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IMPORTANT NOTICE: This blog has now moved to:

http://mikendruk.blogspot.com

Tuesday, 25 May 2004

 

VERY OFFICIAL NOTICE:

 

This blog will be torn down on 31 May 2004.

 

This was fun, but the fun eventually ran out.

 

Thank you to everyone who made this a great experience.

Thank you very much to the visitors that popped in and left messages.

And thank you mostly to Shelley who provided the space for this blog.

 

Amen.

Saturday, 22 May 2004

 

Doing just great.

Friday, 21 May 2004

 

I wonder how long this can carry on for ...

Tuesday, 18 May 2004

 

Day 8 of no smoking:

One Zyban pill.

 I am beginning to think that I only need the morning pill.

Will take the second one if I know I am going out at night.

 

“ 100% smoke free minus 3 cigarettes” since 11 May 2004.

 

I think that from tomorrow onwards FARRAGO should return to its normal postings.

 Monday, 17 May 2004

 

Day 7 of no smoking:

Two Zyban pills - 8 hours apart.

I had 3 cigarettes on Saturday night ....

Nothing since then.

I have not given up giving up!

Friday, 14 May 2004

Day 4 of no smoking:

Two Zyban pills - 8 hours apart.

Ho-hum ... today was a walk in the park ....

Still 100% smoke-free!

 

FACT:

I thought it was impossible!

Thursday, 13 May 2004

Day 3 of no smoking:

Forgot to take the morning pill, still have to take the evening pill.

Not so bad today, slight headache at 12:30pm - maybe because I did not take the pill.

Still 100% smoke-free!

 

FACT:

I had a few beers tonight and I still have not had a cigarette.

Wednesday, 12 May 2004

Day 2 of no smoking:2

Two Zyban pills - 8 hours apart.

I won’t tell a lie, today was tough! Tougher than yesterday, somehow.

I think some irritability showed ...

Yesterday and today I got light headaches at about 16h30,

but sorted that out with Disprin very quickly.

Still 100% smoke-free!

 

FACT:

Since I started smoking in 1979, this is the longest I have ever not smoked.

Tuesday, 11 May 2004

Day 1 of no smoking:

Two Zyban pills - 8 hours apart.

So far not even a single puff!

There were some tough moments, but no real irritability, just a bit of restlessness.

I am not going to lie and say it was easy,

but it was not nearly as difficult as I was expecting it to be!

FACT:

I smoked my last cigarette at 23h45 last night.

I only smoked 8 of the last 9 cigarettes I had left in my packet,

Monday, 10 May 2004

Day 9:

Two Zyban pills - 8 hours apart.

Anxious about tomorrow.

 

FACT:

It is 6:30pm and I have 9 cigarettes left in my packet.

Sunday, 9 May 2004

Day 8:

One Zyban pill - forgot to take the evening one.

Still feeling much the same and wondering what

forgetting to take two pills so far is going to do.

 

FACT:

At the beginning of May I bought enough packets of cigarettes to

last until the end of tomorrow.

Saturday, 8 May 2004

Day 7:

One Zyban pill - forgot to take the morning one.

Feeling much the same as yesterday.

 

FACT:

On a drinking day I smoke a lot more than 20-25 cigarettes.

Friday, 7 May 2004

Day 6:

Two Zyban pills - 8 hours apart.

Yes, as the package insert said, “dry mouth” and “ constipation” ...

 

FACT:

Benson & Hedges No. 1:

1 mg tar

0,1 mg nicotine

As per Government agreed method.

Thursday, 6 May 2004

Day 5:

Two Zyban pills - 8 hours apart.

Yes, as the package insert said, “dry mouth”.

 

FACT:

On a non-drinking day I smoke about 20-25 cigarettes a day.

Wednesday, 5 May 2004

Day 4:

Two Zyban pills - 8 hours apart.

I am still not noticing anything “different”.

 

FACT:

I smoke Benson & Hedges No. 1.

Tuesday, 4 May 2004

Day 3:

Another Zyban pill.

From tomorrow it will be a pill in the morning and a pill in the afternoon.

These pills don’t make me feel any different. Should they?

 

FACT:

I have only tried giving up once before, many years ago.

It lasted until 3pm on the day that I gave up!

 

QUESTION:

Is this blog going to get REALLY boring?

Monday, 3 May 2004

Day 2:

Another Zyban pill.

I am still smoking as much as ever.

This is expected at this stage, I think.

 

FACT:

I have been smoking since 1979.

Sunday, 2 May 2004

Day 1:

One Zyban pill.

One pill a day for the first 3 days and then two pills a day for about 2 months.

 

With Zyban you choose a day between days 7 and 14 on which you stop smoking.

I have chosen Tuesday, 11 May 2004.