Evelyn

Laura I thought I LOVED nicotine and that I'd die without, no matter if I had a patch on or puffed away. But when I faced it and smoked my last 3 they were disgusting and the first 24 hours and had internal discussions going on me versus junkie thinking. "Just one we'll quit tomorrow..." "I want one I crave so badly..." I stopped feeding my body nicotine and aproxiomatly after 3 days I was through the worst. When I see a smoker hanging on their fag I find it pathetic and wonder was I such a sad addict too??? I never realised that feeding my body nicotine with gum or patch would keep the withdraws going on and when I smoked those last 3 and faced it it wasn't that bad. The first day I sat next to my smoking neighbor, zipping on my Coca Cola with a huge amount of sugar and I didn't crave. Use juice or fruit the first days. And smoking does nothing for me, for you or anyone accept crating a problem. Go for it!

So true Chrysalis

Colleen THAT is cold!

does a haircut count? LOL

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

I already congratulated you but wanted to let you know you can be proud for yourself, reward yourself if possible.

Stick to the board Jess

Cycled to the hairdresser with wind against me, watch me go there LOL Hair's perfect now and on the way back I did buy some groceries

Ok that's my nite nite bedtime LOL

I was 12 maybe 13 and my 'friend' occasionally smoked. I wanted to tough and cool and so I smoked 2 and coughed myself almost outta it but I wanted to me cool, I stole my dads rests of fags and light them... on my way to get hooked but I got a surgery for my hip on age 13 so a long pause set in until my 18 I believe and here comes the ironic; we flew to Greece and my mom knew my friend smoked so she offered one and I said 'well then pass me one too' and SHE bloody did. The whole holiday I smoked 1 - 3 during the day and in the evening more caz my friend and I went off. So my 'hooked' cigarette I got from my mom. Ironic.... She died of lungcancer in 2007 but had quit smoking a year earlier when she was diagnosed with throatcancer... My father died in 2005 from lungcancer. Not going to follow their examples.

What time is that on Brussels time; 9 pm?

Morning QT I'm kicking off with my pledge NOPE NOT ONE PUFF EVER

I'm free, I live in freedom from cigarettes or their substitutes Nicotine Replacement Therapy: a full 2 weeks without nicotine and NOW I know what it's like to not crave, crawl upon the ceiling for a cigarette, screw my quit because I'm in continues withdrawals from NRT. The poison left my body and all what's left is mental junkie thinking; don't buy it, don't use 'm as an excuse to puff just that óne! I could have snatched a cigarette and in the past I would have but not today: first time after New Years Eve I had therapy today and when I get outta cab I see someone lurking on a fag like it delicious.... I wonder did I look so desperate before too? A few minutes later (I'm 1 hour and 15 minutes too early) I watch my therapist go outside for his fix. He once said to me no more talk about quiting smoking you use it as an excuse not to feel, it's a distraction this cuclus of cigs and puffs. He also made very clear neither one of us would be able to live without cigarettes. I didn't tell him today after his fix, client and another 2 fixes that I'm FREE... Do I have my issues ow yea sure mostly mental after trauma but it didn't even cross my mind I wanted a smoke after therapy.If we talk about nicotine now I say I know what FREEDOM means: NOT ONE PUFF EVER

AWESOME JOB!

You're so way ahead on me but AWESOME!

When I quit I always had to quit in the evening and smoke 3 cigarettes; 1 for a habit, 1 to prepair and the last to put it down but when ANYTHING felt wrong I'd almost smoke 10 cigs that's how freakin' OCD I was. And I hated smoking but my record was quiting 3 times a day and buying a pack 3 times! Patch of and another puff, patch on and an endless cyclus that was just broken 2 weeks ago

Good job!!! Congratulations

Morning Quit Train let's start with NOPE

I feel like I've begotten in a huge freedom

THANKS

Congratulations!

AWESOME!

Pledge that I will stick with NOPE and hang around here for a year!

Morning Quit Train, NOPE for me