Five weeks..
Well just over five weeks as an ex-smoker now.. not experiencing any frequent cravings anymore and overall feeling great.
What's weird is how I feel now I am an ex-smoker. I feel like I have broken up with an ex who I know is bad for me and I never want back in my life, but I miss them. So while i'm not 'craving' as such, I sometimes feel a great sense of loss, the loss of an old friend (pretty strange how something that is killing you and making you feel sick could ever be your friend)... I kind of feel like i'm missing out on something that others get to enjoy?
In saying that, I definately feel like I am in a new chapter of my life - a new, healthy, adventureous and exciting chapter! I am determined to never give up on myself, and what I can achieve! I've said goodbye to the lazy, unhealthy, stinky me and won't be controlled by smoking ever again.
Congratulations to you. I have a similar story and when I hear the name of my toxic ex it is very muck like the cravings for cigarettes.
It really is a whole lifestyle change isn't it. Excellent work please keep checking in so I have something to look forward to.
Thanks guys! Bluesuzi, yes it really is a whole lifestyle change. Definately for the better, a lifestyle I wish I had never lost when I took up smoking at 17.. My life now is literally full of adventures (my family and friends have asked me lately 'what are you going to do this weekend??), have taken up kayaking and bushwalking - have to burn off all this new found energy somehow!! I have also developed a love for cooking and baking!
Cheers to us, onwards and upwards :)