Smoking and Snuffles

[Picky]

I have today reached my week anniversary of not smoking (after doing so for 11 years). I have noticed however my nose is running loads. Is this just coincidence or is it because of the giving up? Any words of advice on keeping stopped would also be appreciated (especially as my husband says it's like living with a rottweiler at the moment!!) Thanks :-)

[woofgang]

yes and its good news. Your nasal passages are coated with tiny hairs that waft like flowers in the breeze and "crowd surf" out of your body dirt and gronk from what you inhale. smoking first paralyses and then kills those hairs putting you at increased risk of all kinds of nasty things. Your hairs are alive and have started to work again rendering you (as a friend of mine put it) mucus city. This will normalise in time but I am afraid that you and your loved ones will have to live with it until it does. pls dont take anything to dry up the mucus as this will not help and may hinder...you could take up serial sex to take your minfd off smoking :-))

[apricot]

Keep on going Picky. I lived with 2 rottweilers for many years and they were absolute darlings.

[Picky]

Serial sex?? Chance would be a fine thing...he's too frightened to come near me!! Thanks for the answers, as always :-D

[darth vader]

be prepared for 6-12 months of colds, sore throats etc. i'm afraid - smoking boosted the immune system (one of the very few +ves of smoking) but don't stop giving up - i'm 18 months without a smoke and life is soooooooooooooo wonderful. ps your weight will rise - live with it - losing weight is easier than stopping smoking (i ignored my weight for the first 6 months)

[BenDToy]

Gave up 3 years ago next month, and best thing I ever did. It keeps getting easier after the initial rough patch. The urges get less severe and less frequent, and eventually almost stop completely. What kept me going was imagining how I would feel if I gave in! Good luck and stick with it - it is worth it honest!

[Cetti]

Well done Picky!. I've just celebrated my fourth year and can honestly say am feeling quite proud of myself - and so should you. After a couple of weeks as long as there are no ashtrays, ciggy packets or lighters to inflame your desire you will cease to think of smoking at all.

Keep going. Change your routine, especially the times when you've smoked, which in the beginning are the most difficult eg. after a coffee or a meal. Add up all the money you've saved so far then after a month or so treat yourself to something special - you deserve it.

[Picky]

Thanks to all for the words of encouragement. I think that one of my biggest hurdles was overcome this weekend with a visit to the pub and not smoking (although I must admit, I did find it very tough). Saying that though, waking up in the morning without my chest feeling really heavy and tight and all my clothes not stinking half as much as they usually would made me think it was worth it. So therefore, I'm not giving up giving up! Thanks for your answers :-D