one year ago this month

Congradulations!!! I am so happy your are celebrating your 1yr smoke free anniversary. I tried several times to start smoking, but thankfully it never caught on. Smoking is just a really nasty bad habbit and I am glad you were able to stop. :)

I have been a smoker for over 45 years now. I have tried numerous times to quit as well. I have done it all to try and quit. Doifferent meds and praqctices. One doesn't stop until in their mind they are ready I feel. The longest I was smoke free was a period of 8 months many years ago. Grats and keep at it. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

Congratulations! How did you quit? I am a smoker and haven't really tried to stop. I did take Zyban and it worked well until I developed hives and had to quit taking it. Am allergic to something in the prescription. I'm not worried about weight gain but would eventually like to stop this nasty habit. Have been a smoker for many many years. Any suggestions?

Congradulations! Stopping smoking is such a hard thing to do that every day is a cause to be happy and a year out is GREAT! No, I never smoked, but I've had on going respertory problems that smoking would've only made worse so I'm glad I saw my mom quit in like 1962 and know how hard it was so I never started. My bro did for a while in middle school/high school, but when he started coughing blood he quit.

Congratulations Louise, that is wonderful.. I too had trouble quiting and it took me probably around 10 years from start to finish to finally give them up for good..I have been smoke free for about 5 years now and I feel GREAT..

After 24 years of smoking about a pack a day, i quit 4 month ago. I just told my friend at work that this will be my last smoke and it was. I quit once before for 1year or more. I hope i can make it for good this time.

Good for you Louise! I wish I could be as disciplined. I have stopped and started many times throughout my life too and I hope that in the near future I can find the determination to stop once and for all. The longest I ever gave up smoking was for about a year and a half but I got all cuaght up in the social smoking trap and ended up a full time smoker again.

I want my hubby to quit smoking (20 some years he's been smoking). He has Type 2 Diabetes and high cholesterol and needs to stop for his health. Any suggestions besides the Nicotine Gum or patch?!?

Congratulations Louise, that is great news. I never did smoke, but my husband does. I would just about do anything to get him to quit. My mom smoked while we were growing up and she quit about 5 years ago. I am very happy and proud of her because I know she had a real hard time quiting.

Hello LouiseKnittel, Wow! Congratulations....It's really something to celebrate and hopefully this time you'll never start it again, like for good. It's one of the best decisions that you made. Quitting it is really hard but you'll benefit in doing it for a lot of reasons, you'll have a better and long life and a lot more. As for me, I never tried smoking ever since. I have two brothers and two sisters and happy to share that nobody is smoking in our family including our parents.

I have never smoked. I am so thankful that I was able to live a life without smoking and drinking. I don't think I am better than anyone else, I just think that I am very fortunate to have not been affected by those type things. Congrats to you though. Praise GOD!!!!

Doesn't it feel great?! I quit last Halloween, and I'm so proud. I'd quit once before, for several years, but when life slumped really severely, I went back to it. WHY??? I love being fresher-tasting and -smelling. My house and car aren't smokey, and that's lovely. Even clothes are better. Unfortunately, I've gained about a ton of exces weight, but I know I'll get rid of it. Congrats, friend!

hi louiseknittle congratulations thats wonderful.I am so glad for you. I lived with my smoking husband for 34 years and after three heart attacks, the last one fatal, I saw why I have never smoked and never will. It does a number on ones heart. I would never smoke after having seen my husband suffer so. 'smoking killed all but twenty percent of his heart muscle, and it couldnt be undone.the damage was permanent.the last time he didn't have a chance. his heart was basically gone.

Congratulations and keep up the good work! I was a smoker for exactly 2 weeks, then I quit and never looked back! My mom was a heavy smoker and that really turned me off of the idea.

Congratulation on your achievement. My boyfriend he smokes and although myself and the doctors are encouraging him to stop he is still doing it. Keep it up.

No and i'm really proud of myself.