DOES 13 WEEKS EQUAL 3 MONTHS?

Yesterday was 13 weeks since I made a decision to kick the nicotine habit
Yesterday was 14 weeks since I started to add a prescription drug into my body.
Yesterday I had a craving for a cigarette but I let it pass just as I had done for the past 13 weeks.
Yesterday I was 1/4 of a year nicotine free and I am sure my body must be celebrating. I know my lungs are as now they dont wheeze at me every morning.

I finished my supply of Champix a weeks ago and to date dont see any marked difference with regards to nicotine cravings. In fact it is probably not even considered a craving, more a " I wonder what they taste like now".
I must say I dont believe I could have got through this without Champix. They provided me with a comfort blanket support. I must have been lucky as I did not see any noticeable side affects-certainly none of the more serious ones that have been written about through various sources.
Lets face it- who would not feel some level of depression when you were giving up smoking after 45 years or whatever the time was. I enjoyed smoking, so taking it away did piss me off a little but it was never any level of depression.
The strange thing is that I now have a really bad taste in my mouth. It comes from bleeding gums. I went to the dentist and he decided my teeth needed cleaning and the time was right with the cessation in smoking. Two sessions of pain and polishing and I now have gums that bleed all day and night- not much but the constant taste is terrible. ( Could this be considered another one of those side affects of giving up the nicotine)

I will now manage by future blogging to intervals of 1 month to provide a regular update.
It will be as lonely as my relationship with my couch on the back verandah.