I quit smoking two years ago today [View All]

Ex-smoker check in - tell me your progress! And you DUers who want to quit smoking - you have plenty of support here in the DU!

I smoked for 30 years and this is my first attempt at quitting. How did I do it? Well, moving in with Tombo, a rabid non-smoker, helped. But still, I waited until I was good and ready. I have to admit one of my main incentives was laziness - I simply got tired of having to plan, for every event/situation, where/when I could smoke a cig.

I wore the patch for a couple of weeks and it seems to have done the trick. Although the only benefit I have noticed is I have saved a lot of money, that alone is worth it. Plus I got rid of that nagging feeling that every time I lit up I was supporting repuglicans.