I quit smoking

[cat_mioux]

7 days ago.

Don't talk to me. Don't even look at me.

*cat stomps off into the kitchen to eat to eat something*

[buzzlightyearsgirlfriend]

Well done cat!

I gave up 6 weeks and 3 days ago.

I have noticed the stink on other smokers and don't ever want to smell like that again. I've also noticed the extra money in my pocket! 

I got lost driving in the city on Sunday and was so frustrated all I wanted to do was go and buy a great big packet of ciggies. But I didn't 

[cat_mioux]

Congrats buzz!! Well done! I can't wait to be able to say I've been a non smoker for 6 weeks!

Yep we have to watch those triggers. I had a pain in my tooth the other day and my first thought was "I need a cigarette!" then I told myself "how's a cigarette going to help? I need a dentist LOL".

I'm so happy you realised a cigarette didn't have an inbuilt Navman.

[joz*garage]

 I hate drugs and I hate what addicted does. When I realised I was addicted to a drug that did it for me.

it's taken you this long to realize tobaco is addictive? well ...atleast you came to a realization eventually

[boris1gary]

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@buzzlightyearsgirlfriend wrote:

Well done cat!

I gave up 6 weeks and 3 days ago.

I have noticed the stink on other smokers and don't ever want to smell like that again. I've also noticed the extra money in my pocket! 

I got lost driving in the city on Sunday and was so frustrated all I wanted to do was go and buy a great big packet of ciggies. But I didn't 

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omg are you saying i stink

[nicnacs_4u]

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@cat_mioux wrote:

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@sandypas wrote:

I was coughing up this black stuff and thought it was blood from my ailment.  The specialist told me it was nicotine from the bottom of my lungs.

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Oh that explains a lot. Thanks 🙂

Well done on quitting too!

So many people are finally quitting. It's good to hear. It can take a few quits for it to stick for some/most people.

I recommend Allen Carr's book.

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The best book that I have ever read...it still sits on my bedside table and on the 13th it will be 5 years since I became a non smoker!!

well done Cat you are now a NON smoker,be proud of yourself

[nicnacs_4u]

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@ten*teeny*tiny*toes wrote:

I recommend the Allen Carr book as well. I quit about 6 years ago and haven't looked back.

I know this time I will never smoke again, in the past I have always been one cigarrette away from being a smoker. I had to work at not smoking.

It is different this time because I have changed my thinking.

You can do it cat_mioux 

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Exactly tttt..read the book too and can say honestly I did not have any cravings at all!!

[nicnacs_4u]

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@imastawka wrote:

(Not replying to anyone in particular)

 Well what a happy thread this has turned into - not!

 Can't people just encourage without mentioning all the

horrible suffering and deaths they've witnessed because

of smoking?

 I was diagnosed with emphysema 4 years after giving it up.

So now I get reminded about what a horrible death I'm gunna have?

Great

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I`d love to know how you are coping  with emphysema..I have copd which is another disease caused by smoking..

[imastawka]

nicnacs_4u wrote

I`d love to know how you are coping  with emphysema..I have copd which is another disease caused by smoking..

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If you can call it coping...I have chosen to ignore it for now.  I have had testing and I don't have any breathing problems ATM.  There was a point when I thought I had copd.

At one stage a few years ago I was on a machine that was hired from the chemist

(forget now what med it was).  But all that is behind me now.  I do not have copd as

far as I know.

Do you have an oxygen tank?  I would have a problem with walking one of them

around - cos I have a walking stick as well.

[kyliecrv]

Mioux, I have NO DOUBT that you will totally beat this!!
You showed much courage and strength over these past years getting through all the twists & turns that your life took and your health will get better every single day you don't smoke!
Congrats lovely, I'm so proud of you. X

[nicnacs_4u]

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@imastawka wrote:

@nicnacs_4u wrote

I`d love to know how you are coping  with emphysema..I have copd which is another disease caused by smoking..

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If you can call it coping...I have chosen to ignore it for now.  I have had testing and I don't have any breathing problems ATM.  There was a point when I thought I had copd.

At one stage a few years ago I was on a machine that was hired from the chemist

(forget now what med it was).  But all that is behind me now.  I do not have copd as

far as I know.

Do you have an oxygen tank?  I would have a problem with walking one of them

around - cos I have a walking stick as well.

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Yes I have an oxygen tank but I don`t need to walk around with it..I try to do everything without using it...the last time I had a lung function test my lung capacity was 33% not good but you gotta manage..life is what you make it no use feeling sorry for yourself you make do with what you have..imo