Stories and experiences by: Brooky

Dear Friends, although it is now 141st day since I redeemed back my freedom and started to enjoy life once again by my own, I had a slip up in my dream twice both last week and this week. I was so much astonished how this could happen? I was shocked in both instances though I tried to get back to my dreams and preferred to smoke unconsciously. This shows that the devil is in the hiding so it is g...

Hello friends, today marks four months since I am smoke free. What a wonderful world I missed in the past 30 years while I was a smoker. I am free of nicotine and the dependency syndrome attached to it. Above all, I can hug my kids and anyone without feeling ashamed of my body smell. I walk three times a week, my new hobby, ten kilometers on average each time. I feel so much healthy and young aga...

Today marks exactly three months (but actually 93 days) since I am smoke free and began the new exciting journey. True: it was not easy if it were not for the support I got from my family, my children, my friends people I met here. Thank you all. I have never slipped up and I feel as if I am reborn. There were so many triggers and situations I was about to smoke and my strength was I repeat insid...

The secret of getting ahead is getting started Mark Twain There will never be a “perfect” time to quit smoking. A time when you don’t have any distractions or stress… If you had started today one year ago, this would not even be an issue for you today! Don’t waste another year!

Hi brothers and sisters: I found this book very helpful in my new journey: http://whyquit.com/joel/ntap.pdf The site is also very useful. Thanks

Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising up every time we fail Ralph Waldo Emerson Most people, who have quit smoking, have had at least one unsuccessful try in the past. It is not important how many times you try to quit. The only important thing is, that eventually you stay quit።

It is just one month today since I quitted and became a non-smoker after 30 years smoking 30 cigarettes a day. I know when it triggers and when I want to smoke again. I am still extra angry at my beloved ones, specially my wife. The monster looks for an excuse so I get back to it. This divorce with cigarette is eternal and there is no way to get back to it. I always think of my children that they...

Today is my ninth day. I had a long walk yesterday 11.77 Km and today I have started work outs at home. Even though I do not have the urge (the craving) I have to admit I have the temptation. This thing is not easy. It is like a time bomb it waits until you get relaxed. You never know when it attacks like a terrorist (I am exaggerating here though). Better to stay vigilant never a puff again! I d...

Good morning guys, take five and give five . Today I am celebrating my joining fifth day smoke free world. I have a lesson here. I was so much a fool to believe in that killer stick and to allow it smoke in my precious God given lungs with my own hard earned money. THIS False Friend was preparing me for the real sticks to walk with (crunches) and pay for the free oxygen that we might forget how e...

My very close friend died after being amputated on the right foot. He lived five years since then. Doctor advised him not to smoke. But he refused. Finally the left leg also started to have blood clotting which led to gangrene. He had to be amputated again. I stayed in the hospital with him all the time. The surgery took eight hours and they wanted to save his left leg. He woke up after some 12 h...