Stories and experiences by: WhiteWillow

It’s time to quit. I’ve stopped before and I honestly couldn’t tell you why I started again. I feel like an idiot but this time I have to do it. My work chum and I are doing it together. Last day smoking today, I quit tomorrow. New week, new me.

Hi all. I'm now 131 days into my adventure (that's just over 4 months in old money). I say adventure, it's been a crazy few months - emotions all over the place, cravings hitting unexpectedly and people, I considered friends, saying stupid things like "well, let's see how long it takes you to start again" needless to stay they've been bombed out of my life. I could so easily have had a smoke s...

Hi everyone, so I'm 104 days smoke free. Yay for me and I have to confess I haven't found it particularly hard, I know that I'm pone of the lucky ones. There have been days, during the last 104, that I felt as though I'd lost something but nothing like the cravings I've read about here. I counted myself very lucky. Then on Saturday evening, home alone, I had this almost overwhelming urge to g...

I was sitting in my car today, it was drizzling (as is the English rain) and I found my eye drawn to a chap on a smoke break from work. He was huddled under a tree, still getting wet, looking thoroughly miserable but wasn't going to go back in until the cigarette was finished and I found myself thinking "How odd. What a very strange thing to do. He's determined to smoke and he's getting very we...

I've read some amazing stories on here and I never tire of hearing about your triumphs about how long you have been smoke free and your tips and experiences, it makes me happy. There are so many inspirational people on this planet and so many people that do amazing and selfless things and I sat and thought about this over the weekend about the type of person I always wanted to be and the good I ...

Hi everyone, it's me again. Well, I've completed 12 weeks smoke free and I feel amazing. I've had some ups and downs, though not too many downs, and I have claimed my life back from the smokes. My taste buds and sense of smell are back and I am running 3 or 4 times a week now, up to about 6k each run. I feel different, I feel proud and I feel clean. I've saved a lot of money (and treated mys...

Hello all you lovely smoke free people. It's been 2 full months now for me and I finally did the the big 5k run at the weekend for Cancer Research UK. Guess what! I managed it, I ran all the way round the course and I even had enough breath left at the 4k mark to have a chat with a lady who quit smoking 3 years ago. It was thrilling to see thousands of women dressed in pink and all running for...

Just got back from Glastonbury, if that wasn't a test of my determination to stay quit I don't know what is. But I did it, plenty of kind offers to have a cigarette but I politely thanked them and refused. It made me feel great because I really didn't want one. I was only sad about the weather because of the mud not because I couldn't light a cig in the rain. 40 days now smoke free. Next mileston...

Hi everyone, I've just reached my 28th day of staying off the smokes. I'm not going to say it's been easy, you would all know I was lying if I did but do you know it's been an interesting road to travel so far. I've had moments of temptation but by distracting myself by doing other things and changing my pattern I've stayed strong and constant. My running has helped to place the focus elsewhere a...

Hello everyone, I'm 3 weeks smoke free. I finally got round to telling my mum that I had been smoking again but have now stopped. She was very supportive but quickly changed the subject, funny how people do that. I still need to talk about it, I'm sure after a few more weeks it will wear off but I'm still really proud of myself. There are times that I've felt twitchy, in the car mainly or at ...