June Bug Marie reporting, still smoke free no carbon monoxyde 0. I have been a smoker for 30 years I smoked for a while more than a pack a day about 35, I Quit twice cold turkey, fell off the wagon smoked a lot, then I went down slowly to 23 approx, stopped smoking in the car, the house and other people's houses, went down to about 16 a day, unless I was at a party then I would smoke more. And then one day june 13th 2006 it hit me, I'm coughing, wheezing, the law forbids me to smoke almost everywhere and when I can't smoke I'M miserable and when I do smoke I have to do it outside and hurry because my husband doesn't smoke and he's waiting for me, it seems that I can't enjoy my cigarettes anymore except when I'm with my friend at her house because they both smoke and we can sit down and relax and then when I leave there, I have a headache because I smoke too much and my hubby remarks : you guys sure smoke a lot when you are together enjoying a glass of wine or a cup of coffee. So then I started thinking what if I had to tell my husband and kids that I am very sick because of this smoking(wheezing) I couldn't bare the thought. So I decided to quit, went to the doctor and told him: give me all you got because I am so addicted I need help. I use the patch during the day (Nightmares) and sometimes I add a Nicotine gum. I drink a lot of water walk the dog and go to Curves. I hang on for dear life everyday and feel I will get through this in the end. This site helps me enormously I sit at the computer every morning and read the threads and it motivates me to continue so thank you all and I wish you all the best and most of all to end this fight as winners over the addiction Marie xx
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/13/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 23
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 354
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $92
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 47 [B]Seconds:[/B] 19