Anyone trying to quit smoking??

i am really happy that you were able to quit smoking cause i have heard so many people have really struggled in life just to quit smoking. and i really know how hard it is to stop smoking. and it is really like fighting ourselves and our desire to stop it. i know that stop some thing that we get used to do every day is really hard though i really don't smoke even before. though i have tried to try smoke for a second or even 10 seconds. but that was it. some people encouraged me to smoke. and i said no but they insisted for me to try and so i tried for another few seconds again. but still i really don't like. and i really am afraid to start using it cause i really know that many people are saying that it is really hard to stop smoking and discourage me to do smoking. though some people will encourage me. but they don't insist that really . they just insisted me to try. '

my father used to smoke too when i was a small boy. but he stopped that immediately when i was just about 8 years old. cause he know that it is really bad for our health. and he never became a chain smokier. he just smoke for some time. and so that is why ii did not grew2 up smoking. and i am really happy that my father really stopped smoking and so my father is really strong. and it is really important for me to see my father to live his life to the fullest till the ripe old age.

but i really understand and i feel wish that people who has struggle will some day find the motivation to finally say no and finally give it up.
i think if we really have one motivation or one source of motivation that will really going to push us to change then it will be much easier and that we can really fight this problem or habit.

I have never smoked in my life so I can't come to realize how difficult it would be to stop! The idea of spending $5+ a pack and then having to face the idea of cancer on top of it! Wow! Just those two concepts makes me motivated never to try it! I am not a kid any more so there is no pressure to even start. I really fear for my own kids who may be tempted. Of course, I drink to make up for it which can be just as bad and just as expensive!

Congrats! I wish you a very long and healthy life!

What I would like to know...

Did you had your anxiety attacks before quitting smoking?

And if you had... did your attacks became less severe as a result of quitting smoking?

Talk abouit timing. As you know I am also on Chantix. I've been taking it for nearly two weeks. the timing of this discussion is ironic because I choose today as my quit date. I woke up hacking but I have no urge either for a smoke. Any other time I'de have lit up as soon as I sat at the puter. I am quitting because I need to for my grandkids. It's that simple. Thanks for your support so far as well since I started Chantix. My last smoke was 5-31-08 at 11 p.m.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM DADDY!!~

Good for you Diane, I wish my sister & brother would quit smoking, they smoke so much it comes out of their pores! & stinks...I quit 5 yrs ago, & I just quit no help from anything or anyone..But I have a very strong will when I put my mind to something..Lori

I myself have never smoked pal, But it took my hubby 2 heart attacks before he stopped so well done you xx

Well that sounds very good. Better late than never says an old phrase. I tried several times but never left. So I realized that the best way to quit smoking is to replace it with another kind of activity, such as computer, fitness, soccer or something similar to these.

Any addiction can be hard to stop so most the remedies have to work if the willpower is there to start with.

I have never smoked but I reckon the same is eating. I I do not eat for long enough then hunger pains step in and something has to be eaten to stop the hunger feeling.

Have a great day from Deeeky

My stepmother, brother in law, and father in law have all quit smoking. I am proud of them. Lucky for me, I am not addicted to it. Way to go on stopping last year and sticking with it. I have heard smoking is very hard to quit. We lost my mother in law to lung cancer 5 years ago and she had smoked a lot. It was unfortunate for that ro occur for other people to stop.

Congrats

I have thought about it, although I'm not really ready to do it yet.
I quit for over a year when I became pregnant with my twins. Who knows why I started again, that was dumb!
I thought about quitting after my last was born, I was down to half a pack a day. Then the idea just left my head and boom, I'm smoking like a chimney again.
For me, it's not the health reasons that make me want to quit, it's the amount of money I spend. Between me and my husband we spend $60 a week on cigarettes. How many bills could I pay with that money? I could get almost a whole tank of gas... ALMOST!! lol.