MarylandQuitter

If you want to quit smoking, this thread is a great place to get started. ;)

It's been about 3 days...hope all is well. Perhaps she's still celebrating the New Year. :)

Welcome, Daydream Believer. Glad to see you here and make yourself at home. :)

Get well, Natalie. Don't stay away too long though because this site is a good distraction with positive people and threads. If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask.

Of course there's no time limit on anything regarding the issues that you deal with. People are just trying to help. If people didn't care, they wouldn't take the time to respond. Only you and your therapist know what is best for you but when you have friends, from time to time they speak up because they care. That's all this is. :) Great job on not caving and smoking!

Driving long distances is a trigger for many former smokers but with time, you probably can't imagine smoking while driving at any distance. I used to chain smoke when I drove and now I don't even think about it. If you're feeling down about yourself for not quitting smoking, that feeling stops as soon as you quit. Each time you resist an urge it's a victory. Feel good about each victory especially early on because once you get off of nicotine you're well on your way to enjoying the rest of your life as a non-smoker.

Welcome, Rooster! Many congrats on your decision to quit, especially at such a young age. Please see the thread below as it's probably right where you need to be. :) http://www.quittrain.com/topic/3963-new-year-so-you-want-to-quit-smoking-but-have-questions-welcome-to-quittrain-climb-aboard-see-just-how-doable-quitting-really-is/

You got your cry towel ready for tonight? Or are they called terrible towels? Either way, you're gonna need it to wipe away the tears and put this season in the books for the Squeelers.

A note from Joel, to you. :) New years day has arrived. You made your resolution, weeks, days or maybe only hours ago. Whenever it was, it seemed like a good idea at the time. You are only hours into the new year and you are starting to question your decision, your resolve, or your ability to actually pull this thing off. Well join the club, there are likely millions of people waking up in the world today with the same thoughts, same concerns and basically, the same fears that you are experiencing now. Sad truth to it is the majority of these people aren't going to successfully quit and stay off smoking for the rest of their lives, even though that is what they hoped would happen. That fact will probably give you some solace for if you were to fail you would be no different than all of these other failures. Again, it would probably give you some solace but for or practical purposes, it shouldn't give you any. Your failure will likely cost you tens of thousands of dollars over the decades, years or maybe only months you have left in this world. It will immediately cost you your Freedom, start to cause further deterioration of your health and at some point very well cost you your life. So why are you questioning your decision to stick to your resolution? Most likely, because you are afraid. You are possibly starting to feel symptoms of withdrawal and fearing that you are going to feel like the way you are feeling forever. You are starting to think of what you your life will be like without smoking and thinking that all of the things you ever enjoyed or are needed to do required you having to smoke. A life of withdrawal and worthlessness is how you may very well be picturing the rest of your existence if you stick to this silly resolution. What seems to be some simple common sense of logic may very well kick in making you realize that you are afraid that you can't quit, can't stick to your quit, or may very well quit to lead a sad and miserable existence. You realize and easy way to stop the fear, simply give up your silly plan and get on with your inevitable life of actively feeding your nicotine addiction for another year. Well this decision is not based on common sense—it is based out of rationalizations you are coming up with to face irrational fears—fears that if you do not overcome can go on to kill you. The following videos address these issues above. You can quit smoking, you can stay free and your life will improve in many ways that you cannot begin to conceptualize while under the influence of nicotine's control. Make no mistake, even though you have not smoked for hours now you are still caught in the grip of nicotine's control. It is within your capability to overcome this grip and to gain your independence from nicotine for the rest of your life, by now simply turning your new year's resolution into a day by day personal commitment to never take another puff. Joel The fear of failure The fear of success The fear of relapsing Quitting smoking: A fate worse than death Everything you did as a smoker you can do as an ex-smoker "It's inevitable, some smokers are going to relapse" Quitting is more doable than most people think "I can't quit because I am addicted" One day at a time Never take another puff

Welcome, RunFree! Congrats on your decision to quit smoking and especially for digging in and getting off of nicotine completely. Feel welcome to chime in wherever you like and make yourself at home. :)

You're not wasting anyones time and we're here to help. If anyone's time is being wasted it's yours while you continue to smoke. If you stick around here perhaps you'll make it to two weeks quicker than on your own. Going alone hasn't worked out too well for you so I hope you stick around and make a commitment to never take another puff. For those who smoke, this is the best place for them to be. :)

I'm really sorry to read this, Nancy. I'll be praying for you and your family (your poor parents). Please let me know if you need anything.

