This time last year I was such a mess.... off sick from work for weeks, losing weight, repeated chest infections..early signs of COPD on chest xray. And major stress at work. I coped by smoking and I knew it was killing me.
I put in for retirementa year early, started taking Champix on Feb 22, and smoked my last cig on Feb 28 last year. I found this site, which has been a lifeline.
I expected to feel better not smoking but instead I felt worse. So I just plodded thru each day feeling like death warmed up. As the weeks passed I noticed I was getting my energy back, could taste and smell again. And I was actually doing it this time!!
Now I can't imagine behaving like I did last year...shivering outside just to smoke that first/last cig of the day, the money/time/energy I wasted just to keep that habit. Big changes over the last year, good ones. I've got my life back, thank you all for helping me get here!!.