I smoked my last cigarette

[McJim]

I started smohing in 1978. I stopped in 2006.

I didn't actually quit smoking I just decided not to have the next one that's all.

[toycollector10]

I haven't read all 11 pages but do you know about the Mozilla program that will help you quit. Quitmozilla configuration.

Program it and at the hover of a mouse it will give you:

Number of ciggies not smoked
Savings
Time in days/years/hours not smoked
Last milestone.

Which in my case is 2 years four days and one hour off the damn things and 11,025 ciggs not smoked and a saving of $5,512.95...as I type.

As Obama said: "Can you quit"? YES YOU CAN!

And that advice from Virago is relevant. Determination. In my case I gave my half full packet of Pocket Edition and all my papers, lighter and stuff to my adult son and told him to put it in his top drawer in his room. I new I could get to it but opening that drawer would have been a violation of his privacy, so it would be a double-downer to retrieve the tobacco. I also quit on my birthday's eve so I would have an easily remembered quit point.

Think about telling the people you love that you have been to the Dr today with a nasty cough and that you have blood in your phlegm. Totally avoidable. Cancer, death and heartbreak to everyone involved in your life. YOU CAN DO IT!

[Colapop]

The best thing about not smoking? The taste of things. Not just really tasty things but everyday things like coffee and butter (yes, it's bad for you) and well... everything! I found the best thing when I quit was to continue the same routines - I still went out for a smoke break but didn't smoke. I still got up and had a coffee first thing in the morning but didn't light up. You'll get there chickie...

[mrchips]

I will have stopped smoking 4 years on 1 Jan 2009 (i smoked for 25 yrs = $35,000 in smokes).

I look at it this way.....

I can save myself $20,000 over the next 20 years by not lighting up another cigarette & just buy myself a brand new bike instead.


mmmmm

[Colapop]

Well, it's been Xmas and New Years, how have you been doing Sticky? Hope it's going well for you - still non-smoking? Found out yesterday that my work pay for staff to quit. They pay for all the patches and gum etc, not actually pay by the hour.

I heard a suggestion that I thought was pretty good - Quit smoking, one smoke at a time. Count the number of smokes you have in a day and the next day have one less. Apparently you gradually change the habit of having a smoke and also gradually cut down the amount you smoke. Not everyone can go cold turkey.

[Blossom]

Sounds like you are one determined lady sticky...
I gave up the day we buried my brother in law. Nearly 4yrs ago. I had like you been getting reflux and being sick a lot then that week I smoked my way through the funeral to 'cope', made it to the funeral day then ended up back at drs the following day with tonsilitus.
It was my 5th? attempt to give up and my only sucessfull one. All previous attempts ended after a few months. The difference for me the last time was 3 fold.
First difference was I decided that if I never actually put a lit smoke in my mouth I could not smoke it. dumb but true. I have held them, fondled them, fantasized about them and even pretended to smoke them and invade the space surrounding other smokers just to get a whiff. But I have never put a lit smoke in my mouth since.
I gave up at an extremly stressful time in my life. I figured if I can give up whilst stressed then I can stay gived up when stressed(yeah I know bad engrish.)
and finally and proberly most importantly for me, I no longer enjoyed smoking. If I ever forget how much I disliked it? I have a mate who smokes inside. I go round to her place in the morning (before the windows are opened) and it takes me about 2 seconds after walking into her place to remember why I disliked it.

Goodluck sticky. Its a blardy hard hill to climb but if I could do it I am sure anyone can. Every attempt to quit is an attempt closer to success.

[Ryder]

Dunno if this has been mentioned because i skipped from the start 2 the end of this thread, but me and my missus and 90% of our friends gave up (after many years and failed attemts) after reading Allan Carr's Easy Way to Give Up Smoking book. Its amazing you don't even miss cigs or have cravings, and it actually works. If you are serious about quitting for life then go on Tardme and buy it, it will pay for itself in a week!

Preach over and good luck

Allan Carr's book is fantastic! it really worked for me and my partner. the only issue i had with it was that you have to continue smoking until you finish the book and the more you read the harder it is to smoke! i felt sick and disgusted at every cigarette after reading about half of this book!

we have both been cigarette free for months now...between 4 and 6 months i think, and we both have no desire to ever smoke a cigarette again!

[Colapop]

That's awesome Ryder!

Keep it up Sticky! Hope it's going well for you...