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hey all.. sorry, long time no blog!!! you just get 'living'... and forget about the 'quitting' as such...

i hope you're all doing ok... it's such a rough road... don't think that you are the only one finding it hard.. but DO think that you CAN do it....

as a 33 year old mum of 2 boys (7 and 3) who may I say am extremely proud of their mum! ... I was a heavy smoker who had smoked from around 15yrs old.. and was smoking around 40/50 grams of tobacco a week....

I am now a year and 2 months down the track being a non-smoker!! I get the odd 'urge' every now and again.. and feel low sometimes.. and grieve somtimes for some idealistic 'long lost smoke' ;) but I do not give in..... I am in control!!! :) (I think!hahaha)

all the best to you :)

huge thanks to my role models !! you know who you are!! i've been watching/following you for a year.. thank you for inspiring and giving me strength and support when I've needed it!!

and to the others.......... you CAN do it... there are hiccups, and it is NOT easy.... but it's totally doable! :)

a year ago I was smoking around 40g tobacco a week (around 30 rollies a day).... I was constantly going outside for a 'puff'.. first thing in the morning, last thing at night... first thing before heading out in the car... stopping a trip to have a 'puff'... wasting soooooooo much money and time on the nico demon......

yes I'm 10kg heavier.. but I am sooooooooooo much healthier. AND happier!! I remember thinking I would NEVER ever be happy again..... so do not feel alone in all those thoughts... because I AM HAPPIER! :) :)

thanks to quit group/quitline for your help! :)

yes almost my first breathday.. am buzzed that I have beat the demon.... the little buggar keeps on trying though.. last week I had full on cravings again.. weird... but I am so far down the road now that there is no way I can give in to the nicodemon!

keep trying everyone, it's so worth it.. I've saved over $2000 in almost a year.. and more than that.... I feel awesome!!! :) my family and myself are a priority.. not cigarettes!! :) which is THE best thing! :)

:)

I'm creeping closer and closer to my 1st Breathday on the 10th Sept!!! how exciting.. still going strong as a non-smoker... and still think it's the best decision i've made!!! I have the odd day where I get some strong 'pangs'... but nothing I can't beat.. I know not to let my guard down.. the weather is on the improve (some days!! hahah) and I am able to start my walking again, with my 2 boys (3yrs and 7 years biking beside me)... I am saving money!!!!! *(well I have had some treats yesterday so some of the money I have saved has been well spent on ME!)

keep it up everyone.. those first few months are sooooooooooooo tough!! but you can do it!! keep your chin up! :) (or chins in my case!! hahaah)

I have been quit for 10 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 8 hours, 47 minutes and 51 seconds (329 days). I have saved $2,305.56 by not smoking 9,880 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Month, 4 Days, 7 hours and 20 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 10/09/2009 12:00 p.m.


just wanted to touch base.. all you newbies you CAN do it.. it's blardy hard, but so worth it.... I am getting closer to my breathday :)

I hardly think about it these days.. every so often I do, but I"m just so glad I am not a slave to those disgusting ciggies .. if you fall off teh wagon, just keep trying until you get to the strength that you stand up to it and just SAY NO!!! you are in control.. not that horrid little nicotine sticks!! :)

:) hi to all my buddies!! itsgood, minty, mistermister maggie etc :) and anyone else Iv'e missed :)

I have been quit for 10 Months, 2 Days, 8 hours, 57 minutes and 7 seconds (305 days). I have saved $2,137.61 by not smoking 9,161 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Month, 1 Day, 19 hours and 25 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 10/09/2009 12:00 p.m.

I am feeling awesome!! and am so glad that I am a non-smoker!! :) keep you chins up! it's blardy hard work.. but i haven't felt this well!

i do have 10kgs on that I didn't 10months ago... splutter!!! but I'm sure the weight gain etc will calm down :)

keep trying everyone! you are in control.. not those stinky expensive cancer sticks! :)

(this is from someone who was VERY addicted and smoking more and more - around about 1 and 1/2 packs of 50g tobacco a week! :)

and yes it was/has been/sometimes still is HARD! :)
BUT I'm pretty sure I have it beat!!!! :)
kellieg you will get through, the first weeks/months were bloody hard and I would say it was teh hardest thing I've done in my life.. but it's been so worth it..
to realise I can leave the house without smokes and know that I'm ok....!
to notice the difference in the smell.. god it's disgusting smelling others who have just smoked..
listening to my kids say, you don't smoke anymore do you mum, that is cool....

the list is endless as to why it's so great... and the list of wanting to smoke is well.........???? I remind myself that I was ADDICTED to a drug and I will / may be fighting that addiction for the rest of my life, but I am past the hardest part... and never want to go through that again!! so I will NOT HAVE ONE MORE PUFF!!!!

it does get easier... I find that every month at my 'hormonal' time I get some wicked cravings.. they start before I 'know' it's my hormonal time and then I realise and go.. 'wow... that is What that is all about'.. interesting and worth taking into mind that at that time of the month you may have some major cravings.. but at least it's easier to fight if you know what it's all about.

