Quitting smoking!!!!

[jwz]

Hi everyone.

I've been staying a bit away from PD sites for a while now, because of my bad attempt to quit smoking about 3 months ago.

I'm not gonna take it anymore, so since yesterday 22:45 I've quit smoking.

"I have stopped nicotine for 13 hours, 54 minutes and 58 seconds (0 days).

I've not smoked 12 death sticks, and saved kr. 38,85.
I've saved 57 minutes of my life." -Quit Counter

[ken nubo]

Hey good stuff, keep us updated a week later.

[veranadine]

Sending you light on your path.

More than three years for me. It gets easier, although I've now reached the point where the smell of tobacco, lit or not, makes me queasy.

Good vibes! Keep going!

Blessings,

[jwz]

The first 2 days or so, I might update this pretty often.
Today I had a VERY hard time during my 3PM coffee-break.
But as they should, the cravings went away 15 mins later.

I will post back in a week or so (as Ken Nubo said), unless I encounter the mother of all cravings. (lol)

I have stopped nicotine for 18 hours, 30 minutes and 55 seconds (0 days).

I've not smoked 15 death sticks, and saved kr. 51,69.
I've saved 1 hour and 17 minutes of my life. -Quit Counter

[{aspiring_to_clarity}]

Best of luck, jwz. You will do great!

[Ree]

[quote=jwz;173136]Hi everyone.

I've been staying a bit away from PD sites for a while now, because of my bad attempt to quit smoking about 3 months ago.

I'm not gonna take it anymore, so since yesterday 22:45 I've quit smoking.[quote]

Good for you!! You are now a non-smoker, so that's how you should think of yourself. Not as someone who "is" quitting, but as a bona fide non-smoker!

It does get easier and easier. I'm sending good thoughts of great success and healthy lungs your way

"I have stopped nicotine for 13 hours, 54 minutes and 58 seconds (0 days).

I've not smoked 12 death sticks, and saved kr. 38,85.
I've saved 57 minutes of my life." -Quit Counter

Quit Counter! Kewl!!

[jwz]

Thank you all.
19 hours and still counting.

[Iamsuperman]

I've never experienced something like that before, but best of luck! I will keep high hopes for you!

[jwz]

Originally Posted by Iamsuperman

I've never experienced something like that before, but best of luck! I will keep high hopes for you!

Thanks.

I think that the reason that I haven't been on PD sites after the unsuccessful attempt to quit smoking is that every time I checked out a PD site, I was reminded of the #1 thing I should take care of before doing any other PD.

Smoking.

And until now, I haven't had the guts / true desire to say stop and take that huge step again.

AND it really hurts when you really disappoint yourself by starting smoking again even after you've promised yourself that you'll never ever touch another cigarette.

I didn't want to attempt quitting again until I felt that I KNEW that I would keep off smoking for real.

I hope that this explains it.

(btw):
Jan - Free and Healing for 21 Hours and 8 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 1 Hour, by avoiding the use of 18 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me kr. 59,03.

[Rose of Cairo]

Hey Jan,

I'm very happy to see you again around here How are you?

I'm sorry last time didn't work like you wanted. Don't give up! I know you can do it. I know how it hurts to fall back, it happened to me twice before I could stop smoking. Doesn't mean anything. Keep going.

Did you do some preparation before you quit?

And hey, that's not a reason not to do other PD. You're not perfect, so what? Steve somewhere said that what counts is not where you are, but where you're heading (or something like that). Where you're heading is excellent.

Best of luck to you, I'll hold you in my thoughts and send you energy.

[Lucas]

Doesn't it feel great to be a non-smoker now? Man, think of all the negative stuff back in the day when you did smoke. Being controlled by something so small, having to fork over 5 bucks every other day, smelling horrible. It's great you no longer have to worry about that!

[jwz]

Everyone, thank you for your support.

I'm still hanging in.

According to Quit Counter:

"Jan - Free and Healing for Two Days, 13 Hours and 54 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 4 Hours, by avoiding the use of 52 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me kr. 172,82."

According to Quit Counter, my physical addiction will end in 10 hours.
That really helps me avoid smoking.

And Rose, your messages helped me alot last time I attempted quitting.
This time, I think I've got the determination to stay quit.

