Hello all, hope today finds you well 
I've kept myself busy this week whilst my boy was away... fully refurbished his room!! (Too big a job for me really!!) as I have done in the past, I really really wanted to smoke while I was doing it! I really struggled not to buy tobacco! I was soooooo angry!!!
But I didn't!!!!
8 weeks ago today I smoked what I believe was my last cigarette!!!
Thanks so much for the amazing support here... you've made all the difference!!
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8weeks great 😁
I do/am thinking of you 😁
take care 😊
You are LOVELY 😊 thank you xx
8 weeks is great jobm1 , you are doing SO well, enjoy your reunion with your son and his new refurbished room, nothing like the smell of fresh paint and new fabric stuff, yeah, I hear ya with the craving while doing it, remember last year painting outside and the smell of the gloss paint brought a huge intense craving but never got it again so that is one curve ball you have overcome, well done! The first lawn cut was another one too, especially the smell of cut grass was a huge one for me also......
Oh how I know exactly what you mean!! And the fact that smells evoke so many memories, and, are so much more intense after giving up smoking!! I felt like every day last week was a giant hurdle. So odd.. I honestly love being a non smoker.
I went to a party today and there was a lovely man there who gave up smoking 7 weeks ago and is struggling with weight gain and irritability, I immediately directed him here because this place is a very large part of my success so far I think.
There was another man there who had claimed he's tried everything to give up, he's on zyban at the minute and he still smokes, but he drinks every day too. I listened to him intently, and I knew in my heart he did not want to give up either drink or fags. I felt terribly sad for him, and unusually for me, I lost my temper a bit as he was going on that nothing works. I tried to be positive, I tried to be supportive, and in the end, I simply said the thing is, you don't want to give up! It was as much a revelation for me as it was a good telling off for him.
I realised that I ran out of excuses not to quit. I was extremely methodical in my quit right from deciding when and working back from there. I changed my thinking, and, my life actually. I felt very strong today and he offered me cigarette after cigarette and I said no again and again until I finally shouted that NOTHING WILL EVER MAKE ME SMOKE AGAIN!! I was dumbstruck at myself and PROUD!!!
Thanks as always for your lovely support. It's priceless 💛😊
Fair play to you - sorry but I think I would have punched that fella for continuously offering me cigarettes - another huge and dignified curve ball overcome for you, you're really nailing this
Jo...Strange !! keeping busy should take your mind of the cig's...Just shows how every person is unique...BUT a huge well done not to slip and keep going... You want this and you will have it.
"If it feel that you are going through hell, keep on going" Winston Churchill
Hercu, I know right!! I was banjaxed! I think it was because I wanted a break and a cigarette represented a break and a little reward! It was so hard I cried!!!
Having hideous nightmares at the moment and all include smoking!
Thanks lovely...... love your nope, never going back... reading your posts is incredibly inspirational ☺️
Jo..I know that feeling...I reached for a cigarette in my top shirt pocket where I carried it for 38 years every time I have completed a task like washing my vehicle...Or between when taking a break...It also goes away !!
It's crazy! I'm so happy to hear it does leave. I was speaking with my little one today about not being a smoker... he said I never smelled. Must admit I was a bit militant about not smoking around him, but still he recalls seeing my back at the door a lot whilst I smoked. Not a nice memory!
He's so happy for me, and me too. No desperation when wanting to get the next fag!! It feels a bit like emerging from a dream x
You are an inspiration to me and many others, keep it moving forward!!!
Thanks for your inspirational post. Well done on staying quit - it sounds like you're through the worst of it. I'm currently in the pretty grouchy stage but am finding that I have much more motivation to get things done. Here's to every day being a NOPE day
Oh thank you 😊 I do hope so!! I think it comes in waves though!
Well done for recognising where you're at!! It's a funny journey and worth every second of every emotion ☺️
Five weeks smoke free! 
2 weeks and back home
Two weeks down
OMG 7...almost 8...days!
6 weeks today