yeah it would be nice to smoke one but I know if I even have one cigarette I'll be back to buying packs, I just love smoking that much. So yeah its not easy, I still get cravings but they're farther and fewer between as time goes on. But I'm sticking to my guns, I went through too much hell to try and have to quit again. That's something I'm not willing to go through ever again.

Kudo's to you for your perseverance. That's what did me in, I felt like I had it mastered and having one wouldn't hurt anything. Bad move, as I bought a pack later that day.

It's not just "love"

It's addiction.

qft

Good job on your not giving in to the urges.....mad props to you.

Congrats and hang in there. I dipped for about 17 years and this January marked 3 or 4 years nic free. Can't remember. Two years ago I was having a bad day and said, "eff this" i need a chew. Bought a tin of Kodiak and several minutes later had to pull over and puke...dumped the tin and went on my way.

like others have said earlier, once your mind tells you you are done with something you win.

Not a lot of people as adults set goals for themselves and follow through - I am one of them sometimes. You should be proud of yourself.

Congrats again.

Did we just have an Oprah moment?

For me I was able to quit and 2 years later I had one when I was out drinking one time and did not have any more or buy any. It's all on the individual but as a rule I would say not too, the saying goes for smoking too; "once a ***, always a ***".


'09 F.I. CBE/HFC-Stillen Gen3,Setrab +ModBod

I meant to post this yesterday but all the pink was making my eyes bleed. Hit my one year mark yesterday :tup:

One year down, the rest of my life to go :eek:

:woot:

Sweet...

I just don't get on this site on April one... learned my lesson last year...

hahaha, you missed an explosion of pink and girl talk. :bowrofl:

I will speak from experience,I smoked for 18 years and I am only 34,I have been smoke free for 2 months,I know its a very short time,but trust me every person including myself thought I would never quit.

I am gonna give you some advice,its free advice,take it if you want...

Go to the local pharmacy and get the following items,stick with your patch if you want.

Go get the 4 following items.

Vitamin C
Magnesium
Chlorella
Cream of Tarter
Orange Juice.

Will cost you about $50 bucks.

Vitamin C,is pretty straight forward...for healing and recovery
Magnesium to calm down the anxiety
Chlorella-Super Food,has all the vitamins and minerals your body needs and the most important function will be to repair the DNA in your lungs
Cream of Tarter,take this for one week at the end of the night before bed,mix one tea spoon in a citrus drink,this will help remove the nicotine from your lungs.

If you need more info PM me.

Lastly,another motivation for me was money,my dream car was a GTR,smoking and drinking costs me well over 1K a month,thats a GTR payment...well 2 months after quitting smoking I just put a deposit on a 370Z,will be in my possession in a week,I know its not a GTR but its the next best thing,quitting smoking just brought me one step close to my GTR,being able to be around and watch my son grow up,lowering my insurance premiums was a huge saving,smoker to non smoker rate is huge.

Anyways enough of the rant.

I wish you the best on this, Manny. Sounds like a good plan. To me, in the end, it takes willpower. Take control of your life back, man. Andrew is successful thus far. I've been successful. You can do it. Get your GTR :D

Thanks for the advice Manny, I stopped using the patch a long time ago and different things work for different people. I've been smoke free for a year now and there's still an occasional rough spot here and there but the most important thing is your will power to stick to it and not let yourself slip. We both have a long way to go in this venture.