Stories and experiences

Well, I'm back. My last quit lasted 6 months, and then I allowed myself to fail. So here I am again, 35 days into my final quit. I'm using the patch and am about to step down to the 7 mg. I feel pretty good. Still miss them sometimes, but not much. I remind myself that I'm 35 days into my smobriety. (get it?) Prayer is my go to. Glad to be back.

Hi everyone :) I hope you’re all doing well with quitting or preparing to quit. I’m on day 10 now. I’ve been reading and knitting a lot, both distractions I decided to do before I quit. It’s getting a bit easier now but I’m really worried to let my guard down, I’ve done that too many times. How do you stay quit? How do you remind yourself that you want to stay quit? When I quit for 10 ...

Hi guys! I’ve been reading so many stories and feel so encouraged by each and everyone of them. Today is the day for me! I found out I’m PREGNANT (again) I’ve got a son already, gave up than stupidly took it back up after giving birth. I’m afraid that I will fail this time as I feel sometimes having a smoke is the only 2 mins I have to myself, but I’m also so determined 🤗!

Dont give up

When I feel like a cigarette to do my paint by numbers has been helpful. Even though I haven't had a day without smoking I have cut down. I also read a suggestion to use 2 patches so I'm going to give that a go. My reasoning for quiting is having emphysema. You would think that's enough motivation however it's not. I will continue to not give up my desire to be a non smoker.again. A day at a ...

When I feel like a cigarette to do my paint by numbers has been helpful. Even though I haven't had a day without smoking I have cut down. I also read a suggestion to use 2 patches so I'm going to give that a go. My reasoning for quiting is having emphysema. You would think that's enough motivation however it's not. I will continue to not give up my desire to be a non smoker.again. A day at a ...

Hi everyone. So I geared myself up to face my biggest temptation hurdle yesterday. I was nervous to see my smoker child and sit down for our chat, as this was always my ‘chain smoking’ relaxation time. Needn’t have worried as I was totally fine and when offered a cig was very comfortable to say out aloud “No thanks I don’t smoke” Three very empowering words I DONT SMOKE. 💪

So far so good...had some bad days but managed to overcome them...been now 8 months smoke free ...God is willing so am I.

Start day tomorrow! Got a great tip from the quitline to start on two nicotine patches, this could be why previous attempts failed. Also decided to have my morning coffee outside on bench seat instead of going back to bed and having a smoke - breaking habits I'm nervous, but positive :)

Good morning, I’ve reached magic day 5! Spending time on this community helps and also the changes I made after talking to Quitline. My mood hasn’t dropped as low as before and I’m feeling more hopeful and confident that I can do this :) I love the magnetic words from the Quitline pack and either make a sentence or choose a single word every morning, it reminds me of a positive journey. Ha...