Originally Posted by Wendy (Post 6073216)

It was great today when I had a job interview and she said 'We have to inform you that the building you would be working in is no smoking' and I said 'that's OK I don't smoke' :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by flowergal (Post 6073742)

Well done Wendy :thumbsup:

14 days for me tomorrow !!!!! Im doing ok, and so is hubby.

Amanda :thumbup:

Originally Posted by flowergal (Post 6073742)

Well done Wendy :thumbsup:

14 days for me tomorrow !!!!! Im doing ok, and so is hubby.

Amanda :thumbup:

Originally Posted by asher (Post 6073298)

did you feel lovely and smug as you said it :lol:

Originally Posted by flowergal (Post 6073742)

Well done Wendy

14 days for me tomorrow !!!!! Im doing ok, and so is hubby.

Amanda :thumbup:

Originally Posted by Fly Away (Post 6075278)

Well done Amanda and Wendy!:thumbsup:

2 weeks Amanda - you're not addicted anymore!:thumbsup:

Fingers crossed for the job interview Wendy.:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by sasbear (Post 6075629)

Just wanted to wish all the stop smoking folks well wishes and to say how proud you must feel to be achieving it. Well done to all!

Originally Posted by PaddyHaHa (Post 6076490)

Mr and Mrs PHH stopped last year with the help from Allen Carr - we've got through drinking occassions, christmas/new year, birthdays, parties etc - we still let smokers smoke in our house if we have a party, sometimes stand on the pavement with smokers outside restaurants - but uncannily have no desire to smoke ourselves - even if we do think we might be missing out on something, that is in the conversations that the smokers sometimes have in their outside huddles!! Good luck to all who are stopping with the deadly weed.

Originally Posted by Wendy (Post 6044709)

There is one called the 'easy way to stop drinking'....;)

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=n...r-navigational

Originally Posted by Vim Fuego (Post 6078326)

I KNEW there'd be one. ;)

I am off the booze for March anyway so I'm (temporarily) cured.

So, here's the thing ...

In the interests of thorough research I actually read The Wonder Book from cover to cover today in full cynic mode (I have no other) ... no, didn't buy it and didn't have it given to me ... don't ask ...

(Yup, LisaD_uk, you actually prompted me to read something I didn't want to read, ironic huh?!).

And ... Goddammit if it doesn't make a lot of sense.

Nothing I didn't know already but presented in a way that makes smoking just seem ... well ... stupid and of no value WHATsoever (including psychologically).

Yeh I knew that really but ... anyway, it's very well thought out and covers most (all?) of questions yer average smoker has contemplated at one time or another.

Have I had a blazing flash of light complete with celestial serenade? No.

Am I stopping from this moment forth? No, because a little bit of me has not fully committed to the idea.

Will I buy another pack after the end of this one?

Maybe not.

Sincerely,
Surprised Of Brisbane.

Originally Posted by sasbear (Post 6008312)

I have been trying to get my mate to stop smoking for years now, and she always has an excuse - she sees it as a valid reason and not an excuse.

She has crohns and says it helps to stop the inflamation and whn she has tried to stop her Crohns flares up badly.

She also says that she has read statistics that prove that smokers come round quicker in the recovery room after having surgery.

Can this be true? I am sure she is just validating to herself her reasons for continuing to smoke.

Originally Posted by Wendy (Post 6081026)

Everytime you light a cig do you think 'WTF am I doing that for?' (I did :o:D)

Originally Posted by Vim Fuego (Post 6082271)

I actually read it in one sitting without smoking ...I have had one since (my usual one last thing at night) ... and yeh, it did feel like a pretty freaking stupid thing to do given the facts (that I knew anyway, duh!).

The thing that got me was the 'occasional smokers should be pitied most' angle ... I can see now that the '5 a day man' (me, more or less) is actually going through more mental trauma than a heavier smoker.

But I'm not sure if I've fully committed to not ever having one again, I think it needs some kind of symbolic gesture given the years I have been doing it but I don't plan on buying another packet.

Is this just procrastination? Maybe. I just think that unless I stub that last one out and make a firm declaration then I just won't be committed.

So, for this result alone I'd like to apologise to anyone I have dissed and peeved off on this thread ... the means do justify the end ... just give them the book.

Originally Posted by Wendy (Post 6082486)

Yeah, I can relate to all that. :)

I must admit to missing my morning ciggie - the rest I can live without. But I do know if I had that morning one then I would carry on for the rest of the day so I haven't given it to the temptation

Yet! :unsure::D