2 weeks tomorrow
tomorrow it will be 2 weeks since i stopped and i feel great . had a little help from champix . i can even sit next to someone now without wanting one . ive been smoking since i was 12 thats over 20 yrs and this is the first time in as long as i can remember where i can walk up a hill and still being ale to breath
congratulations :) stay strong and good luck, i'm quitting either Sunday or Monday (depends when i run out) i know if i can last 1 day i can do it and you can do it :)just think only one more week and all the nicotine in your system will be gone :)
Hi Shell you left a comment on my post so thought I would reply here so you see it. Yes I do still get the odd craving but now they are more to do with associating something I do with smoking and not the actual real physical urge to smoke that I am sure you are still getting. It does get better - around the 4 week mark you stop getting the constant craving. Be warned though, when I stopped taking the Champix I did start to get the physical urge to smoke again. Not as bad as when you first stop but still not pleasant. This lasted for around 3-4 days after I stopped taking the pills. The thing that stopped me from smoking again was that I did not want to go through that first week of withdrawal ever again, and if I smoke even one now I know I would start up again and then have to quit all over again. So my best wishes to you in quitting. It does get easier every day I promise. Little hint: if you are finding that the smell of a smoker now is awful to you (it is to me) then if you find you are craving one the best thing to do is to seek out a smoker that has just finished a cigarette and just smell them - puts you right off!
Hey Is it not great to walk around and still be able to breath SHELL i'm 63yrs old smoked since 13 yrs old stop on the 1st APRIL 2012 wife an family are all so supportive thats the biggest thing also on the same day we were presented with our 1st FIRST GREAT GRAND SON an that.s what gave me the sign an as they the rest is history
I found that the guys at work how smoke give me my space but it dont worry me any more they are the one coughing Brains out!!! All the best keep up the good work will keep my eye open for your next posting
chrisco thats fantastic i lost my grandfather to lung cancer he suffered for many yrs from emphazema we were very close . keep it up
karen the advice you gav me on standing near someone who has recently smoked is so true my partner still smokes and it doesnt bother me that much when he is smoking but wow 5 mins later it makes me sick the poor bugger has slept on the lounge the last few weeks because he just cant get that foul smell off himself