Still winning

I liked the english version bat...and then they attributed F uck to the germans...what the f uck.... surely we can f uck on our own merit...

Oh, I'm singing .....you abandoned me, love don't live here anymore...issues I assume lol. However I am here. Love what I'm reading my man, have messaged Mrs B...you guys rock!!

Love it!! x

I hear ya sister...some people think failure means you will remain part of their gang. Stay with this gang. I absolutely want you to quit. Rant, rave, cry if you need to...but I think you'll be surprised...when you want to quit, it's not always bad. Some is amazing and exciting and make sure to feel and celebrate that. Coping techniques are great for the withdrawal...but you're gonna love the freedom that's coming and you absolutely can do it...just don't put anything in your mouth and set it on fire! Do anything else pretty much. Welcome! x

Oh Tom, how amazing. I love you and your quit. Just stepping this foot that foot, post some dinners, chat some, have fun and ta da!! 7 months!! You are amazing and so is your quit! Chuffed to bits for you. x

This quit, your quit Aine, has always stood out to me. A real and hard fought for quit, I have felt your words and been touched by your journey. I should say, yours and comrade's journey as the two are very linked as is right and proper for a partnership. It is the quit that has me metaphorically raising my hat to you. Be well Aine, may your lives be calmer and without drama for a while and may you smile the biggest smile at this, an amazing accomplishment. Love to you. x

Oh tyme, I am excited to read this for you. What a huge accomplishment, 1 month feels a bit holy grail "ish" when you start deosn't it. But you are doing so great. Massive congrats on your quit so far and look forward to many more celebrations with you. x

3 weeks done and dusted, you are doing so fabulous!! Eyes on the prize, distract and march!! You got this, we got your back, all is well :) xx

4 months is amazing Rowly, so so pleased you got here :) Massive congrats on this fabulous quit. Much love. xx

Massive congrats for 2 months. It is a huge acheivement and testament to your strength to get 2 months under your belt. Hold fast now, the good bit is not far around the corner. xx

Congrats Renee, hope all is well my lovely. xx

Don't do tetley, full bodied my as*! Pfft. PG tips, good tea! I don't take sugar, I am more than sweet enough :) I do have milk tho, otherwise it's a bit much...unless you drink pee water tea like earl grey or breakfast tea.

I accidently parted with good wine via a nose snort at this comment... not cool Sonic. Someone's talking bondage and I'm missing it?? It's not you at the bloody DIY store again Bakon is it? It's bad enough in the undies shops! Ah the turquoise scarf...you never know quite when you'll need a scarf....haha.

This is the peace, you see glimpses of it now. Soon, this tide will start to turn and this will be your new normal, with an occassional trigger...moving onto a peace with an occassional thought. Remember this feeling through the hard times, this is where you are heading to. I love the term goddess of the quit. It almost feels like you believe your quit is supported and I like that for you. x

Hey Rob, Spot on how most of us thought. Agree with Babs, don't let the thinking get flipped back, but yes, even now the odd thought and it aggravates us all. At your stage I got angry with the thoughts, like that catherine tate sketch "how very dare you"...it's part of it and smoking will be less of a trigger each time you drink now. One day you will come home blotto and not have thought about it at all...even if smokers are there. You just feel sorry for the bad hangover they get when your's will be easier now you are a non smoker :) Brilliant work, facing the triggers give them less bite every time, even running away from them if it feels hard makes the next battle half fought. Great work Rob! x

Amazing work on 3 weeks!!! Nope'ing right with ya :)

Both parents smoked. My Dad left when I was almost 12 and quit at the same time (always reminds me of Sarah's story), my Mum got up to 60 per day and quits daily. She managed almost 2 months quit recently and is on about 20 a day again.

No need to be shy, you look like a real hottie in the little red and black number...

The dreams are your brains way of naturally processing a deeper level of information. So it's part of the early quit to have an upswing in them, I have no doubts they will calm down in a week or two back to what your previous normal was, the same with sleeping. I agree with Jackie, don't let it stress you out...just annoying as it is, it's part of the way your body and mind are healing. If any seem particularly repetitive you can always google dream meaning + "whatever the key feature was" and there is a lot of good information out there. The train is a great place to hang out while we become the person we were always meant to be :) MQ, and others here, write and share a number of great things to support us getting our thinking and education on nicotine addiction straight for us. It really helps.

I'm always in the whatever works is right category :) Good for you that you found something to carry you through!

No, not with others. To start I smoked alone 1 or 2 after school, to cope?? I had been stealing them on and off since I was 9 but this was my turning point where I became addicted I believe (I've had some time now to think on it). It was so normalised in our circle, only one person said something to my Mum who cared little as she really doesn't equate smoking with anything other than stress relief. Ironically she has COPD, high blood pressure and a broken heart valve, all requiring medication...but it's not worth quitting now because it's too late. So to answer the original thoughts I do think there's something in it. After all they say kids of abusive parents, drug addicted etc etc can often copy so smoking is normalized when I don't think it should be. It isn't the only reason people start, of course it isn't but it doesn't help at all.

Both my parents smoked, my Dad quit after he left...my mum quits daily! I do think it has a repercussion. No I don't "blame" them but I had access to cigs from a young age. When I started regularly smoking at age 12, my mother bought them for me and that continued until I was 16 and legal to buy my own. I thought she was being cool back then, now I think differently. My girls better pray to the powers that be that I never catch them smoking!

Hey Michelle and welcome. You feel jittery and really uneasy. It feels hard and youkeep thinking about smoking when you don't want to smoke... and stop, just breath it out for a minute. You are a non smoker today, non smokers don't smoke cigarettes. So what you need is a new plan. Maybe write a list of things you can do when a "trigger" hits you. Clean work surfaces. Suck air through a straw. Click your fingers. Jump from foot to foot shouting (or thinking) nope. Google some facts on something that interested you once but you never got round too. Etc etc. Basically you are focusing on the not smoking my lovely, maybe try just distracting your brain until the feeling gets less intense. If a trigger is a thought process of "I would have smoked here" then a newer thought of "but now I clean" can replace it quicker than getting cosy with a sad nostalgic feeling because that is not a true reflection of what you want. You quit because you don't want to smoke :) Write a list of reasons you quit, carry it with you and read it before you go shopping. One week is amazing work Michelle, congrats on your freedom. x

Starred out in my prime ***** ok, take tea advice from a "cat type" earl grey drinker....

Like a true english rose is gonna take tea advice from a ***** earl grey drinker :rolleyes: ...move along the bus ...next window for you ...said with love :D