Today I will be mostly patting myself on the back.

[austinlegro]

Tomorrow morning I move into month 7.

As I write this I’m just sort of packing up the 6 months room, wiping down the plastic chairs, putting the restraints away and hiding the gimp mask.

Like the Blue Peter time capsule I’ve dug out my statements of 6 months ago.

I despise every cigarette.

Even the ones I say I enjoy I really hate.

I’m sick and tired of waiting to finish fags so that I can stub them out.

It annoys my family.

It annoys me..!

It does not make you look cool.

I feel my life is controlled by fags not me.

It makes you smell nasty.

I’ve learnt some very important things these last 6 months.

These are my opinions and I apologise in advance if I’ve belittled your quit.

Smoking is not just an addiction to nicotine.

Quitting nicotine is a piece of pi55.

Quitting fags needs determination and a state of mind.

NRT is an evil, profit driven scandal against desperate helpless smokers.

Some smokers quit in spite of rather with the help of NRT and they should be applauded.

The moment your head knows it is time to stop, you’ll stop. You can’t plan to quit. You’ll never know that the day you planned to stop on is the day your head will be right.

You stop the day you stop; you sort of know you’ve done it immediately.

It’s a horrible nasty product isn’t it.? I smoked for 25 years and I now feel bitter and twisted that so much of my life has been spent with one of them in my mouth. I would so love to turn back those 25 years and do it without tobacco. Not a single one of those 228,125 cigarettes did anything for me and I have to live with that everyday.

Give me a shout if we’re invited to Maddy’s wedding and I’ll get the beers in….

[nsd_user663_2783]

Well done Austin on getting to six months. I agree with all you have said and hope I am still here in six months urging others on in their quits.

All the best and when Maddie finally names the day and sends out the invites I will get the wine to go with your beer. Well, maybe not wine probably Smirnoff Ices.

[nsd_user663_2931]

I agree with all you said also Austin. Every. Last. Word. of it.

You really DO have to get your head right else you are doomed from the start. Well, I daresay there are those who struggle and are successful at quitting the fags, but are they really? Are they really free if they still yearn pretty bad for a fag months after not having one? All down to the individual I suppose, but for me, I would consider myself free of the weed when I no longer want one. Which is pretty much now I guess but I have to admit to facing a trigger every now and then but I deal with it easily enough and even then its not a proper crave as in wanting to inhale that nasty smoke into my lungs, its more a thought. I will get there totally soon.

Also, I hear you re the time wasted on fags. Such a shame isn't it? I posted a thread a while back now saying how sad I was that I had wasted all that damn time on fags. Being controlled by the fags. On a positive note, at least I, hell, any of us aren't 'weak willed jellyfish' anymore! haha

Well done on 6 months! I know 'time' in itself is not really an issue with you but it sure is a good achievement

[PrudencePotts]

Congratulations!! I shall join you there on Sunday, 18th May.

I totally agree with your sentiments.

I am still laughing to myself because I have just received an email from one of those gadget shops offering me the Gamucci Electronic Cigarette!!:confused: This is not a wind up!!

[nsd_user663_2892]

Mojo, I know lots of people who have stopped and manged to stay stopped using NRT

Well done Austin - I feel another clap coming on......

[nsd_user663_2931]

I iz staying well clear of that Barbara! Don't wanna become infested with lil bugs like mojo and Austin! :eek::eek:

[nsd_user663_2497]

Many congrats Austin, great milestone to achieve.

As always I agree with everything in your post, you have a real way with words on here, I wish I could duplicate it!

[Tomatpots 10 Years Smoke Free]

Congratulations Mr Legro

All "new quitters" could do a lot worse than read back through your posts and take in a few of your words of wisdom.

Carry on posting

[austinlegro 11 Years Smoke Free]

Thank you all for your kind words.

This morning whilst clearing the kitchen i found my last 19 fags all snuggled up in their little blue box looking so innocent. I was intending to have them cast into a block of acrylic as some sort of bizarre reminder but as my quit has progressed my mood has altered. The years of regret and wasted cash is now something i just don't want to be reminded of.

Last night was also another milestone. I spent a lot of it outside under a smoking shelter and not once did i put my evangelical hat on and try to get my fellow occupants to quit.