Where do I start

[QuittingNow2020]

I’ve tried a lot to quit smoking and I jus happen to feel the need of another one when I get aggravated or going though something I just need to know where to start 

[Beck37]

You start by first deciding that this time you are quitting for real. Being successful is all about shear determination and stubbornness. You really have to want this. Yes its hard. Yes you will go thru the crazies. But you will survive. 

I smoked for 37 years. My entire adult life. While I was smoking my last cigarette, I acknowledged that it would be the last one I ever smoked. There is very little that we have control of in our lives but smoking is one of them. Write down your reasons for wanting to quit. Trust yourself. There truly are no positives to smoking. Don’t give in to your addiction. Stay out of your head. Don’t give in to the crave, just shake it off.

I've been quit now for 8 months. You are so able to do this if it really is what you want. Don’t let yourself down. Be Amazing!

Beck

[sweetplt]

Good Morning and Welcome to Ex’s,

I am glad you found us ... and want to quit smoking ... I am 280 days free from smoking and I will tell you what worked for me...take what works and leave the rest...First, go to My EX Plan | BecomeAnEX there you will read about quitting, make a quit date, and prepare for that day like not other...next read blogs here at Ex’s especially from the Elders ie., /blogs/JACKIE1-25-15-blog/2019/09/06/the-good-stuff?sr=search&searchId=3c3268fe-a008-4e83-9996-7d139... then, start talking to yourself and don’t make this an awful thing, but something you are doing to get healthy, to enjoy life and to stop being strapped to those cigarettes...The night before you quit, throw all smoking paraphernalia away...Lastly, realize you will find healthy things to do instead of smoking (ie., pray, exercise, take a walk, play a game, etc.,) Here is a list to start you out /blogs/Youngatheart.7.4.12-blog/2013/02/25/100-things-to-do-instead-of-smoke?sr=search&searchId=e857...  This journey takes hard work and keeping close to the support site...I found encouraging other quitters helps and coming here for help...I gave you what works for me...make what works for you and get doing and plan...Happy Monday ~ Colleen 280 DOF 

Freedom for me has been super...! 

[PastTense]

Good morning!  I'm glad you found this site.  It's a great place to start if you want to quit smoking. 

Poke around; read the posts and blogs.  There is plenty of wise advise  from the folks who have won the battle to quit smoking.

You can also start to develop your own quit plan while you're here.  Your quit plan will make a difference between actually breaking the addiction to cigarettes and just getting aggravated with failure.

Set you your date and hang out here with us.  Quitting smoking isn't easy, but it is possible and we're here to help.

PT

[JACKIE1-25-15]

You start by making the commitment that no matter what you will not smoke. You educate yourself about the addiction to nicotine and the effects it has on your body.  You prepare and plan when and how you are going to do it.  You step into freedom and do not turn back.

Start Here My EX Plan | BecomeAnEX 

Additional Suggested Material

Visit www.whyquit.com Read Nicotine 101 and My Journey Home to Freedom

Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking. (No easy way, my opinion)

Come here often read, study, research, blog. ask questions

Quitting is doable if you are WILLING to Relearning behavior and your pattern of thinking. 

You just have to make up your mind that you don't do that anymore.

[JACKIE1-25-15]

Have you started yet?

[Barbara145]

You have to make a promise to yourself that no matter what you want, no matter how you are feeling, the answer will not be a cigarette. If you honor that promise to yourself, you will not smoke.  I made that promise to myself 6 years ago after many failed attempts.  I have not smoked since and it is absolutely wonderful.  You can do it.