Day 35 of my attempt to stop smoking with Champix - finally stopped - 30 hrs now without tobacco :-)

Ok its still early days but ive managed to stop tobacco for the first time in 35 years. wahey :-)

Even with the champix i'm still craving atm but its getting less and i'm determined to keep off the cigs.

As i mentioned in a previous post. I was recently diagnosed with Emphysema.
My mother has smoked all her life and last year she had to have a quarter of her lung removed and 2 thirds of her colon removed because of cancer. She is doing fine now :-)

So when i was told i had emphysema i made the decision to finally stop smoking. For myself and for my mother.
In a way ive been lucky to get a warning.
A lot of people don't get a warning, they just get cancer.

So if you are one of those people that are still smoking, do yourself and your family a favour and start thinking about stopping.
If i can do it after 35 years then so can you.
Like i say, its early days but i dont want to have a future where i may have to have bits of my lungs removed.

If you are thinking of stopping, give champix a try.
Yes there are side effects. I have suffered depression, mood swings, irritability, tiredness and nausea.
Tbf you are going to get some of those symptoms just from stopping the nicoteen anyway.
The benefits of stopping tho, outway the side effects.

The champix do help reduce the cravings but there is still a point where you have to make the final decision to stop.
for the last week i reduced my cigarette intake to 5 a day but was still putting my quit day off.
When i last saw my smoking advisor a week ago he told me if i did not make the final push to stop then the champix would stop working, the brain would find a way to bypass the effects of the champix.
so i had to make that finall push. once i got down to 5 a day i realised it was now possible to stop.

Atm i am still craving tobacco but im starting to feel the benefits of stopping. more energy, more motivation.
Im still on the champix and will be for the rest of the month to try and help keep the cravings at bay.

On the whole i feel positive and even if i was to fall of the wagon now i know i can get back on and try try again.

If you are thinking of stopping, YOU CAN DO IT
you will not regret it. good luck to you if are trying to stop.

i will post again next week to let you know if ive managed to stay smoke free.
Peace and love guys :-)