Stories and experiences by: manchild

Just popping in to let you die hard quitters know that I'm still quit. I'm not even thinking about smoking these days. To be honest, I want to regain as much normalcy as possible. I know I've done lots of damage to myself both physically, mentally and possibly spiritually by smoking for so many years (sometimes feels like a rusty old clock) but I'm resolved to not dwell on that because starting a...

When I was smoking I did not notice things that I am noticing now. For example, I notice now that I need oxygen and plenty of it. I never really had a chance to notice this when I was pounding smoke and nicotine into my body. All I ever noticed as a smoker was not feeling right and the solution was to have another cigarette. I noticed the other day that I have a pinched nerve because it was hard...

After 127 days nicotine free I am drinking all sorts of teas to keep my mouth, my tongue and the back of my mouth busy and lubricated. To be honest, it looks like my smoking habit has been replaced with regular exercise and lots of tea drinking. I've given up coffee for several weeks and am also staying off the booze. I actually don't want to drink anymore and that's my choice and I don't expect ...

So I woke up this morning at 6.am which is totally out of character for me as a smoker but now its becoming common. In fact, since I stopped all nicotine products /smoking I've been waking up early almost every day. I've also been sleeping better. I've not researched it but I'm sure that nicotine screws up sleep. I know from my own body that there is at least an indirect link if its not directly ...

I am 120 days without nicotine in any form. Things have changed tremendously in my life, not just because I put down the cigs but I've also been through things that would want to make people smoke even more . I gave up smoking at the critical point in a law suit where I was the defendant fighting for a large percentage of my earthly wealth. I survived it and think I did pretty well convincing my ...

Well, some time back I was aiming for a few days, then a few weeks and now I'm close to 4 months without a cigarette or any form of nicotine. I have not felt like smoking for quite some time. Maybe everyone is different and for some reason I don't crave cigarettes now. Maybe I'm beginning to hate nicotine and how its cheated me, just like I now don't want to have anything to do anymore with peopl...

Its possible to be deceived about our nicotine addiction for years and even decades. In my case I've been deceived by the Nicodemon for more than 3 decades. In the same way, I've been deceived about people in my life. In someone's business there was a guy stealing from the owner for years and the owner never saw it. At one point (the owner) thought he was not trusting the guy enough so he kep...

Some people can't understand why giving up smoking is not easy for us. They think its a matter of just not smoking. If that was the case, then why would we need blogs like this? Why do we need compassion and understanding from other ex-smokers? There is so much falsehood and lack of understanding in the world but all we need is for someone to understand us, especially if they've been through som...

Yes, I've quit for 110 days according to the myquitplan on this website. Yippee! Should I light up and celebrate? Haha! .. Of course not! What should I do? Maybe I should tell someone about it and feel good about my accomplishment. So, I'm telling you guys that I've made it thus far! I've given up coffee for several days now. I've noticed that I am addicted to stimulants whether it be nicotin...

Yesterday I literally blew my mind and body with too much coffee. I'll be honest and share with everyone that I had to drink a bottle of red wine and lots of water to counter the effects and it took the rest of the day to even get back to anything normal. I don't want to be in that situation again as I'm stressed enough as it is with what is currently going on in my life . Even if my heart is bei...