I think i've decided for myself there are 2 types of quitters:
1 Those who embrace the change and look forward to all the benefits it brings.
2 The rest who miss the act of smoking although do realise the benefits of stopping. This makes us generally unhappy people!! :rolleyes:
Unfortunately I am still the latter but i live in hope this will improve with time!! It also explains to me the many different views and threads on this forum.
Please no doctors advice, this is purely my view of where I think many of us are
That said I have stopped nicotine for 2 months, 18 days, 9 hours, 6 minutes and 54 seconds (78 days).
I've not smoked 2351 death sticks, and saved £648.72.
I've saved 8 days, 3 hours and 56 minutes of my life.
Happy Easter
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I have absolutely no expectations about being a 1. I know I'm a 2 and have planned my quit accordingly.
I definitely miss SOME things about smoking, although the ones that made me want to stop are proving increasingly attractive.
I just walked into this room after having been outside for quite a while and I actually grinned when I realised that for the first time in AGES it doesn't stink. There was a very pleasant scent from the flowers I bought myself (I don't have anyone who'd buy them for me, right now) which was quite overpowering.
Considerably better than the stench of stale fags which has been the over-riding (and unremovable) smell in this room for the last year or so.
Frankly, that's all I need to want to stay off the dreaded weed. (And no, I don't want to consider the alternative of not smoking simply in THIS room because I and my clothes would continue to stink...)
I smoked my last cigarette 1 Week, 1 Day, 5 hours and 53 minutes ago. I have saved £75.19 by not smoking 329 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Day, 3 hours and 25 minutes of my life.
I am not one to deprive myself ... believe me........
So I don't know if I am actually playing at giving up ..... for a challenge or what. Especially to surprise people and get up their nose actually .. how awfull am I.
My uncle gave up as a noble action to help his son .. and he looks at the rest of his life as being awfull being unable to smoke, which is so sad.
I don't think like that, infact I don't think he should give up, because he doesnt want to.
I do want to but sometimes along the way I forget how awfull it was ...
I think i've decided for myself there are 2 types of quitters:
1 Those who embrace the change and look forward to all the benefits it brings.
2 The rest who miss the act of smoking although do realise the benefits of stopping. This makes us generally unhappy people!! :rolleyes:
Unfortunately I am still the latter but i live in hope this will improve with time!! It also explains to me the many different views and threads on this forum.
Please no doctors advice, this is purely my view of where I think many of us are
That said I have stopped nicotine for 2 months, 18 days, 9 hours, 6 minutes and 54 seconds (78 days).
I've not smoked 2351 death sticks, and saved £648.72.
I've saved 8 days, 3 hours and 56 minutes of my life.
Happy Easter
Thought it may be worth updating to say I believe I am officially a number 1 now which is a big change.......not sure how, it just happened.
Hopefully this will give some hope to others of you still struggling
My name is Gary
I have stopped nicotine for 3 months, 15 days, 8 hours, 5 minutes and 2 seconds (106 days).
I've not smoked 3190 death sticks, and saved £881.12.
I've saved 11 days, 1 hour and 50 minutes of my life.
gosh i really done know - in my head (particularly my nose) i am def a non smoker, hate it, and love being fitter. But there is just some damn bit of me that occasionally says 'christ i want a fag' so maybe i am 85% #1 and 15% #2.
I must say that anyone who knows me is very surprised that i have lasted this long as i loved my cigs - oh and no quit meter as it wont work on lap top!?
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