17 days in .....

HI All, I am new to this site, I had my last cigarette on the 02 October at 21:30.

It was a last minute decision to quit, I did 2 weeks on Patches but they were making me feel really nauseous so I went cold turkey. To be honest I have found it a lot harder without the patches but still haven't had a puff. Which in it self for me is FANTASTIC. x

My hubby has suggested i get a lower patch to put on but i kind of think now I am on day 5 with no patch and I should just push through each day I am learning to hold my tongue, esp around my kids .. When they start bickering that's when I would normally go out in the garden shut the back door and have a ciggie.

Now i just potter in the kitchen.

I have changed most routines, i don't go outside at work at all anymore. On a morning when I wake up i go straight into the shower.

I am using a fake cigarette called a ten motive and this helps too.

I use it when the cravings are really bad .

I have had really bad temper tantrums putting toddlers to shame over the minute little thing.

(Brief over view, I am a working mother of 4 children all living at home , a daughter aged 20 years, 3 sons aged 12 years, 9 years and 6 years.) My 12 year old has Attention Deficit Hyper activity Disorder and is also on the Autistic Spectrum . So live is fairly hectic.

But I can do this....