229 days smoke free..yay

Wow 7 and1/2 months smoke free and over $9000 not spent on smokes. If anyone asked me a year ago would I ever give up smoking and truthfully I would have answered no. But here I am nearly 8 months down without one slip up. I had been smoking for 34 years up to 40 a day 

I started my journey with champix and my mantra was when ever I had a craving i would say to myself nope smoking is not an option. In the past when I tried to give up Iwould dwell on how much I was missing smoking and I would say to myself just one, or I will only smoke after meals surely that is better than a pack a day. well before you know I would be back to a pack a day.

This time my mindset was totally different, I celebrated every hour, thenevery day and  every week I am smoke free. I keep saying to myself hey you made through yesterday without a smoke and you survived.It is totally true you need not want to smoke and think how lucky you are every hour you dont smoke and how strong you are overcoming those craving. 

I also live with a smoker and most of my friends smoke but I can honestly say I have never been even tempted, i dont know if it was the Champix but once i saw that I could live without smoking there was NO WAY i was going to start smoking again

So good luck everyone