Stories and experiences by: DaveWA

Reset my quit date again - Damn this is hard - always excuses - BUT - I turned 49 yesterday and made a pact to stop smoking for good within 2 weeks - getting cocky does not work by just going cold turkey for me, so I have set a quit date and using the technique that worked for me last time - I quit for 2 years.. I looked at my goals and history from the real last quit, and ended up doing 2 maj...

I have just started quitting today, cold turkey after being quit for 3 years, then just having one occasionally, to 20 a day in 6 months.. Today is my first smoke free day, doing 4mg Nicobate for about a week now, and 10 a day from this morning.. not going too bad ..

Day 77 Guys... been off this forum, as I wanted to put smoking out of my mind, while dropping off the 12 weeks of Champix.. $1600 saved, and have been off champix 2 weeks now. just FYI.. Champix drop off feels like you have week 3 moods, for 2 weeks, in my experience.. my wife asked me to start smoking again last week, rather than being so short tempered and explosive.. every little situati...

Hey guys, sorry to have been so scarce, but had my wisdom teeth out on Monday - not a fun thing.. Anyhow, I am on $1300 saved, and 45 days today, on my non-smoking meter, and actually considered stopping smoking before getting my teeth done, as the dentist advised me that there could be complications if I smoked for the first 2 days after having my teeth out.. I actually went from his office to ...

Week 5 done! I found week 3 to 4 really tough, but week 5 just whisked past, without much of a thought about smokes - I now am sitting back outside in the evenings, with my fish in the aquarium, where I used to sit and smoke, and no problem at all.. Had drinks with friends, been to pubs, stood outside chatting to the stinky smokers, and week 5 really seems to have broken the back of this addict...

So, had a great weekend not smoking this weekend, went to a Boat show, and commented to my wife how much more I saw there this year, as I was not trying to rush through to get out to get to have a ciggie... It was nice. I am trying to notice the positive advantages to not smoking, and was chatting about this to my family on the weekend, and my son said its so nice to hug me when i get home and...

Day 28, almost my first month gone of quitting smoking, and my savings Thermometer online is on a sweet $700.. To say it flew by would be a lie, and to say it was easy would be a lie, but what is true is that it is a serious growing-up experience, and takes serious commitment and determination to get even this far into the ride. I must thank all of you in assisting me so far in getting to m...

Oops.. I slipped - I gave in after a heated discussion with my partner last night and had a smoke.. Silly, I know, but have been cruising towards it subconsciously for the last week.. Don't start wondering if you have made the right decision, don't second guess the choice you have made and don't even start wondering if you are missing out on something good - its not.. I ticked my slipped up...

I was responding to a post here this morning, and was flabbergasted at the stats: Day 23 quit for me at 30 smokes per day means: * at least 690 cigarettes not smoked... * at least 3,450 minutes of not spending the time smoking - or 57 hours - a long workweek..., excluding the time taken to get to the smokers corner 11 floors down, around the corner.. * at 2 liters of air per draw, at ...

15 days in and feeling better for not smoking, not craving smoking, but cranky and starting to feel sad.. I know this is not good, but need to push through the smoking challenge and try to get happy somehow. I am cranky in the morning as the Champix gives me bad dreams every night, and I wake up sad because all the dreams seem about closed chapters of my life, that have been over for years. I s...