Turtle72

Just wanted to give a shout out to all of you here for helping me hit this milestone! Good luck to all!!

I just popped on to check my mail and saw that my badge had a number 2 in it. Holy Crap I am 2 months smoke and nicotine free!

That first month I thought I was doomed to fail, but you all helped carry me through. It was like walking through molasses - very emotional molasses.

This last month? I can't believe that 2 months have already passed and that that NEED for a cigarette is just a lingering thing that pops up when I encounter a situation that causes stress or that I have not yet enocuntered while not smoking. And then it goes away like a ghost that was never there.

This recovery is an amazing thing and I am gleaning so many gifts because of it.

OH and:

Money saved: $203.07

Last night at 10pm I hit 8 weeks (56 days) smoke free. BIGGGGG Thanks to all of you here. There have been touch and go moments and I have not had to give in. Had a really REAL smoking dream last night that totally freaked me out, but it's ok. It was just a dream.

For all of those just starting out or in the throes of addiction, you can do this if I can.

I haven't wanted a cigarette so badly for a long time. Driving into work I was fighting my brain - anxiety and fear were eating me up - and as I pulled to the stoplight by work I wanted a cigarette sooo badly that I wanted to drive past work and go buy a pack just to have one. Just one. And it sounded like a really good idea. A guy in a truck behind me had one hanging out the window and another guy next to me had smoke coming out of his open window. Man, it sounded like a great idea!

Luckily, I kept telling myself, "A smoke is not going to fix anything. It won't take away my fear of asking for help at work. It won't make me feel any better or any less afraid or anxious. It will only

Yep. I full month - 31 days - without a cigarette or any type of nicotine in my system. THANK YOU all!!!!!!!!!!!

$106.20 not spent on cigarettes 3.17g tar not taken into my lungs 317 cigarettes not smoked

ANd can now run like a gazelle and put in 10 miles on Saturday.

In my job there is a ton of downtime as I work on the computer and it drives me absolutely bonkers - the downtime that is. It's extremely quiet in the office all day long (even though there are plenty of people in the area) and all you can hear are the whirring of the air conditioners most of the time. It's quite eerie. I used to go out for a smoke every hour just to get away from the eerieness of it all. I thought I needed to do this to quell the anxiety that the environment caused me, but after 4 weeks with no smokes I realize that I don't need to to smoke to deal with it. I may just need to get a new job.

I need to be busier though. Too much downtime is brutal to me. Anybody el

WOOHOO! First of all, thanks to all of you here on this sub for just being here. NO way I could have reached this milestone without your stories, support, troubles, and inspiration. We are all in this together.

Second, at 4 weeks in:

• My confidence in myself has increased; still not rockstar confident, but every day I don't give in to a smoke is another boost in personal strength
• my running is so much easier and I have even gotten a bit faster
• I am 5 pounds heavier than I was when smoking, but look sooo much healthier
• my wife doesn't complain about me smelling bad
• I can think more clearly than I could while smoking
• my daughter doesn't ask me why I stink
• I don't need to go

While camping last week I hit a milestone I did not think possible - 3 weeks without a cigarette or any nicotine whatsoever. 3 f'ng weeks! A lot of THANKS to this sub for sure! Stay strong all you "quitters."

Thank you all! Last night at 10pm I made it to 2 weeks without a smoke! ON day 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10 I didn't know if I was going to make it, but with this sub and your support and that of my wife I have at this moment gone:

14 days 12 hours 12 minutes without a smoke Saved $48.60 Kept 1.451g of tar out of my lungs And not had 145 cigarettes.

Not only that, but I feel great, have a much more positive attitude, am more mentally clear, feel much better about myself, I don't stink, I can smell everything around me, I don't feel that I have to hide from people as much, and I don't feel shameful because I am not hurting myself with cigs.

Life without nicotine is so much better than it was with

It has been a long time since I have made it past 1 week. Thanks to all here. Your support as been so helpful in helping me make this stick. When I feel like having a smoke I come here and read about those who are struggling and those who have overcome. I really think that I would not have made it this far wihtout this sub. My iwfe and friends are great support, but they don't know what it's like to be addicted to this shit. Physically I feel better than I have in a long time. The craves are still coming, but they are cued by old things that casue them - situations, things, thoughts - so I am learning to control those as well with all of your help.

Thank you all and stay strong!

I am having a rough day here on 6. I had my last cig on 3/27/14 and just spent 10 minutes in the bathroom at work crying because I don't like my job and don't want to be here. I used to take a smoke break when that feeling came over me - which was/is about every hour. I wanted one so bad. I got off the shuttle from the train and the instant I walked into work I wanted a cig because I knew that the feeling was going to come, the discomfort of knowing that I am not in the right place for me. Has anyone else gone through this? How do you get through these emotional moments, the ones that cigarettes used to "cure?" I have a meeting with my boss in half an hour and just want to tell him th

Hi All,

I have been trying to quit for awhile. I don't want my daughter to see me smoke and and am tired of lying to here about why I go outside or why I stink when I come back inside. Tired os spedning the money and beating myself up for spending it. It's been 3.5 days and it's been tough, but I am doing it. It's harder at work to stay focused on the quit as I really do not totally dig my job, but need to quit. Need to quit. Need to quit and bfeak this fucking addication.