quit smoking??

One thing about it is, you're not getting smoke so you can smoke in the house etc. And apparently won't get lung cancer from them.

Did you manage it then Nika? Or are you staying away because of the moods? lol

Ahh!! Well I don't know if the patches could be a cheaper option for you. They are REALLY good!

Well here they are about £18.00 for 2 weeks supply (about $36.00) But when you bear in mind you are only on them for a few months, it still works out cheaper than cigs and eventually it will save you a fortune!!! When I quit again I will definately be using them again!

No you can't smoke on them, if you do it makes you feel real sick because you are getting too much nicotine. The patches slowly release nicotine for 24 hours so that takes away the physical craving, of course you still have the psycological aspect to deal with and that can be just as tough. I found it was pretty tough for the first couple of weeks but only because I was used to smoking at certain times of the day (i.e after a meal, when waiting for a coffee to cool down, after TV shows) so these times were hard because I felt like I should be doing something. After that it got ALOT easier. Then you wean yourself off the patches by using different strengths untill you are on the lowest one. After a couple of weeks on those you stop them altogether.

Another thing I did for the first week was buy a big bag of lollipops! Sounds silly but it gave me something to do with my hands and my mouth! lol!

Yes, good luck

i thought i would dredge this back up. So far, not a single cigarette today, which is good for me! lol i usually smoke my first cigarette of the day, right when i wake up, around 6:15 and ill go outside to smoke before kaydee even gets up for the day. So its now 9am and nothing yet! wow, normally i would have had at least 3-4 smokes already (i know, im bad, i smoked WAY to much). Im motivating myself cause i have my Dr appt today at 2 to confirm the baby, and i would LOVE to be able to tell her i havent smoked at all today! oh, that and i have a GIANT bag of DumDums in my desk hehehee

Can you get those things from a chemist-little plastic thing with nicotine in? So no smoke and helps you fiddle with something. Or lolly pops? hehe.

Glad you're quitting!!

well im not getting anything from the store except dumdums, gum, mints and such because im pregnant, so if im going to be putting toxic stuff into my baby, i may as well just smoke ya know? im not gonna use a patch or anything, i think they even say NOT to use those pregnant. but anyways, so far im doing pretty good i think doing the whole cold turkey thing. got my dum dums lol!! they actually last a lot longer than i thought if you just suck on them and dont chew them up right away lol!!

but thanks for the encouragement toffee

Yay Nika, for not having smoked today!!! Good luck for the rest of the day and you appt. this afternoon.

thanks nicki!!! doing pretty well so far, there have been a few moments i would have REALLY enjoyed a cigarette, but so far i havent had any OMG I NEED TO GO SMOKE RIGHT NOW OR I WILL KILL SOMEONE moments. and it helped that charles called me earlier to double check when my appt was, ask me to call him when i get out of the dr's and tell me hes so proud of me for not smoking yet today even though its only been like 4 hours! awwww hahaha.

man, im having a rough night. this just sucks. i just want one cigarette (although, yes i do know where that leads me.) i have not been great today. i have smoked. but when i ran out of the very few i had, i didnt buy more, and ive gone most the day. i feel like shit, i guess i just needed to vent. i feel like im getting really depressed and just want to cry where i was so happy earlier. oh well. i hope im not a depressed fool for the next nine months. :cry:

Hormones will settle and you'll SOON be off cigs forever

has nothing to do with hormones, has everything to do with withdrawal...

im sorry i dont mean to be a bitch, really i dont, just having a rough time.

It's ok, I just thought it may have been partly cause you said to me you don't want to be like this for 9 months.

No worries

You can do this!!!

lol, yeah thats cause i have to stay quit for 9 months. after the baby is doesnt matter nearly as much to me.