Quitting Smoking and Mood...

[Cupcake]

Goodluck!! Such a huge thing to quit cold turkey! I hope it gets better soon!

We go away for holidays in 5 days...DP has decided he wants to quit now...cold turkey ... 2 weeks ... on a remote property..

[foreva*your*mummy]

I have had a friend who has quit both ways( i no that sounds weird but she stopped when she was 21 then started again 10 years later), reading the allan cars book the first time and the second time she got hipnotised(sp?) both of them worked for her she is still not smoking 3 years later but she did say that for the money of hipnosis she would rather read the book. good luck to you all well done

[boobaloo]

one week tomorrow, i'm actually chilling out a fair bit now, as donna said, it's more the mental need for a smoke, the habit more than the physical craving. that being said, my floors have been vacuumed about 3 times a day to keep me busy... but i'm happy i made the decision.. i noticed a spider vein on my cheek, which can be caused by smoking and cringed. plus, i've been trying to get into cardio excercise again and i was losing my breath really fast. damn addictions.

[LaDolceVita]

I'd also definitely recommend Allan Carr's Book - "The easy way to stop smoking" - It's completely different to anything else and the only thing that worked for me... Just so 'common sensical' you just can't not quit after reading it... Give it a go, it will expel alot of the myths we've all heard about/experienced quitting, I promise it will make it easier, even the mood swings, you'll understand after you've read the book

[CrystalBoo]

I knew I had to stop and tried patches but my mood was really antsy and I was constantly thinking about smoking, so I started again.
Then I was reading my DD a book called 'Why I Love My Mummy', and each page is a baby animal saying "I love my mummy because..." When I read the giraffe saying "I love my mummy because she smells nice" I just kind of went 'oh', and had a massive case of the guilts because DD didn't have a mummy that smells nice!
I went cold turkey and was thinking of it as my not having to do a bad thing anymore, rather than giving up a good thing.
Apart from the need for a Chuppa Chup in my mouth the first couple of days, it's been all good for 6 weeks.
Uh, my rambling point is, focussing on DD rather than me helped to make it almost easy.