Goodbye cigarettes

Wow !  Labour Weekend holidays.

Its nineteen years ago this weekend that I said goodbye to my forty a day habit.  I remember picking up my supply of patches from the chemists which were very expensive back then.  I think they have to be to make them work myself, if you get them on prescription or something you’ve got no incentive really do you ?

Anyway, I got back to my car (this was in my lunch break on the Friday)  and lit a ciggy while I read the instructions (typical eh?) and that night I made sure I smoked every cigarette I had before slapping on a patch and going to bed.

I can remember the very vivid dreams I used to have while using the patches but they sure worked for me.  This was my third attempt at stopping and something I really really wanted to do.  So here I am.   228,000 is a very conservative estimate at the number of smokes I HAVEN’T had  which equates to nearly eleven and a half thousand packets of cigarettes.  Gross !

Best thing I ever did……good luck if you’re trying to quit.