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  1. @Mac#23are you going to tell us what a filthy Sanchez and hot Karl are?
  2. Lol, glad you found the members only board. It's not for everyone that's for sure lol. Just FYI I'm moving this thread to Social
  3. @catlover, Congratulations! There's a special place in my heart for twins, just make sure they don't name them after a nursery rhyme like our parents did
  4. Hope you feel better soon @Doreensfree
  5. Now I want to know what the hot karl is don't you?
  6. larklibby Quit Date: 8th March 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 · IP For me, the best things about not smoking, becoming a non smoker, are the small things. I have never been driven by 'how bad' smoking is for your health, of course, clearly, smoking is terrible for your well being. Somehow, my brain had learned to navigate around that fact, because of the nicotine, the drug; It was dismissed - 'it won't happen to me' attitude. So finding a driving factor for my quit has never been clear cut, until one day I had a moment of clarity. The day I threw away smoking out of my life, the day before I found this wonderful website, I saw sense. I had been thinking about quitting for about a month, but as ever with a quit 'it was never the right time'. So I had been soul searching for a reason that I know would help me achieve the quit. Of course I had the normal reasons: financial, health and 'you ain't getting any younger!' And then after 25 years of smoking, it hit me, it was obvious. I realised that nicotine had control over me. I was in every sense a 'slave' to a drug. A junkie. My day would be structured around smoking. Did I have enough smokes. When I would smoke. Do I have enough smokes for tomorrow? All this would go through my head first thing in the morning, sometimes even before bed the night before. It seemed normal. To not have that constraint on my thoughts and movements really is an indescribable euphoria. It's finding inner freedom, shaking off a dependency that gave me nothing. All the things I thought I couldn't do if I stopped smoking, I can, and better: Socialise, be creative, and concentrate. Yes the first two weeks were a bastard nightmare, but, I would do it again in a blink of an eye if I knew it would get me to where I am now. Even after just a month, I feel brilliant. A million times better than I did after having a smoke. I still have a journey I know, however whenever I now get the urge to smoke, I visualise a prison cell in my head, and say to myself if I smoke again I will be walking back into that cell. It works, it works for me - I will never want to lose this feeling I have. So anybody thinking about stopping smoking, not only look at the health and financial aspects of smoking, but see it as taking back control of your life, take the helm back - it's yours. Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/5141-the-best-things-about-not-smoking/
  7. Yea mac what exactly is that?
  8. Congratulations nurse Kat @Katgirl on five months quit! That's fantastic and I hope you treat yourself extra special today
  9. Congratulations Chris @Cbdave on six years quit! Thank you for starting our most important NOPE threads everyday, you're appreciated
  10. Depends on where you're having it doesn't it?
  11. Maybe its your dirty minds?
  12. Isn't that exactly what someone who hasn't had sex in years would say?
  13. jillar

    Shall We Rhyme?

    Deranged mental case
  14. Doesn't sex make you happy?
  15. Like what?
  16. I haven't had sex in years so what do you think?
  17. Keep reading sweetheart
  18. Underwear dry yet?
  19. jillar

    The Name Game

    Alf
  20. Dating anyone yet?
  21. Yay @Steven Drojensky, another month under your belt! Well done
  22. Congratlations on nine months @Linda and thank you for the support and friendship you bring to all us aboard the train
  23. @Linda, it takes a good year to get past all the triggers you may face throughout any given year. Then there are the events that don't happen regularly that also can cause craves. You have to remember that you smoked for years and its just not realistic to think that in only 9 months time you would be over any craves so give yourself a break. You did it now the next wedding will be that much easier
  24. Well done getting past that Linda, you should be very proud of yourself

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