November 15
 

I laid them down "again" yesterday. Only the umpteenth time in the last 30 years.

:praying: Let this time be for good...

Wow!! And I hadn't even seen this before I posted. Perfect timing I guess!! :vigil:

Yee Haw! You can do it! Post here and post often!!!!

Just thought I would stop in and tell everyone hello...smiles

Also wanted to share a few smoking facts as food for thought.
Below is the link...seriously check it out.

BTW, Whale vomit and urine are in the smokes we all have been smoking ..just to give you a couple of things.

Take a look.


Keep it up to those of you who are still smoke free!


http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/02/17_smoking.html



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I'm still struggling with quitting. I use an ecig and occasionally I will use a patch instead... but neither breaks the habit. It's not really the nicotine that is making it hard... it's what I do to pass time when I'm on a break or driving and it's what I do when I need to think... pace and smoke... and so I pick up a cigarette... I think I may be done with them completely this weekend though. It feels like it's time. Plus, the money I'm saving by not buying cigs is awesome! ($5.50 per day)

you know i still don't want to go to a place that doesn't allow smoking LOL. like say to a hospital. i smoked for so long, ... i still think i'm going to have to do without one for a long time or find a place to hide and smoke. and that "don't shut me up" feeling.

smoke-free 179 days.

I just wanted to post in here that my last cigarette was September 27th. I purchased the Electronic Blu Cig online and paid a total of $160 for a bunch of cartridges, the starter pack and a couple extra batteries. Within a month and a half I am completely nicotine free. I do believe it is one of the best investments I have made in my life. I am very grateful to not have to be enslaved to tobacco. Some days I craved it very badly, but I will say by distracting I was able to thwart the urge and remain free from it. Another thing I kept telling myself when the urge hit was that I would hate myself if I did use because I knew I really wanted this. One cigarette was not worth the self-loathing I would feel afterwards. I am not saying others must be tobacco free, but I will say the benefits far outweight the risks. I hope those who really want this monkey off their back are able to do that and if anyone wants to talk about what worked for me I am always available and willing to help.

I am 6 and a half months smoke free. I rarely have cravings anymore. It was just my time to quit. Good luck to all. *hugs*

i still crave. i really do. i'm still somewhat in bondage. but my addiction is strong. i smoked 2 packs a day and loved every one. like papa says, i tell myself it's not worth it to smoke one. not even one. you know we are all going to die one day, but i told myself back in june, not this way.

i'm proud of all the quitters! this is a good thing to quit lol. stay strong. have a place or thought that you can go back to in your mind that will remind you of why you quit. i have my place, and it reminds me, ... not this way.

Hi and good luck to each and every one of you. I am an ex-smoker. I have been off cigs for a few years now. For many years, I was able to smoke a cigarette only when I went out to clubs. I don't dabble any longer. Before that I picked up smoking cigarettes as a teen and was a regular smoker off and on from my mid thirties to Fifty. I am most grateful to be cig free now.

I really came in here to say, I lost a friend a couple of days ago to lung cancer. She was a beautiful, talented femme artist. I met her about 28 years ago and she died in her early fifties. Too young in my book. For some of us it does catch up. Please if you are still smoking, keep trying to quit. Don't give up.

The 12th will be my one month mark... I know I won't give into the cravings but they are some kind of intense these days. Stressing over finances and around the holidays makes for a really tough cry to give into the evils of those damn sticks. My health has been wacked here lately and there is just no way I could even inhale the stuff... hell, I can barely inhale a breath as it is.

Still doesn't change the fact that I'm craving... :sigh:

I have quit again. It's been just over 24hrs and I'm reaching the stage where I want to cry and pull my hair out. It doesn't help that I am totally hormonal, as well.

But I really want this. It is time. It is the last vestige of the old, unhealthy me that remains. I am a healer, for crying out loud. I can't be putting my smokey hands on people and preaching about their health with my smokey breath. Makes no sense. But addiction rarely does. My reckoning is here. I'm ready for it - regardless of the fit I'm about to have. :seeingstars:

hey stone. i think we come to a place where we just quit. a brick wall. whatever it takes for you not to smoke, ... reach out and use that resource(s). i quit cold, and i've gained too much weight lol. but i haven't had a smoke in 6 months. the cravings haven't gone away, ... but less. the bottom line for me is i don't want to die a smoker. smoking kills. my lungs are damaged, yes. but smoking does just as much damage to your heart. for me, more so to my heart at this stage in my life.

you can do it. i believe in you.

mac

hey ms. do what you gotta do. scream, yell at folks lol. so what, it's tough. keep your hands busy. stay on the quittin' side! :rrose:

mac

OhMyGod!OhMyGod!OhMyGod!

