This is a tough one as it comes from a male point of view. Does it ever get better? For me it did, I can't tell you exactly when it happned but it did happen. I woke up one day and it was gone, the itch, craving, empty feeling or whatever. Smoking has taken its toll on all of us and recovery is a process of healing both mind and body. Attitude is 90 % of freeing yourself from addiction. Have the will and determination to see it through, you can win. I want to leave you with a quote that really helped me to focus during my quit:
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"Many of life's failures are people tho did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up" Thomas Edison
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Duffis
duffis's Quit Stats
Since Sunday, February 13, 2005, I've been smoke-free for:
1 Year(s), 5 Days, 8 Hours, 2 Minutes, 7 Seconds.
I have saved $1,554.00 by not smoking 11110 cigarettes.
By not smoking I have added
80 Days, 5 Hours, 28 Minutes, 8 seconds.
to my life expectancy.
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Quit Meter
$286,543.75
Amount Saved
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Quit Meter
Days: 6877
Hours: 4
Minutes: 17
Seconds: 3
Life Gained
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Quit Meter
45847
Smoke Free Days
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Quit Meter
1,146,175
Cigarettes Not Smoked
