Lilly

Happy Birthday Martian. Hope it's a great day x

Congratulations ?

That was addressed at the time Reci. Redemption hasn't turned into the Robert Downey of NRT and he clearly said in his post he had 3 today. All I'm saying is a bit of encouragement would help his quit much more than flogging the NRT intake.

Just out of curiosity why are people focussing so much on Redemptions nicotine gum use? He is so early in his quit and he isn't smoking which is an achievement all on its own. As Weegie said the usual course is 12 weeks and he is nowhere near that. NRT allows people to deal with the psychological side of quitting and then once it finishes the withdrawal has to be dealt with. In my humble opinion the withdrawal is the least of people's problems when quitting smoking. Would be nice just once for people to congratulate him on another day quit rather than keep posting about his NRT usage.

Leon I have someone very close to me who has schizophrenia and so I'm not surprised you're having trouble quitting. My advice to you would be to take your NRT or carry on with your vaping and just keep trying. Try and find a British forum where people are more open to vaping, and who are just focused on people not smoking actual cigarettes. Good Luck and don't give up trying.

There you go Redemption - hopefully Weegie Woman's post will make you feel happier about things ?

Better to be using the gum than smoking. Just give yourself a plan with the gum and stick with it.

Hope you are ok Kate. Let your grief take its natural course and when you feel ready we will be here for you. Take good care of yourself x

Good work - just keep getting through one day at a time ?

Never disagreed with why he fails?

Leon I read one of your threads on your vaping forum. To be honest I stopped reading at page 15. They weren't calling you a troll they had just lost patience after years of trying to help you. They were frustrated that you kept going back to smoking instead of vaping. If you want to quit smoking/vaping you will find support like you wouldn't believe here. It is possible to quit while living with smokers. I live with two and they were never responsible for my relapses - that was all on me. I never smoked their cigarettes and I never would. Joel Spitzer has a great way to get people to stop offering them. When they offer you one take it and say with relief in your voice thanks. Then tear it up and tell them how good it felt. They will be pissed and won't be so quick to offer you another. I hope you get your quit so never quit quitting ?

Best manager EVER ??

To be honest I rarely actually watch much. There are so many channels I spend half the night flicking through them. I don't have the attention span to sit and watch TV. I find myself wanting to get up and do something after 10 minutes. I'm more of a put on a nice classical CD type of person.

Thanks for that Reci ??

I'm pretty sure Leon got the message. I don't think the whole forum needs to come piling in to keep repeating it. Just because someone wants to vape it doesn't make them a troll ?

Jo, congratulations on being quit for a whole year ?

Its not from today Reci. If I ran into trouble I can always log on from somewhere so that's not a problem.

I have only been quit for a very short time so believe me I am no expert. I think you are feeling the way you do because of the nicotine gum. Cigarettes have nicotine which is the addictive part. You get angry or desperate for a cigarette so you pop in a gum and the world is great again. You're still smoke free and that is something to be very happy about. Enjoy the tea ?

I'll have no phone, no computer and no Sky or Freeview (just the standard 4/5 channels). Obviously I will have a house phone. Im quite interested to see how I manage.

As you were lol ???

I'm always going on about how much I hate people always being on mobiles constantly. I'm also one of those "we didn't have all this modern technology when I was younger and life was much better" people. So someone said I'm not as much of a technology hater as I claim and if I had none of it for 3 months I'd be lost. Challenge accepted ?

Don't forget the time difference. Melbourne starts 28 November in just over one hour ?

Congratulations ?

Congratulations ?

I think that joke went straight over your head ?