Ok ---- just venting. Thanks.

Yes, it does. My father was 26 years quit and healthy and active. Diagnosed with lung cancer and dead within 8 days.

Sobering.

Quit now. Don't give up.

So excited for you...way to go !

Approaching the 72hr mark. It's hard. They say to identify your triggers and make changes around those but I find this impossible. There are too many. Mornings and late nights are hardest for me. I think because I am sleepy and my defenses are lessened. Last night, after I went to bed, I was craving so hard that I said "fuck it" and actually got up and dressed, bundled up and went out toward the car with intention to go buy some. I stood there with keys in hand, hesitated and agonized, then went back inside and took off my shoes and coat. Then I put them back on and did the same thing two more times before I finally came back in and put myself back to bed, having not smoked.

Having not smoked.

I am a non-smoker. I can do this. I release all of my attachments to addiction and all the emotions, insecurities, and anxieties that I associate with quitting.
:praying:

I slipped. Just a little, and I am ready to recommit. I am not much of one for beating myself up when I am imperfect because that really doesn't help - took me a long time to learn that. But I do think it is important to keep myself accountable for the commitment I've made to myself. So I thought I'd come here and "say it out loud".

I am committed to being a non-smoker. I have the strength and ability to overcome my addiction starting right now.

You can do it. I slip now and then. I'll light up and think "wtf am I doing?" I stop. You just need to get past the first week. You will smell better and you'll look better. Let vanity kick in too

You Can Do It
 

You got this!! I quit 1 year and 1 day ago!! It is possible even if it makes us do the most bizarre things. :) It gets easier!! Don't anyone of you give up!!!! That means you to Strappolina!

I quit 9 months ago!! I can't believe I quit, yet I find it really hard to believe I ever smoked. I hate the smell and the taste! Go figure :vigil:

You would think I would have quit sooner. My mother passed away in 2006 from lung cancer.

Good luck to all, you/we can do this!!!!!

This is my 50th time! I was quit for a the year 2009, and for 6 weeks last winter (taught myself to crochet!), and numerous less successful times before, in between, and since. I've cut down from a pack a day, to half a pack, to 1/3. I've got so many tools and coping skills in my arsenal, it's ridiculous. And I'm a little embarrassed - but that's why I'm talking about it. Shame has no place here, and it will just make me want to smoke more. This is totally a psychological issue for me. I've done so much growth and healing, but cigarettes have been my only constant since I was a teenager. Even though I hate smoking, it's like the death of a beloved friend. There. I said it. It's really feels that dramatic. Maybe I need to allow myself to grieve the loss of this companion that saw me through so much, while recognizing I don't need it anymore, and letting go...

Absolutely. There is a huge and real loss of a companion when you quit smoking. Smoking is your buddy, he is with you all the time.

I know for me there was a loss of identity too. Part of my identity was being a smoker. This was not somthing I was ashamed of, either.

It has been a bit over 3 years since I have quit. I still miss it. I LOVE the smell of smoke (in the air, not on people). A friend of mine was helping me change my brakes this past weekend and he had a cig. in his mouth when he reached over to help me with something on the rotor. The smell was delightful!

Hell yeah, I miss it!

Celebrated my 11th month smoke free today...smiles

I know to some it may be silly to do so but today I officially have not smoked aprox. 13,200 ciggarretts.

And have started to regenerate some damage I have done.


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Today, January 5th I celebrate two full years of being a non-smoker! :clap:
I smoked for many years and thought that I would never be able to quit. I think what helped me the most was, before I tried to quit I thought a lot about when I started smoking and what the real reason(s) were that I began in the first place...trying to fit in with "the crowd", wanting to be grown, it was cool back then to smoke, feeling a lack of control in one's life, whatever. Everyone has different reasons. Once I realized what mine was, and told myself the truth, the actual quitting became much easier for me. I also had to get to the point where I truly wanted to stop smoking. Like I said, it's different for each of us. Sometimes I still can't believe I did it.

Congrats to everyone who is still working on, or even thinking about quitting! If this is something that you really want, then it will be yours.

With all my medical stuff creeping up on me, I am asked quite regularly, when I last smoked. I've had a couple of professionals say to me that they think with all that's going on, this will more than likely be my last time fighting it.

Yeh, I have to agree... it's just not worth the hassle when it comes to all the negatives it's brought about to my body.

Two months now for me!