Glad to hear it, Evelyn! Now you're truly going to be nicotine free. :)

Welcome, Yoshimi! Nice to meet you and thanks for sharing your story. At 26 years old and if you never take another puff, it's unlikely that you'll have any ill effects as you get older. In other words, any damage will likely be reversed. I wish I had the knowledge that you do when I was 26. :)

The New Year gives a lot of people the motivation to quit, but as you know, is not the magic date to quit to maintain nicotine free. You've already chosen your quit date so the New Year is a moot point for you. You're already a non-smoker and if you think that throwing it away to start on the 1st is the way to go, it's just junkie thinking trying to talk you into relapse.

I know that people successfully quit using nicotine gum, but exactly how many compared to cold turkey? I used Wellbutrin XL when I first quit in 2012 and relapsed after 9 months of being nicotine free. Then in 2013 when I quit after a week of relapse, I did so cold turkey. I will never allow myself to forget that I'm a nicotine addict and am one puff away from ruining my quit and possibly my life. Again, not against nicotine gum or other forms of NRT when used to ween off completely from nicotine, but just want to make sure that everybody has all of the information available to maintain smoke-free for life. When choosing how to quit, make a decision that will give you the greatest success at not only quitting smoking (the easier part) but also staying quit. :) 30 Years Of Nicotine Gum Nicotine gum has now been available for over 30 years. Video discusses the dismal success rate of this product as well as introducing materials explaining why all of the aids out there have done little in helping people to successfully stop smoking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUtsVIdvaJo Related Videos: My first encounter with NRT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k_mc... "Whatever you do, don't quit cold turkey" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUSJL... How to quit smoking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l27zW... Miracle aids for quitting smoking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyhfR... Prolonging nicotine withdrawal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHx12... The president and nicotine gum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIPw4... Keeping NRT in case of emergency https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMRj1... Resources regarding stop smoking aids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2XGk... Quitting by gradual withdrawal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvkxt...

30 Years Of Nicotine Gum Nicotine gum has now been available for over 30 years. Video discusses the dismal success rate of this product as well as introducing materials explaining why all of the aids out there have done little in helping people to successfully stop smoking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUtsVIdvaJo Related Videos: My first encounter with NRT "Whatever you do, don't quit cold turkey" How to quit smoking Miracle aids for quitting smoking Prolonging nicotine withdrawal The president and nicotine gum Keeping NRT in case of emergency https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMRj1... Resources regarding stop smoking aids Quitting by gradual withdrawal

Be Prepared For Confusing Information Video discussing how you are more likely to be blitzed by pharmaceutical industry marketing during campaigns like Stopober, World No Tobacco Day or the Great American Smoke Out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgaU3YzBtrk I'm Trying To Quit Smoking Video discusses how the way you describe your quitting status can impact your early quitting experiences. Previous videos covering similar information are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUOmEW61sN4 "What should I call myself" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXuJCu... "Carrying Cigarettes" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9XCzf... "Offers for cigarettes" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvlAPi... "No thank you, I can't have a cigarette" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD25Zz... I've Tried To Quit Smoking And Nothing Works! Video explains why people should not be convinced that they cannot quit smoking just because they have "tried" many times in the past yet always failed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUTIJki2U9Y Related Videos: Are you ready for Freedom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa0WN... Quitting is more doable than most people think https://youtu.be/3gtXGwu3uC4 Past "successful" quits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39An4... Whatever you do, don't quit cold turkey" http://youtu.be/lUSJLDzkIhs Related String: I've tried everything to quit and nothing works http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/12121

Is Your New Year's Resolution To Quit Smoking? New Years is typically a time when many people decide to try to quit smoking, often using a New Year's resolution as a device to start their quits. This video explains that while such past resolutions didn't last, this year can be different and how the resources below can help you to make this year the one that you finally quit smoking and stick to a personal commitment to never take another puff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1_7pGizgR0 Related videos: How to quit smoking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l27zW... "What ever you do, don't quit cold turkey" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUSJL... Prolonging nicotine withdrawal symptoms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHx12... Quitting smoker can make you calmer, happier and healthier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K038... Be prepared for confusing information https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgaU3... Past "successful" quits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39An4... "I'm trying to quit smoking" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUOmE... Quitting is more doable than most people think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gtXG... "I've tried everything to quit and nothing works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUTIJ... Be Prepared For Confusing Information Video discussing how you are more likely to be blitzed by pharmaceutical industry marketing during campaigns like Stopober, World No Tobacco Day or the Great American Smoke Out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgaU3YzBtrk I'm Trying To Quit Smoking Video discusses how the way you describe your quitting status can impact your early quitting experiences. Previous videos covering similar information are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUOmEW61sN4 "What should I call myself" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXuJCu... "Carrying Cigarettes" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9XCzf... "Offers for cigarettes" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvlAPi... "No thank you, I can't have a cigarette" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD25Zz... I've Tried To Quit Smoking And Nothing Works! Video explains why people should not be convinced that they cannot quit smoking just because they have "tried" many times in the past yet always failed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUTIJki2U9Y Related Videos: Are you ready for Freedom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa0WN... Quitting is more doable than most people think http://youtu.be/3gtXGwu3uC4 Past "successful" quits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39An4... Whatever you do, don't quit cold turkey" http://youtu.be/lUSJLDzkIhs Related String: I've tried everything to quit and nothing works http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/12121

