Manci7y said:
Currently on Champix.....
My quit day is tomorrow and I am NOT looking forward to it. Even though the tablets make me feel sick for a short while if I smoke its not bad enough to make me stop I dont think!!!!!
I'm 39 days without a cig on a course of Champix.
I had a horrendous two weeks at the start, insomnia, the runs, vomiting, flu symptoms & mad dreams (in HD).
TBH I found the stop day not so bad, having a cig (before my stop day) just made me feel ill and didn't really do anything for me. I reckon this is due to your nicotine receptors being masked. I was on 20 cigs a day for the past 30 years and I feel great for the first time in a long while. I do still think about smoking, I can smell someone light up at 100 yrds!
To turn me off the cigs I ve been putting £6 a day in a jar which now has £234 in it! Its a great feeling to see the £££'s piling up which will pay for the pre season tour in NYC.
Start putting the cash away and don't touch it until you can buy yourself a big treat! (Next years season ticket?)
Also get yourself an interest, something to do instead of smoking, I'm currently trying to get my lungs back by honking on a Saxophone, (much to the annoyance of family and the neighbours!) I'll have proper lessons after our holiday!
My teeth are whiter, my clothes don't stink and my car doesn't smell like an ashtray!
It does get easier, stick with it!
I think one of the main reasons it’s so hard to quit smoking is because all the benefits of quitting and all the dangers of continuing seem very far away. Well, here’s a little timeline about some of the more immediate effects of quitting smoking and how that will affect your body RIGHT NOW.
In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.
In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal.
In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.
In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.
In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks.
In three to nine months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improves by 10%.
In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half.
In 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of a non-smoker.
In 10 years your risk of lung cancer will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
In 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
