9 weeks today
Hi fellow quitters. Well tonight at 7.30 marks 9 weeks without a smoke.
I started on Champix 10/01/14 and stopped smoking 21/01/14. This will be my last post in the getting started section as I guess I'm now past the getting started stage.
I have suffered depression, endless nights of no sleep, mood swings, total lack of labido and more, including beind uninterested in most things. Also i have experienced the wildest of dreams when I do get to sleep and I mean WILD! I guarantee you nothing has been easy. In fact it's been damn friggin hard. To be honest the only thing that keeps me smoke free is the fact I want to live longer to play with my grandkids and I would SO dissappointed if I fell of the wagon now. Temptation has raised it's ugly head on numerous occasions. When drinking and around around drinkers and other smokers is the worst but I suffer on. I still consider myself a smoker who just doesn't smoke. I dont have any easy tips or advice for anyone except to ask yourself why you want to quit to start and how would you feel if you caved in after whatever period of time you have quit for. Yes I still long for a smoke or a joint after work or with a coffee or when my mates are "on it" Sometimes I find it unbelievable I have not cracked yet but tonight is 9 weeks. I'm often asked do I feel any better? The answer NO not really, all i can say is my sense of smell has certainy improved a lot and my breathing has become a tad easier. Do I physically feel any better NO. Will I continue to try and not smoke YES. I would be so peeed off if I started again now after 9 weeks. So keep on eye out for another post in the my quit experience at some stage in the future. Good luck to all you fellow quitters out there trying their butt off like me. NO it aint friggin easy. Can you do it. YES I think so. As for the money I have saved in 9 weeks some $600 I wish I knew where it was. Good luck to you all. Cheers
Mate, good on you! I'm doing it cold turkey and yes it is hard. But you're right about the grandkids.
Cheers
I am Crocheting for my Daughter. She plans to have Children with Her Partner. I am making size one. I took up knitting twenty five years ago to stop smoking. I have made some beautiful things. I can't smoke while my hands are busy with making cloth. My Sister has Grandchildren. I am very close to one of them. I don't think She is fully aware that I smoke. I don't usually smoke around Her. I have more control these days.
Brutig you are doing well! I gave up using Champix. Kept the Champix up for 9 weeks then went alone. My experiences were very similar to yours with the dreams. It will get easier and the cravings do get less and less with time. Its been nearly 19 weeks for me and I still get an occasional craving but no sooner I have the thought it is gone. Keep up the good work. It isn't easy but it does get easier and it is well woth it!