I've been quit a considerable time

[JonesCarpeDiem]

and if someone offered me a cigarette i would say, "no thanks, i did that for 40 years."

then, they would be asking me how i quit.

honestly, if i thought i had to worry about smoking again, i would feel like it still had some power over me.

I wouldn't even consider it, so, there is no fear, no contemplation. it hasn't had any place in my thought life since i decided to quit. and yes, i went through everything you all are.

if you honor the decision you made and not harbor the possibility of smoking you refused when you made it, once you've got a couple years quit, this becomes about living life not about constantly looking over your shoulder.

be hopeful be free

[joyeuxencore]

Great post Dale...made me imagine flying hopeful and free! xo

[nanawendy]

Thanks Dale, I'm gonna be in that place one day !!

[aztec]

Dale is right I am coming up on 4 years and I wish I would have quit sooner.

what a waste of life energy and health. I 'm so glad I quit before I got copd or

another disease.

I smoked for alomst 30 years.

quit date 5-5-09

Life is so much better without it, I am working out finally again and my wight will come down too. I hope but I won't smoke over it.

aztec

[joy41]

Thanks.  That's the first time I've heard anyone say that you can really be over this feeling that you still have keep fighting, literally, for your life all of your life, that at some point, you'll be able to put it out of your mind and move on with your life without the fear of losing your quit all the time.  I know it takes an attitude that you're never going back there no matter what in order to get to this point, but it's possible to get to this point.  I think that's the point.  If that makes any sense to anyone?  It was really wearing me down thinking it'll always be this way and I'll never be free of it.

[Icandothis8]

Thanks so much Dale -I do feel free, and for me - I give thanks that I fought this battle at 41 maybe I wasted 22 years on cigarrettes but I look forward to a LONG life ahead with out them! Thanks for being you!
 

[JoAnne5-14-2008]

Thanks Dale - It's a thing of the past for me as well.  No going back for me

[luisdeleon619]

thank you

[Yaya2.6.10]

Dale is so right.  I'm more than three years Quit and it is no longer an issue.  Sometimes the thought pops up because of a memory or situation.  This is not a crave or an issue to fight.  The fight does end.  I don't know when - bells didn't go off , but the fight is over and I am the winner as are Dale and Aztec and others.

[Nyima_1.6.13]

I look forward to that day! 🙂

[aussam]

thank you dale. im 175 days quit now and i still feel like im fighting for my quit very hard on some days. i now have hope that the feeling will subside.

[freeneasy]

I lost a 4 year quit a long time ago-this site teaches us we need protect our quits and that we are never immune.