66 DAYS!

OK so I am still floating about. 66 days now and going strong. So great to see regulars and new people here. A big HELLO, WELCOME and WELL DONE.

Remember the first couple of days trying to stop smoking! And now look at the double digits people are up to! FANTASTIC! I can't believe how well I and everyone is going. We must all be bloody legends!

I have been reading through and so many experiences out there sound so similar.

There are things that are so hard to explain to someone who hasn't smoked or hasn't tried quitting.

Such as the thoughts and tricks your own mind will play trying to justify 'just one more smoke will be OK!' And the dreams! I have been angry at myself at smoking, when only dreaming about having a cig. I have even had dreams that I believe are just physco responses to the lack of Nicotine. I have never been a violent person, but early on I had some very strange dreams??!! (Beating people in the street with a rubber hose and a dead snake - Seriously brain, WTF??)

And the physical side! The good stuff like taste, smell, energy is great, but.... What about the chills? Was that me or did the Nicotine mess up my ability to feel warm and cold for a while??? The coughing up of stuff that turned my stomach and the sore throats as my body got rid of the crap. Lets not forget eating, either starving or not hungry, make your mind up body, lets get this sorted!

And this isn't done and over in a couple of days! 66 days in I still get cravings, I still get the odd grumpy feeling. Much better but still there.

Another thing I have learnt. Nicotine and smoking is much much worse than a lot of people acknowledge. Quitting is DAMN hard and anyone giving it a go deserves care and recognition.

WELL DONE all of you I am proud of myself and my fellow quitters.