Every day, people are working toward quitting tobacco. Use this
blog to read other quitters' success stories or struggles to stay
quit or share your own experience. Here is your chance to be inspired
or inspire others.
| Catherine Carson, Channel view |
| 22 years as a smoker; day #16 as a non-smoker! Feels great! Will be successful this time by gaining knowledge on the subject and surrounding myself by people who want to see me quit! |
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| Ken, Spring |
| I have tried a hundred times. I will continue to try until I am successful and tobacco-free. I want my life back, I want my health back, and I want my freedom back. This is day two (2) of my latest attempt. Wish me luck and strength, I'll need both. |
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| Kim, Houston |
| My story is a common one I think. I woke up one morning and decided I didn't want to do that to myself this morning. So I went online and found a support group and joined in. I think support is a very important tool in quitting. I am free from the chains of smoking now 3 and a half years later. No more wondering/worrying when and where I can get my next fix. It can be done and finding others in your situation to share the experience with helps tremendously! |
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| nickie jacobs, richford |
| i have been a smoker for 13 years... i am only 28. for some reason i could quit through all 3 of my pregnancies, but i always seem to go right back to it afterwards. i just had my last child 9 months ago and started smoking again about a week after he was born. i never really wanted to quit until now. now i want it more than ever and i am so confused as to why i ever started back up again? this is my first time trying to quit because i want to and i am on my 8th day. it seems to be getting harder rather then easier but i am willing to fight. i think i have gained a couple pounds already, but hey i would rather be fat than dead! wish me luck! |
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| Jim Kramer, El Paso |
| I was a smoker for 41 years. Yes, a soda and a smoke and I was a happy man. What a crock. My wife is an ICU nurse and she took me to see the patients on their death beds begging for one last cigaratte, one last puff. Didn't phase me, I kept smoking. One day she came home and said that some doctors were talking about a new drug called Chantix and asked if I would try it. She has been after me for years and I have tried everything else on the market. I told her OK, why not. That was 11 months ago. "Shock and Awe" No physical or psychological withdrawl symtoms. Really! After day 8, I put the cigarrates down and haven't even thought about them since unless someone asks me about it. After 41 years. If I can do it. You can too. Just keep trying. It is one terrible addition those tobacco makers conned us into. Don't keep giving them the satisfaction. |
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