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This is the end, folks

    • 98 posts
    May 2, 2018 2:05 PM PDT

    Tralyan said:

    Day 10. Still hate everybody. 

    We're all rooting for you.  Keep at it!

    • 257 posts
    May 2, 2018 3:15 PM PDT

    Almost 2 weeks down. Impressive.

    • 27 posts
    May 6, 2018 5:28 PM PDT

    Grats on the effort.

    It's totally worth it.

    • 769 posts
    May 7, 2018 10:54 AM PDT

    Today is 15 days. 2 Weeks and 1 day. 

    When can I officially say I'm a non-smoker? Is there a cutoff? Am I like, a "quitter" right now, but a "non-smoker" if I haven't had a cigarette for 6 months? A year? 

     

    • 257 posts
    May 7, 2018 1:28 PM PDT

    If you can game without thinking about then maybe? I would hold reserve at least a few months. It will try to catch you off guard. How many pretzels and cheesits have you ate so far? lol

     

    • 839 posts
    May 7, 2018 4:08 PM PDT

    Late to the grats, but well done mate, massive acheivment!

    I have now been free from tobacco for a few years and it is absolutely well and truly the best thing ever! Familiar with all those moments you posted about in your experience! Found that doing some exercise was the best thing for my wife and I when we quit!  Dog walks turned into do runs and got some boxing equipment and got a sweat going all the while being able beat up on a bag.  

    The fact that our lungs were improving both from no smoking and also from exercise was a pretty bloody amazing feeling, the improvements we felt meant that there was NO WAY we would want to go back to the low lung capacity of our former selves!

    You have done well dude, tobacco is one of the tough ones to beat so you gotta be able to see yourself in a i can do anything catagory now!

    Congrats Tray!

    Tralyan said:

    Today is 15 days. 2 Weeks and 1 day. 

    When can I officially say I'm a non-smoker? Is there a cutoff? Am I like, a "quitter" right now, but a "non-smoker" if I haven't had a cigarette for 6 months? A year? 

     

    from early on in my quit i called myself a non smoker, but I also made sure whenever i said it to myself i did it with a  big ass smile on my face and even just laughed to myself about it.  It was kind of a "you've bloody done it" laugh!  I still look at smokers to this day and think to myself with a smile how glad i am to be free of that addiction, then i feel a bit sad for them too :/

     


    This post was edited by Hokanu at May 7, 2018 4:48 PM PDT
    • 98 posts
    May 7, 2018 5:43 PM PDT

    Tralyan said:

    Today is 15 days. 2 Weeks and 1 day. 

    When can I officially say I'm a non-smoker? Is there a cutoff? Am I like, a "quitter" right now, but a "non-smoker" if I haven't had a cigarette for 6 months? A year? 

     

    Fantastic!  Very glad to hear you're still going strong.

    I think about three months is solid - if you can make it that long, I think you've got a very good shot of making it stick.

    • 3016 posts
    May 8, 2018 4:46 PM PDT

    You're going to feel better and better as y9u go along,  that acts as a little motivation too.  Pretty soon you'll be able to tell just walking past people..who smokes and who doesn't..it sticks to clothing and hair.  Keep up the good work! :)

    • 839 posts
    May 10, 2018 11:56 PM PDT

    Just dropping in to say... go you good thing! So worth it :) 

    • 780 posts
    May 19, 2018 7:19 AM PDT

    Hope this is still going well.  I just passed ten years the other week.  The thing that helped me most was always having a bottle of water in my hand.  Every time I would have brought a cigarette to my mouth, I drank some water instead.

    • 248 posts
    May 19, 2018 11:48 AM PDT

    Getting close to one month, Tralyan!

    Cheering you on! :D


    -sorte.

    • 769 posts
    May 21, 2018 10:42 AM PDT

    Sorte said:

    Getting close to one month, Tralyan!

    Cheering you on! :D


    -sorte.

    Today marks 1 month and 1 day. :)

    Luckily (un-luckily?) I was dealing with a bad case of Strep Throat all last week, so not only did I miss some work, but it helped curb the cigarette appetite. Nothing like feeling razor blades in your throat to turn you off of cigarettes. 

    Finally starting to chew a little less nicorette gum. From about a pack of 100 a week, to a pack of 100 every week and a half-ish. That's my next hurdle. 

    Thank you everyone for the support! 

