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Third day and doing great - update: 3 months today!! (Original Post) cbayer Jun 2014 OP
Keep going! 10 or 11 years for me now intaglio Jun 2014 #1
Thanks for the support intaglio! cbayer Jun 2014 #2
Good Job! theexwife Jul 2014 #3
Two weeks today and everyday gets easier cbayer Jul 2014 #4
Congratulations on your success jambo101 Jul 2014 #5
Thanks jambo! cbayer Jul 2014 #6
You've done it./ jambo101 Aug 2014 #7
Thanks jambo. I am very happy to be a non-smoker. cbayer Aug 2014 #8

intaglio

(8,170 posts)
1. Keep going! 10 or 11 years for me now
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 10:19 AM
Jun 2014

A trick given to me by our local smoking cessation nurse (NHS so free) clean surfaces you touched before you stopped, in the house and in the car. Nicotine builds up on those surfaces and is accidentally absorbed triggering the craving

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
2. Thanks for the support intaglio!
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 10:34 AM
Jun 2014

I am at my daughter's house. As she has never smoked and I only smoked outside, it's pretty nicotine free.

But my car is an entirely different matter.

Today is still hard, but I feel very confident.

jambo101

(797 posts)
5. Congratulations on your success
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 07:27 AM
Jul 2014

I smoked for the best part of 40 years and had a heck of a time shaking the addiction until one day the price of a pack of cigarettes went to $10 a pack. some logic bomb went off in my head at that point and i've never smoked since,that was 5 years ago.
Looking back at my years of trying to quit smoking it seems so easy now just dont smoke any more and the problem is solved, however i've developed a much more insidious addiction over the past few years,its called food not so easy to get under control as its not as black and white as cigarettes where you either smoke or you dont smoke, food addiction is a much more complex issue.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
6. Thanks jambo!
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 12:12 PM
Jul 2014

I am now on day 40 and doing well. For the most part I am able to shake off urges quickly and easily.

My hardest times are when I am around people who are smoking. At those times I get pretty grouchy, but I still don't even come close to lighting up. I've just come to far.

Food is definitely harder and I wish you the best of luck. I used Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking and it was miraculous for me. He also has a book about food. I've never looked at it, but I sure can recommend his style.

jambo101

(797 posts)
7. You've done it./
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 03:25 PM
Aug 2014

Congratulations you've given up smoking.As time goes on you'll think less and less about it.And some years up the road you'll wonder why it took so long to decide to give it up and why it was so tough to give up/

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
8. Thanks jambo. I am very happy to be a non-smoker.
Sat Aug 23, 2014, 03:15 AM
Aug 2014

It's been 2 months now and I believe that I will never go back.

I should have done it a long time ago, because I have some significant consequences, but that's water under the bridge.

Thanks so much for your support. It is greatly appreciated.

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