Stories and experiences by: Cranky76

Hi all, I love getting on this site to read how everyone's going and to try and offer some encouragement or understanding. We all have a similar path to travel with similar potholes, and ridiculously high hills. What works for some doesn't for others etc etc. BUT the one factor that is (I believe) Identical in all cases is that you will not succeed if you are not 100% committed. This is critical ...

So to my surprise and utter horror my quit buddy from work has completely dived off the wagon! And I mean dived- like headfirst into the nicotine pit. She told me today she had been smoking over the weekend and is back at it full time.. Well bugger me dead I swear my jaw hit the ground so hard it nearly got gravel rash! I was near on speechless.. We quit together and I'm on day 116. I'm not sure ...

Hey all, it's 111 days today and feeling mighty fine. My quit buddy from work is really struggling and I feel for her. I'm going to embark on a new diet soon to get rid of the kilo's gained from the quit ( also gained from the holiday where I think I literally ate my way across Europe!) Not too phased by it all, losing weight is simples compared to quitting smoking.. I hope your all well and ha...

To all you fellow quitters who are struggling or who have just quit, hang in there. If you're crying lots that's ok, if you're hating the world, sleeping all the time, forgetting things, wondering who the heck you are- that's ok. Disliking things you once liked, plotting fantasy revenge for petty things, craving sweet food, thinking you've turned into a raving maniac- that's OK -it's all normal.....

Yay- 100 days today!! What a crazy ride it has been, the last month I have been away on holidays and it has been the easiest month so far. Jet lagged and feeling horrible but needed to acknowledge the triple digits..

Just a quick check in, it's so good to read and catch up on everyone journey! I'm still on holidays and have been in countries where smoking is BIG, like Paris and Italy. I haven't had one, haven't wanted one either. I surprised myself last night, my friend I'm travelling with had quit too but she decided to smoke 2 ciggs last night, whilst drinking, and I was horrified at the thought of doing th...

Wow, the 10 weeks ( which is technically tomorrow) has flown by. I have cried, raged, been ridiculously cranky and nasty mad, I've sung, danced, laughed like a loon, sobbed, ranted and raved. I've patted myself on the back, wanted to hit myself over the head, I've given many a 'death stare' and received my fair share back. Its been the wildest 70 days of emotions and I'm looking forward to the n...

So I was asked today if I missed smoking?. Well, that was a really difficult question, I had to sit back and think about it for a moment before I could answer. There are aspects of it I do miss and I was honest about it but the more I spoke the more I listed the things I don't miss and that list was sooo much longer. It was actually a great exercise for the mind and reinforced that I am going goo...

Day 59 and interesting I have cut down on the Champix to one a day, was two, and I have had some 'moments'. I can just be behaving myself, walking down the street in my lunch break, minding my own business and BAM, I get this urge to have a smoke. A little evil thought twists it's way into my brain doing the whole - 'mmm wouldn't that be nice.' Well, this is where I get my donkey on ( I am known ...

So I've taken my own advice and 'chilled out' a little and feeling really good about it. I'm taking moments just to checkout of the craziness and just breathe and it's working. I'm trying to be more like I was, happier and full of life instead of cranky. Such as- I'm doing housework tonight and singing along to my iPhone when my son (17 years old) says 'Mum, use these headphones, they're the bom...