If you are just starting your Quit or maybe you are just checking out the site before you decide to quit I thought this might be of some help because I know when I was starting I was so scared.
I think a smoker is always thing about quitting, we know instinctively that we have to stop at some point in our life or the habit just might stop us. From the time we start smoking we are planning to give them up, it�s case of when I am 25 I�ll stop and then it�s when I am 30 and so on till like me you are 55 and in trouble with your health and now you have no choice but to stop if you want any decent quality of life. Please do not wait for this to happen to you Quit now and keep your health I only wish I had listened to this advice years ago. The following is just an idea as to how the addiction can play with your mind.
I recall when I was starting my quit being very anxious and depressed and thinking this is the end of life as I know it, my life will never be the same again without the cigarettes I will never enjoy anything anymore, nothing will be the same, I remember thinking what�s the point in going out socialising or even going for a walk, visiting family I�m not going to be a nice person to be around I had myself convinced that my life as I new it would be over I thought that I would spend every waking hour thinking about the cigarettes and how I would be depriving myself for the rest of my life. Well as the day�s went by I new I could be doing with a bit of help and support just to keep going and to try at the very least to give this quit a decent shot. I was searching the web and I found the SSC and all the great people here and read everything I could even all the old posts. It was just great to find all these people who had quit or who where going to quit I was glad to have access to all the good advice, I have to say everyone had a great input each had there own solution to all the different problems that would come up. But the one thing that kept coming up all the time was life will get better and you will enjoy all the things in your life as you had before you stopped smoking all the elder quitters said the same thing NOTHING CHANGES Life will be for you as it is for a non smoker you will not even think about it life just gets better and they are so right I am doing everything I use to do, I go out I visit I walk my dog I get in my car and go to work nothing has changed, my life is as it was the only difference is I am not killing myself slowly with cigaretts I smell better and I am so much healthier. I don�t know if I am putting this right, I am writing this because it was so important to me that my life wouldn�t change too much this was one of the biggest issues I had when I was thinking about quitting I was so scared , I wanted to share this. I guess what I really want to get across is that nothing is different in my life all my worries where completely unfounded.
I have earned this quit the hard way and Please God I can keep it and go on with my life smoke free. One thing I have learned , that no matter what the addiction it can be overcome with a strong will and lots of support and kindness
Please stay with the SSC you will be delighted to find you have lost of very kind friends and all the support you could wish for.
Good luck.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/2/2008
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 70
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,100
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �766.50
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 9 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 31 [B]Seconds:[/B] 7
