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I remember thinking I had all this time suddenly. I didn't know what to do with it or with myself or with my hands and I felt so silly for that. I remember wondering what people do in X situations, how do they cope?

Holy shit, this is inspiring!!! This is why I wanted to start this thread. To highlight the different journeys people have taken to get to where they are and I hope some of them will inspire someone who is reading this forum and thinking of whether they should quit.

I've just put a post up on my Facebook if anyone would like my Allen Carr book, if none of my friends need it I'm sure I'll find someone

I'm sure I joined QSMB when I quit and I'm sure you were there johnny5? I've always thought you seemed familiar from that time. I actually second Allen Carr's book even though I didn't quit based on that now. I did once quit based on reading his book for nearly a year though (until I got cocky and thought I am no longer addicted)

This, this, this! I also quit on a whim and then spent significant time educating myself about addictions. I realised I'm never going to be free from it, I Ill always be an addict. Hence I will never smoke again.

This is awesome!! Love how you just quietly did it. Props to your husband for being a big help

I've shared mine on this forum before but for those who haven't seen it I quit on an impulse in the middle of the day in June 2012. Something just flipped in my head that day, I hadn't decided I'd quit or thought about it but I was increasingly annoyed at it. I went to the shop, walked out of there, lit up a cigarette as usual and realised it was the last of the pack and I'd have to go buy some more. At this point something just went in my head, I decided there and then I actually hate this and I'm never doing this again. This was 7+ years ago and I've never touched a cigarette again. I remember being really p*ssed off at the cigarettes, but even more so at myself for smoking again/still. My method of quitting is sudden and extreme, it may not fit everyone. Keen to hear how everyone else has quit. I think the method is irrelevant, people differ on this. It's the fact you quit and stay quit that matters.

Well done on your first week and a bit! This is awesome, the worst of it is over now!

Best feeling ever!! I am so with you on this.

What did you guys find being the hardest part when you stopped smoking? Was it the actual physical craving, absolutely need to have one now? Was it the social aspect? Did smoking become a part of you? Was it the change you would have to make? Was it because it was just what you were used to? Something else? -- For me it was mostly the change and that I was used to it. But mostly change, I'd now suddenly have to cope in situations where I'd smoked before, I thought I'd lost some level of comfort. I remember feeling like it was a proper new day every day in the beginning, as I was basically fighting against the comforts that I knew at the time. Oh how distant all of that now seems.

@mightyboosh Welcome to the forum and congrats on your quit!!! How are you feeling now?

@Jazzmine I get this too from time to time and I quit 7+ years ago. For me this has always been the addiction speaking, it amazes me how strong it is. While my awake brain may not even think about smoking my subconscious mind does. After these dreams I'm always really confused/distraught at the fact that I've smoked and it takes me a good while to realise I've not actually messed this up. Sometimes I'm confused in the dream too. it's the power of addiction.

Haha indeed, it'll be 'NOPE' for me on the 20th August too

NOPE... but aren't we 10 days ahead of time?

Welcome, @NoNicChick and huge congratulations on this decision! Without a doubt one of the best you'll ever make. How you get there doesn't matter, there are no prizes given whether you quit cold turkey or using NRT or some other way. The main thing is you quit and stick with it. And that is the best prize anyone, and all of us get.

Hey @Yep2019 and welcome to the forum! Congratulations on making this fantastic decision, it's 100% going to be one you won't ever regret making. I quit in a very similar fashion to you, without a plan, ran out of cigs and decided on a whim not to buy any more or ever smoke again. It's worked for me, it's been 7+ years now. The foggy-headed feeling is part of the deal in the beginning, I had that too. I remember feeling light-headed and dizzy for the first couple of days but it soon settled. The main thing is to stick with it, your body is adjusting and basically getting back to normal again.

I never decided to put the money aside as such but the money I've saved from not smoking has mostly gone into two things: travelling (continuous) and having my teeth straightened (a few years ago). Both of those are massively big investments in myself that were/are certainly done more easily than if I blew an insane amount of money a year on smoking.

My quit date is 20th June 2012 even though I smoked that day. I quit suddenly in the middle of the day (around 3.30pm) without making any kind of a plan prior to that. So that is the day that I quit.

I don't tend to discuss other people's smoking. They already know full well what the dangers are and that they are addicted. And my god I hated anyone lecturing me when I still smoked, I was fully aware of everything it was doing to me. After all, I am yet to meet anyone who would have quit just because someone told them to, it has to be because they want to quit. I have, however, given a few pep talks when people have shown interest in quitting - this is where I feel I can actually offer something. Usually in my case smokers have asked me about how I quit and the conversation has gone on from there. So personally, I would wait until he expresses even a little interest in your quit/quitting himself - I'm pretty sure he already knows what it's doing to him.

@hellkatbaby I've not had a chance to be on here for a while so I come in late to this but I've just read all your posts and I just want to say (echo what everyone else has already said really) that you are an absolute superstar! What a cracking attitude, I think everyone should take a leaf out of your book. Thank you so much for sharing.

Two years, that is so amazing!!! You must be over the moon Huge congratulations!

Ahh I'm sorry to hear this Steveo1! How are you doing now? Have you quit again? As much as it sucks to have a relapse, don't beat yourself up about it. I have messed up two perfectly fine quits (both nearly a year) and regrettably I didn't quit again straight away but instead carried on smoking for a number of years both times. And I hated the fact that I did as I was doing so well with my quits etc... Either way the seed is in your head, you've already gone a long way, you know what it's like to not smoke, so you WILL be able to do it again, and this time for good. Your quit may start from scratch again but you already know it's entirely possible to not smoke as you've done it before.

Okay, I've properly read on who Kylie was and I think you need to let her go. She should certainly not play any role in your quitting anymore, she wasn't actually in the right.

Firstly, you're not disappointing any of us. You're not here to for any of us but yourself. Which brings me to my second point. Who the f*** is Kylie? Why is she in charge of you smoking?

Yeah, I always also met great people when smoking. While I no longer would ever want to hang out with a bunch of smokers, I see what you mean.