I am into 41 days of not smoking. For anyone who is just quitting, I will tell you, that for me, the first two weeks, I thought I could just choke someone. I made a conscious decision to not be around anyone during that time who smoked or in an atmosphere where people did. That included family members.
I am disabled...so I also made a decision to give my money to a family member during this time, so there was no way I could order cigs, have someone bring them to me to be able to pay for them. I don't drive, which is good. I could have never walked that far. So I did have somethings going for me that really helped.
I smoked for 35 years. I have numerous family members who are dying or are very sick from smoking. It's enough to scare the living crap out of me. I will 50 in March and I sure want to be around to see my kids get married and have children.
I breath better, have certainly saved money, everything smells better; best decision I've made for me in years. I'm proud of me.
This site has been an enormous help and whyquit.com is an excellent source.
I hope we all remain strong. I wanted control back of my life....and I have it and I'm going to keep it.
