I think it was yesterday that I commented in discord about seeing your lengthy comments lol so I am not surprised by hearing about your 2500 word post. I am not that lenghty but I do tend to post many pictures in a post, often over 20 which are edited from my camera, so yeah it takes fluffing ages!

Smoking, smoking and smoking. What can I say ... well done to you.

On Friday, I celebrate one year of no smoking, woop wooop me! The date the 8th of September might seem familiar it is the anniversary of when the Queen passed away.

I have smoked for many many many years since I was 16 apart from three months in 2001.

Being a Rangers fan, having had to leave Belfast because of the Throubles I am a huge fan on the Monarchy. Having met the Queen as a ten year old I was gobsmacked on hearing the news, and that was the moment I said fluff it, no more smoking.

My health, for months I felt worse and put on weight. Now I don't feel as worse as I did, but I won't lie the urge to have a cigarette comes and goes. Last week I was wanting one the whole week, no idea why, this week with her one year anniversary coming up I don't have an urge to smoke.

Do I enjoy the smell of cigarette smoke when I smell it? Yes
Does it make me want to smoke? No

My advice to smokers is to quit yes and don't do a method, just put it into your head that you want to Stop and do it.

I realised that whenever I drank I wanted a cigarette and no matter what method I would try to quit somoking that unless I was not drinking then it would never work. So on June 22 2021 I quit drinking, actually I have had some drinks since then, but never more than 2 at a time and none for the first 18 months.