Day 2

I wake very early, refreshed, in good form and ready for the day! It is Good Friday and I am feeling good!

I wait a couple of hours to take my as I wanted to keep it in line with yesterday's time but this just gave me pangs so I wont be making the same mistake twice. Tomorrow will be pill before anything!!!

I got a buzz off of the pill day which was interesting. Legal highes wahooooooo!! Only lasted maybe 10 minutes then I was back to normal, asides from that no other side effects. Still smoking through the day but making a real conscious effort to delay the cravings by leaving it for five minutes etc... I have had 6 cigerettes all day which is amazing for me. I am at a minimum 20 a day smoker so I am very pleased and hope that this is the beginning of another sucessful story.

Before I started this blog I wanted to have a cigerette, I roled it up (no tailor mades for me!) and it is sitting beside me next to the lighter. But then I started writing and an hour later its still there. I think the key is keeping busy, take your mind off of it and the cravings will go away. For that reason I dont care if no one reads my blog, it is helping me achieve my goals (saying that, I secretly hope people do read it!).

I read an article today about quitting and it made the obvious point that us addicts use it as a way to deal with life.. If we are hungry, we smoke. If we are upset, we smoke. If we are bored, we smoke. If we are tired, we smoke. It suggested finding other ways to react to these situations. It mentioned the achronym HALT which stood for Hungry Angry Lonely Tired. It is important to know why we smoke, once we recognise that then hopefully we can find an alternative to smoking as a reaction to an event. If your hungry, eat (go for the healthy stuff). If your angry, just cool down. If your Lonely, ring a pal or write a blog! If your tired, go to bed and get some sleep! This is really good advise and I think something that I will remember and stick by. On to day 3 with more optimism!