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ChristaC Quit Date: June 18, 2013 Posted May 30, 2014 First of all, congratulations to all of you. As I'm sitting here reading some of the posts of some of the struggles quitters go through, especially those with fairly recent quits, I remember my own battles in the early days, and I get the chills.... How did I ever get to this point of being wonderfully free from this nasty, deadly addiction? I smoked for over 50 years... I did EVERYTHING with a cigarette in my hand... work, relax, drive, talk on the phone, read a book, drink coffee... when I went shopping, I'd light up as soon as I hit the front door of the store.... when I went out to dinner, I stood outside between the salad and the main course for a 'quick one', and scarfed down my food so that I could run back out and smoke that 'dessert'... when one of the kids had a school concert or something, I was impatient for it to be over because I was craving for a cigarette... I remember how, when somebody would ask me to go somewhere with them, my first thought was "can I smoke there?", or actually making excuses why I can't go... because it was a 'non-smoking' event... good God, how awful is that? Besides the obvious health concerns, knowing I'm killing myself, trying to excuse my non-stop cough and throat-clearing (it's allergies, I'm getting a cold, I've got something stuck in my throat etc... ), pitiful, false, trying-to-fool myself and everyone else 'smoke screens' (pun intended) for my oncoming emphysema and/or COPD... besides all of that (as if that wasn't enough), just the social aspects alone should turn everyone away from nicodemon's siren call. Life is so limiting when you're addicted to cigarettes (or anything, really) that it RULES your behavior all day long, and actually COMMANDS you to live your days a certain way. As a non smoker, you can do what YOU want, when and where you want. As a smoker, you're at the beck and call of your addiction... you're a prisoner who must follow his jailer's orders. Plus, my hair smells like coconut shampoo. Never, ever again. N.O.P.E. Link to original post: https://www.quittrain.com/topic/1489-to-all-of-you-quitters-new-and-not-so-new/

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Don't be hard on yourself for liking the smell @intoxicated yoda, I like it still too but it doesn't mean I want to smoke. Just like I like the smell of my shampoo but I'm not going to drink it lol. I think when we quit we have this idea that we're supposed to hate everything about it but sometimes that's just not the case and that's ok....

3. Sleep with Eminem

8. Clean out file cabinets On their bucket list

9. Use to clean aquarium gravel

6. Clean the oven

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Hi @Patti, welcome aboard and congrats on almost two weeks quit already You'll find tons of support here with us as well as a library full of posts about our addiction to nicotine be it through reading or watching videos or a combination of both so be sure to check out all our forums. We even have a Social section of forums for when you want to get your mind off the constant thoughts of smoking but still be close to your support. You've joined a great year of 2022 quitters so between all you guys and the rest of us we'll help insure you get your forever quit

@feeling_patchy, very nice ticker

That's awesome @feeling_patchy If you want even more inspiration consider making yourself a ticker for your signature. You can watch all the time, money saved and cigarettes NOT smoked add up. I used to love coming on first thing in the morning to see my ticker my whole first year

That's good @Shymaid. Don't forget to change your quit date too

Woohoo, six years quit today!!! I couldn't have done it without all the support I received, especially my first year quit. I've been fortunate to be able to be here to pay it forward and have made great friendships with people all over the world and for that I feel so grateful

Congratulations @Wayne045, on six years quit! Here's to many more!

Glad you're right back after your relapse. I thought your ticker was acting up until I read this. Hopefully next time, if there is one, you'll try using our SOS forum. It really has helped a lot of us

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What a great update @intoxicated yoda, I'm really happy for you

4. Clean the refrigerator

7. Strain out coffee grounds from the newly perked coffee

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Welcome aboard our train full of quitters @feeling_patchy. There's no wrong way to quit smoking or vaping and like @johnny5 said we have lots of members here who have successfully quit using patches. We have a whole forum dedicated to Vaping and the harm in it so be sure to check that one out as well as the rest of the forums here. Lots of information about our addiction can be found and if you can't find it, ask us and we'll share our experiences

Surprisingly I quit craving them after my first year and haven't bought them by the tub since. I do still enjoy them around Christmas time though

I used an invisible "air cigarette" that I called my JAC (jillars air cigarette ) for those times. It worked great at tricking my mind into thinking it was getting the real thing