Stories and experiences by: Freakboy

Hi all I was doing so well 10 months smoke free via cold turkey in Australia. I am now looking at finding the strength and will power to start again. Trust me it aint easy quiting here but There are no excuses i admit my addiction is back again. Honesty is the best policy. Time to get back in the right head space again.

I'm a cold turkey quitter of a 26 year habit currently sitting at 169 days smoke free with over $2700 saved. Not sure why but recently there seems to be some self doubt, negativity and victomology issues creeping onto this site. I love being smoke free. I'm not gonna lie sooooo many of my mates still smoke and I'm kinda jealous of them I still get cravings everyday and the little voice tries to...

Ummm okay it's day 160 and I'm feeling pretty good. My guard is up as the cravings still come every day but so far am very pleased with my willpower as this quit attempt has been all cold turkey. I have been training of an afternoon lately and am off the pre trainers and gel shots. I'm thinking the lack of stimulants has increased my cravings this week and have been very mindful to keep focuse...

I'm 40 and smoked for 26 years. 150 days ago on the spur of the moment I decided to just quit. The method I used was cold turkey and will power. I smell better. I taste better. I was pretty fit to start with so as yet I haven't put on any weight and still enjoy a cold beer or glass of red. I am crankier than I ever was before. I just don't suffer fools anymore and now speak up ra...

129 Days smoke free, $2064.00 dollars saved all by cold turkey Yet today as anti smoking as i am becoming why is my head telling me to just have one to prove that I have completely beaten the habit. I have not andI will not give in to the voice. Just goes to show how strong this damn addiction is. There are no major stressors in my life. I'm still fit for 40 anyway and haven't put...

108 days smoke free so far. Well this week has been tough I am treading water at work waiting on the next job as such I have been sitting at someone else's desk just keeping busy. On Tuesday I finally opened the top drawer of the desk and bam. Sitting there is a cigarette lighter and half a pack of Winnie's my old brand of smokes. I picked up the pack opened it and smelt inside of it. ...

I'm a forty year old male. I have smoked for 26 years. The last few years I have smoked a minimum of 1 packet a day. I have never tried or wanted to quit before. I started out cold turkey on the 3rd January 2012 I woke up on this day and decided enough was enough. I decided to go cold turkey as my quit day was a spur of the moment thing having said that Im all for NRT , champix, hypnotherapy or s...

Okay here is my usual start I am a 40 year old male who has smoked for 26 years. The last few years as I'm a shift worker I was smoking 1 to 2 packs of Winnie blues a day. I woke up one day and just decided to stop cold turkey today has been 63 days smoke free without a slip up. The most amazing thing is I have saved $1008.00 dollars. The number is so big it doesn't even fit inside t...

Okay I'm a forty year old male. I have smoked for 26 years. The last few years I have smoked a minimum of 1 packet a day. I have never tried or wanted to quit before. I started out cold turkey on the 3rd January 2012. Today is fifty days. $800.00 saved. So far not a single puff nor have I had a serious craving. I really don't know why I didn't stop sooner. I still enjoy a ...

Okay day 34 and over $510 saved. I am a 40 year old male who has been a smoker for about 26 years. I am a shift worker and usually smoke about one pack of Winnie blues a day however on night shift in a 10 hour period used to smoke a whole pack easily if work was light on. I haven't written anything yet as I have have doubted that I would get this far. I am scared that I will just hav...