I'm scared but i have to do this
Hello, I'm 22 and have smoked since July 2015. I hate myself for ever starting it as I began out of boredom which is horrendous i know. At first it wasn't so bad, but after 3 months I bought my first pack and it was bad. since then it started to manifest like yellowing teeth, very dry dull skin, always smelling bad etc.
Wasn't until may last year it really began bothering me because I was gaining weight. I'd always been between 76-88 kg. I hit 95 and it wwas scary. now I'm 115, and I know when I quit ( this is my 4th attempt) that I will gain some weight.
Im starting champix to0morrow for the 2nd time. I know it works, my first time I tried it I got lazy after 12 days and stopped. It wont happen this time. I know to take it before I eat so I don't feel so sick, drink a lot of water, I'm already eating better. But I literally cant afford it anymore, I don't have a job which makes it so much worse, the money I get is gone in 3 days.
I want to be me again. I don't actually remember life before smoking which is sad. Im gonna need a lot of support to get through this.
Hang in there you can do it, You are still pretty young so you can always lose the weight I've put on a bit too I am trying to do a bit more exercise to keep fit although I'm only 80kgs and I always wanted to put on some weight as I was only 70kgs when I give up, I don't want another problem with my health I'm 53 now and this has been really hard so now I do some light exercises and some walking to keep in shape, It's so easy to swap one feel good for another and having a heart attack at my age is not unheard of either is having one at 22, you can eat as much as you want as long as it's good for you and you can burn off the calories otherwise it will really get out of hand and you will regret it, Food for thought. Ron