Having been a smoker for exactly 19 years give or take a few weeks you could say i was like you lot well and truly hooked!
Think i might get a divorce soon as the wife still hasn't given up,she's banned from even thinking of lighting up in the audis, and as a non smoker for exactly 6 years in 9 days time i really detest the smell of it now!! Here me out here if you want to give up.
Having oliver was the trigger for me,him being precious,and really wanting to give up. I'd wanted to for a good few years but never found the will power to even attempt it. So......When on one of those health visits as you do with your new born child,we got to discussing my smoking habit and since i felt i wouldn't be strong enough to achieve it on my own was advised there was some mind bending drug that did the hard work for you.
Thinking that's for me and after a consultation with the Doc,was prescribed the Hallelujah medicine.
You start taking it, and at the start, you say to yourself i'm quiting in a weeks time or ten days etc. After 2 days or so of taking it , it suddenly dawns on you that your not getting anything from smoking at all, as you did, and as you continue to smoke through habit over the coming hours and days. By this time the craving has completely gone and you do give up on the day you say you will as there's absolutely no point carry on as your not getting anything from it and it starts to make you feel a bit ill when you smoke. The drug is Champix, i can honestly say hand on heart i've not had a single smoke since that day 6 years ago. You still occasionally through habit think you would like one after a meal, for a while after you've given up, but it's only a pre learnt habit and not a craving.
If your serious you'll get yourself down the Doctors and ask for this drug,it's expensive apparently,and they may not want to prescribe it straight away but persist. Once you do, enjoy your smoke free life and the extra cash you have in your pockets!
