Why I Quit!
I have been smoking for a long time and i had always enjoyed it. The first thing i did in the morning, the last thing i did at night and the thing that was there through every rough time in my life. Through the break ups, deaths and hard times, smoking was there to help me cope. It connected me with friends and family and made me a social person with strangers.
It all changed when i had an abnormal pap smear result. For the first time in my life there was something more important than being a smoker in my future and that was being a mum.
As much as smoking was a part of who i was and was something i enjoyed so much, it didnt even come close to the want of being a mother in the future. I was given the simple choice, quit or risk not having kids. SIMPLE!
I began my quit journey on patches but found they irritated my skin so i stopped using them after a day or two and have been cold turkey ever since. I have tried quitting in the past and have always slipt once or twice and had JUST a drag or JUST one which enevitably turned into 2, 3, 4 and then i was smoking again. On day 50 of this attempt i have had NONE! Not one sneaky drag, not one sneaky cigar, not one ANYTHING. I have gone out, i have spent time with smokers, i have been drunk and yet i have remained strong.
I am so so proud of myself and i know that if i can do it -others can too!
Im happy to be in quit state! :)
Great work mellie. I'm on day 48. Two days to go to be where you are. What a great achievement. Stay strong
Well done mellie13, Im day 51 so You, Me and Freakboy are pretty much at the same point.
I think with the giving up smoking mindset, proves that it has to be about you,it has to be something that you want to do for yourself, no peer pressure but from deep within, you have to really want to do it.
I havent had the dying temptations to have one, Cos in my head I know im not strong enough to have just one puff and leave it there, If I had one puff Id be smoking just as much as ever,So I choose not to smoke knowing full well I dont have the strength to have one and forget about it.
Im at the point i find them offensive, I cant stand the smell of them, It's such a heavy suffocating smell, Its almost choking. So my head is where it need to be and Im choosing not to smoke again.
Anyway well done to you, Im proud of us all here and you should also be proud of yourself, You rock.
Keep strong and keep posting :)
well done mate...you sound like me...but I have alot more days to catch up...but we are already there together...we no longer need to be a slave to the filthy smoke...we own them they dont own us...keep going girly your kids our kids need us...and we are only selfish to deny them of parents...so proud of you...loved your story...it justs inspires me more...:))))
Fantastic Mellie I have given up for 50 days today as well after 20 years of non stop smoking. Cold turkey worked for me as well patches just made me want to smoke more!! I have found this website really inspiring like its meeting new friends that don't smoke rather than strangers that do!! Also I have been really supported by family and friends. Added bonus have saved over $1000!! Thats a lot of money in your wallet!It has really helped to write out reasons to quit and to keep a diary! Stay strong!
I wish we could do likes on here as I would click like to all comments like facebook...LOL...
Great quit story Mellie - congratulations from a fellow 51 dayer today. I feel exactly the same way as you... Not going anywhere near the buggers coz I know it'll be one drag and I'll be full on again. Keep going Mellie!!!
Thanks everyone!! I really appreciate your support and thank you for sharing your stories. You are all doing so well :)