Quit experiences

My story is I was heavily addicted to nicotine and despite so many half successful attempts to quit I just couldn't do it. Conway I was depressed was an understatement- there were some very dark times. I started to take champix, and had all the usual side effects. It took me four weeks taking champix before I could quit. But then to my amazement I quit. Took the champix for another two weeks, th...

Hello everyone. This is my first time to express here. Today it's my day 24 as a non-smoker and enjoying the freedom. It's really a great experience and would like to share with you all. I started with Cold Turkey without deciding anything in advance. Cravings were huge for first week, causing me to slip for 3 times. In the same week when I quit smoking, I found this website and all of the s...

Its a very simple story, it started with my thought process towards my upcoming baby. My wife is pregnant and 7th month is running. One fine day i was sitting idle and thought of my baby with a cigarette in my hand. Albiet I was enjoying smoking, but that day some energy came to my mind which forced me to give a thought towards my babies health due to smoking. I decided to quit that day and belie...

I'm an American male in my early 30s. I decided to quit smoking last year on October 12th, two days before my 31st birthday. I had smoked on and off for a few years but had pretty much been a pack a day for two years. What made the date to quit easy was that I wanted to say I quit "by the time I was 30", and on October 12th, I was still 30 years old for 48 hrs. Secondly, I suffer from anx...

I just need some help and motivation. It's my 147 days and I still have the urge to smoke, occasionally😵. Everyday went by with me thinking of lighting up a cigarette. I even reach a point where I don't even know what to do with my life. Everytime I got a free time, my brain will always told my body to light up a cigarette. I still yet to slip up though, but it just getting harder and harder the...

can't explain withdrawal symptoms its nightmare but I guess everyone has there own story and their own battle, after decade of smoking inhaling those toxic and poisoning myself I'm glad I have come this far. I still dream about smoking and have that urge for smoke but I know I won't touch it again. I'm having these popping sound in my chest now and then don't know if its ribs or lungs, my hous...

Hi all I stopped smoking a month ago cold turkey and have not smoked but I’ve hit a bit of a wall,I feel a bit low in myself I’ve been like it for a few days now,I seem to have lost all my motivation and mojo is this normal Thanks for reading

Can you still have bad anxiety 5 weeks later even with patch??

Thanks guys it's been very hard emotionally to stick with plan but yup eight weeks completed but my nose gets dry and blocked most of time which leads shortness of breath I don't have any cravings for smoke but I do dream about it and been sweaty at nights, its been hard to inhale enough breathe which cause of blocked nose apart that pulse rate is in between 67-99 most of time , morning cough to ...

I'm 30 years old male and I was smoking for nearly 12 years, I have this crazy things going on with my life, I recently quit smoking and I'm not in nicotine at all it's been eight weeks and after a week of quitting smoke I started to have shortness of breath, I felt my chest was tight and I was coughing to clear my chest, I went to see gp and without any diagnosis he told me I have got COPD which...