Quitting Smoking. So far, so good.

[Spurious]

Originally Posted by MercurySilver

ive got two weeks off over easter
im gonna have a crack me thinks

getting sick of saying im going to do it but never do it

I have also found it helpful, & offloading, to post on my facebook page regularly. Just to vent about how I'm feeling, what I feel like, my train of thought etc.

For me, a weight has been lifted. Very few of my close relatives smoke, so family get'togethers resulted in me being the odd one out. Usually wound up outside, on my own having a fag.

Now it's just not an issue, even at work. Break times a very short now too!

The sheer number of times I had to stop what I was doing, over the years, so I could have a smoke, it was cramping my style in the end & I'm glad to be done with it.

Of late I also feel really positive, really happy. I actually gave a $5'er to an old fellow playing an accordion outside K-mart, that's something I almost never do! I feel pity for smokers too when I see them, but it's not my battle anymore.

Yesterday after 21 odd days of using patches (I've lost count a bit) I went without, & you know I barely noticed the difference. I did put a half one on after dinner though, just to stop any cravings kicking in, but breaky & lunch passed without a care.

Now I think I'm going to kick the patches too. Honestly I think I can smell the nicotine that's flowing through my veins.
The patches too are quite smelly when you first apply one.

I'm just playing it day by day. I'll be happy without a patch, but I'll have some on hand if I want one.

When all said & done I feel like a kid, like I'm the lone one in a crowd that's put his hand up to signify, "yes, I did it, I quit" !!!!!!!!