Hey everyone.
I logged in today to find that im 160 days smoke free. WOW 160 DAYS, who would have thought that was doable. Definitaley not me.
So, After almost 6 weeks since ' upgrading' my broadband and completely losing my service a temporary 4g router arrived yesterday and is actually working, so i am finally back on line. Its been interesting not having internet in my life for a while and lets not even talk about my levels of frustration having to deal with such a completely incompetitant service provider who tell me i have been incredibly unlucky, as some people have a problem with one bit of their service, not many have problems at every single stage of their dreadful process . Needlesss to say I have an Executive escalations manager now looking after my ' case'. How mad is that for something so basic. And breathe . And Sigh 🙂
Now more importantly, progress on my quit.
Im back at work and not being tempted by the smoking breaks. I try hard to avoid people who smoke now as I find the smell quite vile on them, it catches in my throat. I was worried about my journey to and from work as I used to smoke alot whilst I drove but not been tempted at all. I open the window wide and just breath lung fulls of fresh air.
My physical craves have virtually disappeared, i get the odd one but it does tend to pass fairly quickly and doesnt have the intensity that it used to. I can ALWAYs track it back using HALT and simply deal with the cause and hey presto its gone.
Ive stopped obsessing about smoking or not smoking, i ve even stopped telling everyone that i gave up :-). Realised i was becoming one of those ex smoker bores i used to hate when i smoked.
The one area im going to have to watch VERY carefully are the sneaky smoking thoughts that pop into my head trying to trip me up. They dont happen often but just a fleeting, i might just hold one and suck it without lighting it to prove im over the desire. BUT IM NOT FALLING FOR IT. And then its gone again and I move on
So life has moved forwards positively for me and im looking forwards to finding out how everyone else have been getting on
Nix
