Quit Smoking

2 weeks (and more importantly 3 trips to the pub) without now. I don’t even really feel like smoking anymore, although I’m still on guard about it – I don’t want to get so far just to fall. Hopefully everyone else is having as easy (ish) time as I am with it, but even if you are not… keep going, it’s definitely worth doing even if it’s just to prove to yourself that you can (if that is the case, don’t start back up again, ‘cause next time might not be so easy).
Thanks for all the support from everyone and good luck to all.

Last night was difficult, but I did it. St. Patrick’s night in full flow, everyone else around me smoking and I managed to resist the temptation to “just have the one”. After that, I’m really starting to think that I can do this. Before, I had been dreading that first visit to the pub, but it wasn’t all that bad really. Hope everybody else had an easy(ish) time and that it’s going good for them as well.

Things seem to have come to a head yesterday. My tooth felt like it had exploded and it just seemed that everybody was being stupid and bugging me so I think I managed to snap at every person I spoke to. However, it seems to be out my system now. Today I feel a lot calmer and more focused. The toothache has gone and people aren’t bugging me anymore (I probably scared them all off yesterday). I’m hoping that yesterday was the worst and it’s all going to (mainly) be freewheeling from here.
Thanks for all the help yesterday and good luck to everybody else who is trying.

It’s not going too bad although I have snapped at a few people (although that’s probably got a lot to do with the toothache and lack of sleep). The urge to have a ciggy is still there beneath the surface but it’s a lot quiter than it has been. Hopefully that should continue to lessen with time. Until then, I’ll just keep ignoring it.

Ok. Famous last words. Last night was hard. I had major toothache (i’m halfway through a root canal op) and all I could think of was how a ciggy would ease the pain…
BUT. I didn’t. I just took some major painkillers and went to bed. I’ve been a lot better this morning, the tooth’s not bothering me too much and I don’t feel the urge for a ciggy anymore. Hopefully I should be able to keep this happy status quo up.
Thanks to everyone who has supported me through this so far and good luck to everyone who is trying it for themselves. Be strong, don’t give in and you can do it.

Still not really bothering me. Had the odd twinge, but was expecting it to be a lot more difficult by now (especially considering I don’t actually want to give up, I’m only doing it to help out a mate). If it carries on like this, I can’t see me having any major problems (hopefully) until the next time I go to the pub.

Had my last ciggy 20 hours ago. Not doing too bad. Not really thinking about anything. After 9 years, I’m expecting this to get a lot harder