My name is Carol and I am coming towards the end of day 4. I have smoked for 45 years from the age of 15 and have played with giving up (and giving up was how
it felt) with patches, inhalators and hypnotherapy, none of which lasted more than a few miserable days. At the back of my mind I knew that I would go back, it
was bigger than me.
I happened on this site a week ago, a friend has started on Champix and wanted me to join in. I was actually considering this when I found this site and realised how pointless it was to try to stop using one set of chemicals by substituting another set of chemicals which I would eventually have to come off further down the line.
I have been in a 12-step programme for 20 years and I know the concept of a day at a time, half an hour at a time if necessary but have never been able to apply it to my smoking. Now it just seemed that this was my time - my moment of sanity. I read all the literature, watched the videos, bought the cranberry juice and followed instructions. My sleep pattern is disturbed, I had cravings days 1-3 which have diminished today. My two sons are still smoking, but they are trying to be discreet and anyhow if I was setting myself up for failure I would do it whether they were there or not. I believe, for the first time ever, that I can do this. A day at a time, I can.
I happened on this site a week ago, a friend has started on Champix and wanted me to join in. I was actually considering this when I found this site and realised how pointless it was to try to stop using one set of chemicals by substituting another set of chemicals which I would eventually have to come off further down the line.
I have been in a 12-step programme for 20 years and I know the concept of a day at a time, half an hour at a time if necessary but have never been able to apply it to my smoking. Now it just seemed that this was my time - my moment of sanity. I read all the literature, watched the videos, bought the cranberry juice and followed instructions. My sleep pattern is disturbed, I had cravings days 1-3 which have diminished today. My two sons are still smoking, but they are trying to be discreet and anyhow if I was setting myself up for failure I would do it whether they were there or not. I believe, for the first time ever, that I can do this. A day at a time, I can.

