Sooo grateful i found this!

[iuliaunique]

Hello everybody! My name is Iulia, i`ve been smoking since i was 14 (because it felt like it is cool back in that time) and now i`m almost 23. So i`ve been a smoker for about 9 years, most of the time 1 - 1 half pack a day, but i have had darker periods when i was going to 3 packs a day!! I really really don t like smoking, i`m not the person who says "it relaxes me" or anything like that. Personally, if i smoke and only smoke a cigarette, i get bored as hell. But as i was usually smoked when on computer, or tv, i didn t paid attention, i was like a robot. I know i smoke because i`m really addicted but i am ready to go through hell if it`s needed, in order to stop feeling miserable and to stop feeling that i don`t like myself, and all of the things smoking makes me feel. I know this will be very difficult for me, i tried to stop a lot of times, so many times i don`t knoww the number, but only 1 time i went 2 days...the other times not even 1 day. Probably i have some kind of lack of will, because i tried so many times. But this time i really feel i found what i need, i really think that if i`ll come here everyday, reading posts, seeing how other people succesful quit, i will realize i can do it too! And to say, i just had my last one. From this moment on, i`m smoke-free, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by days by years!! I`m sorry if i have mistakes in my writing, i`m not a native english speaker. I wish you all a great day, patience and much love!

[action]

Welcome and Congratulations Lulia (lovely name, btw),

 

I am so happy you found us!!

 

The fact that you don't even like smoking, is great - giving up something you already dislike should make thongs easier ;)

 

Some of us like to pledge to NOPE each morning (not one puff ever) just to rind ourselves that we will not smoke today. In an emergency, post a new topic in the SOS thread, and a number if us get S&M email notification, and will be with you quickly to help.

 

Have you ever joined a support community like this before? It has been the real difference maker for me this time (I too had tried to quit many times in the past).

 

You say you are ready to go through hell? Well, it's sounds like you are already there, so the only way is up :)

 

Read all you can, and let's get you past today. We can worry about tomorrow, tomorrow.

 

Looking forward to getting to know you :)

 

Edit PS - your English is fine :)

[Still winning]

Hi,

 

Great you found us then :)  I do think support from people who have "been there" is a good thing. We understand and like you say, can also show it can be done.

 

It can feel tough in the early days, I think as important though - it also feels exciting and easier then we thought sometimes too. Every quit is a little different but you have some who were just ready and the quit was easy enough and some who just held on because they didn't want to be a smoker anymore, I'm that one!  

 

In the end, it's about not thinking too far ahead. Taking one day, sometimes one minute at a time. Iwas told the only rule s don't put something in your mouth and set fire to it when I first joined the forum. That made sense and was easy enough I could follow it! The NOPE helped too which stands for Not One Puff Ever, for today - someone else added that last bit of not today and it helps to think like that. We've all been told quitting is hard, so don't think of that, just simply wake each day and say Nope, not today and just deal with that one day and all it involves. The quit then takes care of itself.

 

Goodness I've talked a lot lol.  

 

Welcome!  Today is the start of your new life!!!

 

xx

[Paul723]

Welcome! Only forward now!

[sherry]

Good Morning!! :welcome:

 

 

I hope you find your forever quit here.... we have lots of good folks who pop in with TONS of advice... ask questions, read, post what's going on with you and your quit, especially early in your quit helps... join the fun, and congratulations on your decision to quit!!.....

 

P.s.... as for your spelling - don't even worry about that, English is my only language and I mess it up big time EVERY time I write anything. :laugh4: .. early on before i quit, I was told, "you are here to quit smoking - Not get an "A" in spelling"  .. ;)

[iuliaunique]

Thank you all for the kindness and motivation you`re giving to me. I`m confident in this moment, yet i know it won`t be easy. But your support and all the information on the site will help me go through, i don`t doubt that. Going forward, not looking back  ^_^

 

Oh, btw action, my name is iulia...but the keyboard makes i (with caps look) look like L. It`s funny..Lulia :)

[babs609]

Welcome Iulia!!!  :)

[Tink]

Welcome iulia

 

read and post I found education and support to be the key for success

 

congratulations on your quit

 

how are you today?

[action]

Thank you all for the kindness and motivation you`re giving to me. I`m confident in this moment, yet i know it won`t be easy. But your support and all the information on the site will help me go through, i don`t doubt that. Going forward, not looking back  ^_^

 

Oh, btw action, my name is iulia...but the keyboard makes i (with caps look) look like L. It`s funny..Lulia :)

Ah, OK, iulia, still a lovely name ;)

 

Where are you from? How long has it been since you put out your last one, and how are you feeling?!

[Devil Doll]

Welcome Iulia. Congratulations on your decision. Quitting and setting yourself free from this addiction while you are so young is such a smart move! We are here to help so read, read, read and stay close to the board! We are here to support you!

[Still winning]

Also how are you quitting??  If without nicotine altogether it's a great idea to get some fruit juice in and take sips. The nicotine leaving your system messes with your blood sugar levels for the 3 days it takes to leave and can make you feel tired and anxious. x

[iuliaunique]

Thank you again ! To everybody!! I am from Romania, i made my "timing" on quit mater and there sais i m smoke free 2 h and 40 mins ago, but actually i am with about 4 hours :) just gifted me a bonus :) I feel good until now, i had a nap. Now i try to figure out what to do with the time i have. It s not necesarely that i want to smoke, but it s an idea in my head.. it s habitual too. I`m resisting!! I`m a non smoker now :D :D

DevilDoll i know i`m only 23, but believe me, i can`t wait to feel young again. Because right now i feel like a little bored, without life, without energy sh**.