I have put on probably 10kgs in 9 months.. but some of that is sheer laziness and I realise I have to get off my butt and do something!!! so I am.. I'm lucky that I was pretty small to start with, so extra 10kg's doesn't 'look like much' to others looking at me, but feels like a HUGE weight to me...

we just got back from a trip to wellington (flying etc) and it's my first trip via plane etc where I was a non -smoker and didn't have to stress about when I'd find a smoking area, and if I'd get my lighter/smokes etc through the plane etc etc... so great not to have that stress!! :)

keep your chin up everyone..we are WINNNERS!!! :)

maggie, welcome home xxxxxxxx

so wonderful to hear about your pregnancy and be so proud chicky... as you said in your post.. my beautiful babies had SHOCKING placenta... and it was due to smoking. I did my best to quit (it didn't work) and so cut right down.. but STILL they were born small and early and not happy!!!!!!

I am now 8 months quit!! YEEHHA! :)

hey bubbles no longa xxxx hugs chicky my mumma is still quit (she has emphysema) so it's definitly still all good xxx

Congratulations!! awesome!!!

you are an inspiration!! :)

here's my stats as of today

I have been quit for 8 Months, 1 Week, 3 Days, 8 hours, 55 minutes and 36 seconds (252 days). I have saved $1,766.60 by not smoking 7,571 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 6 hours and 55 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 10/09/2009 12:00 p.m.

am thinking of you xxxxxx
my 3yr old cat also went to the vet today... urninary crystals apparently... our other cat (who we'd had for 8 years - longer than our eldest boy) was killed a month or so ago....

hugs hugs hugs.. rest up hun and look after that baby xxx

my 3yr old broke his arm last week... SCARY.. night for us in hospital, then he went to theatre etc.. and even tho I thought th eodd tiem about a smoke.. I was more upset looking at the otehr parent who bundled up her seriously ill child and put him in the pushchair and walkd down to the road and sat beside him in the cold cold early mornign to have a smoke.. I could see it wafting over him.. he was goign to have a scan for a lung disorder..............????? and I realised how far I had come to not have that drug ruling even the most important facets of my life :)

then he had a tummy bug on th eweekend.. then the big boy had the tummy bug last night and it jus treminded me again of how happy I am not to have to go outside at all hours to 'calm myself down'!!!!!!!!!

apparently my partner says I'm actually 'way calmer' than I was before! ;) haha..


sorry for blabbing on... much love and sorrow about your cat, but also much much love and congratulations on your pregnancy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I have been quit for 7 Months, 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 9 hours, 33 minutes and 49 seconds (239 days). I have saved $1,675.78 by not smoking 7,181 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 22 hours and 25 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 10/09/2009 12:00 p.m.

things are so much easier now.. I have the odd 'pang' when something stressful/sad etc happens.. but I haven't faltered.... I have had the odd dream where I've given in tho!! and wake up quite upset about it till I realise it was a dream! hahaha (or nightmare!)

I have put on about 7 kgs too and need to try and sort this out!!

anyway just dropping in to say it is totally worth it and can be done!! I was one of those smokers who said I will never give up.. at least I am going to die of something i chose to die of.................. I will continue working at it too! :) I think this is a battle I may continue for the rest of my life :)

bubbles... so weird I go through those feelings too.. a friend still comes to visit and stands there rolling her smoke and walks outisde before I've even finished making a coffee.. not a thought as to how I'd feel?! but I kind of feel good.. as I sit there having my coffee with her but I'm not smoking!!! :) I do sometimes really have to fight the craving.. but would HATE to wreck it all now.. so I battle on!! and the majority of the time it's absolutely awesome!!!! :)

in regards to my group caving.. well my mum is stll quit!! YAY (yes she was diagnosed with emphysema).. but she's had the odd cave... so not off the wagon.. just a bit of a bumpy ride!! :) and both my sisters are still smoking, but not at my mums house as far as I can tell :) hopefully!!! :) I do feel like it's something that I've lost tho.... hopefully one day my head will be different from that.. but havne't been able to really kick that feeling of grieving smoking my only 'thing' which I really enjoyed!! hahah.. which is so pathetic! but gotta be honest here eh!! :)

graet to keep catching up with you guys tho!! :) I still know it's totally worth itxxxxx

hey all!!

congratulations Mistermister! awesome stats!!
Maggie.. nearly there wahoo!! :)

itsgood.. hugs chicky! ;) great to 'see you ' tho!

all good here...
I have been quit for 7 Months, 1 Week, 3 Days, 9 hours, 49 minutes and 59 seconds (222 days). I have saved $1,556.86 by not smoking 6,672 cigarettes. I have saved 3 Weeks, 2 Days and 4 hours of my life. My Quit Date: 10/09/2009 12:00 p.m.

still soldiering on... getting to 'that time of the month' and I definitely seem to get my cravings back then! interesting huh!! I just keep the deep breaths up and remind myself how GROSS it smelt/tasted/looked and COST!!!! and it seems to keep working.. the weight gain has sucked.. but hey.... gotta have something to work on I suppose! ;)

good luck all! keep persisting.. I am the only one of my 'group' to still be 100% smokefree.. but i know we can only do what we can... it's a really really hard road.. I am sitting here thinking.. a would love a ciggie.... so I take my deep breath and remind myself ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww. yuck.. no way! :)

hugs all!

hi all, I have been quit for 6 Months, 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 20 hours, 51 minutes and 18 seconds (196 days). I have saved $1,378.08 by not smoking 5,906 cigarettes. I have saved 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 12 hours and 10 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 10/09/2009 12:00 p.m.

yahoo... pretty awesome to read it like that! :)

hugs to Maggie xxxxxxx
awesome post mintyfresh! :)

things are good up here in the North. (min58 we're in the simialr location!)

I have had a great few weeks of feeling no real cravings.. just fantastic.. and feel like a non-smoker! I have my first head cold since being a non-smoker.... and it's great!! haha.. (as great as it can be!!!) haven't had too many issues with sore throat, hardly cough :) so that is awesome!!!
exercise has dropped recently which isn't good, so I need to get back onto that.... but we got a bunch of bikes for the family and that will help!!

good luck all... it's bloody hard work... but you can do it.... I keep saying to myself when I think I really need a ciggie - WILL THAT FIX whatever it is I'm feeling?? and I know it won't... so that is a worthless optoin and I move on! :) I used Zyban for the first few months, but did have some not good reactions to that... then tried the gum (and yes it made my throat funny/sore/itchy )... so I did it cold turkey the rest of the time and think the zyban definitely helped through those first couple of months xx

all the best!

I have been quit for 6 Months, 6 hours, 25 minutes and 55 seconds (181 days). I have saved $1,268.87 by not smoking 5,438 cigarettes. I have saved 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 21 hours and 10 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 10/09/2009 12:00 p.m.


big ups to everyone making the commitment. I was talking at school today (I'm a part time teacher) to another staff member and we agreed that anyone that is tellign you about quitting smoking has NO understanding unless they've done it! I so admit this has been one of the hardest things I've done in my life... I;ve passed a month of ongoing battles including many many cravings.. but I never gave in YAHOO and i feel awesome!!!!! today was my 6month celebration.. and I'm very proud!!! just had a g n t and chinese takeawys!! and man did they all taste GOOOOD!!! :)
I have put on probalby 5/6kilos in that 6months.. but I amstilll healthier than i was before when thinner!! ;)

keep it up everyone.. it's so worth it! :)

Itsgood! - hugs my friend.. sounds like you have your head right.. you can do it buddy... it's so not worth it.. and I am sooooooooo lucky that my partner doesnt' smoke and the him and the kids are always around in the evening, otherwise I may have slipped up!! But I think I really am sorted as I am a person who always feels guilty.. and I don't want to feel guilty and/or lie that I am still not smoking.. so I wouldn't give in to that temptation! keep me posted on how you go ok!!!! xxx

Jacksons Mummy - you're right.. I WILL get through this.. in fact I AM through this, and I know that I am NOT missing out on anything by not smoking!! :) I am just WINNING big time!!! :) hahaha... You are doing awesome, and it's so worth it.. the first couple of months are so hard... but I found lots of fresh air helped (when possible) carrot sticks.. and drinking water and yes I bitched constantly abuot how hard it was! !hahahaaha... but I would NOT give in.. oh and i had lots of crying times too!! and one or two slip up sin the early days.. but make sure you have NO cigarettes around for that 'just in case' time as if you do... you will smoke them!! haha I did that constant googling etc too when I first started out adn have alos done that agian in the last few days - so I can remind myself how terrible it is... those 'dying' videos are shocking ... but helpful!

