Quit experiences

I am now 207 days smoke free. After 43 years of 30 - 40 per day I was diagnosed with heart problems and had a quadruple bypass. I went onto nicotine replacement therapy before the operation and tried hard (I thought) to stop, truth be told I smoked up to the day of my operation. Apon waking up they put me back on the patches, but I decided to go cold turkey - just rip the bandaid off so to spe...

Brought 14 patches and a fair bit of gum. The cost of tobacco has gone up 40 bucks since I left. Seems sensible to keep it going after we're released in the wild.. 10 days to go!!

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When your teeth start to itch, you know something real is going on.    Bizzare the differernt experiences quitting smoking brings.  Its almost as if my body is craving the nicotine locked into my teeth as stains and is literally trying to suck it out of them.     But this is day 3, and I see from some shared stories this is a critical day, so trying hard to keep ...

Its funny but had never really thought being part of a group like this would be for me. However reading over the community stories I have been truly inspired by how open you share, how much of yourselves you invest in it. I am a newbie so cant ofer any great insights or tips, am still humbled to be at the start of the journey. But one thing I do know from a personal perspective, is tha...

Hi all, Good day I just want to share my happiness of being smoke-free for 6 months with you as happiness increases if you share it with someone. It was Sep 15, 2020, when I decided to quit smoking suddenly and found that this was the best decision of my life. I read Allen Carr's book, experiences of all here on iCanQuit. That helped me a lot while quitting. Although it was an easy ...

I haven’t bought cigarettes for one week and I feel very relieved that I don’t have to use credit to pay for them. I feel as tho a BIG weight has been lifted ❤️

Hi all am on day 5 and this time I can honestly say have not had one puff which is amazing. Still feeling tired and appetite is a little better but am just taking it day by day. Thank you all for the encouragement and feedback it makes me so determined not to fail this time. I do suffer depression but that’s okay and am so proud of myself as I have always sneaked some puffs not this time. A grea...

Am really tired all I want to do is sleep and have no appetite which is weird. Aren’t I supposed to be eating and eating. Has anyone else felt like this. Yes am sleeping lots 12 hours eating a little but am drinking water. Day 4.

Am really tired all I want to do is sleep and have no appetite which is weird. Aren’t I supposed to be eating and eating. Has anyone else felt like this. Yes am sleeping lots 12 hours eating a little but am drinking water. Day 4.