got to
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29 Aug
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I tried to quit many times, until there was that day of Feb 7, 2016, during a snow storm, I was low on cigarettes and I was going to head to the store during a nasty blizzard..it was at that moment I said enough, flicked that last smoke and saved two in my pack that I still have to this day. This time the quit stuck. I just knew I was going to make it this time. I smoked for 30 years and that smoke was my best friend! I was retired, I joined a Community Public Health program and got a nurse who I could not fool. I told only 3 friends I was quitting, cause I always failed, joined the cancer society quit program, locked myself in the house for 3 weeks and let the withdrawal happen. I was divorced and a mess, my poor cat Wizard, rest his little soul as he was so confused with my crying, anger and crawling the walls. I went on the patch for 5 months, yes 5 months with slow downgrades. Fear of weight gain haunted me, yet I was so skinny and looked sick while I was smoking. Ya, I am always battling 10 pounds... but have saved $44,000.00...New York City trip and Florida in the winters was my gift to myself for quitting. I am no longer controlled by a smoke. Sure there are the very odd days I could still eat a pack of smokes or just that one drag, but, I always know now that I AM FREE!!! I think the best is I do not have to plan where to have my next smoke and I do not think about it. I had such support with this community and thankful that I found it!!! Just know you can and will quit! GOT to!