Just dropping by....

[PorkandPancakes]

Hey all

 

Just dropping in to say 'hi'. I'm still happily quit, 4 months on 19th Feb. When I read through the 'intro' posts and see so much anxiety and stress and angst and remember my first few days, I shake my head in despair. I'm happy to report my quit remains steady. My attitude hasn't changed too much. I still refuse to allow the thoughts of 'I loved smoking' to linger. I can't deny they jump through the mind but it's what you do with it once it comes. I just shut it out. I didn't enjoy smoking. I hated it. It made me hate myself. I was sad.

 

And I now find I have a new tool in my belt which was quite unexpected. I find myself fascinated that this is my first 'real' attempt to quit (ie. I lasted more than a few hours) and I relish the thought that I quit 'first time'. I now have this competition going on in my mind to be one of the few that 'just quit' and never smoked again. Now you will all know the actual reality of that is that I struggled and suffered in my own way but who lets the boring truth get in the way of a great story ;-)?

 

No seriously though, I will gladly be honest with people looking to quit and tell them the tough bits too and I promise not to bleat about it being easy. I believe we make it easy or hard for ourselves though.

 

Anyway, it's so lovely to see so many of the old faces and great to see some new ones too. Thank QT guys, you definitely helped me quit and add time to my lifeline. Xx

[Runfree]

Good to hear.  We've been wondering...

[Sunnyside]

Nice to see you Porky!!! Pleased to see you are still quit too.

 

4 months, boy that flown by!!!!

 

 

[BAT]

Great to see you again P&P. Congrats on 4 months  :)

[Ramona]

Glad it's easy - - - keep this one!  If you fold this quit, the next one might not be so easy.  I think that's how it works.

Congrats!  Keep on keepin' on.

[Doreensfree]

Good to see you PP...

You have a nice quit going...congrats...

[Karen]

co ngrats on your great quit and attiude! Just don't ever get complacent !

[Devil Doll]

Congrats on your upcoming four. Happy to see you drop in.

[Ramona]

BTW:  You should take pride in the first-try-first-quit.  That's noteworthy.

[bakon]

Stay close for a year. Not just for your quit but I don't have too many to pick on.

[IndigoChilde]

This is my first "real time" trying to quit too. The other times I "quit" I wasn't thinking permanently. I was pregnant two times, and one day went without a cig for 24 hours just to prove I wasn't addicted. (Then lit up as soon as the 24 hours was over.) So it was more of my simply not smoking than actually trying to quit. I've only been a non-smoker for 11 days, but I'm finding I enjoy life better now, even though I still get bored at times.

[Kendra]

congratulations. 

[El Bandito]

Nice work PP.