tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post8351304282408899362..comments2023-11-03T12:10:08.169+00:00Comments on Mutterings and Meanderings: When the smoking stopsMutterings and Meanderingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01384198819878227966noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-8862086869319880842007-06-02T08:32:00.000+01:002007-06-02T08:32:00.000+01:00Urgh I agree Karen- how can anyone stand that hot ...Urgh I agree Karen- how can anyone stand that hot feeling in their lungs- it makes me want to throw up! But well done eminem- it is a really hard thing to do I know, after seeing my husband struggle with it. It should get easier when the ban on smoking in public places come into force-less temptation!Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13379877200876051274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-36869547897736155782007-06-01T13:08:00.000+01:002007-06-01T13:08:00.000+01:00I have never smoked a cigarette but I have tried t...I have never smoked a <I>cigarette</I> but I have tried to smoke <I>something else</I> but thought it was horrible and wondered how anyone can do it repeatedly.<BR/><BR/>There is nothing worse than smelly clothes and ashtray breath.<BR/><BR/>Vince has pretty much stopped smoking but will lapse when around smokers. Fortunately we don't know many of them. I would sulk massively if he ever started smoking 'properly' again.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09284082835424987769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-42630828505477991792007-05-31T13:45:00.000+01:002007-05-31T13:45:00.000+01:00I just gave up smoking again two days ago. I've ne...I just gave up smoking again two days ago. I've never really been a hardcore smoker, even when I was smoking more regularly years ago. Filthy, filthy habit.Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16888125796129754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-83498943392757746642007-05-30T20:37:00.000+01:002007-05-30T20:37:00.000+01:00Thank you all for your kind wishes! I do feel rath...Thank you all for your kind wishes! I do feel rather proud ...<BR/><BR/>bah hymbug Grocer, I am not complacent but I'm not starting again because A. I can't afford it and B. I could not bear to have to go through the whole stopping thing ever again...<BR/><BR/>Jenny, thank you..<BR/><BR/>Ziggi -- I <I>need</I> horse information!!Mutterings and Meanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384198819878227966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-1813705585523367192007-05-30T17:13:00.000+01:002007-05-30T17:13:00.000+01:00Oh well done you! That's a hell of an achievement...Oh well done you! That's a hell of an achievement.<BR/><BR/>(I've bought a horsey!)Zighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325808421083028026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-32039613988637392322007-05-30T17:09:00.000+01:002007-05-30T17:09:00.000+01:00Cograts from me too. I've never been tempted, quit...Cograts from me too. I've never been tempted, quite the reverse - YUK!Bromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190741956540256769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-5826117868872202162007-05-30T15:56:00.000+01:002007-05-30T15:56:00.000+01:00I was once the world expert in giving up - until I...I was once the world expert in giving up - until I walked up a shortish flight of steps and it made my chest hurt. I stopped - for good - that day. Well done you.Omega Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06510548355469861782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-57219086488915492662007-05-30T15:19:00.000+01:002007-05-30T15:19:00.000+01:00Happy Anniversary to you! I keep bumping into you...Happy Anniversary to you! <BR/>I keep bumping into you on comments elsewhere so <BR/>i have popped by for a look-see. <BR/>I'll be adding you to my links, and please take that as a compliment! You have a lovely way of writing.jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772053505930801670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-43379980656894856552007-05-30T15:10:00.000+01:002007-05-30T15:10:00.000+01:00Very well done M&M. It'll be easier come July I im...Very well done M&M. It'll be easier come July I imagine...