Good Afternoon friends. Today I reached 100 days of complete freedom from my addiction to nicotine. I needed to write about it because this is my longest quit which I am very proud of, but it is much more than that. Let me try to explain. In my life I have attempted to quit numerous times, several of which lasted 1-2-3- months but I see now that they were all destined to fail with me being my own saboteur. From the very moment of every single quit in my past I thought that I was sacrificing in quitting smoking. And the odd thing is that I have despised and hated the addiction for many years and still felt as if something of value were missing whenever I attempted a quit. Which as most of you know makes quitting almost impossible until I learned some of the simple truths about the addiction.
My plan consisted of taking chantix which I used for 8 weeks and had a bit of a side affect but would still recommend and finding an online support group. A Google search brought me here. The support here alone has been priceless and this is where I learned about the lies and manipulations that had been my roadblock for over 25 years of trying to quit this addiction. It was suggested on my first day here to read Allen Carr’s easy way to quit smoking, read articles at whyquit and to utilize the Quitsmokingonline course. I really wanted to quit so I jumped in and it has completely made quitting a different experience this time. I will not tell you it was easy but just knowing the truths the greatest of which is “we sacrifice nothing when we quit smoking” Allen Carr. Has made quitting a different dynamic this time. It has taken much of the fight out of the enemy. Much of its ammunition being lies are all gone.
Here it is only 100 days in, I’m just going to say it and you have to take my word. I don’t miss it! I don’t miss smoking. I still get occasional craves but they have no legs. I am one happy Ex smoker and do not miss one thing about the addiction that had me prisoner for 39 years. Friends I thank you all for your support and I promise to celebrate well. Much love to all of you. Mike
Three months, one week, three days, 12 hours, 2 minutes and 55 seconds. 4020 cigarettes not smoked, saving $1,004.60. Life saved: 1 week, 6 days, 23 hours, 0 minutes.
