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New Noodles, New Year

Hi all

well it's my first visit here for a while and I must say it's nice to see the old place so busy lol. For those that don't know me   I used to hang around here a while ago during one of my many attempts at giving up the dread herb. Well today thoughts turned to my journey through the pain over the last 12 months as it's been One Year to the day since I had a J (and 8 months since I had a ciggie).

Thanks must go to CH for letting me have a draft of his book back in the day - this has helped me enormously during the last year and thanks also to Al and any other posters who replied to my inane ramblings back when I started this process.

It's true to say there were a few false starts and like many of you thought I'd never get through it but hey whad'ya know I made it through a whole year without a smoke. The first six months were very difficult with visits to marriage counselors (on my own as I knew deep down it was me who had to change - my wife's been brilliant) and a daily battle to stay and face up to my responsibilities and commitments.

I know I'm still not out of the woods but I just wanted to let those of you struggling with this, stick with it regardless of how difficult it seems. there will come a day when you will feel better and it all makes sense. It may take a few months it may take a bit longer (as in my case) but I've come through the most difficult part and I’m now looking forward to the rest of my life with optimism instead of fear. There are still a few issues I need to address but I'm in a much better position to tackle them than if I'd been still on the weed.