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[HerefordElite]

I stopped smoking last night  
got up this morning put a patch on  and kept myself very busy all day
its now 24 hours since my last f*g and i feel  like my eyes are popping out my head and i wanna thump everyone i see.
isthis normal? how long till it goes away ? cos if its going to be a while im going to buy a packet  before i get myself into trouble.

I actually feel quite calm when i am on my own
never felt like this before  

Doug
ps I smoked 40 a day

the eye thing is very strange i had the same thing but it soon goes mate

the longer you go the easier it gets, just keep busy and calm  

you can do it

 

[doog]

thanks for the support guys
i have not stopped all day keeping busy was my way of not thinking about it
 i didnt notice it that much untill i had my dinner and like someone said  the old habit of having a smoke after tea made me think about it

then i went to tescos with a shopaholic wife and a 7 and 4 year old
thats when the eyes popping out my head feeling started.

Starting to feel a little  better now but i still feel i want to fight the world
i think i will stay home all day tommorow haha  keep myself out of trouble.
fingers crossed i can do it

i told  myself i would quit when i got my v6 omega as i would be putting the fag money in the tank.

cheers
 Doug
  

[Vamps]

thanks for the support guys
i have not stopped all day keeping busy was my way of not thinking about it
 i didnt notice it that much untill i had my dinner and like someone said  the old habit of having a smoke after tea made me think about it

then i went to tescos with a shopaholic wife and a 7 and 4 year old thats when the eyes popping out my head feeling started.

Starting to feel a little  better now but i still feel i want to fight the world
i think i will stay home all day tommorow haha  keep myself out of trouble.
fingers crossed i can do it

i told  myself i would quit when i got my v6 omega as i would be putting the f*g money in the tank.

cheers
 Doug
  

That was brave, under the circumstances. Good Luck with the stopping though, well worth it.

[Cumbria]

You can do it. That was my motivation put the money in to the car

[STMO123]

I would knock the patches on the head. I'm into my fourth week now and I'm using the gum. When I used the patches I didn't sleep for a week and that made me more tetchy.

And you can ask anyone. I'm a really well adjusted, low-key kind of fella.

EDIT: It's 23 days now and I have £230 in my jar

[doog]

You can do it. That was my motivation put the money in to the car

 i have wanted an omega since i past my test but always had to travel to work so i have owned diesels for the last 11 years. I promised i would buy myself my "dream car" (how sad am i)  when i stopped smoking
however i done it the other way around  and bought the car first

so its now a choice of keep the Omega and bin the fags  or sell the car and go back to having one car and keep smoking ( a diesel)
Its common sense realy eh?
just hard actually doing it

someone suggested chocolate a few post ago  i raided the chocolate box  and ive been stuffing my face  it helped alot  

Doug

[Elizabeth_Parrott]

I gave up over 8 years ago and have never cheated once, although I still believe I could.  I just get smug and feel I am beating the nicotine pushers!  Also, after a few days you will start to notice just how bad smokers smell and the fetid air  breathed into your face while they talk to you.  Realizing that you were like that, really helps to say no.

Good luck, of course you can do it  

[Entwood]

Keep at it ... I stopped 16 years ago from a 40-a-day habit ... without patches/gum or anything .... and it was damned hard .... but after about 3 weeks it wasn't so bad and after 3 months it was easier and easier.

Food tasted better, clothes didn't stink. loads of other bits and bobs .. but you have to always remember ... you are an ex-smoker .. not a non-smoker ....  

[Andy B]

I gave up over 8 years ago and have never cheated once, although I still believe I could.  I just get smug and feel I am beating the nicotine pushers!  Also, after a few days you will start to notice just how bad smokers smell and the fetid air  breathed into your face while they talk to you.  Realizing that you were like that, really helps to say no.

Good luck, of course you can do it  

My wife still smokes, but I don't usually notice it at home, although when people at work have just come back fom the various smoking shelters I do notice the horrible smell, especially as you say when they speak to you - horrible in a noisy enviroment when they need to get close. Ooer!

[Richie London]

my dad had to pack up after 60 yrs of smoking, needed a double hernia op, they wouldnt do it unless he stopped for 6 months, he said it was hell. ive tried 3 times, i just carry on smoking now, cant resist a fag with a pint  

[Andy B]

.... ... you are an ex-smoker .. not a non-smoker ....  

So true. Various times though I've had a whiff of someone else's ciggy & thought  ..... ahhhh!  Just one wouldn't hurt, would it? But I know that now, even after 6 & half years, that if I did, I'd be back on 20+ a day. I'd love a cigar every now 7 then but daren't.

I'd never have seen you as a smoker.        

[albitz]

mrs packed up smoking on saturday. I went up the shop and bought her some this evening.
she was like a tazmanian devil with a red hot poker up its a*se.
I stopped in may 2000 using nicotine gum,Im still using it.

[Andy B]

........  I'm still using it.

Yuk! It's 'oribble stuff!  

[eddie]

I picked up a supply of patches a few weeks ago,still sitting in the drawer--feel terribly guilty 'cause they were free. I roll my own and it only costs £10 a week. Got to do it soon,I just dont want to tempt fate.

I tried Gum many (many) moons ago. My kids found the Gum and gave some to their mates. Boy that WAS funny!

Keep going mate,you wont regret it. Just feel nice and smug that you've quit.

eddie

[MikeDundee]

I stopped smoking last night  
got up this morning put a patch on  and kept myself very busy all day
its now 24 hours since my last f*g and i feel  like my eyes are popping out my head and i wanna thump everyone i see.
isthis normal? how long till it goes away ? cos if its going to be a while im going to buy a packet  before i get myself into trouble.

I actually feel quite calm when i am on my own
never felt like this before  

Doug
ps I smoked 40 a day

Sounds perfectly normal ...............then again maybe not