Stories and experiences by: Iwillbeatit

It has been 458 days since my last cig and it has been a while since I checked in with you all. Welcome to the newbies. I have been where you are now and I know it is hard but it is worth it to keep saying no to our smelly, toxic and controlling friend. There is an occasional thought of a cig but it is fleeting - I love that I do not smoke anymore and it took me so many attempts to get where I am...

When I started my journey I was hopeful but was not 100% sure I would make the year milestone as I had tried so many times to quit before. It is a long journey and I was and am so determined to stay smokefree. I feel great, smell great and have treated myself to a holiday and some really nice things over the year. I know this journey is a hard one and there are times you will crave a cig but ...

I try and pop in every now and then to see how everyone is doing and to let you know that I am still on track. I am up to day 315 today which means I am 50 days from my year milestone (or as it is leap year is should it be 51!). To all the people starting on this journey, I have been where you are and it has been determination and hard work to get where I am. There are still times when I get ...

When I joined this site over 6 months ago I read the stories of those that were 100 or 180 days and thought wow I hope that one day that will be me. After smoking for over 37 years with numerous quit attempts, it felt like a pipe dream. Well I have passed my first personal milestone of 6 months and now am on my way to a year. At times it has been hard and I still have a craving every now and the...

It has been a while since I have posted and thank you Lia for reminding me and the other graduates. It is now 134 days since my last cigarette and with my numerous other quit attempts I never lost track of how many days I had been smoke free but this time I did not know how many it had been without logging on today - I feel this is a very good sign for me as even though I do think about smokin...

To answer your question Lia. Whenever a craving has hit me over the last 3 months I have done some form of exercise, eating but usually I try to have something healthy or some activity which has occupied my mind eg reading a novel, reading the inspirational stories of people on this site, funny and upbeat videos like the carpool kareoke videos, cleaning, etc - anything that will make my mind foc...

Tomorrow I will have made it past the "Itchy Threes" milestones (ie 3 days, 3 weeks and 3 months). In the beginning there was always a little bit of doubt in the back of my mind that I would not keep my determination to stay smoke free but now at 3 months that voice has become almost persona non grata. That voice may always be there in my subconscious but I now know that it is my choice on whet...

I loved working out my above stats and the reason I had time to do it was I have not been wasting time and my health by smoking!!! This journey is hard and in the beginning when I read others saying it gets easier with time, I thought "when will it be for me" and I can tell you that they were right - it does get easier and the feeling of accomplishment at saying "no" and meaning it is empowering....

I had a nightmare the other night that I had started smoking again. It was so vivid (I could taste and smell it and was disappointed I had started again) that when I woke up I really thought I had started again. It was such a relief when I realised after 6 weeks that it was just a nightmare but I did Google "smoking in a dream" as I was worried this meant I was going to start again. Advice was it...

Hello fellow quitters and those about to start. No one will say this journey is easy and there have been times when the craving for that stinky stick is strong but I find I am thinking about it less and less and I am so pleased with myself and the benefits are worth it. When a craving hits I remind myself how good it feels to not smell of smoke and the money I have saved so far so close to Chris...