An anniversary for me today. Today is exactly 7 years since the day I went cold turkey and became a non smoker. One of the best decisions I ever made in my life. Tried to quite hundreds of times with many methods till this very day 7 years ago when I finally made up my mind to just do it. Went from a pack & a half a day smoker down to zero.
7 years smoke free!
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Congrats! Truly good news!
Wish my friends would quit, it's like there's a nearby forest fire when everyone lights up.
Wish my friends would quit, it's like there's a nearby forest fire when everyone lights up.
Cheers man been trying to break that habit myself. I dropped for six months, then all h*** broke out and started back up.......
Just don't stop trying. I honestly tried & failed probably 100 times over the course of 6-8 years. Then one day I just got up and could tell in my heart I was ready to quit. You'll get there too if you keep trying.
Hello; Good for you. You have by now received positive health benefits. I also bet it is one of the harder things you have ever done. It was for me.
Hello; Similar for me. I tried many times. Once I decided to try to quit it took over two years to take hold. Would have been sooooo much less gruesome had I just done it the first time, but I went thru the process over and over.
That was in the late 1970's and now cigaretts smell vile to me.
Yep I believe it was probably the hardest thing for me. I'm also a recovering (been sober for many years) alcoholic as well as someone that has lost 180lbs in the past. Quitting drinking & losing all that weight were things that I could see the negative effects from right away, but with smoking you don't really see the negative effects till later in life and by then it is too late. So I think that's one thing that makes quitting smoking so much harder than quitting other things.
And I agree about the smell. When I was a smoker I couldn't even smell it, but now a days I can tell whos a smoker just by walking withing 5ft of them.
while in no way do i wish to downplay your achievement, im a firm believer that you never REALLY quit for good. ive gone a year or two without touching a cigarette then light one up out of the blue. my dad went close to 20 years before he picked it up again.
i dont smoke habitually if thats what were counting, but every once in a great while I'll buy a pack just for kicks.
i dont smoke habitually if thats what were counting, but every once in a great while I'll buy a pack just for kicks.
