Milly
09-21-2007, 04:35 PM
Hello all
I am 49, with Parkinsons, and have been a smoker - not heavy- but non the less a smoker on and off since i was 17. Just recently returned from a holiday in Greece, decided i had smoked far too many cigarettes, and when hubby (non smoker) said he was going on a diet, I said yes, and i'm going to give up smoking. Well! To be totally honest i have given up so many times before and started again, i wasn't expecting miracles - it could be 1 week, 1 day or even 1 hour before i turned to the ciggies - i know i've tried before, and with extra help of patches, inhalers and gum on different occasions i still went back to the fags!
This time, i still had packets of duty free in the house, still had lighters, but decided to go "cold turkey" - no patches, gum or inhalers...was i mad lol.
This Sunday will be my one month milestone without smoking one single cigarette or one puff or even a sniff. I cannot believe that i have hardly thought about smoking - I have had very few cravings, which have lasted seconds, and i have started running - i am not sleeping too well but hey that will sort itself out. I am just simply amazed that i have come this far with so little hardship - am i kidding myself - is it suddenly going to go pear shaped or have i cracked it! I am absolutely estatic and very proud that i have come this far - i cant imagine what is so different from every other time, but i am sooooooooo glad it is!
Milly
I am 49, with Parkinsons, and have been a smoker - not heavy- but non the less a smoker on and off since i was 17. Just recently returned from a holiday in Greece, decided i had smoked far too many cigarettes, and when hubby (non smoker) said he was going on a diet, I said yes, and i'm going to give up smoking. Well! To be totally honest i have given up so many times before and started again, i wasn't expecting miracles - it could be 1 week, 1 day or even 1 hour before i turned to the ciggies - i know i've tried before, and with extra help of patches, inhalers and gum on different occasions i still went back to the fags!
This time, i still had packets of duty free in the house, still had lighters, but decided to go "cold turkey" - no patches, gum or inhalers...was i mad lol.
This Sunday will be my one month milestone without smoking one single cigarette or one puff or even a sniff. I cannot believe that i have hardly thought about smoking - I have had very few cravings, which have lasted seconds, and i have started running - i am not sleeping too well but hey that will sort itself out. I am just simply amazed that i have come this far with so little hardship - am i kidding myself - is it suddenly going to go pear shaped or have i cracked it! I am absolutely estatic and very proud that i have come this far - i cant imagine what is so different from every other time, but i am sooooooooo glad it is!
Milly