I'm still here, I haven't abandoned ship LOL. Evening folks (it is almost midnight here on Friday) It has been a crazy busy week for me & I apologize that this is the first time I have had a chance to pop in. I see there are lots of new stories & can not wait to read them. An update from me...I am still struggling to fully launch. I have switched to an electronic cigarette with 14 mg of nico...

I recently decided to evaluate the history of my smoking. To break it down & analyze it. Why I started/How I fell into complacency/The reason I continued for so long while adamantly refusing to quit/Realizing my desire to be smoke free. I am hoping this helps break down some of my mental road blocks so here goes… Why I started: It was the stupidest reason. My boyfriend at the time was a smoker...

I am still here hanging on by a thread. I am now on Day 22 but the last few days have been difficult. I want to smoke. So far I haven't slipped up yet but I think about it a lot. Someone just posted a one year anniversary. This is really an accomplishment. Great job. I know that took hard work and perseverance. Today I am working on making it through the next hour. For now, staying the cours...

Day 1 today in my lifelong love/hate relationship with smoking. I already know that day 3 is my worst enemy, day 21 is my risky complacency day and any form of high stress just sends me straight back to the cigarette counter BUT this time i have new tactics. I have developed diffusion and distraction techniques, I've downloaded and registered on the icanquit app. I've entered the icanquit number...

I am still here and now on Day 17. The last couple days were particularly difficult. I wanted to smoke but have managed to hold out. Today I was incredibly tired and would have liked nothing better than to have a cup of coffee and two cigarettes, yes two! I had none and here it is the end of the day. Two posts today are from individuals who are well into the journey of never smoking again. ...

August 06, 2019 | 7:45 Hi there everybody. I am on day 15 of Champix and was feeling that the side effects weren't worth it any more so searched for guidance online. Wow, I have read through some comments and could just keep going. I am down to around 3-4 cigarettes a day now but feel I could drop to one in the morning one at night which is my goal by the end of this week. I have multiple ...

I had food poisoning and was extremely unwell and could not smoke-so now 2 days later I am telling myself the first cigarette will make me feel ill. Crazy as it sounds I can not smoke unless I have a drink as an accompaniment so have told myself that I can have a cigarette without a drink (YUK). I am missing them, I have so many gaps to fill. I am keeping my quitting a secret in case I jinx mysel...

Okay I fell completely off track and was struggling to face requitting. I kept attempting and would only last two days and kept giving in. Then I asked myself was smoking bringing me joy, of course it wasn't it was robbing my pocket, and I felt so ashamed. So I've stopped. Day 6 Today and happy to have found my way back to being a non smoker. I've been reading and following posts with envy. I kno...

So today marks the 10th day of quitting smoking. I'm still on the 14 mg patch wearing it 12-14 hours per day. I have been taking it off a couple hours before bed as I think it disturbs my sleep. In fact, today I woke up shortly after 4 a.m. and after a while I finally just got up. Needless to say, I'm tired! I don't want to be a smoker anymore but it sure does seem appealing at times. I am contin...

Hello, I started smoking regularly in late Jan this year when I found out my Mum has 3 weeks to live. She was diagnosed quite suddenly with small cell lung cancer that had spread to tumours in her spine and brain. Her initial diagnosis they maybe she might have a couple of months. But meeting with all the different teams at the hospital within a week and a half the head oncologist one day said t...