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xkwxwdx · Jun 14, 2007, 05:26 AM

Trying to quit smoking people , I'm 15 and spend about 20 pound a week on cigs :( really need help trying to quit?

curlybenswife · Jun 14, 2007, 05:32 AM

Wow where do you get the money from??

xkwxwdx · Jun 14, 2007, 05:34 AM

Mum

curlybenswife · Jun 14, 2007, 05:36 AM

Blimey is it pocket money or does she know you smoke?
Im not sure you would get help from the doctors here as you are under age I don't know if they can perscribe anything to help but it might be worth asking.

xkwxwdx · Jun 14, 2007, 05:48 AM

She knows I smoke , but she gives me £10 on a Friday and £3 on Monday Tuesday n Saturday and it all goes on cigs instead of other things , like I need new things like clothes and straightners as they broke :'( and I wanted to start saving for my insurance and a car for when I am 17-18 and pass my test(fingers crossed) , so if I did stop smoking I would be puttin £20 a week away for better things than something that is going to kill me if I don't stop

alkalineangel · Jun 14, 2007, 05:56 AM

I posted in your other question, did you read that?

xkwxwdx · Jun 14, 2007, 06:03 AM

Yes I did thanks for your help

curlybenswife · Jun 14, 2007, 06:06 AM

The fact you admit what you are doing is wrong is the most couragious start you have given yourself, I'm guessing your friends also smoke? Your facing probably the hardest thing so far in your life you want to do.
If you want it enough you will quit you are so young and you have so much in front of you do it now before its too late.
No one will make you do it you have to do it for yourself, you have to be strong when your out with your mates and there all smoking and you aren't don't get pressured into a drag or a single cigi all the girls here that have quit will tell you its hard dam hard but you can do it.
We will be here come chat to us rather than lighting up hugs poppet good luck.

alkalineangel · Jun 14, 2007, 06:12 AM

Yes the first step is admitting it is bad! I actually tested myself. I have a lot of friends that smoke, and I made it a point to be near them. I wasnted to be sure that I would be able to stand being around that without lighting up myself. It was hard at first, but it got easier. Now I hardly have the urge after I eat. Like I said in your other post, go buy some blow pops or carmel apple suckers and keep them in your purse or pocket. Smoking is only about 10% actual addiciton, the rest is just oral fxation and habit. You have the habit to smoke after meals, before bed, after sex, in the car, etc. Kick those habits buy using a sucker or straw or a pitece of gum instead. The actual addiction of the nicotene is cured in less than a week, if you can be strong and stop. Good luck, we are here.

alkalineangel · Jun 14, 2007, 06:14 AM

This may be helpful as well, I thought it was very interesting when I saw these facts in my doctors office...

20 minutes after quitting: Your heart rate and blood pressure drops.

12 hours after quitting: The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.

2 weeks to 3 months after quitting: Your circulation improves and your lung function increases.

1 to 9 months after quitting: Coughing and shortness of breath decrease; cilia (tiny hair-like structures that move mucus out of the lungs) regain normal function in the lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce the risk of infection.

1 year after quitting: The excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker's.

5 years after quitting: Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker 5 to 15 years after quitting.

10 years after quitting: The lung cancer death rate is about half that of a continuing smoker's. The risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, cervix, and pancreas decrease.

15 years after quitting: The risk of coronary heart disease is that of a nonsmoker's.

startover22 · Jun 14, 2007, 09:32 AM

Big day can't be here long, I hope everyone is good. To the NEWBIE, throw the smokes out, just do it. I did and I take really really deep breaths, they make me feel like I am taking a drag off a smoke. I wish you the best, I am also now addicted to gum, I think I always was but now coffee and gum make my world go round. Love to all. Bye Hey I cannot leave without telling the pregnant ladies that they are wonderful and I hope they are feeling GREAT today!

curlybenswife · Jun 14, 2007, 09:37 AM

Hehehehehehehe hiya start my sweet, enjoy your day hunny I've had a bleh day lots of sleep needed :D

alkalineangel · Jun 14, 2007, 09:44 AM

Love ya' Start, hope your day goes nicely as well. Im pretty tired myself CBW... things getting back together over there with the remodel?

curlybenswife · Jun 14, 2007, 09:46 AM

No not for some time Al, got new ceiling going up tomorrow then the new kitchen goes in on July 9th week.
To be honest ill be so glad when its over thankgod I have a landlord from heaven lol I get a nice sexy fireman tomorrow putting up my new ceiling :D

startover22 · Jun 14, 2007, 09:49 AM

Dang I wish I were your next door friend! We all love fire men??

alkalineangel · Jun 14, 2007, 10:02 AM

Not as much as I love the UPS guy... lol... or Johnny Depp.

Proudmama · Jun 14, 2007, 10:30 AM

I wish I was there too. I want to see them get hot, so they can strip.

I know it took me forever to post here. Laura please do not give me away. I want everybody to figure out who this is on their own.

Irlanda

startover22 · Jun 14, 2007, 10:33 AM

I hope to god it is who e have been looking for cause we miss you! If not then it is nice to meet you and I will guess later.

Proudmama · Jun 14, 2007, 10:34 AM

I came here once before, but got lost for a long time. Now I am back and it is nice to meet you too.

Irlanda

alkalineangel · Jun 14, 2007, 10:43 AM

Are you someone we should be able to figure out? Do newer people like me and Startover know you, or was it from before our time here in the Quitters Corner?