This is why i`m mad at me. I didn t like smoke and i still don`t. I have always putted that in my mouth and fire them , and eveytime i was doing that i was feeling worst and worst. Physically but more important emotionally. So without realising i surrendered myself to them at some point. But now i`m taking my life back.

It is the addiction and the habit that i have to "kill" now. And it`s in my head i admit. That little deamon.

 

But today before the nap , i was in bed with my dog, and i was thinking. My little dog has to accept what i give her to eat. She cannot say i want that or that. She just have to eat whatever i decide it`s good for her. And yes, i love her and i give her everything is good for her. Now from a more spiritual point of view, i`m a soul and i live in this body. So what connects me to this body i have is the fact that i live inside this "house". What if "the soul" feeds "the house" only good stuff. No more fire, no more smoke in the house. No more "911 help!! the house is burning" :) :)

[Still winning]

Ah a fellow spiritual soul :)  I too felt like I was poisoning the body I'd been given here all of a sudden. I understand that.

 

You need a plan sweetie, of things to do when you start to think of smoking. 

 

I jumped from foot to foot often in the early days shouting nope. Or clicked my fingers. I cleaned everything a lot too! Someone else sucked air through a straw.  Have you got any plans in place?

 

You are doing brilliant and your head is absolutely in the right place. Go gently with yourself and talk/post as often as you want to and need to. We are a 24 hour site with people from everywhere.

[iuliaunique]

Marti, i have juices and smoothies and salads, because ironically i`m a vegetarian. And ironically i gave up eating meat about 6 years ago, after i saw a movie in which animals were sacrificed. ( I don`t have nothing against people who eat meat, don t misunderstand me) Just that i couldn t eat meat anymore, and i never felt the need to eat it. I say ironically because after that, my mom was looking for movies about smoking, that is dangerous and everything...she was saying.."if you don `t eat meat because of a movie, maybe will work with cigs too". But as you see, it didn`t. So here i am

[iuliaunique]

First of all i will do cleaning. Because i smoked in the house, sitting on the couch. And now i don`t feel the smell but in 3-4 days i know my nose will be disturbed :) And deep breaths. I will just take care of myself. The time i was using for smoke, i will use it for myself, not against anymore. Anything, drink a tea, watch a nice movie, scrach my dog`s belly, cooking dinner, taking baths, exercising, and so many other things i can do them for myself. Don`t think i wasn t doing them before, but this time i want to put meaning to everything i do. I want to give myself some love, respect, appreciation and kindness. I refuse to let nerves control me just because i remove what`s bad in my sistem. I will be kind and i will appreciate any effort i make towards healing myself :) :wub:

[Still winning]

Was worth a try with your Mums thinking :)  Goodness though, bet you did give up watching something like that. I can't bear it when I see anything hurting kids or animals. Although strangely I'm not vegetarian because of it.

 

great news about the juices already, that's fab!

[iuliaunique]

Aaa, i don`t look at that kind of movies. But that time was by "accident". And i felt their pain as if i was them. And it happend. It was that moment. Something shifted. I didn t even looked at all the movie. I was crying bad. I cannot say much about what happend inside me then, except i felt so much suffering. But with cigarettes i was always pretending i don`t see what happens. Maybe if someone would have made a movie in wich he was slowly killing me i would have give up until now. But what the hell? I have to work on my confidence, and my strengh and my willpower. There`s no accident it is so hard for me to break this addiction. I`m emotionally stucked on it. But the harder, the more good i will feel after, the better i know i will never get back to them. Ever. NOPE

[action]

Iulia,

 

Many of us here have found that when we have quit smoking, we have also made so many other improvements in our lives because of it.  some have started exorcising, others have started eating more healthly.  Many of us have cleaned our houses top to bottom, or made lots of home improvements.  Once we decide to stop killing ourselves with smoking, we decide that there are other things that we can improve, too.

 

Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life - you are going to love it, and so is your dog ;)

[SanDar]

Welcome!

Congratulations on making the best decision of your life!

I came here about 3 weeks ago and put out my last cigarette and have never looked back.

Being free of the nicotine addiction is the greatest feeling ever. Stay close to the board here and post if you need help.

You can do this :)

 

Sandy

[Nancy]

Welcome Iulia!  So glad you have joined us!!

[Doreensfree]

Hi and welcome to this wonderful place......congratulations on quiting at a great young age....

There is heaps of good stuff to read in the newbie section....it really does help.....

You'll get all the support you need here....

Stay close to the board.....

All my best...xx

[John_Doe]

Welcome, Iulia! Congrats on your quit. You just started, but you're already a non-smoker. And it gets even better with every day :)

[iuliaunique]

Thank you, thank you!! You are all so good to me, i am stunned :wub:  I am doing good so far, i have had cravings but nothing hurts, it`s all in my head. It`s like my mind speaking "hmm,ok,so you`ve done the dishes, how about a little deamon?" But i`m like NOPE B) B) B) B) B) B)

[Paul723]

We pay a lot of attention to people just starting because that can be the most difficult some.  You have a great attitude which will help you go forward.  Your body will be ridding itself of nicotine for the next few days.

[iuliaunique]

Thank you Paul, my body doesn`t want me to smoke, it`s my brain who wants. But it`s normal, after so many years. It`s not easy, i`m starting to feel it..nor it`s impossible. I`m doing the best thing i have ever done for myself, and i want to make it till the end. :rolleyes: