Day 11

Hey folks I'm alive!!

Wow cannot believe I havent updated since Day 7!! The last few days have been crazy with parties and what not but I have alot to get through so lets kik off with a bit of housekeeping.

First off Id like to say hello to my friend a Ann, Ann is one of my non-smoker friends who has been facebook and blogger stalking me. Im delighted that shes reading and giving me support. Lovely to see you today Ann aswell!!

Hello to poet and k who are also on the champix, sorry to hear about the rotten side effects K is getting but tell her to keep with it!! I am in love with this miracle drug! Although I am starting to think that I have been very lucky with no side effects. Mind you I am a bit gutted I didnt get any funky dreams yet :) Keep it up you too and good luck with the final stop date.

Finally to Tquit, another great blog last night. The man is doing very well and starting to tackle some other vices now. Well done T congrats on Day 71. I think my next vice to tackle will be Mafia Wars ... the booze is staying ... that would just be un-irish of me ha ha!

So let talk about me now! On Day 1 I said I had set my quit date for Day 11 which is today!! This is where things get complicated so bare with me while I try to run through the course of events over the last week.

I think I mentioned on Day 7 about food poisioning which had me on the big white telephone for a while. Well because I was so ill I couldnt smoke, not even if my life depended on it! The next day I was a little better, I could have had a cig at a push but I decided no lets stay off of them. Day 8 came around and I was still happy to stay away from them. However, I was at my sister's wedding reception (congrats sis!!) so a few smokes were had that night (maybe 4 half cigs). They were horrible, didnt get anything from them at all! Day 9 comes around and I'm as happy as larry to stay off the smokes again all day long until late that night again (big party part 2) where I had a few more half cigs still not enjoying them just out of social habit more than anything and the fact that I was HAMMERED! Day 10 comes around and I am so hungover I cannot move, I am so ill (old age kicking in i think, whats the cure for that??) that I decide Im gonna do the quit day today a day early and thats what I did. No cigs on Day 10 at all and it was very painless.

Day 11 arrives with the foggie hangover finally lifted. Had a few pangs around lunch time but as an old friend of mine used to say "just walk it off!". It was really helpful to have those sneaky fags at the parties because it showed me that they are not something I enjoy anymore, there is no buzz. no delight, just smelly dirty cigs. So now when I do get a pang I tell my brain to shut up beause I already know I wont enjoy it if I give in! As you can see from the clock I am now smoke free for nearly 2 full days and I have no itention on going back.

I have noticed a few things happening.

I am thirsty ALL the time, I have been downing water like there is no tomorrow! Years of not listenig to my body I think!

I really notice it when others smoke, I can smell it a mile off and it stinks. I never realised or maybe just forgot/ignored how powerful the stench is and I think, jesus I have smelled like that for nearly 15 years damnnnnn!!

I'm talking about my little journey with EVERYBODY, I think I have pretty much bored the crap out of everyone I have talked to in the last week dribbling on about how amazing the drug is and blah blah blah. But hey what can they say? Please start smoking for the love of God? Na I dont think so!

All in all feeling really good, still a long slog ahead but I am delighted with myself so far. Who would have thought fag ash lil (my parents favourite nickname for me) would be smoke free!! I shall remember April 10th 2010 for the rest of my life.

--more exciting installments to come when Day 3 pangs kick in :)