Quit Blogs

just wanted to pop in and say hi...and if any newbies are here..it can be done...this place was a big help to me in the early days....thank you to maggie i think it was your posts and videos were fantastic...im still a non smoker !!!

I have been quit for 1 Year, 5 Months, 3 Days, 21 hours, 31 minutes and 21 seconds (521 days).

i dont come in often now, so sorry just life gets in the way, but i want you all to know i havent started smoking again and that if i can give up YOU can too, im close to my one year mark, i was a very very heavy smoker, over 2 50 grams a week, i have saved 5 grand, and you name it i went through it, every symptom or hellish moment you go through WILL pass, it WILL get better, i have less lines on my face, my complexion is so fresh people comment, my teeth are whiter and i no long have the beginnings of gum disease, im fit now i work out at the gym, ive lost weight and gain muscle, when im doing cardio i breather heavier but i dont get out of breath! food tastes better! .....well done to you all for making the right decision, and the very best to you on your journey to health

i wish i had the time to post on every blog you make, but please know we are here and we support you, we know how much it means, the likes of maggie got me through when i was goign through it, there is a light at the end of the tunnel so keep going its so worth it, i look younger my skin glows, i have more money, im saving to go on a holiday - i havent ever done that in my whole life, why? cos i spent it on smoking, my son is proud of me, im losing weight cos exercise is my new thing, hang in there everyone it can be done!!!! and it feels soooooo good

just wnated to pop in and give my support to you all, im nearly 8 months smoke free, i smoked for 30 years and was a heavy smoker, it ruled my life and in the end thats what i hated about it, it took me two years to get to the point where i really wanted to stop, i became quite sick for a while after giving up but looking back i now know i was suffering from severe panic attacks, i say this cos if you find this or something similar happens to you, dont let it stop you giving up, no matter what you face it will go away and being smoke free, well its amazing, its worth the fith and the battle, well done to you all and keep it up

im almost 6 months smoke free now, am so pleased i gave up the demon, it ruled my life and i now have it back, i have discovered fitness and adore going to the gym!! i hope everyone here is still working through each day, thats how i did it, tackle each day one at a time.

so sorry i havent been in for ages, ive been busy moving house and am still unwell!! i tell you between the doctor visits and the pills i havent saved any money since giving up smoking, but if i was still smoking how on earth would i have paid for the smokes and the bills!! so here goes

I have been quit for 2 Months, 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 1 hour, 51 minutes and 1 second (76 days). I have saved $1,278.09 by not smoking 2,282 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Week, 22 hours and 10 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 13/05/2010 4:30 p.m.

i know i am not here as often but newbies take heart i was the worst i kid you not a very heavy smoker for 31 years!!! my habit cost me about hundred a week at home i would roll up every 15mins, at work every hour i had one - i was the only smoker there, we are now a smoke free workplace as no one goes out for a smoke now, if i can do this you can!! luv and all the best to you all

im at I have been quit for 2 Months, 2 hours, 16 minutes and 25 seconds (61 days). I have saved $1,026.38 by not smoking 1,832 cigarettes. I have saved 6 Days, 8 hours and 40 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 13/05/2010 4:30 p.m.

found out i got asparatime posiioning from sugarfree gum so please people dont use it instead of smoking, better to gain weight that what ive been through it was worse than giving up smoking!! im still not well, but im still a non smoker

heya, if any had read my past threads where i was sounding bad its cos i was, but i might have found the answer i was chewing way way too much sugarfree gum and i think i kinda posioned my system, very scarey, i will be back after the weekend to let you knwo how i am, as i would hate anyone to go through what ive been through, but i havent had a smoke!! nearly two months for me after being a very heavy smoker of 31 years and i had an xray wed. my lungs are all good !!!!

i could so smoke a ciggie right now!!! but i know if i have one i will be a full on smoker again and i just cant do that, but after 6 weeks i was kind of hoping these bad days would be gone, so if anyone is out there thats at 3 months, please cum in and tell me how good its gonna get LOL i need to hear that today!!

it seems i cant take the gum, it looks like i might have thyriod problems so am off the gum too, im chewing normal gum like crazy and the odd lollipop, i seem to have this need to keep my mouth busy, i migth try going back to my hypno tapes and see if they help, ive come to far to go back!

