I QUIT SMOKING , YOU CAN TOO. I QUIT SEPT 27, 2012, SUPPORT EACH OTHER HERE

I quit for three months once, and the entire time I felt like I was hanging on a cliff by my fingernails. Had my first real panic attack when I tried to quit before that. Literally couldn't breathe from the tension. What kind of sense does that make?

How did you get past that?

Back in the early 90s, I went to the Dr for my physical, he told me if I quit, I'd live forever. I quit then and there for three years with no problems(aside from the incessant reach for the absent pack of smokes, then reminding myself (a lot) "you don't do that anymore").

...but I started again, now pushing mid 60s, and really need to quit...gotta get that will power thing going again...I've done it before...

I quit for three months once, and the entire time I felt like I was hanging on a cliff by my fingernails. Had my first real panic attack when I tried to quit before that. Literally couldn't breathe from the tension. What kind of sense does that make?

How did you get past that?

Thanks for the thread. I relapsed Xhristmas Day. Chainsmoked two packs today in twenty four hours.

It's a horrid thing.

But...I can do it again.

Treating depression helps.

Day 3.
This time I'm going to make it.

One day smoke free...

65.5 years old, found out this weekend I got too short of breath trying to shovel snow from my driveway. I was a
one pack a day smoker for 5-6 years and really after one day quiting I do feel a bit better. No tobacco after taste in my mouth, stomach feels more settled, and future seems less depressing knowing I am doing something positive for myself.

If you want to keep smoking, or think there is no danger in smoking because it's all nuclear radiation that gives you cancer...ok with me...do as you want.

Not sure how many attempts I have had omn this thread.. but I am still at it. This time around I am over 100 days and going strong.

Good Luck to everyone here on their quit~

You got this Hawk, ya hear me, you got this. DF

over 8 months now. The summer time was always my downfall, this year I know I have it beat. Thank you for this thread bro.

over 8 months now. The summer time was always my downfall, this year I know I have it beat. Thank you for this thread bro.

11 Days

It is easy to quit, but very difficult to remain so.

Smoke free since Jan 1....almost a year!

CONGRATS! How are you feeling? I very rarely get a craving.

I’m back and I’m winning. Quit with my wife Thanksgiving night and am 100% nicotine free for coming on 4 days. Turned out it was a great time to quit. Long weekend at home, plenty of leftover food to lessen daily responsibilities. We pretty much puttered around, bitched at each other and the kids, took naps, drank water and cranberry juice, bitched and moaned some more and now here we are. I had both nicorette gum and an e-cig at home; neither of us has touched either one. We don’t want to prolong our withdrawal and that’s exactly what these aids do. We want every last fucking molecule of nicotine metabolized out of our systems. Taking in ANY sort of nicotine at this point puts us straight back to square one; I want no fucking part of going through this past weekend again….EVER. I know the fight will be on-going for a long while but I also know the worse of the pain and misery is over. It’s nice to be over the early stages of life sucking because you cannot smoke and into the stages of identifying the positive aspects of being free.

This really helped me a lot: [link to whyquit.com]
Nice thing about ntap is that each chapter is no more than 2 pages so I could grab my ipad and knock out a couple chapters for support/motivation. An above poster mentioned Alan Carr. I read his easyway book on drinking; I can imagine his smoking book is just as good.

I also downloaded the no smoking ipad app. Nice to see a running tally of how many smokes you have NOT had and how much money you HAVE saved.

Good luck to all in the midst of the fight and to all gearing up to enter the ring. One round at a time….it may not seem so but it is a winnable battle!! I (25 year smoker) am proof as are many others here.
I will be back with updates and to offer support for others.