As we get ready to put 2022 in the books and prepare for 2023, thousands of people have been putting off smoking until the New Year. In fact, there's a good chance that you may be one of them. Perhaps you previously quit only to relapse and hope that 2023 will be the year that you finally quit for good. Maybe you know that you need to quit but think that you enjoy it too much, it calms you down, helps you cope with stress or even are of the mindset, "well, we have to die of something and might as well be from something that I enjoy." The truth is, you don't actually enjoy smoking and it doesn't help you cope with stress as it only adds stress to your life. These are just a couple of the lies propagated by big tobacco and willingly believed by nicotine addicts (insert everybody at QuitTrain because we all believed this nonsense at one time). Do you know that there are over 7000 chemicals in cigarettes with at least 70 of them to be known to cause cancer or that within minutes of quitting smoking, your body is already fast at work at repairing the damage caused by smoking? The good news is that you don't need hope or luck to quit smoking. You don't even need to be strong to quit smoking as you only need to be smarter than cigarettes. Thankfully, all of us were/are in the luck because tobacco has no IQ. However, the tobacco companies do and for decades they've successfully spread their lies about smoking and took countless lives to become rich. With the help of the members at QuitTrain and the educational materials provided by Joel Spitzer, you can quickly learn the truth about nicotine addiction and how to kick this deadly habit and enjoy the freedoms of a non-smoker. Please know, the instant, the very moment you put out your last cigarette you're a non-smoker! There is no waiting period or probationary period to endure; you're simply a non-smoker. That said, there is no time to waste because in order to stay off nicotine forever, you, like all of us, must learn about nicotine and why we smoke/smoked. This is why education about this deadly addiction is so important for without it, there is a good chance that you will remain a smoker for life or be trapped in the viscous cycle of quitting and relapsing. New Years 2018 Is Your New Year's Resolution To Quit Smoking? New Years is typically a time when many people decide to try to quit smoking, often using a New Year's resolution as a device to start their quits. This video explains that while such past resolutions didn't last, this year can be different and how the resources below can help you to make this year the one that you finally quit smoking and stick to a personal commitment to never take another puff. Is your New Year's resolution to quit smoking? Why People Still Smoke How To Quit Smoking This video lays out simple tips for people wanting to quit smoking. Why Do Smokers Smoke? Video discusses how nicotine addiction causes cigarettes and nicotine products to incorporate into almost every aspect of a smoker's life. Quitting Is More Doable Than Most People Think The idea that quitting smoking is close to impossible is often perpetuated at Internet quit sites. This video hits home the point that this is a dangerous misconception. Quitting is in fact more doable than most people think. Related article: Breaking free from nicotine's grip is more doable than most people think Why NOW is the best time to quit smoking no matter when NOW is. You may also enjoy some of the documentaries about cigarette smoking, including my personal favorite, "Death In The West, The Marlboro Story". “Death in the West” is considered to be one of the finest documentaries ever made. It was originally produced for British television and vigorously suppressed by tobacco interests. This powerful expose of cigarette advertising myths juxtaposes the healthy independent image of the Marlboro man, defended in revealing interviews with tobacco industry executives, with the stark reality of six smoking cowboys, all dying of smoking-induced illnesses. http://goex54.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/whatyousmoke_image_feb13.jpg

As we get ready to put 2017 in the books and prepare for 2018, thousands of people have been putting off smoking until the New Year. In fact, there's a good chance that you may be one of them. Please follow this link to freedom! http://www.quittrain.com/topic/3963-new-year-so-you-want-to-quit-smoking-but-have-questions-welcome-to-quittrain-climb-aboard-see-just-how-doable-quitting-really-is/

What happened?

Blackstorm, Please give an update on your quit and if your goal is to quit nicotine completely. Otherwise, I'll have to toss this nonsense.

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