Hey bubblesnolonga!! :) Mum is doing awesome too her and I just KNOW we cannot smoke... it's the difference between breathing or not for her.. and her breathing is SO much better now!! YAY!! heading into winter is worrying as the docs have said that is when it's goign to be hard with her emphysema and getting infections etc.. but she's feeling good at this time!!! YAY.. my sisters don't smoke near her so that is good.. but they haevn't achieved smokefree like us yet... but it's up to them when/if they can do it :)

You are doing AWESOME!!! I will not give in to the temptation don't worry!!!! I remember back to the stench of how I smelt.. the stress of remember my smokes before I could leave to go anywhere.. the grumpiness/stress I had if I couldn't have a fix whne I needed it... the anti social ness of it when visiting/hanging out with non smokers.. the grossness of finding somewhere to stub out your butt.... nothing positive... :)

30YearHabit - keep your chin up.. you are doing awesome.. I know that I also thought nobody really understood.. my partner did the same cold turkey thing a few years ago with no issues! but he tells me he still gets the odd cravings too, but he knows he cannot and will not do it again!!! so that shows me he does understand!! :)


anyway, keep it up everyone.. how crappy is it that we have had this addiction.. we are way above being 'beaten' by a little white nicotine demon stick... we are IN CONTROL and we can do it!@!!! and we are doing ourselves a favour!!
all the best xxxx

hi all.. yep I'm up to 167days! amazing really! Julz1981 I was laughing reading one of your posts about how you hated hearing people say 'it just gets easier' as you didn't beleive them... I remember thinking exactly the same thing...

I am still smokefree, but at the moment my mind isn't really workign as a non-smoker. I have had a couple of weeks of feeling quite low, and deprived that I 'can't have a smoke' (even though I am totally in control so it's MY CHOICE not to smoke).. it's a weird feeling.

I am proud though as my partner found a leftover pack of rollies someone left in his van and he told em about them, then threw them out adn when I went to do the rubbish, there they were and I DID look into the pouch ... and thought.. 'I could hide this in case I really needed one '.. BUT then thought ''WHAT AM I SAYING!!!" and out they went with the rest of the rubbish.... YAY

I too am soooooooooo pleased I do not STINK of cigarettes all the time and am not wasting my money on cigarettes and don't have to plan my day/trips etc around having a smoke...

my son has a school camp coming up and I am going!!! in the past I didn't want to because I knew I would not be able to get away to have a smoke.. how sick is that!!

so I will continue on my journey as a non-smoker and fight the urges.. because I CAN... I am still alive, and some cravings and times of feeling mental are not going to actually kill me!! :)

keep it up everyone... don't let the addiction beat you! :)

today went great.. I actually am workign where I used to (before my last baby) and I USED to have to leave at lunch etc and drive in my car and sit in my car down the road to have a ciggie (smokefree grounds).. so it was FANTASTIC today NOT having to leave for any reason.. my day was so busy and it was GREAT!!! :) and NO worries that I stunk of cigarettes!! WOOHOO

just for interest sake I have found that my 'craving times' are at a certain time every month!!!! like clockwork!! and i can go the rest of teh month now without feelign like a ciggie but at that womanly time of th emonth I really really crave ciggies... anyone else having that issue?? It's really fine though because i 'know' what it is.. and even though I'm doing my fitness thing I actually bought me and my partner some chocolate to eat 1!! haha.. because that is better than a smoke and it's comforting at this time!! :) hahahaha....


anyway all good! :)

but I've had this weird/horrible gnawing feeling in my chest the last few days!! I am giong back to work after approx 3 years away from it, and even though I'm only going back part time, it's enough to make me pretty nervous... and of course my old 'fix' for that was a ciggie! I don't have any and wouldn't get any as I am a non-smoker now, but interesting I have really had to do some of those big deep breaths to try and get rid of that lump in my throat....

other than that things are good :) it definitely is very cool being a non-smoker..... I have not had a sore throat, cough, etc for months!!!! it is really really noticeable!!!!
funny though, when we've had bbq's and someone says, can i have the lighter please, to start it and it's a my partner who has one in the shed for these purposes... I used to have it in my pocket!!! haha

good luck all.. you can do it!!! it's an ongoing process, but so worth it! :)

hi everyone.. just dropping back in. saw the advert on tv and thought..oh, better check back in with my buddies! :)
so its 4 months for me.. and wow it's soooooooooooooo much easier now!!! had my first ever christmas/new years as an adult being a non-smoker!! and it wasn't bad at all!!! :)
definitely had the odd pangs... and on new years eve we were out at a public event and lots of people smoking away around me, which i kind of liked the smell but hated it at the same time and thought ewwww when we got home as we all smelt of other peoples stinky smoke (my poor kids!!)
Was really interesting when my son would tell people just out of the blue... and hit home how much effect already it had on my most important people!! :)
I now exercise every day and even though I've packed on 4 kgs since my quit... I am feeling SO much healthier!!!! I can run!! haha.. (bust mostly do fast walking or cycling) I can swim too!! and I am not a slave to those nicotine sticks anymore! they don't rule my trips to places, or my grocery bill etc etc!! YAY for us!!! Happy new year everyone.. you can do it.. I smoked around 30 rollies a day for around 15 years... and I am a non smoker!! :) thanks for the support from others on here!! :)