Stories and experiences by: Goonellabah2002

Well imagine when I logged on here today and find that it is 180 days since I smoked and that I am $3,000 better off.  Mind you I don't think I could afford to smoke now as prices have gone up drastically to what I remember them to be.  I went to the shops the other day with a girlfriend and she needed to get smokes for the weekend.  She got 2 packs of 40's and it cost her $50.&nbs...

Hi Everyone Well I can't believe I have made it this far and feeling so great about it too.  In the past I have always fallen off the wagon but I feel this time round it is different.  Maybe I was ready thsi time round or maybe it was because I used the patches however whatever the reason I am still smoke free. I am no longer on the patches as I stopped that weeks back when i kept for...

Hi Everyone How is everyone's mood going?  I know before I quit that I was a cranky b.... most times....lol but since using the patches I am not so cranky.  Some days I am but not as I was before.  I used to go cold turkey before (5 times maybe) and I was even worse than when I smoked......you had to be careful to even say hello as I may have bitten your head off. After a whi...

Oh I feel so lousy with myself.  I caved in and had a smoke today and not just 1, I had 2.  After 9 weeks without a smoke I was doing so well.  Oh well, no more ciggies I am prepared to keep off the smokes from now on but I still feel like a fraud. Give me some inspiration please. 

Prior to giving up smoking almost 9 weeks ago I was contemplating going to the chemist to get the weekly supply of patches when a colleague at work said that I could get 3 months supply on prescription from the dr.  So off I went and enquired and whoa and behold the monthly supply costs $36.10 while if I didn't go to the doctor, the weekly supply at the chemist is at times more than the mont...

Hi Everyone A few days ago a close friend of mine had a massive stroke.  He is only 49.  Today they placed him in an induced coma so that he would be ready to fly to Newcastle Hospital (we are in Lismore).  Not sure how long they will keep him down there and I have been assisting his wife with their 7 year old boy.  A few times I thought, if only I had a smoke........and then...

Wow! got my credit card statement the other day and cannot believe how much it has gone down in the month.  I am saving around $600 per month.  Now to work out what I will be doing with this saving.

Hi Everyone Well, I have been posting some of you the last few days that I thought it was time I did my own personal story.  To tell you the truth, I only just found where and how to place my story.  Anyway here goes: 40 days ago I made the decision to stop smoking.  Now I have given up many times before (cold turkey and the use of a herbal drink) and even my last attempt I ...