357 days free of cigarettes
Just 8 days to a year off smoking and feeling liberated.
Went on a coach trip to the coast yesterday and shared the day with a friend and my wife
Gonna have a moan here.
Our friend knew I had given up and that my wife had a triple heart bypass two years ago probably brought on by her smoking and subsequent passive smoking. However he chain smoked around us until I asked that he moved away when smoking. He then spent the rest of the day sulking.
Was I really that bad ? Probably as I completely rationalised the habit.
I felt that smokers were unecessarily marginalised and used as scapegoats for a failing society. ( what rubbish )
I am so glad that silly opinion has changed and that I now see what a nuisance public smoking is at best and what a danger passive smoking is at worst.
Not preaching as I know how difficult it is to give up but just realising what a sad and harmful habit I have suffered for over 50 years.
Just saying
Hi Dobbin, yes you are right,The longer you abstain from smoking the more unpleasant you find the smell of stream smoke from others. We now realise why some people became annoyed in the time we were smokers. Good luck.
I also counting down my days as a non smoker now, 26th Sept is approaching as to 1 year without a smoke to my lips, its a hard journey but with stubborness and positives its doable.
Plenty of personal rewards.
I find being around smokers gives you me a tight chest but no cravings to join them,
I still have my tobacco on the table which I see everyday but no desire to crack the container open, even when I may have a craving.
I still tuck away $120.00 every Monday so my nest egg is very healthy.
So congrats to all on this quitting journey.
Wow Jenno I quit on the 27th of Sept last year...coming up to a year for me also. However I still love the smell of smokes and if there's a pack of someone's smokes lying around I will smell the pack..I thought I would be over this by now but not yet! hmmm I aim to stay a non-smoker but geeez I so miss it especially when stressed. Anyone else still feeling like this after nearly a year ? Cheers!
Hi Dobbin, Jenno said it, it's the personal rewards that are going to spur you on. Too bad your friend did not understand the tough road you have been on, not to mention your wife's wake up call. Obviously neither achievement is appreciated by your friend. No need to lose the friend. Next time spell it out and set the boundaries. Let him know that the smoking experience may suit him but your past journeys are made more difficult if he does not abstain. Otherwise choose new friends and decline offers from saboteurs... Some friends do not actually want you to succeed... On the other hand, we at icanquit want nothing more than a fellow virtual friend to succeed. I say, don't be one of he 94% who come here and go because they fail... The longer you last, the better off you are but that means your niggling craving is suggesting a reward. Just one puff. Won't hurt. Just as well we have been here long enough to know that is what happens to the 94% that disappear from this site. Days to go, Dobbin...