good morning blogasphere~ today is the beginning of not smoking. had the last ones last night. feeling good about the decision. bestus is not up yet, hope she will have a good day too. we have been preparing for this as we would a marathon. i remember something was said in comments: we didn't prepare this much when we started smoking: aint that the truth! wish us luck! will amend this post as day 27/1 goes along!!
ok so it is 809pm here in our happy little world. our smoke free world. we are doing it. we have not had a smoke all day. i am not gonna say it has been easy, but it is a little easier for me than it is going for bestus. she is thinking about smoking alot. she has a squishy ball to squeeze, got some crossword puzzles to work on, and deep breathing through a craving is also something we both do. for me, i have had 2 noticeable cravings today. the champix is working to keep the physical cravings at bay, and well, i am also using my past (drinking experience) to help me. if i smoke, it will kill me. i need to build up in my mind a fear of the smoke, just like i pretty much have a fear of starting drinking again.
unfortunately, bestus does not have that experience to draw on. and she smoked for longer than i did. i guess we will have to just mourn the loss of nico, the evil nicotine bastard monster. :)
so in answer to your question, TQ,,,,i think we are getting on ok.
more tomorrow as we continue the story......................poet and bestus.
go poet and kath!!
ReplyDeleteSo...Come on we're dying to know how you got on
ReplyDeleteWell done folks! Tomorrow will be even easier!
ReplyDeletebtw, I'm going on holidays tomorrow, but look forward to reading how you are getting on when I'm back in 10 days
ReplyDeletezoe, TQ, and Peets. thank you for your support, it sure means a lot~ and Peets, have a great holiday. where are you headed off to? come to think of it, where in the world are you? have a good night all. we're gonna make it, lots of herbal and regular decaf teas, and spearmint flavoured gum. :) hope that we sleep well tonight too.
ReplyDeleteoh on to something else- we ordered and had delivered our supplies to build a deck in the yard beside our home. neither bestus nor i have ever done anything like this before, but we'll try anything once....thank god for the internet, step by step and how to's are super helpful.
more tomorrow......poet and bestus :)
I'm in Dublin, about 50 miles from where Zoe is. Tomorrow 20 of us are going to Egypt to the Red Sea where we have a boat chartered for 6 fantastic days of scuba diving in the middle of nowhere - one of my reasons to kick the weed to make that precious air last longer :)
ReplyDeletehave a fabulous time, peets. do you have a bloggy page? or just email? it would be nice to have a cross the world chat one day if we can get clear of all the time zones. :) looking forward to hearing all about egypt.
ReplyDeletewell done guyson day 1! Peets I am uber jealous as I am a huge scuba diving fan!!!
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