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14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 136

I agree with all of you. Brenda and Sticking, you are so right when you say that we kept smoking because we didn't like the withdrawals. And Kiwi, when you call out smoking as pure addiction to a drug --t hat's it in a nutshell. For days and weeks and months and years, we fool ourselves over and over into thinking that we enjoy smoking, when really the only thing we are enjoying is that "fix" we get when we go through our withdrawals every half hour or so.

What a relief to be rid of all that! How wonderful to be out from under that fog!

Rusty

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 12/13/2004
Smoke-Free Days: 2034
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 103,734
Amount Saved: $23,340.15
Life Gained:
Days: 188 Hrs: 5 Mins: 43 Seconds: 15

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1904

Same here. I was only able to quit smoking after I realized that I didn't really like to smoke, but kept doing so because I couldn't stand the withdrawals, because I was addicted. I do not like to smoke. Smoking would change my new lifestyle. I wouldn't be able to exercise and lose all of this weight.
My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 5/1/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 433
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 12,124
Amount Saved: $5,152.70
Life Gained:
Days: 48 Hrs: 18 Mins: 41 Seconds: 16

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1985

Recognizing that it was the affects of the addiction that gave me the high regard I had for smoking; the very temporary physical rush and/or psychological lift it provided, as Kiwi has pointed out, is what changed how I viewed smoking.

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Over time, the greater and greater distance that I put between my lips and the last puff that I inhaled, I began and then came to the realization that smoking did nothing for me.

It affected my quit in that I became aware of many of the positive benefits that came with not smoking.

A smoker lives in a fog. When the smoker walks out from under the fog, the mind is ready to be cleared and the addiction lifted.

Distractions, routine changes, and an adequate amount of time is what I used to break the habit.

You know you can do this. I did after many 40+ of it. Think and react to the consequences of doing nothing. It will catch up with you.

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 1/22/2006
Smoke-Free Days: 1628
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 40,700
Amount Saved: $17,806.25
Life Gained:
Days: 318 Hrs: 16 Mins: 20 Seconds: 29

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 11226

Great thread!

Both of you make very good points!

How do you think you were able to change how you viewed smoking? How did you recognize this change occurred? and how did this affect your quit?

Ashley, Health Educator

Here to help :)

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 672

This is so true,

Smokers cannot comprehend the bliss & freedom you feel when you no longer need a cigarette. Never in my wildest dreams would i have expected to feel such inner calmness from kicking this addiction up the ash, but as non-smokers we all do !

As you go through your quit journey & grow as a non-smoker you soon come to realise that Stress, Boredom, Anxiety & the mood swing are just effects of the addiction you had as a smoker & as a non-smoker your emotional state changes for the better.

Train the brain, learn about your addiction & why you THINK you enjoy it, you'll be surprised what you find out. You need to do the homework because knowledge is the only way to staying quit.

Smoking is addiction to Nicotine, It's a drug addiction that effects you emotionally.

The truth is out there just go look for it.

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 1/1/2005
Smoke-Free Days: 2014
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 70,490
Amount Saved: $18,327.40
Life Gained:
Days: 291 Hrs: 23 Mins: 8 Seconds: 56

Quit Meter

$13,249.20

Amount Saved
Quit Meter

Days: 662 Hours: 21

Minutes: 53 Seconds: 44

Life Gained
Quit Meter

3620

Smoke Free Days
Quit Meter

54,300

Cigarettes Not Smoked

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1985

Say, what’s a cigarette anyway? Its one of those doodads you pick up, light, smoke and toss the butt, repeatedly. Why, because of the physical and emotional addictions it brings with it. I thought that I smoked for enjoyment, no, not now though! How could you like that?

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to go a day without craving a smoke? Would a week be much better, a month, a year, two, three, four...

If time is allowed to pass, you’ll adjust and experience how it feels to be free of all the baggage that came with being a smoker. Why an entire day will pass without you automatically digging through your purse or grasping your shirt pocket looking to get a puff of nicodemon. You may not immediately realize the feat of going a day without a smoking thought, however it will dawn on you when a moment of stillness gives rise. All the better though the less time spent thinking about smoking the easier it will be on you and fastest you shed the habit.

I enjoy my freedom; you can not beat this feeling! Our gift to ourselves, remain smokeless. What’ a cigarette anyway!

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