JackiMac

Hi Trish fantastic to see you reach day three, its going to suck, your junkie brain is desperate for you to light up, remember everything you are going through and feeling is normal, each hour from day to day can feel different, but it does ease off, the rage and frustration eases away, the dreams ohh I remember the dreams lol, just remember waking up and feeling so relieved that they were dreams and I hadnt just smoked 40 cigarettes one after the other!! Committ to your quit one hour at a time if you have too keep your mind busy, do whatever it takes to get through, you will survive and you will succeed if you follow one simple word NOPE, thats all it takes Trish NOPE, some quitters find their quits easy and some of us find it harder, but you get through it the best you can, we all have the same goal and that is to stay quit whatever it takes. We are all here for you Trish and will support you as much as you need, I wouldnt have made it this far without all the wonderful people and amazing support I have received here. xx

Hi Laura, sorry to hear you are having a hard time, I think when we allow our guard down when we are stressed, tired, upset etc etc, the junkie addict inside us goes Aha here is an opening i'll try and sneak back in, as has been said from the wonderful advice above, stress is in our lives whether we are smokers or not, but if you relapsed the stress will be greater for you, smoking will not solve any problems, only add to them, don't allow the thought to grow Laura, its difficult I know, facing it myself at the minute, its putting one step in front of the other, you've done absolutely fantastic facing your crave and beating it, we just can't allow the excuses to win us over, keep going Laura, I fight with my son all the time he is 22, but after it we always hug and talk about it, he is just pushing his boundaries, but at the end of the day you are his mum and always will be, and he will always love you for that. xx

Marti jeez lady you got some shove on you lol, Ill check for any pitfalsl and keep you covered no problem, I'm keeping my eyes on the climbers higher up looks pretty awesome way up there, would say race you but im at that age....leakages you know ....xx

If you could have dinner with anyone in the world who would it be and why

I'm nearly at 4 months quit, and there is no way that I want to go back to smoking but I could sure as hell have one today. The Quit Smoking Journey is a lot of walking slowly up hill and then speed racing down the otherside with the wind blowing in your face, Going up and down these hills on a daily basis becomes part of our life, we get used to it, Then all of a sudden you come to the bottom of a mountain, looking up all we can see are pitfalls, crevices hidden from us, but there waiting to open beneath us and let us fall, ice and dark clouds, do you want to climb this mountain it looks impossible, how can we do it alone, its scary, maybe we should turn back, but then we stop for a minute and take a step back................we realise that nothing is impossible, we have the tools to climb this mountain, we have help from others to push onward, we can overcome the pitfalls, we can climb over the crevices with our tools, we will not fall, the ice we can avoid and the dark clouds will go and the sun will hopefully shine, As I said there is no way that I want to go back to smoking but I sure as hell could have one today, I'm at the bottom of the mountain, but I have the tools and the friends to push forward. So I took a step back and I started to climb..................

Sue Happpy birtthhhdaaay tooo uuuuuu (said in a stevie wonder voice)! Have a fabidoo day, enjoy your massage and facial, xx

Sarah so pleased to see this post, you have done amazing, be proud of yourself and of your quit, you've come a long way, xx

Going to shout it out loud NOOOOOPPPPEE today

Wow 5 years is just amazing, and to keep on helping others as well, thank you xx

Andrew that is fantastic be proud of your quit you are doing great x

Pippa that is just awful, people are just so nasty today, any opportunity and they will take it, now a decent human being would have gone to reception to either give them your things or to advise the locker was open, what lowlifes to do this hugs Pippa xx but well done on keeping your quit xx

Whoo Hoo as we say in Scotland grab yer coat Sarah u got a lumber!! xx

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My son makes me laugh and my partner, tongue in cheek humour gets me every time, and love the posts on here, tears sometimes roll down my face when reading some of them. The old style comedy like the Two Ronnies, and Morecamb and Wise, "bring me sunshine" lalala, Some of the new comedies, Mike and Molly, Friends, see one off comments that can sometimes go whooosh over your head and then you suddenly get them HAHAHAH

Jenny great news, been googling and googling away lol, look forward to new sign ups soon xx

Where is Noah when you need him :o xx

Sue what is your favourite place in Ireland and if you had the money where would you travel too.

Doreen loving this, you are such a sweet lady....do you like eating out and if so what type of food

Ohhhh Ava, hobby now there is something I havent thought about in a long time, have so many things I like to do, reading, swimming, puzzles, but if you asked my OH he would definately say talking because I never shut up xx

how exciting, so looking forward to hearing all your exciting plans think me and OH will just nip off to the registry office this time again lol, would love to go to a Sandy Beach at sunset in some exotic location and marry beneath the stars......(daydreaming now of a winning lottery ticket) xx

Always knew it Rob or should I say Damien......now we have the confirmation -_- mwahhhahhaa

Made grilled Bakon last night and my cat loved it...................just saying lol ;)

Marti hope you feel better soon ((((Marti)))...... I keep being told that I am glowing, and do you know something I LIKE IT :D

Tiffany you do whatever it takes to keep you off the cigarettes and away from thinking about them, if it means, hanging upside down putting your feet in your ears! then do it, we all beat ourselves up and sometimes it whats we need, but please don't be too hard on yourself, you did well, you recognised what was happening you acted on it, you realised the lozenges were no good and you acted on it, well done, be proud of your quit and be proud of you sometimes it can be a good feeling to feel proud (even if its just a little) xx