Day 46

Yesterday was a bit of a milestone. Being mothers day I went over to my mums and got drunk with my step dad because mothers love that as I'm sure you know. Yesterday was however a landmark as I didn't have any Champix. I decided with my last pills that I would have one every other day to simulate the 0.5mg dose that I started on.

What was it like? We're not just quite as clever as we think we are us humans. Within minutes of not taking the tablets I was desperate for a smoke. Or was I? Think the brain was just playing tricks on me. Decided that if I wasn't taking pills I must smoke. Of course I didn't and after about half an hour the cravings were gone. Today I had a tablet but tomorrow I wont and then I'll have the final one on Wednesday. If all goes to plan I'll be living proof that:

-You don't even need to want to give up to succeed
-That even the common side effects don't happen to everyone
-That it's probably worth having at least one cigarette after your quit date to reassure you that they taste bad
-That Allen Carr is correct about never even taking another draw of a cigarette after you have had the cigarette I mention above (in fact he doesn't think you should have that cigarette)
-That three months of Champix is excessive even for a heavy smoker like me

Today hasn't been all about smoking. For large parts of the day smoking wasn't even on my mind. Let's not forget that just four weeks ago I wasn't just a smoker but was defending smoking to the hilt. I haven't decided yet when it is that I can officially say that I've stopped quitting but it's feeling like it will be some time very soon. What will I have to blog about then??

Until tomorrow....