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just an update,i havent had a single smoke for the last 2 weeks, still using patches tho, no not even a sneaky smoke. how is everyone else doing .

Message for you from our Mac, Sylvia. Good luck with your efforts to stop smoking!



Hi Liz,

Message for Sylvia on her smoking thread

I WANTED to give up 21 years ago, I did it and it was easy, I never used Patches at all.

As diI said I wanted to give it up

I joined the Royal Navy at 17 and they thought they were doing me a favour by selling me Ciggies at 2/2d (11p) a hundred, but all they did was give me Heart and Lung Disease, I have had a Quadrupal Heart Bypass and there has been talk of taking my right Lung out.

I have saved between £65-75,000 in that time and have travelled the equivilent of 20 times around the world with it, just think of what the money will buy for you, holidays, clothes, nice meals and much much more

Stick in there Gel,

Mac, The Old Geezer



My own Dad died of lung cancer, he smoked for most of his life off and on so hope you find that inner strength to give up completely very soon.

Good luck to all those fighting this addiction, have to fight my own ocd and it's so hard.


Lizxx

Hello Everyone.

I think you are doing marvelous on trying to give up.

I used to smoke till 20 months ago. I had to stop Ihave been told I have C.O.P.D. Well I am pleased with myself apart from having my family it is the biggest achievement I have made.
my aim on stop smoking was to take a day at a time then a week then 2 wks. ect. I know it sounds corny but it works. I also found how smelly my clothes / myself will have been when I smell someone who smokes.

I even put my foot down on friends who smoke.must smoke outside.
I put this down as a challenge only I can do it and now I am aiming for the 1st May when I have stopped 2 years.

Good Luck!
Linda.

hi sylvia,gp offered me antidepressants for a while but would only continue them if i went counselling, sorry but i am not one for public airing of my dirty washing so i said no, manage on my own, not always one of my better ideas i have to say. luckily i get my patches through my local chemist on prescription, at no cost to me. i found polo mints help a bit [eating tons of them at mo]. my 11yr old granddaughter our local sams 99p shop sells packs of eight tubes for 99p, not bad value, of course that my rate for babysitting these days, daughter buys me several paks a week as i have kids 3 or 4 days, she never did like buying me any ciggies and her an ex smoker too, keep up the effort i have been told it is woth it . will keep posting update as often as i can, have borrow pc in the meantime, well chin up all the best , jane

Hi Rottie,
Hey, you are not being a misary, I know how you feel, being depressed doesn't help at all, I have been on antidepressants for a while now but still get depressed from time to time. Trying to give up smoking is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life and I am still not out of the woods yet. It must be hard for you having to give up for financial reasons I wanted to stop and still am finding it rather difficult, to get my patches I have to attend the anti smoking clinic and every week have to tell them how many fags I have had, to be truthful I have only gone I week without having any I still need a couple of drags in the morning and at night, instead of buying 140 a week I am now buying 10. This in its self is an acheivement for me. I know I must really get out of the habit of having those drags but I can't seem to be able to.

Keep trying Rotti you and I seem to be suffering together.

Sylvia x

hi sylvia, sorry not been in touch, having to use grandaughters laptop for a while, not doing to bad, hardest part i think is remembering not to buy any after getting daily errands. ussually remember not to tho, can be a bit tough when i am depressed a lot of the time. sorry to sound a misery at mo. thank you for all kind encouragement. thanks everyone. rottie

Hi Sylvia,I was a smoker and i gave up in 1987.Never looked back.My mum is 82 and gave up in december and smoking since she was 17. Good Luck Annie x

Rottie.

Hows the patches doing
Sylvia

Thanks once again to you all, for your encouragement , good wishes and support.

Wishing you all A Happy & Prosperous New Year


Sylvia x

You good people have also got to get off of the patches and inhalers too because you wll remain a nicotine addict all the time you're getting a fix from them instead of tobacco.
If you need any thing to keep you off the fags just go near someone who smokes - they stink something awful.
As for letting anbody smoke in my house, not a chance in hell. My mother in law is a nicotine addict and the only place she is allowed to smoke is in the yard. If it's raining she goes without or stands in the chicken shed.

Well done Sylvia - what an achievement for 2010!!

I agree Merlin, I am always a 'smoker who hasn't lit up today', and
I stopped on 1st September 1983.

xx

Well done Sylvia,Keep at it,but remember,you never really kick it,its always at the back of your mind ,so be aware .and good luck .**M**.

Hi Rottie,

Just like me a couple of puffs here and there, We can do it!
It has been hard, but to say I smoked 25 a day + its a miracle for me.

Hope you can keep it up, if I can anyone can.

Good luck and here's to a healthier & better off (financially )New Year

Sylvia

just found and bookmarked this, as i started with patches 2 wk ago. had couple sneaky fags [10 in all] since. cos OH been laid off from work so no money no smokes, as good a time as ever to pack up

Well done Sylvia, keep it up.

Marion

Oh well done Sylvia! we knew you could do it!..... BC XX

I was also a smoker from the age of 13, when I had my first child at age 32 I gave up then 16 yrs later I started again, something I really regret as I had a heart attack at 57. Am pleased to say have not smoked for past 10 years. This christmas had my son and girlfriend plus her mother who is a very heavy smoker, have just about managed to get the smell of cigaretts out of my house it managed to penetrate every room. Don't give in Sylvia.
Carol

hi sylvia, thats brilliant news. well done you. all the best for the new year

florencex

Hi Barbra,

Thanks for your post, yes I am still off the fags and so proud of myself, I can't beleive how much money I have saved. Hope I can continue with this.

All the best for 2011

Regards Sylvia

I was one of the lucky ones that didn't need any thing to help me stop after smoking for about 30 years except the fact my blood pressure went sky high and I thought that I was going to die.It's the one thing in life I regret ever doing,and after seeing brother in law die of lung cancer never want to do it again.