I spoke with my boss about quitting smoking. He said that if I stay quit, he will give me an extra £100 / $200 christmas bonus. yay.

P.S. Lucas, a pack of cigarettes cointaining 20 pcs costs £7 / $14 in Greenland

[Rose of Cairo]

Originally Posted by jwz

"Jan - Free and Healing for Two Days, 13 Hours and 54 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 4 Hours, by avoiding the use of 52 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me kr. 172,82."

Congratulations!

Keep posting regularly, we're proud of you.

Isn't there such a guided program online somewhere, to stop smoking? Or a community? Wouldn't such a thing help you?

And Rose, your messages helped me alot last time I attempted quitting.

Really?

Please feel free to PM me if you need some support or help of any kind.

[Marco Polo]

Not once in my life have I seen someone say "I will quit smoking completely" and then proceed to actually do it. Everyone I know of who succeeded did it in small steps, cutting down GRADUALLY over time. A sudden stop is too much for most people to handle psychologically.

[{aspiring_to_clarity}]

Originally Posted by jwz

P.S. Lucas, a pack of cigarettes cointaining 20 pcs costs £7 / $14 in Greenland

Wow, that alone would do it for me. I am too cheap to smoke in Greenland! A pack is only about $5 here...and I thought that was expensive!

You are doing wonderfully Jan. Keep it up!

[beel]

congrats to you. i quit smoking the same day you did (april 2).. it's tough, but i think it is worth it.

[Rose of Cairo]

Originally Posted by Marco Polo

Not once in my life have I seen someone say "I will quit smoking completely" and then proceed to actually do it. Everyone I know of who succeeded did it in small steps, cutting down GRADUALLY over time. A sudden stop is too much for most people to handle psychologically.

This is not at all my experience. Everyone I know who successfully quit smoking (including myself, my uncle, my sister, my mother, and my best friend) did it completely at once.

If it's too much to handle psychologically, you just need a few weeks of preparation before you quit, like I did. People often fail because they lack proper preparation. I tried twice spontaneously and failed miserably, then I did some serious preparation and succeeded.

Not saying you cannot quit gradually. I'm sure some people get great results this way. It's just not the only solution. For me personally, gradually would have been HELL AND TORTURE

[Jonathan Mead]

It's been 9 months for me! Congratulations on making it through your first day!

I know how hard it was, I tried quitting for 5 years. Stick with it!

By the way, that quit counter thing is a groovy idea.

[Rose of Cairo]

Congratulations Jonathan!

Take care, I had some bad, bad attacks at days 275 and 320. After that it was ok.

[Louise Gilbert]

Great stuff! If you haven't done so already, try the emotional freedom technique for tapping away your cravings.. EFT Provides Impressive Health and Emotional Freedom--New Discovery Often Works Where Nothing Else there is a free booklet to download.

[jwz]

Thanks all.

"Jan - Free and Healing for Three Days, 15 Hours and 59 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 6 Hours, by avoiding the use of 73 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me kr. 245,67."

My brother took me to a party yesterday.
I think that I slightly remember taking a puff, but luckily I don't feel the slightest bit like smoking today. So, IMO, no relapse for me. And I will avoid going out again after this experience.

[Rose of Cairo]

Ah, jwz, good to hear from you. I was wondering how you were doing.

Avoiding parties in the first time sounds like a smart thing to do.

Sending you strength and love!

[jwz]

Thanks a lot.
Yes, I will stay away from parties for now. BTW, I haven't really been craving since day 3. It seems that I chose the right time to quit.

Jan - Free and Healing for Four Days, 17 Hours and 32 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 7 Hours, by avoiding the use of 95 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me kr. 317,02.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by Marco Polo

Not once in my life have I seen someone say "I will quit smoking completely" and then proceed to actually do it. Everyone I know of who succeeded did it in small steps, cutting down GRADUALLY over time. A sudden stop is too much for most people to handle psychologically.

Like Rose, my experience is that the people around me who have successfully quit did so cold turkey.

BTW, I realise you were talking in the past tense, but far better than "I will quit smoking completely is "I have quit smoking completely" - or better yet "I am a non-smoker". Puts your mental focus on your new identity as a non-smoker.

JWZ, welcome to the ranks of we non-smokers.