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14 years ago 0 95 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Never Quit Quitting

Detox...your right never quit quiting...Your not torturing yourself you just may not be ready,but since you want know when exactly that moment will be then you just keep quiting until you get it right...We all know how hard it is and are here to help you...Stay strong this may be that time that you get it right...Keep saying NOPE...

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/30/2009
Smoke-Free Days: -8
Cigarettes Not Smoked: -160
Amount Saved: $-32.00
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 0 Mins: 0 Seconds: -47429

14 years ago 0 95 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
19 days,,,,,blowing my horn..............

Congrats Jules...It does take some time to sink in that your doing it, looks like your doing great and saying NOPE...You keep doing what your doing because it is working...And we are all proud of you...

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/30/2009
Smoke-Free Days: -8
Cigarettes Not Smoked: -160
Amount Saved: $-32.00
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 0 Mins: 0 Seconds: -47419

14 years ago 0 95 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Congrats to Grin318 on Two Years Smoke Free!!!

Congratulations Grin...2 years wow...I can't even imagine that long at this point but you should be very proud and reward yourself with something BIG...stay strong and keep saying NOPE...

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/30/2009
Smoke-Free Days: -8
Cigarettes Not Smoked: -160
Amount Saved: $-32.00
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 0 Mins: 0 Seconds: -47410

14 years ago 0 95 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
again for me too

Deb...sorry to hear your down and out...I had a test run a week ago and when I caved it made me feel terriable to, even though it was just a test run...So I could imagine how you are feeling..But your right beating yourself up isn't going to help and I also am not looking forward to those first couple of days again eighter...I am glad you are quiting again and as I have learned everyone on this site is here to back you up,give you support,or just listen no matter if your quit for five years,just starting, or have tripped and fallen along the journey...Take it one second at a time if you have too and that herb garden will smell so good in a couple of days,so that is something to look forward to...Stay strong and keep saying NOPE and remeber we are all here for you no matter what the circumstance might be... And think you already know you can do this, so keep telling yourself exactly that...
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/30/2009
Smoke-Free Days: -8
Cigarettes Not Smoked: -160
Amount Saved: $-32.00
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 0 Mins: 0 Seconds: -47357

14 years ago 0 95 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
again

Sparky..sorry to here you slipped but please stay around...Us newbies need all of you that have been there to help guide us on our journey's even if your redoing your journey as well...We aren't looking for excuses we know how hard it is and that the nico-demon needs no excuse....Just don't give up because that would mean the nico-demon has won...Come back and keep fighting him and let everyone help you and you help all of us at the same time...Stay strong and never quit quiting..You know you can do this because you did for 116 days...That's 116 days to be proud of and 116 days of experience you have to guide yourself with...

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/30/2009
Smoke-Free Days: -8
Cigarettes Not Smoked: -160
Amount Saved: $-32.00
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 0 Mins: 0 Seconds: -47320

14 years ago 0 95 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Count down..

First... Big Thanks to everyone of you...It is all of ya'll's support that keeps me focused and reassures me that I can do this...This site just wouldn't be the same without all of you here......8 days to go well it is late enough that I can say 7 to go now...I did some more research and preparing today and have found I have been  having complete conversations with myself lately..lol I did realize today that if I struggle any it will come down to the battle I have in my head,I know that my biggest down fall with every thing that i deal with is the fact that I live with being hyper active....Not in the usual way though,mine is my brain it goes none stop even when I manage to sleep it is still rolling one thought after another...I will have to find a way to slow that down and catch the thoughts that go through there so I can focus on those that would jeopardize my quit...That is going to be a challenge...I grew up watching people and even my kids space out without a thought ticking up there and so wished I could do that even once in my life...My brain stays so busy that it wears me out just trying to make since of all the jumbled stuff running around in there...I know that I can do this and I will succeed because I am stronger than all the thoughts and the-demon and the addict that all live up there....I am going to make myself notes for my quit and stick them all over the place and make sure I check them often,it works with everything else I gotta do..So I know it will work for this too..Well here I am just rambling on when all I really wanted to say was THANK YOU ALL for the support and THANKS FOR BEING HERE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE WHEN I COME CALLING...Staying strong living one moment at the time and preparing and ready to say NOPE...
My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/30/2009
Smoke-Free Days: -7
Cigarettes Not Smoked: -140
Amount Saved: $-28.00
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 0 Mins: 0 Seconds: -46803

14 years ago 0 95 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
19 days,,,,,blowing my horn..............

