Day 14

Day 14 on champix and 5 days smoke free. 5 days! I have not been 5 days smoke free since puberty!

It kind of feels like I am on a break, my body is expecting me to stop by the local newsagent any moment now for a nice pack of camels or something and spark up. But no I will not give in, firstly because I really dont want to and secondly smoking as I know it no longer exists.

I think about that initial drag as you light up your cig, the relief that comes over your body ... its all gone, champix has made sure of that. Now its just pointless tobacco so the only way from is to continue quit.

Im sure at this stage the physical withdrawel has completed and I can go all day with pretty much no major hickups. Night time is hard though, sitting on the sofa watching the tv. It feels like something is missing! I notice I am going to bed alot earlier though which has got to be a good thing!! Perhaps the good effects will slowly start to creep in!

I suddenly had a thought this morning, I wondered how my new friends were doing. Peets I hope you are keeping with it still, Poet and K I know you had your first no smoke day so I popped over to your blog to see how you got on. A little stunmble but not to worry stick with it my friends!! The only way I did it was by taking the first 2 weeks to reduce my daily intake from about 20 a day to just 2 a day working on taking away those important cigs like morning, post meal and bed time. In my first week I was all about the techniques thinking to myself why do I want a smoke? oh Im just hungry! Distracting myself with bits and pieces. Doing quitting trial runs, see how long I can last. I know it sounds stupid but it really really worked for me, find your own happy medium and stay with us!! We can all do this together!

Preaching session over for today next lesson begins as week 3 approaches....