I HAVE given up smoking

[kt2]

Go Mandi! You CAN and WILL do it!!

[Aussie Brenda]

Dede, good luck, when my late DH gave up smoking he put all the money he would have spent on cig's in the glove box of his car and at the end of the month he bought it inside and put it on the sink and said shall I put a match to this and burn it? Because that is what I have been doing. 

[DizzyGirl]

Good luck Mandi. I wish I could give up, but I enjoy it too much.

[dede]

I like that Aussie Brenda, I'm going to put the extra money away in a separate bank account, and try to build it up to a nice sum by this time next year

[Halex]

Today is my last day as a smoker
There are 5 of us all quitting together. Was nice to buy my last pack of smokes yesterday.
Wish me luck

Go Dede, yay you can do it. Get sick on them tonight, hoefully  put you off for ever

[Amy :-)]

Come on Mandi, you can do this!!!
So excited to see you succeed

[droverjess]

Such good luck and strength to you.
You can do it, we will help you get through this.
Thinking of you xxxx

[mcmich]

Yah Dede. If you feel like lighting up, come on here and we will distract you. 

[Cuilidh]

OK, Mandi, can you remember the very first cigarette you ever had?  Can you remember just how FOUL it tasted?  Did you wonder why everyone persevered until they got hooked?  Well, keep that foul taste in your mind and know that, from now on you will never - EVER - have that burning taste again.  You are going to leave all that behind you and, you will do it.  Never weaken and think, "I can have just one, I've been so good until now" - always remember, just giving up you have been better than good, you have been great and you do not need to have these things anymore (and you will be rich as well) - what more could you want - health, clean breath, fresh smelling clothes and extra cash - FABULOUS!

[mcmich]

Marina is right - you will be rich. Put the money away each week you would have spent on cigarettes and treat yourself to something nice each week you don't have a cigarette.

[judydawn]

Good luck Mandi - make your next cigarette your last, why wait until the new year arrives  If you can cut it out at midnight, I'm sure you can jump the gun and cut it out a bit sooner.  Throw the rest of the packet in the bin and keep busy doing something you enjoy.  Life is great for a non-smoker, it's just not socially acceptable anymore I find.  I saw a chap buy a packet the other day and couldn't believe the packet cost $17 - it has been so long since I looked, I must admit I was shocked.  

[Cuilidh]

I agree with Judy, Mandi, you've made up your mind, so you may as well just start now.

[CreamPuff63]

Mandi if you are going to continue smoking you will have to make sure your family will be happy to help you change over oxygen tanks later. Are you be able to afford the medical costs associated with emphasemia and throat/lung cancer? Do you wish to burden your family with funeral costs at a time when they will probably have weddings and will be missing your presence? Do you want to miss out on holding and seeing your children and grandchildren? Have you gone for a walk in a cemetary lately and thought you could be here soon? Are the ciggies so important to you that you would rather smoke away the family budget? Are the butts in the ashtray what people think of when they think of you?

These questions may be harsh, but then again the consequences of smoking don't come out of a fairy tale book.

[astarra]

Go Mandi....you can do it!! 

[Emme]

You can  do it Dede if you really want to give it up.  You will do it!!

All the best 

Marie