No more excuses

Hi everyone, 28days smoke free and saved over a $1000 OMG

I was a smoker for 34 years and about 6 weeks ago I ended up in hosptal with my blood pressure sitting at 190/140. Whilst sitting in emergency I was thinking ... I need to make some major changes NOW.  I am 48 years, (was) heavy smoker and overweight, I was a time bomb ready to explode.

I had tried patches and gum in the past but still smoked so I decided to try Champix. I have to be honest I did not think they would work and but after a week my mindset really started to change I started thinking maybe i can quit, think of the money I will save? So in week 2 I started to think I am going to do this, I decided to change my routine as I always found that this was the hardest thing to cope with when going cold turkey. So in week 2 I did not smoke first thing in the morning ( or during the night) I had breakfast first, I stopped smoking in my car and each day just delayed my next smoke by another hour.

I would be lying if I said it was easy but here I am 28 days smoke free. I feel excited and optimistic about my future for the first time in years. I have been really struggling to make end meet over the last few years knowing deep down it is because the rising costs of smokes but not admitting it. I was getting to the point where I was just working to pay the mortgage and smoke. I now am dreaming of saving my money to go on a holiday lol just need to lose the weight first then I will be jet setting all over the world :)

I just wanted to share my story because I honestly thought I would  always be a smoker,  I having been reading the stories on here for the last 6 weeks and they have motivated me and kept me on track when feeling really low. 

So to all the newbies out there if I can ...you can