    • 257 posts
    May 21, 2018 2:42 PM PDT

    Did you treat yourself yet? I'm curious what you picked if you did.

    • 769 posts
    May 21, 2018 3:43 PM PDT

    Retsof said:

    Did you treat yourself yet? I'm curious what you picked if you did.

    Honestly? I haven't really had a chance to do so. I have an impending move to Georgia coming up in less than a month, and have been scrambling to find employment over there as well as make sure I have a nice financial cushion for a worst case scenario. 

    If there has been any treating of myself, it's been in always seeing a nice positive account balance at the tail end of every month.

    On that note, this past friday was also my last truck payment. I purposefully financed it in such a way that it would get paid quickly, with high payments. 3 years of $600.00 a month. After the completion of that plus what I'm saving with not smoking, I'm in the friggin' clouds right about now. 

    • 257 posts
    May 22, 2018 5:50 AM PDT

    Damn. Moving/employment too? lol ... damn.

    • 769 posts
    May 22, 2018 4:47 PM PDT

    Retsof said:

    Damn. Moving/employment too? lol ... damn.

    Aye, in retrospect it may not have been the best time to quit smoking - but I said that way too many times before.

    "I'll quit after that vacation I have planned two months from now."

    "I'll quit after my mom comes to visit."

    "I'll quit after this/when that happens/only if..."

    Figured I should probably stop doing that. 

    • 62 posts
    May 23, 2018 6:00 AM PDT

    I'm a little late to the party, but GOOD JOB!!!! KEEP IT UP!!!

    • 98 posts
    May 25, 2018 10:19 PM PDT

    Really glad to read the update.  We're still rooting for you :)

    • 28 posts
    May 26, 2018 12:43 AM PDT

    My son-in-law has finally managed to give up cigarettes, well he swapped them for vaping, which hopefully is better for his health. On the up side I always know when he’s calling on me, it’s like Puffing Billie chugging past my garden hedge xx. Good luck Tralyan.

    • 22 posts
    May 26, 2018 6:55 PM PDT

    I am proud of all of you, who have taken the step to quit. I see, every single day, what this can do to a human's body. Keep it up, if you ever need encouragement, let me know!

    • 769 posts
    June 4, 2018 3:39 PM PDT

    Yesterday was a month and a half. 

    Chewing a lot less gum AND I was able to go to the pool hall, drink a lot, and still not smoke. That was a big milestone and something that had me worried. 

    I'll still feel the desire pretty consistently, but the cravings last a little less and it's easier to distract myself than it was a few weeks ago. 

    Still hate everybody. 

    • 62 posts
    June 4, 2018 9:54 PM PDT

    Tralyan said:

    Still hate everybody. 

     

    And that too shall pass!

    Congratulations! Seriously keep up the good work. I'm a 15 year non-smoker now, and I can tell you, it DOES get easier I really didn't notice the cravings much past the 3rd month. That's when I started going back to pubs and night outs with alcohol. Now, I don't even think about it except when theres another smoker becoming a non-smoker.

    • 781 posts
    June 5, 2018 7:20 AM PDT

    It gets a lot easier and you will feel great !  :)  Keep positive thoughts, let the petty stuff roll of your shoulders when drama arises and keep telling yourself your not going back !  You can do it ! :) 

    • 399 posts
    June 5, 2018 4:27 PM PDT

    My boss told me, "I'll give you a $1000 if you quit for a year."  Of course I did and he gave me the $1000.  Moving on, year after year, until 7 years after I quit smoking, my mother in law came and stayed over for 3 months (she lived overseas).  Well, no one should have to suffer so suffice it to say my nerves were frayed.  Surprised I lasted three months without them.  So I started smoking again but rarely at home (primarily cause I didn't want my wife to know) and then only 3 months here, quit for 6, smoked again for 3 etc.  did that for 7 more years.  Then quit permanently before I became a teacher and haven't smoked for 12 years and am not even thinking about it or being around others who smoke doesn't bother me. 

    So I guess the reason for quitting needs to come for a valid reason because you want to, not what others want you to do nor whatever incentive they may give you.  It's like a salary increase in a bad job, it only makes you happy for a short time.  So if you get another job that makes you happy, salary rarely is an issue.

    • 98 posts
    June 7, 2018 10:14 PM PDT

    Tralyan said:

    Yesterday was a month and a half.

    Woot!  Congratulations!  Really happy to hear you're still on track.