12 days smoke free. Starting to not miss them at all. Really feel stupid for ever having smoked in the first place.
Kevinof NC12:13PM August 19, 2010
Three weeks smoke-free (this time).
sweetpeaof GA10:31AM July 03, 2010
I succeeded cold turkey some 35 years ago on a deal with God if he brought my daughter through a medical operation. I knew I wanted to quit - had tried three times. Mostly tired of wanting a cigarette and trying to find the place smoking was permitted. I felt the sudden "deal" would work as it took away the priority of smoking to meet a crisis. Didn't tell anyone. Didn't want to even think about it. After a week the thought seldom penetrated my other thoughts. After a month I could only look upon smokers with pity - genuinely sorry for them. Maybe this is God keeping his end of the bargain!
Jo Williamsof CT7:10PM March 08, 2010
It's easier to quit on your terms than it was for me--eight days in the hospital with acute heart failure. The cost factor was a plus--trite, but put the daily savings in a jar and smile at the end of each month!
Jillof CA5:24PM January 18, 2010
I smoked three packs a day for thirty years and quit
of 3:44PM January 15, 2010
1996 and I still have smoking dreams which proves to me just how addicitve the little lovelies are.
If I can anyone can.
RJof FL3:32PM January 15, 2010
I was a stress smoker. One pack lasted 2 to 3 days. Easy to quit? No. I am only 9 weeks in to quitting. My support system is my pocket book. I live in the state of Wisconsin whereas they have raised taxes on cigarettes so a pack costs $6 to $7 each. Good incentive. More states need to join in. I always enjoyed smoking. I really didn't have that many ill effects and I smoked for over 40 years. I still have the urge to travel to town, 8 miles, to get a pack to enjoy. Between cost of gas, cost of a pack and the time it took to do all that, well, that's incentive enough for me. I keep saying, "this too shall pass". It does and hopefully will get easier as I get it further back in my past. Good Luck everyone.
Chris Johnof WI1:36PM January 15, 2010
I was a two pack a day smoker, I made up my mind to quit smoking, I took the cigarette package out of my pocket, threw it in the trash can, gave the carton and half of fresh cigarettes to a neighbor and never touched another cigarette. That was over 17 years ago. Yes I had cravings but my mind was made up and the cravings went away. Even though I quit 13 years after I quit I was diagnosed with lung cancer, I went through the normal treatments and have survived 4 years since the diagnosis. So make up your mind to stop, not taper off, or maybe I'll just have one, or let me take a drag off yours, just don't put one in you mouth. Find something else to do.
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