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Yes, You Can!

RoseH
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The first question I asked when I wanted to quit smoking was, “How Can I Do this?”  First and foremost, we all need a Plan to Quit so go into my Blogs and find “The Quit Kit”.  A very wonderful lady, in the old Quitnet.com, created this wonderful post and it will definitely help you through the first two weeks of quitting.  They are Hell Week and Heck Week...  it does get better!

Please remember that patience is a virtue and quitting smoking takes time...  How long have you smoked?  Smoking literally becomes a factor in everyday life, and the psychological effects cannot be overcome in a week or two...  Please also remember that we have all been where you are now...  Trust us.  Learn.  Your positive attitude toward quitting is also paramount to success!  Nothing good comes easy...  so commit yourself to becoming smoke free, period!

The absolute surest way to be successful is:  Never buy, beg or borrow another butt!  No matter what!  And I promise you will win!

Everyone is different.  However, click on the link below to being your learning journey on becoming smoke-free and the wonderful benefits of how your body knows exactly how to heal the ravages of smoking.  Quitting is the very best thing you can do, by yourself, for your physical and mental health and well being!

Click on the link:

Effects of Quitting Smoking on the Body

If I can do this, after over 50 years of smoking, I promise you can do it too!  And we are all here to help you!  Welcome!  You’ve come to the right place!  Rosemary

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I was 57 years old and smoking like a chimney in September 2003. I was also having medical problems and upon my doctor’s diagnosis, I knew I had to quit smoking. I was scheduled and admitted to the hospital in October 2003. I had a total hysterectomy and was recuperating, when a nurse found me upset in my room and she told me to try to calm down, and take a deep breath… I could not take a deep breath! In fact, I had to be put on oxygen immediately! I was terrified. A medical specialist was brought in, and that is when I learned I had COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). My x-rays confirmed it, and the direct cause was smoking [since I was 15 years old]. I had double pneumonia as an infant, so my lungs were fragile, even when I was very young… I had to stay an extra week and they pumped steroids and antibiotics in my arm so I could breathe on my own, again. My nose got so sore with those oxygen cannulas in both nostrils. Hindsight is always 20/20. I should have never started smoking. However, peer pressure was awful when I was 15 years old. A few of my classmates dared me to light up and smoke one… I remember that first taste and how I coughed from the smoke. It was awful! But I wanted to “belong”, so I smoked until the addiction took hold of me! Back to the hospital room… I was terrified. I quit. I stayed that way for six whole months. My husband, Ed quit with me. We were doing great and then one day I said to him, “My life feels empty. Do you think we’ve got this quitting thing under control? Do you think we can have just a few a day? Before I could say another word, he was off in the car to buy some cigarettes… We both lit up when he returned, and I felt like my throat and lungs were on fire! I smashed it out and coughed! “I will never do that again!” But an addict’s lies are just that! Before long I was smoking over a pack a day again… The truth is that I had no idea how terrible the “addiction” to the drug Nicotine was. I smoked for another decade or two and each day I would tell myself that I would quit “tomorrow”. Don’t be as naïve’ as I was about this slowly killing addiction! Quit now! I would not be using two inhalers if I would have kept my quit way back then…