MichelleDoesntSmokeAnymore

I finally WANT to quit. Until now its just been knowing I NEED to quit. Thank goodness. I'm not sure why or how the switch went on in my head but I'm glad it did! I can't find my signature area to put my ticker info on. This is hard for me to admit because I'm a techy, but I'll be darned if I can find it. Can someone point me in the right direction?

I slipped yesterday so I reset my quit date for mid-day yesterday. So....NOPE!!!!

15 1/2 hours into my quit, I pledge NOPE

Sorry to ask, I'm sure everyone asks this...but once I create a ticket where do I paste the info it gives me?

...for what seems like the billionth time!! Just put down the vape for good. I'm going through a tremendously challenging time in my life so might as well pull off the band aid right??

Hi Everyone, I've been on and off this board for a long time. I keep trying! i keep coming back! Today I am flying from Seattle to Sacramento to visit my sister for a long weekend. She has never smoked and is very worried about me (so am I) She told me a few months ago that the next time I visit I will have to be nicotine free because even though I only smoked outside when I last visited her, the smell lingered in her guest bedroom after I left. I promised her I would. So....once I get to the airport I'm putting a patch on and that will be that. I'm 51 and have smoked since I was 13 or 14 and I've been lucky so far to not have any life threatening consequences but the clock is ticking, I know it is. Today I decide that my health and my very life are more important than sucking poison into my lungs. Today I love my heart and my lungs more than I love the cig or vape. Today I will stop thinking "I'll quit soon" and actually QUIT. Today I will be free. I'll stay close to the board. Thank you for being here for me everytime I pop in. Michelle

Pledging NOPE from Sacramento, CA!!!

Hi everyone! I am back, 9 hours into this quit, courtesy of determination and a nicotine patch. Tomorrow morning I will take my first nope pledge. For now, I'm off to Dreamland. I'm lucky that I don't have disturbing dreams when I wear them at night. I'll see you all bright and early in the morning!

Thanks you guys. I am pretty knowledgable about addiction...of course i don't know EVERYTHING. no one does. But my addiction to other substances is in remission one day at a time as long as I go to my meetings and work my program...which makes me CRAZY that I have yet to have a long term quit from nicotine. I didn't have to "step down" or "wean down" on any of my other substances. I just stopped and it was hell for a while but got easier and easier. I wish I could apply that same dedication to nicotine. But I keep trying and failing and I'd rather have the help from NRTs for the first bit. Kudos to everyone who's quit, whether you've used NRTs or not. I respect everyone's recovery. Thank you for being welcoming!

Ooooh thanks. i'll check that out!

Thanks all. When I used this forum during my last quit i was here CONSTANTLY and it really helped. And people DID come running to help me when I posted SOS....I'm so grateful for that, and it really helped, so thats what I'll do this time. I'm going to get my NRTs tomorrow at noon. I dont know if I can stay vape free until then but I will try. Yeah...vaping...I started two years ago thinking that I could gradually reduce the amount of nicotine I took in but it tastes good and for me, it didn't work. Maybe for some but not for me. I want to quit for good, then spend the rest of my life filling my body with antioxidents, supplements, get lots of exercise and try to make the rest of my life much healther than it has been so far!!!

Hi Everyone....I am back. My screenname used to be MichelleDoesntSmoke but I cant log into that account so I made this one. I'm going to give this quitting thing another try. I know that you can quit cold turkey...many people have, and I know the first four or five days are the hardest but I just can't seem to get past that point so I'm going to go the patch route. I hope that I don't get "flack" for that. I really need the support. I started when I was 13 and I'm now 51. I've had two successful year long quits before. Anger always leads me back. Silly really but I think its like that for a lot of us. So it looks like tomorrow is my day...I'm going in to the local tribe's office at noon to sign up for their support program. They provide gum, patches, candy and support. Saturday I will start the NOPE pledge while flooding my system with icy cold water. That really helped last time. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone!