33 hours, 33 minutes smoke free!

So far, so good! This cold turkey thing is sooo much better than the patch! I feel generally fine, just hungry like a hippo. It's all good :P

You are going to be so glad you quit! It's not an easy thing to do but it sounds like you have a real handle of it.

a walk today, BREATHE DEEP....enjoy the fresh air...

then, keep your hand busy...like typing on a keyboard....

go ahead and EAT...it's so much better than cigarettes....you can alway undertake the 'loose weight' program after you're totally off cigs...at least 6 months....


cheers to your committment, your discipline, motivation and focus...

:toast: :toast: :toast:

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

me too born who would have thought that we'd be fighting the next revolution? good luck gf.

That is the way to do it. Don't think about tomorrow or next week just concentrate on the moment and you may well succeed. That's how I did it. I marked the days off in a calendar. Eat lots of fruit and veggies. It leaves you satisified for longer than chips and empty caloried items.

I stopped in 1995, July 4. Smokers's anonymous and a good sponsor helped me stay quit. It is hard when you get crazy. Having someone else to talk to who remembers that first day, first month, first year helps you get through the insanity....

Also, when I would get really strong urges....and the voices in my head would start....."I just want one" "I will not start again" "Just one please" and so on... and as I write this I can hear them start up.... constant yabbering...

so what I would do is remember, I didn't want one, I wanted a carton. I would say to myself, No, you don't want one, you want a carton.

And then I would stop, go for walk, go eat, something, because I knew those voices were not in my best interest. And I would have gained one more minute or one more hour or one more day of smoke free existence. The more distance I could put between me and that last smoke....always helped....

the urge sometimes comes back strong, I still use the same technique and I remember my first sponsor.... So get on the phone, find a smoker anonymous meeting. Use the internet. They are around. Usually at least once a week. Having someone to talk to who know the craziness that happens in your head is so helpful.

At least that is my story, and I am sticking with it :yourock:

& avoid the booze . . . thats what always gets me.

Quit that cold turkey too, about 6-7 years ago.

I found that stopping alcohol was a cake walk for me compared to cigarettes. That smoke monkey on my back was hard to shake, but it can be done.

I carry a few pieces of the nicotine gum with me if I get the urge, it works for me.

...your gonna find food tastes different now that the smoke is not destroying your taste buds.

CONGRATS!!:bounce: :toast: :party:

lost both her parents to smoking related diseases. Both of them died about 15 years short of average life expectancy. Don't leave the people who love you too soon. If you think about smoking, remember that.