It isn't easy, but Champix certainly helped me. I have been a smoker for over 40 years and always thought giving up would be too hard after a couple of half assed tries. I finally tried Champix last year and have now clocked over 200 days smoke free. It really is worth a try. I agree that it increases your appetite and that sleeping is a bit harder, but the eating urge only lasted for a couple...

I can hardly believe I am so close to 1,000 days. Tonight, I was around a whole bunch of smokers. The first few whiffs of smoke in the air were nostalgic but then the smell started to stick to my clothing and I hated that! I probably think about smoking maybe once a month, sometimes once every two months. If you are just starting out, believe me, there is going to come a day when you won’t eve...

It’s been 1000 days since I had my last cigarette, I can’t believe it, I felt so amazing an i’m so determined to stay off the cigarette, I don’t want to look back on the cigarettes, It’s too expensive to buy a packers smokes.

I am grateful to my daughter, who has been a pillar of unconditional support and who patiently bore the brunt of my mood swings (I am NOT PROUD of this, I apologise once again my baby), yet congratulated me every time we came back from a fun outing, party or gathering without me having smoked. Family and friend support is very important, when the chips are down, they make you realise that you a...

Hello all fellow quitters! A new milestone in my quit journey. Not bad for someone who always said that I have a will and have the power but I have no willpower to quit smoking. That was my standard answer to everyone who asked why I smoked or suggested that I quit. Fast forward to today and I am no longer a smoker, not in my mind and not in my soul. My former "best friend" is gone and demis...

Hi All I started my journey 169 days ago, yes I had a couple of slip ups and my last forced cigarette was New Year’s Eve and have not had a cigarette this year so makes it 56 days completely smoke free. I went out for the first time on the weekend and I don’t know why but I was a little worried that I might have one, 4 of us went out 3 where smokers and I not. I mean I have no desire of having ...

Can't believe, but immensely happy, that my unplanned and forced quit is on its 200th day. There is one thing I have realized while staying quit and that is.... stay humble to your quit. Don't assume you have found a mantra to stay quit. Different things work for different folks and what works for me is to keep telling myself that I haven't won anything yet. To me the struggle keeps me going ...

Just an update, it's my 1 year anniversary of quitting :) YAY, still can't believe it and how time flies. I often sit in the company of those that smoke around me and think that It may have been nice to join the social aspect of smoking with them but I refuse to go through the quitting again. I will NOT EVER even try one. It's not worth all the effort and hard work to quit again and I totally co...

1351 days and counting the Dollars and no doubt extra days on the planet. I have enjoyed tossing some of the $30000 saved into my mortgages and some on trips, shoes, clothes and expensive bling. Besides, anything I spend is pretty much what would have been in an ash tray. I call it Ash Money. Much less stress when there is money in the bank. I wonder how many on this site feel stress pangs becaus...

I don’t do the math much anymore these days. My phone app stopped working and only my brainiac numbers friend keeps sa running tally in his head. I’d say I think about a cigarette once a month, if that. I’m sure by now, there has been at least a full month or two that has passsed when I didn’t think about smoking at all. I’m still struggling with Lupus and so I still spend a substantial amo...