Hi my wonderful forum friends. I am happy to say that today is my 8th month without a cigarette hanging out of my mouth. 8 months since I stopped being a slave to the nicotine demon. Weight gain, yes I have that but I can deal with and work on that. I feel like I have made such an accomplishment and I would shout it from the roofs if I could but I can't so I would like to shout it on this wonderf...

Hi all. 44 days smoke free. Yay. Has anyone else gained weight. I have gone from 52 kls to 54. I am not eating more and i am exercising more. Getting belly fat. Read online it is normal and is my body recovering. Can take up to a year or more to get back to normal. Help. Dont want to get fat 😔😭

Dear All, You are my extended family here coz trust me that I can share without hesitation on this platform that once upon a time.. I was a SMOKER. Yes I had no courage to socially admit to my family and friends (except the smoker company). I always wanted to quit and this portal has helped me to stay connected and motivated as I can share my joy of quitting which I couldn't otherwise anyw...

So i am actually really happy today as ive finally relised what i was doing wrong every other time i tried to end my addiction, i am happy to say i am a non smoker time is not important can i have a smoke if i want of course i can noone is stopping me but i dont want to. The Panic and Fear that was there is gone because i understand why it was there to begin with and guess what its really easy to...

It is true everyone is different, below is my journey to date on quitting smoking. At a guess I would eatimate I quit smoking about 6 weeks ago, cold turkey, had a bed time ciggie and said to myself “ thats it, this is the last one” and to date it was. To put my habbit into perspective, by age 13 I was smoking 100 ciggies a day (some say impossible), a life of boarding schools, you learn some ...

saw the "lung lady" at the medical centre today, on her machine, in 2 weeks I've gone from "not very much" to just over 50%, bit of emphysema there but asthma has raised it's head, on small medication but Doc said "you've nipped it in the bud by the look of it" don't give up people, smoked for 50 years but after 2 weeks I can mow the dust (drought here), trim shrubs etc & not have to sit down to ...

Hi All Oh my goodness think I have turned the corner. Day 7. So relieved thought it would never end. Today is the first day I actually feel ok and not a basket case. So what changed - we’ll a big old moan in here day 5, thanks for listening. And... I finished that Allen Carr book. I was reading it day 5 and suspected there something beginning to resonate in his approach. I was right. I perc...

This is my first post for 2019 and I am glad to say I have made three figures, today is day 130 (129 days completed). My quit journey has been similar to Lyn4677 and I’m glad to also declare that I am still smoke free. Thoughts of smoking still come up but I have come too far to start smoking again. Health better and need to stop putting money away in envelope as I have saved over $3600 whic...

I was just reminded by our host that it's now been one year since I put that lighter down. Most memorable moment? My 8 year old recently had his birthday and I got told off for not having a cigarette lighter to light his candles. I made a promise to myself that I'll buy a lighter and light his candles for his 18th birthday cake. Kinda' feel doing what I did, kicking that 40 year habit, wi...

I have not smoked for 5 days now and I don’t think I am craving nicotine I just feel very weepy