Stories and experiences

So it has been a while since I have contributed to this group. I celebrated 4 years smoke free on 1st December. Now 1463 days smoke free and a saving of, get this: $28,523 and it is probably more than that because I bet smokes have gone up in the last 4 years! My journey has been rewarding in that I can breathe so much easier! I am not constantly looking for somewhere to hide so I can have a ...

Eat food drink tea Think I can beat it

I am having a tough day which I'm not dealing with very well. We (my brother, sister and I) think that our mother is dying. She fell and broke her hip and we knew the prognosis was not good. She is 93, has had a full life, and I will miss her dearly. In the meantime, I am tasked with writing her obituary and it hasn't been that long since I gave up cigarettes. It's been complicated with ci...

Challenge your self to fight the addiction

Today is day 2 of no smoking, I have been smoking since I was 17! Grew up with both heavy smoker parents! A couple of days ago my daughter asked me if I wanna die early! Is that why I smoke so much! And it hit me! I have been smoking for 13 years and I am not even 31 yet! So I threw away everything and hopefully gonna stick to the plan and not pass on this bad habit to my kids like it was passed ...

I've been here before... I gave up for almost 3-years about 10 years ago. Since then i've given up for 9 months, then about 12 months, and a few periods of days, several weeks, a month here and there. I guess i don't have a lot of will power... i struggle with weight as well. I also have leant on replacements, and other prescribed drugs to allow me the brief periods of non-smoking in the past...

First morning I woke up and thought yep coffee and smoke time even though I put a 16hr 25mg patch on the day before then I realised I didn't feel like or want a smoke it was just out of habit so I changed my habit instead of making coffee and heading out side for a smoke I made coffee and sat inside on the lounge and opened a windows and enjoyed my morning coffee.

Good morning everyone. Today marks 6 months of freedom from being a smoker. I did it cold turkey without any crutches because that way I would have nothing else to wean myself off. I have had many attempts in the past which taught me all I needed to know and do to successfully quit once and for all and the trick for me was NEVER give up quitting smoking. I smoked for about 40 years with the last ...

Today is 6 weeks since I started my umpteenth and final quit! I do get cravings still but just play it forward to that couple of minutes of a nicotine high resulting in me being a full-time nicotine addict again and it truly is not worth it. Smelling the stale smoke on others also helps my resolve. I really didn't realize how awful I smelled all of the time. Glad to not have to go out in the cold...

I’m about 10 and a half weeks quit and today I had 2 very deep and strong cravings to smoke that came out of nowhere and took me by surprise. I even had the thought of going to buy a packet but then I thought of how long I had quit for and that soon I’ll have racked up 3 months. After that I decided to ring a friend to distract myself from my thoughts. I think after you’ve quit for some time tha...