Get the Support You Need

Learn from thousands of users who have made their way through our courses. Need help getting started? Watch this short video.

today's top discussions:

logo

11 years and counting

Timbo637

2024-10-31 6:49 AM

Quit Smoking Community

logo

Feels like hell week all over!!

Timbo637

2024-10-30 9:38 AM

Quit Smoking Community

logo

Roller Coaster Withdrawal

Timbo637

2024-10-14 12:28 PM

Quit Smoking Community

logo

Smile....and don't shoot the messenger

Timbo637

2024-09-27 3:17 PM

Quit Smoking Community

This Month’s Leaders:

Most Supportive

Most Loved

Browse through 411.768 posts in 47.066 threads.

161,306 Members

Please welcome our newest members: Geraldine, Snootz, Poul Ilsøe, Trina J Kriya, SG1501

Just Thinking, What a Waste


16 years ago 0 1890 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Very Big Congratulations Lillyput on your 50 Days... Patrick [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/18/2008 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 35 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 875 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $393.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 13 [B]Mins:[/B] 39 [B]Seconds:[/B] 13
16 years ago 0 331 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I 100% agree with your post. It is sad to think how much time, money and health was wasted in the process of slowly killing yourself. We can't dwell on the past, it's already happened so now we need to focus on the future. It is nice to be smoke free and not have to worry about all of those things anymore. I enjoy my life as a non smoker much more than when I was a smoker and I am really starting to notice it. I also love the quote about being a non smoker thinking of smoking instead of a smoker thinking of quitting. I have held that quote very close to me since the beginning of my quit and it has helped tremendously. We are not missing out on anything and are becoming more empowered to make excellent choices and stick to them! Congrats on your 51 days and keep it up! You are doing awesome! You should print your own post to serve as a reminder as you had a lot of good quit and stay quit reasons in there. Have a fantastic weekend! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]11/12/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 102 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,530 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $918.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 54 [B]Seconds:[/B] 23
16 years ago 0 222 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I am just thinking about my last 50 day�s being smoke free and I realise I have never known a life without cigarettes except the 15 years leading up to the time I began smoking at age 16 . In the early years you don�t think about the harm it�s doing but as time goes by and you start to get the warning signs like It�s harder going up stairs, A walk to the local shop has you out of breath, The constant coughing, The wheeze at night, The constant lung infections and then the realisation that the cigarettes are taking your life away from you slowly but surely, I'm sure some of you know what I am talking about the terrible scourge of a lifetime of smoking I want my life back, cigarettes contributed nothing to my life; they only caused pain and misery and cost a fortune in the process. I really want to keep this quit, I want to be free and healthy. I read this quote somewhere and I would love this to apply to me for the rest of my life. I�d rather be a quitter with an occasional urge to smoke than a smoker with a constant need to quit. It�s the weekend so it�ll be Monday before I can catch up Thank you for all the support and kindness. I wish all of you the very best especially the newbie�s like me hang in there it is hard But as the elder quitters say the Rewards and the Future are worth it. N.O.P.E. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/2/2008 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 51 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,530 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �558.45 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 21 [B]Seconds:[/B] 4

Reading this thread: