It is so wonderful that people have this group to help us. I smoked for over 40 years and have tried to quit by doing it cold turkey, nicorette qum, nicotrol filters, patches, hypnosis, meetings with the cancer society. I had a stroke in December and the hospital put me on 14 miligram patches. I made it 2 days after getting out of the hospital.My family doctor told me to start with step 1 one with the 21 mg. patches. My brother called and told me he would quit with me if it would help me to make it. He had chewed tobacco since we were kids. We picked December 26 to quit as I was going to my Moms for Christmas and thought it would help me get past the first 3 days. He and I called each other several times a week when we needed help. I was playing a game on the computer and the ad for BecomeAnEx.org flashed on and I clicked on it. The rest is history. I joined and read about other people and talked with a few of them. It encouraged me to stick it out and help my brother as well as helping me. On March 26th, we made it 3 months, my son has quit since February 25th, and another brother has now made it for 15 days. Whoever started this organization, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!! You have helped us stay smoke free.
