Good luck! I, officially, have 6 more days before I quit. Going to go live in a garbage can for a couple days.

Originally posted by superman2012
Good luck! I, officially, have 6 more days before I quit. Going to go live in a garbage can for a couple days.

6 days? Then smoke 'em if you got 'em.

And watch out for the eating to compensate.

It'll sneak up on ya fast.

It's way easier to gain 40 lbs, than lose 40 lbs.

10 months here. Good luck! You have to truely want to quit.

You either do it or you don't, and you don't gripe about it but love the fact that you've decided to not be stupid. I've read that almost everyone who stops smoking does it cold turkey, and doesn't "wean" themselves off it. You finally realize that the stove is hot, and don't touch it anymore. As for the "I'll quit in six days" poster, if you want to quit and really mean it you just do it, and happily. People will crave the nicotine until the body adjusts to its absence and heals itself - then food tastes better, the air smells cleaner, and dogs will like you again. You've given yourself a great Christmas gift - congratulations.

Great video!

But I'm going to be honest here. You mentioned the fact that your mother wanted you to quit.... Well, my husband and son begged me to quit for years, and no matter how hard I tried I was never able to succeed

I loved smoking! I loved my first cigarette in the morning with my cup of coffee, I loved having a cigarette after every meal, and I most definitely loved my cigarette while drinking.

But one day I was outside... Having a smoke of course, and I thought, hmmm... I'm going to try and quit. For me. I enjoyed every single puff of that last cigarette. Right after, I went out to buy an electronic cigarette and started my journey. I've been smoke free for just about 9 months now and feel great!

Anyhow, the point to all this is that you have to quit for you. Not because your family or friends want or asked you too but because YOU want to.

I very much look forward to your next video diary and hope you succeed

Good luck!

Oh, one last thing, may I suggest a change of diet... I gained 15lbs within a month. Took me a while to loose it.

Good job. Next month makes 1 year, smoke free. I must mention, this is after a 13 year habit, with a few attempts to quit. As stated above, you have to quit for yourself, that's the only way you can kick it totally. I like to test myself, to see if I can refrain from certain things, be it giving up a food, to not shaving for an amount of time.....just to remind myself that I'm in control, and these things help build up the minds strength to be resilient.

Next month makes a year of not smoking, and the stop of a year of heavy drinking. I was sitting outside, smoking. It was cold and wet. I was thinking, "I don't want to be out here!" but the cigarette had ME out there. That's when I realized I had lost control.

I found that once I pit it in my mind that I didn't want it, I associated it with just being a "bad feeling".....and the thought of it is now associated with a hangover, in my mind. It's like I fused the bad feelings to the habit, and let it go. Even for the holidays, the family was having some nice wine, and a couple of drinks, I didn't touch it. I say that to say, "don't cheat, because you are cheating only yourself." Trying to ween off is weak. If you decide to stop, break each cigarette, thinking about shortness of breath, coughing, blackening lungs and innards. You can tie those bad feelings with the bad habit....lit it down and walk away.


I personally didn't replace with food. I actually started an all raw food diet, and that in itself made me feel better, and on top of not smoking, SO much better. So, I killed the habit with the idea of how to get the correct nutrients I needed.


Best of luck to you in your quitting. Remember....It's not a long process, its a firm decision!

I quit smoking in 2005, you have my support! Here is a ((hug)). One minute at a time is all you need to look at. Chew gum, I crunched on ice, it helped. Go! Go Go! You can do it! You are bigger and stronger and better than a nasty habit!

Just think..

No more smelling nasty
No more gross taste in your mouth
No more random ash burns (unless I'm the only one with several tiny holes in many of my shirts..?)
No more needing to strategize how you'll get through something that's longer than a couple hours (airplanes, etc)
No more SPENDING A # LOAD OF MONEY ON THINGS THAT BURN INTO ASH
No more slowly killing yourself and being gross and unhealthy all the way to the grave


This is getting me motivated to quit.. thanks!

Wow. Thank you everyone for all the love and support!
What an awesome Merry Christmas!
I wake up to snow in Texas and nothing but love from ATS!
God bless everyone!

I stayed up all night editing and uploading the video,
so I slept in late,
but today I feel like I could conquer the world!

It is a magical day!

Originally posted by NewThor7
Wow. Thank you everyone for all the love and support!
What an awesome Merry Christmas!
I wake up to snow in Texas and nothing but love from ATS!
God bless everyone!

I stayed up all night editing and uploading the video,
so I slept in late,
but today I feel like I could conquer the world!

It is a magical day!

Lucky.. We wont get any down here in S. Texas

Originally posted by Juggernog

Originally posted by NewThor7
Wow. Thank you everyone for all the love and support!
What an awesome Merry Christmas!
I wake up to snow in Texas and nothing but love from ATS!
God bless everyone!

I stayed up all night editing and uploading the video,
so I slept in late,
but today I feel like I could conquer the world!

It is a magical day!

Lucky.. We wont get any down here in S. Texas

Watch out for Tornados!

Stay safe and enjoy the day.

So glad didn't end 12-21-2012

:p

I quit about 7 months ago. When you really want to quit, it's not that difficult. But I still feel the urge every once in a while.

Christmas Eve seems like a bad day to do it. You'd have cigarettes on your mind all day Christmas, kind of ruining the holiday. Then you have New Years Eve less than a week later. I'd say it'd be best to quit on New years eve, and not have any as soon as that clock turns to 2013.