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-72937418502347202412007-05-30T12:49:00.000+01:002007-05-30T12:49:00.000+01:00fantastic achievement and ghastly, ghastly mortali...fantastic achievement and ghastly, ghastly mortality wrecking habit. The Grey beauty can hold onto you for many more years now.Mopsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17912659592484055741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-69907091008494704702007-05-30T10:09:00.000+01:002007-05-30T10:09:00.000+01:00Congratulations on getting through the first year ...Congratulations on getting through the first year but don't get complacent I did two years and went back ( I am currently on Day 277 this time), it is a little like being an alcoholic each day needs to be traversed on it's own.Gonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17979621132151870323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-43778031920010230372007-05-30T09:57:00.000+01:002007-05-30T09:57:00.000+01:00M&M, it is easy to see what your displacement acti...M&M, it is easy to see what your displacement activity is dear, as I'm sure at this rate you will soon be up to 40 blog posts a day. I am finding it hard to keep up so are there any plans for a podcast version that I can put on Milly's ipod and listen to during school parents evenings?rilly superhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448694078653341955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-31209485732792353292007-05-30T01:33:00.000+01:002007-05-30T01:33:00.000+01:00Wow! A year! Well done!I am puffing away on the ...Wow! A year! Well done!<BR/><BR/>I am puffing away on the inhalator as I type - (it does look like a lil-let doesn't it?) and find that I am using that more since I stopped using the patches. However, I don't use more than two or three nicotine cartridges a day.<BR/><BR/>It is nearly four months since I had my last puff on a fag. Like you, I miss it (I was an extremely heavy smoker for many years - and I mean well over 40 a day) and this is the first (and last) time that I "give up".<BR/><BR/>I remember you mentioning the day you stopped (on a blog entry of mine about stopping) and wondered if you'd mark the one year anniversary - glad you did!<BR/><BR/>I still love the smell though - hopefully, in time, I'll grow to hate it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-19172324926786461372007-05-30T00:13:00.000+01:002007-05-30T00:13:00.000+01:00Well done! I went through that little sortie as w...Well done! I went through that little sortie as well. I remember a year or so later a friend ask, "Do you miss smoking?"<BR/><BR/>I smiled and said, "You never smoked did you?"<BR/><BR/>I still allow myself the occasional cigar.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-74912113717199293202007-05-29T22:41:00.000+01:002007-05-29T22:41:00.000+01:00The smokers tampax - must give it a try!The smokers tampax - must give it a try!@themillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644636690850127781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-49609094365964070242007-05-29T22:15:00.000+01:002007-05-29T22:15:00.000+01:00Star bird M&M, that's quite a milestone. Couldn't...Star bird M&M, that's quite a milestone. Couldn't you have bought another inhalator? Smoking is so seductive...I was never hooked, but will occasionally succumb when under enough stress and in the company of smokers...i smoked my way up the himalayas!<BR/>PigxPig in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631525119816074013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-22395301676261603532007-05-29T21:14:00.000+01:002007-05-29T21:14:00.000+01:00Well done you. Happy anniversary.Well done you. Happy anniversary.mountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-10895372661494324672007-05-29T20:52:00.000+01:002007-05-29T20:52:00.000+01:00I like the opening sentence so very much, and I ca...I like the opening sentence so very much, and I can relate! It's strange how attached we get to our self-destructive habits. I still romanticize my using days, and I'm constantly talking to my husband about how he romanticized his heroin use...he talks about how beautiful it would be when the blood would come up in the needle indicating that he'd found a vein...freaky things like that....Congrats on kicking the habit, though!joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453075718683708291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-34555489051631196372007-05-29T20:38:00.000+01:002007-05-29T20:38:00.000+01:00Well done! I'm always on at David to stop smoking...Well done! I'm always on at David to stop smoking (although do love the smell of cigars) because I worry about his health....also I can't get it into my head why anyone would want to suck on a hot, smelly tube of something they've just set light to! but then, as David also says, "you can't say that because you've never done it". <BR/><BR/>there's logic in there somewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-12761716341606630162007-05-29T20:24:00.000+01:002007-05-29T20:24:00.000+01:00Well done You! I'm a reformed a smoker also and I...Well done You! I'm a reformed a smoker also and I think we're the worst for complaining about other people's smoke. I realised it's smelly, unhealthy, unsociable and bloody expensive!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4340201738604749473.post-84121598660570678562007-05-29T20:14:00.000+01:002007-05-29T20:14:00.000+01:00well done kicking the habit, can l just say that t...well done kicking the habit, can l just say that there is nothing worse than being talked to by a smoker, the smell is *******.muddybootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117980616235810426noreply@blogger.com