Stories and experiences by: Battle won

I had tunnel vision when I posted my first comments and excluded your contributions to my success, forgive me for this omission. We all know it takes a community of all of us to win this battle, thank you for helping me make it to this point an I will always lean on you in the future.

In my journey to quit I visualized this moment, celebrating my one year anniversary. It was really hard to make it to this point, when times got tough I had to encourage myself to stay strong in the face of the nicotine urges. I had to remind myself it is never ok to smoke one cigarette, and that social smoking will always lead to addiction. I have always believed that our journey to be free from...

11 months smoke free, thank you to everyone who has helped me make it to this point in my journey. I hope everyone have a great holiday season.

My journey to remain smoke free has been difficult at times, challenging to say the least after rotator cuff surgery, and almost impossible when I nostalgically looked back and romanced the cigarette. This accomplishment is not mine alone, it belongs to you also. It was your personal stories and words of encouragement that helped me achieve this milestone, Thank you. Being challenged by cigarette...

The power of the mind. I always try to remember, the biggest “Battles” I will ever face take place inside my own head. Victory in our world of nicotine is a state of mind, we can reclaim the power nicotine hold over us if we stay strong mentally.

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I did it. It would seem as if I must have quit a million times in my mind, however I never made it this far before. I am so proud and happy accomplishing this 4 month milestone, when I started this smoke free journey, I really didn’t know for sure if this was the beginning of the end of another failed attempt. However now for the first time I believe I have won this fight for my freedom and my he...

Hi everyone, I am happy to report today is my 100th smoke free day. With the achievement of this milestone I truly feel a sense Of accomplishment, because I know how difficult it was to say no to smoking in the early days of my quit. Looking back, the reason I can celebrate 100 Days Smoke Free, is because of all the mine fields of temptation I had to push through to make it to this point in time....

Hi everyone,I am happy to post that today is my 3 month smoke free milestone. When I look back at the beginning of my attempt to quit smoking I remember all the failed attempts, it was hard for me to make pass the first 24 hrs without smoking. Each time I failed it would set me back months before I tried again, this fight to be free fro nicotine only began to change for me when I stopped romancin...

Hi everyone, wow 74 days smoke free and counting. I can report that my crazing to smoke is far and few, and I can now take deep breaths and fill my lungs with fresh air without coughing my head off. When I decided to quit smoking the first thought that came to my mind was, how could I function day to day and be happy if I didn’t have cigarettes to lean on when facing life’s challengin...

Hello Friends, Today is my 60th day smoke free. I am so proud of myself and the journey that I’m on, knowing that not long ago 60 minutes would have been a challenge for me to get through. My cravings to smoke are far and few, and I don’t look back at smoking with good memories. I realize that cigarettes is not my friend but a killer.

Hi fellow Quitters. I am 2 Days from my 60th quit day, getting excited as I approach that milestone.

Hi fellow Quitters, I’m new to this site but not new to the struggle to quit Smoking. I have read the stories of your journey and it gave me hope 52 days ago to believe that I to can win this battle, thank you for your words of encouragement.