Approaching one month

[tiggs1]

As the weeks tick on by I am starting to feel more and more positive about the fact I am no longer a smoker. I am enjoying the tastes and smells that I am discovering after 30 years of smoking dulling them, I am loving the fact I am not standing outside in the rain to get my fix and better still I am enjoying how healthy I look and feel.

One thing I am not enjoying is the fact that I can now smell a smoker from miles away!!! The other day I could smell someone smoking who was on the motorway a few cars ahead of me and it made me realise how I was impacting non smokers and yet was too selfish to even consider it at the time.

Good luck everyone!

[jillygirl Administrator Queen Bee]

Hi tiggs, good to hear you are feeling the benefits already. I know what you mean by other people smoking. It smells awful. To think we used to smell like that.

Plus you should have more money to reward yourself for not smoking. I hope you treat yourself. xxxx

[tiggs1 in reply to jillygirl]

One of the things I have done to help with stopping smoking has been started running... I was 3 weeks into the C25K program when I stopped. With the money I have not burnt I have bought some aftershokz headphones and some really nice running shoes... next months money is going on trail running shoes so I can cope better with the weather 👍

[jillygirl Administrator Queen Bee in reply to tiggs1]

Thats fantastic tiggs. Good on you. 😊👏👏👏🏃‍♀️👍xx

[TheTabbyCat Administrator LONG TERM WINNER]

Well done tiggs!! That's the way to do it👟🏃‍♀️. You sound so much more confident than your 1st week!🎧🚭XXX

[tiggs1 in reply to TheTabbyCat]

If someone had said on day 9 that I would feel this way a few weeks later I would not have believed them. The first few weeks were tough but it was mainly down to the new routine I had to find, now that is done I am feeling much better.

I know there is a long journey ahead and that it is going to be a lifelong thing to stay focussed but I also know I have more length in that life

[Catmad10 LONG TERM WINNER]

Hey there Tiggs, you are doing really well. I know the first few weeks can be rough but once you have got over them (like you have) things start to get easier. I’m not saying you won’t have cravings but they will be easier to deal with as all the benefits of not smoking reveal themselves.

[Happybear LONG TERM WINNER]

Well done to you tiggs1.

[Briarwood Administrator Ducky]

Well done tiggs, you’re doing really well👍🏼

I think we never knew how bad it smelled but we sure do now. On the beach the other day I was quite disgusted someone was blowing smoke my way😷

So I got up and moved away😉

Great idea to buy yourself trail running shoes with the money you’re saving, at least you can run away from other smokers then🤣🚭✅xx

[tiggs1 in reply to Briarwood]

Reading lots of posts on here and realising I am not alone in what I am feeling and that it 'normal' to have these feeling and doubts etc has been a great help.

Life is feeling very good though and running is fantastic.... even considering joining the local harriers lol... none of which would be possible if i was still smoking as my lungs couldn't cope.