Stories and experiences by: Cranky76

22 days and. it's gone fast! I've just found out that my irritability, tiredness and nausea ( bad tummy pains too) are not from quitting smoking so much as a dodgy gallbladder! I do put some of the blame on quitting but only a small part now. The surgeons taking it out in 4 weeks so hopefully I'll feel brand new.. Until then cranky lives on...

20 days down and feeling pretty fine. A little irritable today but hey, 20 days off a drug that has ruled me for over 20 years and irritable is a pretty good outcome ( definitely much better than homicidal!) I find that I need a certain amount of downtime and peace and quiet and then I'm ok, lately I'm racing around at such high speed I make Usain Bolt look slow. It's not ideal to be so busy but ...

Day 17 and going better than expected. There have been many stresses over the past week where I would normally turn to smoking but instead i just cried and that was ok. I'm good with that. Oh and I also shopped. Funny as I came home with arms full of bags and my 17 year old son raised his eyebrows and said - ' Feel better now Mum?' and i was like 'Yeah I really do' He then asked " Are you broke y...

Two weeks today and I am doing a little happy dance whilst typing. What a ride it has been so far. I gone from frantically cleaning and baking, shopping, to constant walking ( yep call me Forest) to being extremely cranky then emotional and now - well now I'm just a little of all of the above rolled into one. This journey for me is acknowledging that I can make it through difficult times without ...

The good old bakers dozen - ( no, i know what you're thinking - I did not eat 13 donuts today) day 13 is nearly over and what a day it was. Emotionally I was down and fought to keep a smile on my face. At one stage i checked my email on my phone and saw comments from a members on yesterdays post and it really lifted me. Thank you!. This site is such a good platform for being honest, being inspire...

Tough day today, emotionally taxing and my 'stressor' appeared. Last year I fell off the quit wagon due to my inability to cope with my eldest sons mental health disease. It was a very difficult time. Today it was back in the limelight and I was ready this time. I breathed through the stress, offered love and support but also acknowledged I wasn't superhuman and couldn't fix everything and everyo...

Yep day 11 is nearly over and I am (obviously) still alive and lo-and-behold others are too as my bad moods are gone . A friend at work decided today was the day she was going to stop smoking and interestingly enough it seemed to make me think more and more about smoking. Go figure. I wasn't tempted but it kept popping into my mind and was hugely annoying. Started Torture Class today - AKA Boot C...

Yay, made the double digits and feeling ok. Goal now is not to double the weight! I've had 7 weeks off Bootcamp and back at it tomorrow, that should help keep me out of trouble.. Sleep was a bit wonky last night, woke up a lots of times but small price to pay for kicking this habit.

I thought to myself that i might put this all in perspective and do a check-list. Am I still alive and breathing? - Check Am I lessening my chances of cancer and emphysema?- Check Do I still feel anxious and somewhat lost? - Check Do I lose my temper more often? - Check Have i saved $213 so far? - Check Am I proud of myself? - BIG Check All in all pretty darn good for day 9. We can get...

Day 8 is coming to a close and on the whole I feel pretty good. I get overwhelmed a lot easier and often need to step back and just breathe deep. I have read a lot about quitting smoking and have realised that people have strong opinions on how to do it and how not to. If your using patches, lozenges, champion, hypnotism, sheer will power or E cigarettes it doesn't matter. No way is better than t...