Jules..my quit meter is in the minus right now because my quit day is July 30th so it hasn't got here yet...I quit for those two days on a test run and reset my meter when I slipped back to my original day that i have had planned for over a month now..Thanks for the compliment about the picture...i like yours too it looks so relaxing in that picture,sunset on a beach some where does sound like a great place to be..Your past 20 days..WOW...not long and you'll have a month behind you so soon you'll have enough experiance to be helping out like the old timers as you call them...I am so proud of you and your determination to stay quit..You should be very proud of yourself too..

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/30/2009
Smoke-Free Days: -7
Cigarettes Not Smoked: -140
Amount Saved: $-28.00
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 0 Mins: 0 Seconds: -43423

14 years ago 0 95 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Demon Nearly Brings Me To Tears

Brenda, hang in there you got 83 days behind you and I know that if this makes several times of you quiting that you really really don't wanna start over..I to think it is gotta be rough when your craving so bad to come here and read all the post about cigarette's and then try not to think about them....I will tell you that after 83 WONDERFUL DAYS that those puffs wouldn't be any kind of pleasure...After just two days quit they tasted nasty so after 83 it would probly make you gag...Try to look at it that way...I also know that on the mental side with some of the issues you have that you have to play games with your mind every thought to keep ahead of the game...I live that every day also and the hardest is the thoughts rolling around inside that never get quiet..But you hang in there because you are tougher than the nico-demon and even tougher than those pesky thoughts that pop in from nowhere...Stay strong and keep saying NOPE and if you need to cry you do it....What ever it takes to stay quit is worth it...

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/30/2009
Smoke-Free Days: -6
Cigarettes Not Smoked: -120
Amount Saved: $-24.00
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 0 Mins: 0 Seconds: -39997

14 years ago 0 95 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Nearly caved in.

Nick, I am so proud of you for not smoking those cigarette's and I know your daughter is proud of her daddy for keeping his word...Talk to the instructor tomorrow about what your feeling and see if it is normal....Talking to your doctor is a great idea also because some times the medicines make things worse but make sure you ask before you quit so you don't go through withdrawal from that too...Have you ever had depression before in the past? If that isn't to personal to answer...I was wondering because sometimes the depression meds can make things worse, it is a try and see process with those kinds of meds and if you have never had depression or are not having depression than taking that kind of meds will create big trouble because they affect the way the brain works...And I do know there is a depression med in Zyban I have went brain dead at the moment as to which one it is combined with,but any way my point is please go see your doctor just to be on the safe side and they can more than likely help you some way with the stuff your experiencing..But we are definaltly proud of you,even through all this bad stuff your dealing with and the nico-demon trying his hardest you have keep strength enough to keep saying NOPE...Look 16 days behind you and your really doing this no matter what that demon has throwed at you..Be proud of yourself and take it easy...Congrats and keep us posted..We are all here for you when you need us...I am usually around even if I don't log in I am checking the boards at least every 20 minutes or so..Stay strong and keep kicking ASH...

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/30/2009
Smoke-Free Days: -6
Cigarettes Not Smoked: -120
Amount Saved: $-24.00
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 0 Mins: 0 Seconds: -39930

14 years ago 0 95 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Count down..

Now I only have 6 days to go...I am so ready and everyday that passes I find that I hate smoking even more and more...The best thing I could have done for this quit is making us go outside to smoke,because now it is so lonely out there on the porch especially at night at midnight and after when I can't sleep..i hate it and can't wait for the days to get here when I no longer have to do that...I am also figuring that when I quit,it will take so much out of me that I can finally get some sleep and will be ready and welcoming bedtime when it gets here...I had my first stop smoking cessation over the phone today...It was not what i was expecting really...They told me no more than what i already know and I feel I don't really need it but it is another person to answer too when the day gets here...Another means of support and another reason to stay smoke free...i was going to ask for patch's but since it will take so long to get them or before I go back to the doctor that I will be over a week quit I am going head on cold turkey...I know I can and will do this..i know you all say you need no excuse and that even if it doesn't stick I haven't let any of you down,but for my quit I really don't want to let any of you down or my kids or my self..So no matter what I am keeping that thought in my head as it will have some quitting power if I have someone I don't wanna let down...I am also promising GOD on the 29th at midnight that I want smoke no more cigarette's because I have been looking back at the past and when I quit all the drugs I was doing it was because I promised GOD that if he would help me get straightened out and get my life back in order that I would never do those drugs again and I haven't...So I gotta pull GOD into this because he is the biggest key to my determination and will power and he is my streanght when my own is gone..Well just rambling on now but that is where I am standing for the moment..Can't wait to say NOPE and still going strong waiting on the big day to get here...Come on the 30th...

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 7/30/2009
Smoke-Free Days: -6
Cigarettes Not Smoked: -120
Amount Saved: $-24.00
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 0 Mins: 0 Seconds: -33781