Jayo's Ultimate Sacrifice!

Well well well – Christmas seems like it was yesterday but already in 2009 Lent is upon us! Ah, Ash Wednesday! Black tea, dry bread and no meat!

So does anybody give anything up anymore? Sugar, sweets, the drink, chocolate, sex or… the ultimate – breathing! No – the real ultimate – Smoking!!!

As a 30 year smoker and with lungs that resemble a match ball from 1928 and a chest that has more infections than an Irish hospital I am going to try the unthinkable! Yes – to save myself the huge expense of a Thora Hird chair lift in the next year or so and to stave off an early and untimely demise when I clearly have so much left to give I am going to give it a go! I am sweating profusely as I type this – seriously! I have one smoke left in my 20 packet and dammit I will buy more this evening – but I will not smoke like a chimney this evening. I will just have what I need until I retire to Blanket Street in the knowledge that I will awake as a non-smoker! Godammit – more sweat – and an incredible urge to rush outside and have a cigarette!!!

... Ok back now ...

I am not going to share this with workmates or friends. I don’t want to put pressure on myself! And if I smoke tomorrow, none of you will know - (evil cackle escapes) . But no - I am willing to give it my best shot! In 30 years of nicotine filled pleasure and carcinogenic clouds I have stopped once – for eight months around 1990. And it wasn’t when I was pregnant before ye ask.

So I’m gonna go at it. If my posts tomorrow are cutting and bitter you will know why! I am gonna use this thread to log progress. It might help! I will be honest and if I smoke I will breakdown on line and beg forgiveness! So that’s it folks – Jayo’s going for some cleaner living! And the first steps to posing some selection headaches for Pat Gilroy!

Yikes!

Fair play Jayo

good luck with it!

my best wishes and encouragement!

fair play jayo, i haven't had one since sunday morning. its all ive been thinking bout this evening. i'll prob have one tomorro. i'm not mentally strong!! best of luck jayo!!

JC from the bottom of my heart I wish you all the best with this. I look back on the day I stopped smoking with great pride. It was definitely one of the greatest and smartest things I ever did.

Just have a rant on here whenever you feel a craving.

Are you going cold turkey or are you using any quitting aids?

Good luck!

All the best,I'm not a smoker so can't really empathise! The boyfriend is but, trying to get off them, its no mean feat let me tell you!

looking forward to read your minute by minute account Jayo. we could publish it and sell it as an inspirational guide to fellow smokers.

you'll need a playlist of course...

Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Burning Heart - Survivor
Tobacco Road - Nashville Teens
Cigarettes and Alcohol - Oasis
The Hardest Thing in the World - Stone Roses

I am a great man to give up the fags, i have done it loads of times!!

I thought ye lads were off HS for Lent no?

All the best quitting smoking JC, seen the aul lad do it first hand and I could see how frustrating it is! It'll be worth it though!

Best of luck keeping off them.

The gilr that sits beside me at work also quit and she is grumpy and short tempered. So she is the same as usual.

Best of luck Jayo - not a smoker myself but it should be worth it in the end.

Ya Jayo, had you get on?

Jayo is away on holiday.

Administrator wrote:Jayo is away on holiday.

I was wondering!!

LilMaighEo wrote:Ya Jayo, had you get on?

Jayo back - and 400 duty free for 50 yo yos means I is doing well thank you v much!

You werent there long Jayo.

Administrator wrote:You werent there long Jayo.

Arrived Fri lunchtime local and back late Tues - good break - great great city!

welcome back Jayo - did you manage to recruit any additions to the Dublin team for this year whilst you were there.

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

LilMaighEo wrote:Ya Jayo, had you get on?

Jayo back - and 400 duty free for 50 yo yos means I is doing well thank you v much!

You're back! No I was asking did you manage to give up smoking for Lent?

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

LilMaighEo wrote:Ya Jayo, had you get on?

Jayo back - and 400 duty free for 50 yo yos means I is doing well thank you v much!

Oh thank God!!! I was actually worried about you!!! Nobody told me you were going away!! Where did ya go? Mayo? Tis beautiful in the Spring, actually no i'm wrong.......it's beautiful in the summer, winter and autumn too!!!!!