Day 15 on champix, Day 6 off the smokes (six days??!!! All I can say is WTF!)
Firstly to Poet and K, had a sneaky peak at your blog again today. You seem to be making great progress today and sounds like champix is doing its thing. Id love to know where you live, bears at night time ???
And to Peter thanks for the note yesterday. I do find I have more time, no emergency cigs just in case I cant smoke somewhere. I am also sleeping so much better. I just feel my lungs arent wonderful but hey you cant expect miracles after being good for 6 days. But all in all I feel good. Think I was just having one of those days the other day! My cravings are becoming less and less as the days fly by and are easier to ignore. So at this stage I dont feel any danger of going back on them which is the biggest triumph for me. Its also good to hear that you are feeling good affects at day 20. Something to look forward to!
I just want to return to cravings there for a moment. I have noticed I am doing something, is it just me or do all of us unwilling quitters do it? I am trying to complete a task and at some point I would normally reach for a fag. So I sit up to grab the ashtray that is no longer there before I realise I dont smoke anymore. I wouldnt necessarily call it a craving but more old habbits knocking on the door. Am I going crazy?
My lovely sister atually suggested that I start drinking coffee, to have something to give a kick start to the day! Thanks sis but in terms of advice thats a big fat FAIL. Back to the drawing board for you! Funny all the same.
Which reminds me there was one point during the day yesterday which I actually really wanted a cigarette. I was babysitting my lovely niece and nephew which are very well behaved 99% of the time but were testing me a bit yesterday. I got a bit stressed and just thought somebody please give me a cigarette. Thankfully I was in a house in the middle of a motorway and short of throwing the kids in the car and heading to the nearest town there was no way I was getting my hands on any tobacco. Have to find a way to deal with stress other than smoking although my fuse is very short at the moment. Hopefully that will pass too!
In general as the days fly by things seem to be getting easier, will need to think of something new to talk about on this blog asides from how I'm feeling .. Im sure its getting old!
Tomorrow will be a milestone, One week smoke free
Join me in the celebration!!
Champagne available at the door
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comin up on one smoke free week, yaaay zoe! it does not get old. we follow and are learning by example.
ReplyDeletetoday , so far, has been pretty good, maybe 7 smokes since being up at 7am, it is 230pm now here on the east coast canada. (we live in a new neighbourhood, which is being forged from the forest, so the bears and other critters have no where else to go but in our yard, which was once their yard.
time for a nap. very tired, usually always by this time of day. we did not do any cleaning today, taking the day off. we will resume tomorrow.
will check in later...thanks for the kind words
poet and kath.
so a midnight barbeque is out of the question then!
ReplyDeleteglad the kids didnt break you! I'll tell you what I do, and it is a high risk strategy I admit, but I kept a pack of cigs in my coat pocket...My thinking is that if I want one, they are there and I can get on with forgetting that I want one. I found the time I wanted a smoke most in work was when I had run out, and then all I thought about was how I could get one, so nothing worse than not having a smoke available. When giving up, the added stress of thinking how I can get to the shop to get a pack was just too stressful and mind consuming and leading me to get some and have one. High risk I know, but it worked for me! Enjoy the champers tomorrow, I'll be on the black stuff!
ReplyDeletewow that is a dangerous move Peets. Actually I did have a bag of tobacco hanging around the house the first few days but then I decided to pour water into it and put it in the bin .. just in case. At this stage I usually forget about it after a few minutes so I dont want to risk it with readily available cigs. Your a braver man than me!
ReplyDeleteyou know, i am leaning toward that way, peets. i have quit before, using the patch, was forced by ex husband of the time, anyway....i kept some tucked in my car at the time. anyway, this time i am going in this with my eyes wide open. right now it is 830p and i think i am at 10 cigarettes for the whole day. long spaces between them. well time to get another big glass of water, holy cow, do you feel like you are going to float away? we drink gallons since we are on champix.
ReplyDeleteoh another question.....anyone have a sore throat with champix? k said she was getting one a bit. thanks. have a good night. poet & k
Good going poet. I am constantly thirsty on the champix but I look at it in a good way. The more water the better the skin will be! No sore throat though.
ReplyDeleteCan't say I felt more thirsty, and no sore throat
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