jklee

Woow. Sorry guys! Work got busy so I wasn't able to swing by and see all these amazing responses. Many of you are asking about a date and to be honest, I guess I haven't planned it through as well as I thought. I basically just went "okay tomorrow is the day I quit!" and figure with my newfound motivation that would be enough. But nope, work got tough and I fell right back to my old habits. As for my plan...I don't want to have to rely on nicotine alternatives or drugs (nothing wrong with those methods, just a personal thing) so I've looked into some nicotine free alternatives. My friend suggested something called the freedom quit smoking system so I may check that out (have any of you guys heard of it before?). As for the date, I want to get started as soon as possible. I know withdrawal can make a person...unpleasant to be around to say the least, so hopefully I can be in a somewhat okay state by thanksgiving (dinner with the inlaws../shudder) next week. Do you guys think this may be a bit unreasonable? I hear that things get a lot easier after 72 hours..do you guys know if that's true?

Haha wow this is sort of weird...uh my name is John. I've been smoking for about 5 years now. I took up the habit in law school to combat stress..and well things don't really get less stressful as a lawyer so my smoking habit has never gone away. I knew it was bad for me, but any attempts to quit eventually crash and burned after a week so I just gave up. Things have changed recently though...the girl I've been dating for a few weeks now has been pushing me to quit and well I like her a lot. I know I know it's sort of sad haha it's not the threat of lung cancer or anything like that which gave me the motivation..it was one girl with a pretty face (and an awesome personality). Sorry I know I rambled a bit.. but this is such a weird experience for me as I never post on forums. But this community seemed so welcoming that I couldn't help it. Anyway, I'm so happy I found this place and I'm sure it'll be a pleasure speaking with you all.