Now I am very nearly at the 90 day mark. I am pleased. I am not proud of myself though. I dare not be. I still think it would be nice to have a cig now and then. But I also know that it won't be now and then.
I would like to quote a gentleman we all know and love, he said a cigarette was just a light at one end and an idiot at the other. (Apologies if I haven't worded that correctly.)
It made me laugh but it is true.
I truly wish to thank everyone who has helped me get to this point.
I mean, me, after 44+ years, ciggie free for nearly 3 months!
Also, I said I smoked 7 a day, that was in the late stages, used to be 20 a day. I bet it would have been back to that now.
Many thanks to you all. I wish you all a very Happy 2008
Sounds like an Oscar Speech. LOL Wish I had a red carpet!

Hey, you at the back, please wake up now, I've finished!!!

Saturday 29 December 2007

3 months and status check 4.

Well, 3 months! Quite amazing really, (for me that is.) Still fancy a cig and could have one right now.
Son and granddaughter staying so the crave comes, not as often but stronger. Must be a bit of stress.
I am sorry if I am not on here much to support or reply to all your lovely replies.
But I do thank you all very much indeed.
Computer taken over by a teenager, plus it's not good manners to sit up here while visitors downstairs. lol
Both him and me have been full of cold and not feeling very well. Much better now though.
This is supposed to be about strategies. I suppose my slap dash ones have worked up to now so I will carry on as I have been doing and just won't smoke.
Maybe when everything is back to normal, I will be too.
So I am just gonna grit my teeth and carry on.
Happy New Year to everyone. Please, like me, try not to have a cig while, tiddly, drunk or anything like that. We can do it.
Roll on a smokefree 2008 for us all.

Wednesday 02 January 2008

2nd January. 2008.

Happy New Year!
Hope everyone is well. Welcome to all the new members. This quitting lark is hard work at times but it can be done. Personally I am pleased to have actually got over the holiday season where "wine, food and fags" flowed free. lol
Just sister's 60th birthday bash on Saturday then back to boredomville.
I will return with my homespun advice and support on Sunday.

Saturday 05 January 2008

5th Jan. 2008. Update.

Well, done it, got through sister's 60th without a hitch.
99 days tomorrow. I didn't think I could manage that long!
Keep the chin up chucks, it does get easier. I got plenty of support from the nice, lovely people on here and they said it WOULD get easier. "Oh yes," thought me. But they were right!

Monday 07 January 2008

100 days.

I have actually got, (well in 34 minutes) to a hundred days without a cig!!!
I am amazed.
I don't get supporting letters from the site now. No flashing red light on a Friday night. I loved them when I could press on the "No I haven't had a cig" bit.
I still get craves, not as intense though. But rather annoying still. Maybe I am not very confident eh?
Good luck to the New Quitters. I am sure that you will succeed.
But thank you everyone. Thank you so very much.

Sunday 20 January 2008

20th Jan. 113 days. Update. Thoughts!

I have nearly finished my one hundred and thirteenth day.
Why then am I still thinking of cigs a heck of lot? Anyone know?
I try and do something different and it usually works but today, for some reason it has been bad.
It's not even as if I am dying for a cig. I think that is what is so annoying about it.
I know that I had been smoking for years and I know that all the stuff has gone from my body, tar, nicotine and all that nasty stuff.
Sorry to twitter on. I wonder if I am the only one. Most people report strong cravings every now and then. I don't get them, just this silly niggle.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

If I was still on 20 a day like I used to be, (If not more) I would have....
Saved £565.
Added 17.3 days to my life
and not smoked 2260 fags.
I bet anything that I would have been up to 20 a day by now.

Sunday 27 January 2008

4 months.

Tomorrow, when I get up, I will have done 4 months without a cig.
Still on my mind as I have said but the craves are ok. I just keep thinking of them. As long as that is ALL I do, it's ok.
One day I will forget to remember.
Thank you all for your support. You are amazing, everyone of you.
Even through your bad times you have kept me and others going.
Even the lapsers have got straight back onto the wagon.
Wonderful.
I never in a million years thought I would get this far.
Thank you.

Saturday 02 February 2008

2/2/08 Thank you all. 4 month plus.

I would like to thank you for all the comments I received on my four month celebration!
I was really touched and surprised to read all those comments. I didn't think I would get that many. Very humbling.
Congratulations to everyone who has cracked it.
Congratulations to everyone who is still battling.
Congratulations to everyone who is thinking of quitting.
Some have stayed quit through all sorts of personal ups and downs. Some have quit more than one thing too. I feel really proud of them.

(Note to me, must quit troughing and lose a bit of weight. More exercise etc).

The support on here is wonderful. Each and every one of you are so supportive to everyone. Please keep up the good work.
Thanx again, take care and have a great weekend.

This is my diary from the site... www.stayquit.co.uk Loads of support but for legal reasons and such I haven't published my replies on here.

If this site helps one person who may read this quit, I will be happy. :<) X X X X X

enrollednurse/hypochondriac annie. And life, good or bad? - stopping_smoking.

Another Site to help you.

222 days.................

Seven months!!! Summer.

Diary, part 3. Quitting the cigs.