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tania19741 Year Smoke Free
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I quit cold turkey nine days ago. The first week was a little tough. Quite a few days spent feeling sorry for myself. Watching sad YouTube videos and crying and couldn't sleep well at all. Basically I was moping ๐Ÿ™ I trialled having a drink with friends ๐Ÿทand not smoking and got through that. Proud of myself, that's a big test for me ๐Ÿ˜Š This week has been good so far. The stand out things that have happened is that my sense of smell is returning and noticing how I personally smell ๐Ÿ‘ƒ๐ŸปMy daughter hugged me the other day and told me I smelt beautiful ( ie not like an ashtray). My friend had just washed her hair yesterday and i could smell it it, lovely and fresh in the breeze and I told her so ๐Ÿ’‹Made her day and made me realise that smoking has probably robbed me of experiencing plenty of other beautiful scents and tastes ๐ŸŒธ So still going strong. It's getting a little easier day by day and I'm appreciating the positives of not smoking, however little they may seem ๐Ÿ’

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RoisinO1Administrator3 Years Smoke Free

Ah Tania, what a lovely positive post :) Well done on 9 days, you are doing great!

Yes, the newfound sense of smell is wonderful and you have so many more to rediscover especially during the summer! (Beware of some bad smells too, never realised how bad they were until I quit - wowzer!! :) :O )

We look forward to your updates and progress....

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Exfirecracker9 Months Smoke Free in reply to RoisinO1

Know what you mean RoisinO1 about the foul smells now, have to hold my breath walking by public toilet and never realized how bad I smelled (sorry too much info there!!)

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HercuValued Contributor in reply to Exfirecracker

True...Even public parks are not smelling as I imagined whilst smoking..It actually stinks...!!

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Exfirecracker9 Months Smoke Free

Well done tania1974 I am just ahead of you - 2 weeks today, the smells are great alright and the taste of food, gosh, is just amazing, my taste buds go wild now especially with curries :O

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Beatit500 Days Smoke Free

Well done tania1974 , enjoy the smells :)

Hercu profile image
HercuValued Contributor

Nice one Tania...That little positives you are experiencing now is getting bigger each day not smoking....I called it the rediscovery of life...and it is nice !!!

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