Stories and experiences

It’s been over 3 months and I’m still feeling so so miserable I’m so tired of the fight to not smoke have no idea how I’ve come this far but the truth is I’m bloody miserable. I have no other way to deal with life and I’m not sure how to keep going if I give in inlet myself and everyone down but being smoke free doesn’t make me happy either don’t know where to find the motivation to change have n...

I will succeed!

i have now gone 1414 smoke free days =4yrs and i feel so much better for it

I wrote myself a letter each day to remind myself what I want to achieve. I re-read them when I get the 'twitchies' with a reminder to be kind to myself in this process. My sign on my bedroom mirror is ' you only fail when you quit trying' It is what I see first thing in the morning, last time at night and during the day when I feel the need to.

I simply want to quit so that I don’t encourage my son to take up this habit

Don’t start smoking to start with!! I’ll just have one, one won’t hurt? Famous last words to become a smoker again!! My plans are to go away for hopefully 3 wks to a friends house to quit pot smoking at first however I wish to quit cigarettes aswell. This is probably quitting session number fifty three I’ve tried and tried but I always relapse with ciggarette, marijuana is not to much of a pr...

4 years ago was the last I smoked and it feels good, real good to be smoke free. Recently I went through a lot of job related stress and I kept reminding myself it would have been a lot worse had I been smoking through it. Staying quit is hard because I feel I can never let my guard down but it's worth it. To be able to breath fresh air and feel fresh Good luck to all of you

I recently completed Dry July. I found going a month alcohol free removed a huge component of the nicotine craving.

Very recently I had a minor stroke and I attribute this to lifestyle factors like smoking. I am now a very committed quitter and I feel very proud of what I’ve achieved. It’s been a very long road. The stroke was a final wake up call to kick the habit for the sake of my life and for the people who love me and care. It’s so important to take ones health seriously.

I found it a bit easy to quit smoking with a vape I’m heading for day 5 tomorrow I use to be a heavy smoker but I found when I vape I still get cravings but not as strong