never ever thought i would ever be saying that!! i am still on the gum, but thats all now, if im honest i miss parts of smoking but the bad outweigh the good so so so so much i know i cannot ever go there again, i read someones blog that said its not the smoke i miss its something! and i so know what you mean i found that very hard to get through, but the good news is you grit ya teeth and get over it cos the time comes when you stop missing so much! ive now even cut out drinking and think i will for a while to clean me out more and help to lose the weight, also it helps as you do tend to want that smoke when you drink! so i know i dont come in every day, but please newbies (hah ha im not a full newbie anymore) keep it up it does help alot, and i will keep coming in as i think it helps newbies to hear of people that have done it and not long ago, i was a smoker i depended on this drug it was my life for 31 years, but no more and i am so produ i got rid of it!!!

tomorrow will be 5 weeks for me and i just feel great, got my 1st running shoes today, wop wop, now i can keep it up and soon i wont need to stop! its my reward, being a non smoker rocks why the hell did i give up years ago!! if you are having a tough time please read my 1st blogs, please know i was depressed for weeks, would sit and bawl my eyes out, but i knew i would not cave i knew it was a battle for a wee while and i would win and i would have a better life......this rocks, you know for the 1st time in my life i think im going to lose the weight and be happier than ever and its took me all these years shessshhh guys hang in there cos you will get to this time when it rocks

i didnt think to talk about things like that! my friends say my skin glows now and i feel yougner, i dont cough or have any flem, i exercise harder, and i used to have the most terrible stains on my fingers, no more!! food tastes amazing! i feel amazing and i do mostly sleep better - thanks for reminding me !!!

please hang on in there it is WORTH it, im now 2 days off 5 weeks smoke free and can tell you it gets better!!! i dont think about it as much and if i do it does not worry me the same, in fact the times i go without thinking just get longer and longer, i now love being smoke free, to be honest for the first month i couldnt see anything to be happy about, i guess it was the whole saying goodbye to my best friend for 31 years and realising they werent they were not my best friend!! exercise i find is one of the best things to do when it feels tough!! keep going people you can do it and one thing that got me through the most, if i start smoking i will have to start at day one giving up again, and i dont want to go through that again!! happy smoke free day peoples :)

christ dont go into debt, if you wanna spend money go get hypnosis, if i can give up anyone in this world that wants to CAN, i was a very heavy smoker for 31 years.

Shane and kmac, breathe through it it gets easier you are giving up something that was a big part of your life, please know it gets better just hang in there, eat sweets, go walking or jogging, go home and scream in a pillow just do what you have to and be kind to yourself, read allen carrs book! it helps, go the the videos on utube, they are fantastic! and blogg heaps i found that really helped me alot!!

i am so sorry your having a tough time, what support do you have in place? do you have gum to help in the tough times, i didnt get angry but i do have times when i just let go and cry my heart out! i also have lotsa lollies and lollipops to help me, and im getting into exercise which i fnd really good for my emotions too, yes people do save that much money!! i was a very heavy smoker and i spent close to 100 a week! i also found posting on he helped me, for a long time i couldnt see the good or feel very happy but i just knew i didnt want to smoke again, hypnosis really helped me - it could be a big help to you with how your feeling - maybe make an appointment? we are here to listen too

the key is to not put another smoke in your mouth, no matter how bad it is, find a way through it, last night was tough for me had news that got me down and i bawled my eyes out, i only have two bits of gum too, and had to stop taking them this week, i was feeling like the addiction for nicotine was still there cos i would chew the gum so much! but i didnt have the gum and i didnt go an buy smokes, i just let myself cry and not feel bad for crying, its so healing, today isnt the greatest im overeating again lol, but i will go for my walks over the weekend and get through this!! if i had a smoke last night it would have been a silly excuse and then i would be addicted again, so glad i didnt

feel free to talk about it here, we will help if we can!!! we have been through it and are going through it

i was going to wait until 4.30 to post as thats my offical ONE MONTH smoke free!! i havent been the happiest person for the last month, its a flat feeling, and here i go telling everyone about allen carrs book, and i forgot myself to do the one most important thing! BE HAPPY dont wait for that magic moment, its here it happened when i elected to be a non smoker, i do have the freedom, sure sometimes it goes through my head hmm smoke, of course it will i was a smoker for 31 years longer than ive been a mother!!!! so now when i feel flat or down i remind myself that being a non smoker makes people produ of me and makes my son happy

im worried about you as you havent posted this week!!! great to read all the blogs, i went for my 3.5 k walk today and ran 7 powerpoles wohooooooo now i gotta keep it up and add to it!! im snacking grrrrrrrrrr why cant i just say im happy? i keep feeling miserable cos something is gone (smoking) yet i should feel so damn happy!!! and im chewing gum (not nictoine) and keep biting the inside of my mouth! lol think im gonna go get a roast pork, maybe a roast will cheer me up then i will have to walk again tommorrow!!!!!!