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Well judging by the counter at the bottom my little blog has still not gone exactly stratospheric. Maybe I could become a dot com millionaire by trying to sell the Domain name to Champix but I don't know if ten hits and two comments in two weeks would be enough to whet their appetite. I did discover that if you type tquittin in to a google search I'm now the first three finds. Thing is no one will ever type tquittin in to a google search on purpose so maybe it will be like beatlejuice and I'll have to wait for some happy accident to get the site noticed.
Meanwhile for those that need to know how the quitting's going. Fabulous news: Yesterday I only smoked 11 cigarettes all day. The longest break was between 8.45pm and 12.45. The not so good news is I'm only two off 11 so far today and it's not even 6pm. I'm blaming it on the fact that I had a smoker in my team today that kept asking if I wanted to go for a smoke. If he's there again tomorrow then I'm going to either say no or join him outside but not smoke. Thursday is fast approaching and I don't want it to go the way Sunday went.
I have to inform smokers like myself that Champix doesn't really quit smoking for you despite what all the converts may tell you. It makes it easier to cut down and I will be able to quit but anyone that says it doesn't require a bit of will power to help it along is kidding themselves. Perhaps some of us are more susceptible than others. That said the ones that find it easier and quicker are probably the same ones that suffer all the side effects. Who knows?
Hard to believe that I've been on the Champix now for nearly two weeks. If your thinking about quitting and want to ask a question or share in my fantastic success (continuing to smoke in spite of the Champix) then leave a comment and I'll get back to you.
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Monday, 8 February 2010
Day 11
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Hey there, I read your blog about a year ago, and I've finally taken the champix plunge - just wanted to let you know that i'm going through your posts day for day with mine, and having almost the exact same scenarios etc - Just thought I'd let you know that this blog was my main motivation to try champix, and I've cut down from 25-30 per day to about 11-14 and I'm on day 9! Hope you're still going strong! I am reccommending this link as much as I can!
ReplyDeleteHi there. This is to the anonymous person who left a comment about being on day nine and down to between 11-14 cigs. Well done. It doesn't get easy I'm afraid but it gets less stressful. One of the best bits is when people stop blaming everrything on you giving up smoking and realise that maybe you were always an uptight moody git (that's me I'm talking about). Succeed or fail I don't think anyone has ever died trying. If you can keep it up you're about two or three weeks away from waking up and getting the day started without being tired or grumpy. You might not even notice at first that the reason for your new found vigour is that you aren't spending fifteen minutes coughing. Good luck, I genuinely mean it
ReplyDeleteThank you - and my name is Steevie (the price you pay for being born in the mid 80's), and I'm in Australia. Today I'm on day 16, and is my first (so far) without one, but I've spent the last 3 days below 3 so Im happy. I have turned into a moody git... but whats a little psychotic episode or 2, compared to me being able to have kids and run more than 30 metres without screaming for air :) - I may indeed find at the end of all this that I really am a bit 'uncaring' and the smokes were placating my temper :) I will keep reading your blog day by day to keep me in check as I am also one of 'those' people who enjoy smoking and would smoke for all eternity if they weren't threatening me with a slow painful death...
ReplyDeleteThank you for the luck! I definitely need it!
Just an update - I'm now 2 months + 6 days without a smoke :) I quit the champix after about a month (it was making me mental) and I've just found out that I'm roughly 4-5 weeks pregnant! so I know I'll be at least 9 months wihout another one :)
ReplyDeleteThanks again for your blog - it truly helped me make that long overdue leap :)
I read that side effects leaflet several times and almost didn't take champix as a result. None of the side effects mentioned that it gets you pregnant. Wow
ReplyDeleteWell done on both giving up and starting a family. The future must look fantastic.
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