Hello everyone… Guess who sailed through day 6 and has now started on day 7? Yep me
I'm practically jumping around like a looney and wanting to shout it from the rooftops that today is the last day of hell week 1, ha ha ha the nico demon’s not going to catch me now J I'm so elated and excited by it. Not least because I already feel so much better, I can breathe big lovely deep breaths. Yesterday I was in danger of running 
Me running? It’s mad. But I just have all this energy I can’t seem to use up. I'm excited. This will be so far the single best thing I have ever done for myself in my entire life. And I’m only on day 7 which leaves hundreds of days for it to get better and better and better.
Day one and two are mad though aren't they? Very strange. I was floating about like some kind of drugged up thing. Instead of brains my head may as well have been full of mashed potato. People would ask me quite simple things like 'would you like a cup of tea'........but my mash brains couldn’t compute. They just thought eh? What is it that you're trying to say to me. And all the while this voice in my ear constantly.....gis a smoke....have a smoke...a smoke would be nice.....why don’t you light up......coffee......coffee and a smoke....give me a smoke...I want a smoke. Like I said, day one and two are mad. By the end of day two I was exhausted. Absolutely worn out with it....but you know.....in a weird way I quite enjoyed it all. Despite the difficulties of day one and two...there was also something quite hilarious about it all. Since then it’s all been amazingly manageable apart from the constant eating. Crisps, biscuits, chocolate, more crisps, more biscuits, more chocolate… You get the picture. (Sorry but sliced fruit, celery and carrot sticks just isn’t the same ) Oh well. I'll address that problem later.
Suppose I should mention that I'm cold turkeying it. I bought myself a book called how to stop smoking and stay stopped for good by Gillian Riley and it really is an excellent book. For me anyway. Read it cover to cover in one night and hey presto. I stopped. Tried the Alan Carr about a year ago. Nothing. Just didn’t do it for me.
Ooops so sorry, I've rambled on and on. It’s the excitement. I want to be able to tell everyone that I’ve stopped smoking and you lot on here are the important people. This forum has been a massive support for me....both whilst trying to psyche up to stop and whilst stopping. I just think it’s the loveliest thing that people who've been stopped a long time keep coming back here just to offer a leg up to us beginners. I hope I’ll do the same.
Catch you all later.
Have a fab day everyone.
Hi Timbo Apologises for such a late reply to this thread, but I’ve only just come across it. May I add my congratulations on your 100 days, well 115 days now Can’t wait to be in your position. Stay strong buddy, what you are doing is truly amazing. I hope you wife is doing well too.
"Hello again and thank you for all your lovely replies. At 10.00 pm tonight I will have NOT SMOKED for 9 whole days, how cool is that? As you may gather, I am no less excited today. It feels great and what is even better, I haven't thought about smoking once today, no cravings, just lots of nothingness Mind you ...it's early days...so far so good....and I try to remain aware that just one weak moment and I could be back in the nicotine prison. The thought of that is unbearable, so I will remain ever vigilant, ever strong and always on the lookout for that evil Nic, he is not going to stand a chance against me now.
I feel fitter and fresher, I no longer have that awful hacking cough, the yellow fingers have gone, my tongue is now pink again, my teeth actually look whiter and my breath is now fresher, my house and car smell much cleaner, I can breathe much better, I can now take huge deep breaths and fill my lungs up with the lovely clean fresh air without ending up in a coughing fit, I can walk further without feeling tired or needing to stop for a smoke, I feel like I am finally breaking free from my addiction, I no longer have to stand outside of a shop in the pouring rain just to get my fix, I have money in my purse again, I feel all light and bouncy (which is amazing because I've eaten everything in sight lol ), My toes tingle as oxygen rich blood returns to my feet and the circulation around them feels like it is finally returning to normal, my sense of smell has returned and my sense of taste has too, I have now discovered that I don't like Marmite anymore. I can now go to bed at night thinking "Today, I did nothing unhealthy" for the first time in my adult life.
