Join me! . . . Cold Turkey Style! ;-)
By voldrox
@voldrox (7191)
India
November 29, 2009 5:12am CST
I am ashamed to let you all know that i have been a smoker, well erm.. i kinda wasn't ashamed when i started it but when i grew weak to it i felt why is this thing taking control of me, i had got addicted and i have smoked for over an year now, i used to say to myself i would get rid of it soon but when?! well i used to smoke with a partner of mine, seldom alone, now i left it and my partner in crime continued for a while and then he too stopped!
... well it is not easy i know, i could only get rid of it coz i felt bad just to think i smoked, i grew weak to something that was killing me something that made me feel bad about myself, i am not saying smokers are bad people in general but it is not something i ever wanted to.. i should not have even tried smoking coz it had got hold of me for over an year, i am happy i could leave smoking at such a young age and i could hardly smoke for an year but well i never knew i could be that strong enough to give up smoking! cheers! and cheers to my partner in crime too for he too left smoking!
. . . now i feel good about myself:)
... well it is not easy i know, i could only get rid of it coz i felt bad just to think i smoked, i grew weak to something that was killing me something that made me feel bad about myself, i am not saying smokers are bad people in general but it is not something i ever wanted to.. i should not have even tried smoking coz it had got hold of me for over an year, i am happy i could leave smoking at such a young age and i could hardly smoke for an year but well i never knew i could be that strong enough to give up smoking! cheers! and cheers to my partner in crime too for he too left smoking!. . . now i feel good about myself:)4 responses
@kitty42 (3923)
• United States
30 Nov 09
Hello my friend
How are you, hope everything is going great? how was your Holiday thus far hope all is well
Well this is a surprise but don't worry good thing you were able to get past this, smoking sucks it really do, when I was younger it was really cool, I wanted to be like all the so called grown ups, I thought it was the in thing to do, sad no one told me not to do it, besides my mom after she found out, but she is mom she is suppose to tells us things are bad for us, so she does not count lol, how stupid is that.
Just try to remember all the bad things smoking can do, not only is it bad health wise its embarrassing,it use to be so cool, I found myself hiding it because I know it sucks.
So keep up the good work my friend, 1 year consider yourself lucky.
Thanks for sharing.
How are you, hope everything is going great? how was your Holiday thus far hope all is well
Well this is a surprise but don't worry good thing you were able to get past this, smoking sucks it really do, when I was younger it was really cool, I wanted to be like all the so called grown ups, I thought it was the in thing to do, sad no one told me not to do it, besides my mom after she found out, but she is mom she is suppose to tells us things are bad for us, so she does not count lol, how stupid is that.
Just try to remember all the bad things smoking can do, not only is it bad health wise its embarrassing,it use to be so cool, I found myself hiding it because I know it sucks.
So keep up the good work my friend, 1 year consider yourself lucky.
Thanks for sharing.
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@voldrox (7191)
• India
1 Dec 09
hello kitty!:)
Nice to see after so many days how are you doing? i am doing fine, just gave my semester papers, all that is over now and i am at home at this moment... hehe i did not want you to know that i smoked 
well you know i was thinking before starting this discussion whether i should let you all know or not . . honestly i am not at all proud to admit i did smoke eh, i did not want others to know that, i have always hid it except from my close friends, even they used to tell me to stop it but i could not gain the strength, i have a partner whom i used to smoke with and i left it but he continued for a while and i never asked him instead i told him to never let me have one even if i begged lol but i am surprised i never did beg, leave that i never even asked... i am surprised at myself, that is how bad i felt about myself while smoking i guess... i mean i felt bad about myself and that is the main reason i could give up otherwise it would have been a lot harder for me, yeah one year,but i can't believe now that i have been smoking for a whole year now... okay at least i feel good that i was able to leave it altogether but the fight is still not completely over yet lol i have to continue this for 2 months or so and i shall be rid of it completely and i am pretty sure i can do that coz 2 weeks have already passed by when i left smoking while some of my friends smoked near me, if i could resist that then 2 more months is like quite easy ...
well you know i was thinking before starting this discussion whether i should let you all know or not . . honestly i am not at all proud to admit i did smoke eh, i did not want others to know that, i have always hid it except from my close friends, even they used to tell me to stop it but i could not gain the strength, i have a partner whom i used to smoke with and i left it but he continued for a while and i never asked him instead i told him to never let me have one even if i begged lol but i am surprised i never did beg, leave that i never even asked... i am surprised at myself, that is how bad i felt about myself while smoking i guess... i mean i felt bad about myself and that is the main reason i could give up otherwise it would have been a lot harder for me, yeah one year,but i can't believe now that i have been smoking for a whole year now... okay at least i feel good that i was able to leave it altogether but the fight is still not completely over yet lol i have to continue this for 2 months or so and i shall be rid of it completely and i am pretty sure i can do that coz 2 weeks have already passed by when i left smoking while some of my friends smoked near me, if i could resist that then 2 more months is like quite easy ...
@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
30 Nov 09
I've been a smoker for many years and have had a terrible time of trying to quit. I've tried patches, gum, pills, cold turkey....I'm getting ready to go to school and know that the job I get when I'm done, I won't be able to smoke, so I'm going to have to go through with it and quit soon.
I live with another smoker and when I try to quit and they light one up, it makes it hard for me to quit.
Congrats on quitting!! I have 3 kids and none of them smoke....I'm glad that they never started. They hate that I smoke and they hate smoking, but I've been drilling it into their heads since they were very young that it was a bad thing to start doing and it would stop them from doing a lot of things that they would want to do later in life.
My kids played a lot of sports in high school and played in the band, I told them that when they got older they wouldn't be able to run or have enough wind to play the instruments if they started.
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@voldrox (7191)
• India
1 Dec 09
hi mzz, i can understand, well you know how important it is not to try smoking itself, you are a good mother and i understand you will not let your kids smoke, it is good that your kids don't like your smoking, i mean to say that it will at least keep them from not trying to smoke, please don't get me wrong here i guess you can understand, there are some cases where kids are actually influenced when their parents smoke and it is nice to see that your kids are on the opposite side... but more than parents kids get influenced due to their smoking friends, well that is how i tried smoking, actually i didn't try it myself, my friend said i should try it and it is cool and that is how i was tempted and it caught me afterwards... i wasn't expecting something like that coz i never had something like that before, i had been a smoker since then... well thanks for commenting on me, honestly speaking as easy as i sound here it wasn't so while i tried to quit, you know the main reason why i was able to quit was because i felt bad as a smoker, i kinda felt as if it kept me from being myself, smoking was part of me that i did not like at all and i felt bad that i smoked, something i did never want others to know about me, i always hid it, didn't smoke in public and actually thought a little before letting you all know here at mylot hehe... so i thought if someone could by chance ask if i ever smoked and i did not want to lie, it is as if i was hiding my evil part lol... so i thought to give it up completely so that i need never lie and i actually feel much better about myself, well but please don't take me wrong i don't consider smokers are bad people or anything like that, it is just something i wish i never did, i have many good friends who smoke, i only wish it doesn't get them into trouble later... hey mzz i hope you too quit it sometime, try your best mzz and do take care and be the good mother you are
@mohinimandokhot (184)
• India
29 Nov 09
Congratulations to you on your achievement that you quit smoking. It is not everyone who can have such control on themselves. I hope that you will be able to keep your reslove for a lifetime. Good luck to you!!
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