Not smoking update

Ok people, it has now been 5 weeks & 4 days without cigarettes which apparently equals 396 cigarettes that I haven't smoked...how gross is that?  Anyway, the first 2 weeks were rough but now I'd say that only about once a day do I actually want to smoke and that is after dinner.  The funny thing about that is that I take my Chantix after dinner so instead of smoking I just pop a pill instead.  Now, I was taking my Chantix twice a day as prescribed but the nausea got so bad I actually had to go home one day & ended up getting sick & what's the point in taking something if I'm just going to throw it up every time?  There is no point!  I decided to cut it back to just one pill a day after dinner & while I feel a bit funny after I take it I certainly wouldn't call it nauseous so that's a huge plus.  I would definitely suggest to anyone who is on this drug to cut back to one a day if the side effects are becoming unbearable...it's better than just taking yourself off of it completely like I did last time, obviously that didn't work because I started smoking again!  The other side effects that I had that have either disappeared or minimized were not sleeping through the night, having weird ass dreams & getting up to pee in the middle of the night.  I still have some weird dreams but not as weird as before & ever since I stopped taking it twice a day I haven't once gotten up to pee or just woken up in general before my alarm!

So can I just say how nice it is to go out & there not be people smoking in front of me...OMG that is like the biggest hurdle to jump when you are quitting smoking & now I'm totally fine.  Last weekend at the garage sale there were people smoking around me quite a bit & at first it made me want one, probably because I was drinking coffee but after that first round I was all set.  Now like I said it's really nice not having people smoking in bars & restaurants but it is pretty annoying now to be walking into a place & there are people all outside the door smoking...outside smells like cigarettes now & it stinks!  I do not judge smokers, it's a choice so if you want to smoke em go for it I just don't care for the smell of a smoker...not like I ever did but now I really don't because I really notice it.  It's funny to see so many people out & about now though so not smoking inside is getting more people outside which I think could be good for the community!
 

Smoking update

Ok so it has been 3 weeks & 14 hours since I quit, I have not had one single cigarette since I did.  I have saved $70 already & omitted 216 cigarettes from daily life.  I feel good but can't wait to be off the Chantix...don't get me wrong, the drug is a miracle but I'm nauseous all the time, I don't sleep & when I do the dreams are so bizarre, I can't get enough water, I have to pee in the middle of the night...there's many things about it I don't like but when I look at the big picture what's so bad about a couple months of being uncomfortable when the reward is so great?  I have stopped taking the drug with breakfast & now take it with lunch & dinner since I tend to eat later in the summer & I take a sleeping pill about an hour before bed as well & that usually helps me at least get 6 hours of quality sleep.  They say it only takes 3 weeks to make or break a habit & it's been just that 3 weeks so according to the universe my habit should be gone by now, woo hoo!