Staying quit

I have not smoke for 456Days according to my calender. It's very difficult at the beginning and I wasn't sure if I can do this. Since three months ago, my mind somehow have completely stop telling me that "I need a ciggeratte"; I don't actually need a ciggeratte at the morning, I don't need one after meal, I don't need it with my favourite coffee, and I don't need it before bed. After 23 years of...

Yeah !have reached one year. Thank you for all the support and helpful hints. Sending best wishes to all .

I can say after quitting 491 days ago that giving up is a lot easier than I ever though it would be. Good luck it only gets better:)

I can say after quitting 491 days ago that giving up is a lot easier than I ever though it would be. Good luck it only gets better:)

Hello everyone. Today I am officially 3 weeks nicotine free. Still at the beginning of my journey, but I feel it is worth celebrating. One of the reasons I gave up smoking was because I used to suffer from excruciating tension headaches, which are now nearly gone. One of my big concerns about stopping was gaining weight. Although I followed the advice given in a comment on my previous p...

The other day I came across a story from someone who was hiding their habit from their husband. The Hiders!!! I know exactly of what you speak. I've been an on-again off again smoker for years -- mostly non-smoker but having left the evil habit for sixteen years -- when I was 25, I would then pick up the evil NICOMAN (a term I learned on this web-site)! I would quit for five or six years, smoke...

Hi all I gave up smoking 14 days ago after smoking 20 a day for 43 years I’m using patches and gum I’m going to be a grandma for the first time in September so have to get healthy so I can run around with my granddaughter

Hi y'all! I just wanted to check in and thank everyone on this site who helped me and encouraged me in my struggle to finally be free. It's 92 days of freedom from cigarettes. I still have that pack of smokes in my kitchen drawer that I mostly forget about. I do want to confess that early in my quit process, I was smoking a lot of marijuana to help me quit. I don't recommend going this route...

I’d stopped for 20 years then my daughter and son both were having health issues and my wife was stressed about her business so I started smoking again. I want to handle stress better.

Hola. Weather in UK miserable so takes the romance out of the whole affair somewhat! I hope you are all well. Remember it gets better and better!