Still winning

jeez thank god, I dont know where they are. that son of a bitch, 21 ******* years and he dont know why he's with me. shiiit, where did this come from!

I am not smoking but i proper have just searched for them! oh my god man a skirt will be pissed. dont let me, jesus why is this so hard

i said dont smoke!

literally crying, why?

I know there are cigs in this here house somewhere! I want to be accountable, I have tears and I don't even want to smoke! I wish this were over and I weredone, and I will be fine but shit, this is hard!

Never mind the sarge, I see you and Pm straight away. You got random women wondering how you're doing! Day 1, I did that like a million times and then moved past it...with this board...and the people who really care about you. Did you read Allen Carr? Did you read whyquit.com? Not gonna lie Juan, I think about you and how you are doing and messaged you as such before posting here, because you need to win. Can you battle, can we help you? I want this for you.

Hey Laura, So pleased you posted!! Wow going out out, on day 4, thought only I was brave enough to do that :) Just tell yourself you got this, you do not want to smoke. Where do you live, if england I can give you a mobile on pm to offer help if needed. xx

With you Julie, save for childrens therapy rather than inheritance ;) Although I did nearly die when one kid asked a preggo woman out if she had eaten a baby, seemingly my humour needed tweaking! Why do children listen to that one crazy thing you say in jest and none of the crap you mean them to hear?!

wth, my special skill is talking. Hmmm. Regrouping for maximum effectiveness ;)

No way am I miles behind everyone!

where can you see this post count?

Sex and money. Two of my favourite things are now in greater abundance, this is good news in my world. Plus freedom and smell nice and all that normal stuff lol.

I think we all try and over-complicate things don't we. The 1 single thing that made me quit was the one liner "don't put something in your mouth and light it", delivered on day minus 1 to me. 2nd best line "smoking is not on the table". Even with these gems from these good people I still think I can be a bit of an A hole at 6 weeks lol, 18 days is really great to work out the being reasonable thing!!

Well on an emotional level I can add my voice to those above. Chris and I have been together 2 years this time but met as lovestruck teenagers and have stayed friends and soulmates through other relationships, eventually we were always fated to end back together. When he goes out on his motorbike I literally pace, if he's unwell I am like some horrendous mother hen - he's good at the comfort, I'm good at the neurotic panic - every relationships needs roles right :) At the risk of sounding more hippy happy than I usually do but you did ask about natural alternatives... I tend to use crystals to helps control my moods. I wear an amethyst pendant normally, to keep me calm and grounded and have small hand held amethysts to hold in my hand when my stress levels/anxiety start to go up. I also have others that have specific properties and while it may sound "weird" to some it's been amazing for me and those around me. I got my next reiki level recently too, that was very good at re-balancing me personally although I don't know about costs in america, I would say it was well worth it for me. Another couple of ideas for you to look at maybe :) xx

Congratulations on your 3 months. xx

haha, made me chuckle at tubthumping! Rihanna Diamonds always make me think of this site. x

nope from me.

Wow, I'm not of the perky camp yet ;) Really pleased you're feeling good though, got your energy boost coming through now I wonder?

Ah I see. Being nosy can you keep me posted and if it works let me know which one. I am having trouble in paradise with my skin. Thanks muchly.

I have three cause I'm greedy! Day 2 was massive, I kept cheating myself on day 1 for almost a years worth of quits. 3 months, I don't know why but I feel something magical will happen at this point?? 1 year, because my only proper quit I made 364 days and it gets right on my nerves I could never say a year!

I'd be happy with any of that too - or better skin lol. Sadly twas not to be just yet here. What is it you are using to "grind" your skin tho, I'm confused?

lol Sharon, quitting fella's now have an inkling of what pms is really like ;)

Amy, I dunno but the whole yes I am/no I'm not thing is laughably strange to me. I do feel like a nutter :) I am a happy non smoking nutter on the whole so will take it as a win, as will you :) I think but am by no means any form of expert, that there are stages to quitting. I am a people watcher, now a site people watcher lol. It seems everyone has experienced similar but with their twist of personality on it. So ie, those that are shy, have posted little and read more, but gone through similar timeframes...those that like an argument have argued their way through time phases. I just talked all through it, that's me ;) I do hand on heart say this tho, what I feel today, is not what you are feeling today. You will push past and end up at this stage where it's annoying, rather then where you are where it's still quite controlling. Hugs ((Amy)). x

I get the time thing comrade, and you're probably right in that those fleeting thoughts will be a reason for pause in future. Babs, I face everything head on if it needs tacking, or ignore it if its not to do with me, so yeah I took the craves on headfirst. I think my 3 hour one woman immovable protest where I literally stared at the cigs I wanted to smoke whilst posting on here told me it was always my choice. I still feel like a bit of a headjob and that I'm arguing with myself tho, even tho you put it really nicely :) xx