Alright, so maybe I’m testing myself, but my quit date right now is the 6th. And I went out yesterday and bought one last time vape… yea I know… but check it.. I got one with no nicotine! Maybe I can trick myself ! And so far I’ll tell you, I feel a littl

I quit smoking for the first time in 2010. I stayed quit for three years. It was the worst three years of my life, and when I started smoking again I promised myself I would never put myself through that again. 

BUT.

Of all things, I came across a post in a

Hi All,

It’s been almost 12+ years I’ve been having nicotine either as a cigarette or vape. There was a point where I was feeling extremely uncomfortable by coughing and phlegm since I was overdoing the vape. I felt tired very early and have sleep issues a

It’s time for me to stop.  I will find other ways to maintain my time and work on my stress levels.

Dear smoking-aga,

It's been what, four years straight of smoking? Cigarettes, black and milds, vape pens. It was easy to stop vaping because of how they made you cough and because of the terribly sweet flavors (yuck!). Quitting cigarettes was really hard,

When I started smoking it was to be less stressed. I knew you were taking my families wealth and health but I ignored the “what ifs” and listened to you every puff. I will not let you take my life as well. I know the end game with you & I am finished with

I am nearly 5 THOUSAND days quit!  
It can be done!  I smoked for 37 years and May 2 will be 13 years quit!!!  

If you are struggling now , struggle a little longer …it is worth it.  I gained weight , I struggled with using my time wisely , I was in a fog f

So long old “friend”. You were a security blanket that I thought I needed for the last 35 years. I’ve decided that I don’t need you anymore. I put friend in quotes because although I looked at you as a friend and comforter, you only harmed me. This has be

Dear Nemesis, 

Our time together is nearing the end! I never thought I would be able to say goodbye to you.  You have been with me through good 拾 times and  bad! When I was lonely  you filled the void! When I wasn’t lonely ‍‍‍ you were right there to

Good morning! It's 1st thing on day 1 and I am so upset. As I feel like this is the demon part of me making excuses, I wake up to my husband smoking at the fireplace IN THE HOUSE when I BEGGED to help by having nothing smoke related in the house if he was

Good Morning Ex-Community,

Today I am going on to my 1 year and 350 days of no smoking.   It has been a difficult couple of months, I blogged in May 2021, we had our house renovated, and we rented out the 1st and the 3rd Floor.  During 2023, I was going t

There are so many reasons to quit.  The cost is expensive and I do not have the money to be this wasteful.  I have 9 beautiful greatgrandchildren, two live with me and I want to be part of their life as long as possible.  I would like to be healthier.  I

Hello everybody! 

I just wanted to start by saying I made it! I went to my family Christmas event and it was wonderful. And good news! I remained strong and didn’t vape or smoke the entire visit, despite being around it the whole time. It was an extremely

I don’t even know how you got here! But you came, and you were funny and sweet. Just a laughter treat?  Deceit!!!!

Before I knew it; we met every day, anywhere. When did you become my bestie!? When did your family become mine!! Was it when you caused ruct

Goodbye,  we had a journey together that changed its form from Ciggeretts, to dip, to, vapeing, to chew. You were one of the 1st things i did thinking i was older but also like my dad and alot of other people i know. Being healthy and hearing stories of t

I am very proud of myself, 41 days without nicotine! I havent been stopping in here as often mainly because I forget too. I rarely think about smoking and when I do the thought makes me wrinkle my nose. I have to say that I have tried everything to quit a

I picked up my first cigarette at the age of 12, due to wanting to be like everyone around me. I thought to myself; all of my friends think  it’s cool. So why shouldn’t I be cool like them? And, at first it was nasty, disgusting, and even choked me. But f

Am I boxed in?

Or is my voice free?

Am I allowed to speak?

Or still wading in the Sea? 

I fail to understand, yet I pass at what's understood.

And the characters are so false n fake, it just ain't no good.

Right is wrong and wrong is right!

Light is dark and dar

Goodbye to everything smelling like cigarettes, to anything white getting nicotine stained, to chest pains, to an expensive habit, and cigarette breath. Im ready for better things like breathing better, getting healthy, smelling good , and saving money. 

Dear cigarettes,

I'm writing to inform you that we will soon be parting ways. We met in college and I thought you helped me through a tough time - now I realize you were only making things tougher.

I'm tired of you! You steal money from me, you steal my tim

I never wanted to get addicted, never wanted to be a statistic, but curiosity and a desire to find something, anything, to help me through a dark period of my life was all it took to find myself here. To you, where I've found comfort and some of my lowest

Dear nicotine,

It's time for you to leave.

It's been quite some time since you were unwelcome in my life and it's finally time for us to officially part ways. For good.  We first met in the parking lot of my high school back in 2006. Back then, you were the

20 years ago, I thought you were cool but boy were you deceiving and me naive. Never thought the impact you had on my life and how insanely hard it would be to say goodbye to you. I’ve never let anything or anyone control me as much as I have you. But, I

and as per the advice of my beautiful mother, I made an effort to drop coffee from my morning diet to reduce temptation. I woke up much more prepared to take on the day. More and more, I see the change is around me, taking advice and really putting more e

Today, I was blessed, honestly. Yesterday, I got so much support and understanding from this community and some genuinely good advice.

Slowly but surely, I've started doing my own research and keeping a journal. I wanna share a moment that associated me to

**FYI:  Really long, bitter, venting rant.

There is something very reinforcing about coming to the EX site, checking my profile and seeing that right now I have 58 day, 19 hours and some magic amounts of minutes in my new life.  I’ve struggled with many th

This afternoon has been a challenge, but not undoable (is that a word haha). A smoke sounds oh so yummy, but the taste in my mouth would be so nasty so I opted for an apple Jolly Rancher YUMMO!!!!! So much better then that evil a$$hole nicotine. I hope ev

Some of you may remember my username, most of you won't.  I used the EX blog a very long time ago to quit smoking and did so with success for three years and started back up again.  I have to have total knee replacement surgery, which the surgeon refuses

Good Morning Fellow Ex-er's,  

It has been a long time that I have posted a blog in this website.  I am doing good.  Going on 1 Year 216 Days of No Smoking.   I feel a lot better in terms of my breathing, and I saved a lot of money for not smoking.  I am v