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Early days but feeling good smoke free

Ok....Sat and Sun ended up dead losses. Sat started well as I went without that dreaded morning smoke that I thought I would find hardest to give up, didnt have any smokes till mid afternoon. We had been and checked out the house we are buying, Tom had gone without smokes all day as well but wanted to have a few celebratory drinks and knew he would want smokes with it. So we relaxed and celebrated and smoked perhaps a little less than we would normally but smoked pretty much conscious free until the end of the packet that lasted until sunday arv. This experience taught me that I dont think I will ever be able to totally kick the habit while ever there is a smoker around me. Dont know how I will handle that in social situations. The good news is that yesterday was my first day totally smoke free. Not 1 smoke, not half a smoke, a quarter of a smoke, not even a couple of puffs. It is normally quite hard at work as getting out of vehicle and having a smoke breaks the boredom that occurs periodically during the day but yesterday I concurred the urge by drinking water, chewing gum and sitting in car doing puzzles or reading. The urge became a bit strong by mid afternoon and I got out and walked around and around and around, it really helped. There is another demon I am fighting along with the smoking demon....my appetite is returning, I want to nibble and eat more often then normal and I can afford to put on weight about as much as I can afford to smoke! Some how I concurred that urge aswell. Must have been a strong day, hope there are plenty more to come. Feeling good today. Oh, I am impressed that I am handling the cravings this well considering I have only managed to take 1 champix per day for the last 4 days rather than the 2, just keep forgetting one or the other!
Hi Mandi
I can't help on the Champix but I can help in encouraging you to keep going as eventually if someone lights up it won't bother you. I am 48 days into no smoking and when I went to my friend's house today she said.....I have to have a smoke.....I said to her go ahead, it doesn't worry me. When she finished it I didn't even realise she had lit up as I was reading something in the paper. I am sure you will go the same way.
Cheers